Top Hat Collection (page 21)

Fancy Bazaar recently held in the Townhall, Hadleigh, Suffolk, in aid of the Restoration... 1858. Creator: Unknown
Fancy Bazaar recently held in the Townhall, Hadleigh, Suffolk, in aid of the Restoration of the Interior of Hadleigh Church, 1858

Man's tailcoat, probably England, 1825-1830, Stock: c.1830, Top hat: c.1815. Creator: Unknown
Man's tailcoat, probably England, 1825-1830, Stock: c.1830, Top hat: c.1815

Plus souvent que je te conduirai...au bal.. 1845. Creator: Honore Daumier
Plus souvent que je te conduirai...au bal.. 1845. Plus souvent que je te conduirai encore au bal de l'Opera!...je te perds au milieu de la foule et apres deux heures des plus mortelles

Tu te plains toujours tu n'es jamais content, 1839. Creator: Honore Daumier
Tu te plains toujours tu n'es jamais content, 1839. Wife: You're always complaining, you're never happy'. Series: Moeurs conjugales, no. 8; Periodical: Le Charivari, 22 October 1839

Ah! Très bien j'en suis sûr!.. 1841. Creator: Honore Daumier
Ah! Tres bien j'en suis sur!.. 1841. Ah! tres bien j'en suis sur! malheureuse, v'la une heure que je te guette...Ah! j'en suis sur

Gibier qui peut être chassé en toutes les saisons, 1845. Creator: Honore Daumier
Gibier qui peut etre chasse en toutes les saisons, 1845. Game that can be hunted in all seasons. Series: Les Gens de Justice, no. 3; Periodical: Le Charivari, 24-25 March 1845

Quelle heure est-il s'il vous plait?, 1839. Creator: Honore Daumier
Quelle heure est-il s'il vous plait?... 1839. Shady-looking character holding a large stick: What time is it please?'. Series: Emotions parisiennes; Periodical: Le Charivari, 24 November 1839

Le Ramasseur de Bouts de Cigares, 1841. Creator: Honore Daumier
Le Ramasseur de Bouts de Cigares, 1841. Ils n'en finiront pas ces oiseaux la! c'est des clercs d'huissiers, ca fume jusqu a la cendre, et pas moyen de leur tirer des carottes'

Le Chevalier de l'éperon d'or, 1842. Creator: Honore Daumier
Le Chevalier de l'eperon d'or, 1842. Knight of the order of the Golden Spur. Se disant ancien Colonel des gardes de sa Saintite depuis aide de camp du Prince de Monaco

Le Placeur, 1842. Creator: Honore Daumier
Le Placeur, 1842. Series: Bohemiens de Paris; Periodical: Le Charivari, 25 January 1842

Une partie de campagne pendant le joli mois de mai.. 1856. Creator: Honore Daumier
Une partie de campagne pendant le joli mois de mai.. 1856. - Du courage... Adelaide, nous n'avons plus qu'une petite lieue a faire!'

Studio portrait of man with top hat and cane, c1880-c1889. Creator: George E. Curtis
Studio portrait of man with top hat and cane, c1880-c1889

Minnesota State Fair: African American on soap box using hand puppet, 1900?. Creator: Unknown
Minnesota State Fair: African American on soap box using hand puppet, 1900?

Welsh Peasant-Woman, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Welsh Peasant-Woman, 1854. Traditional costume of Wales. The unique Welsh hat, which first made its appearance in the 1830s, was used as an icon of Wales from the 1840s

The Lutheran Bishop of Tonning, 1854. Creator: Unknown
The Lutheran Bishop of Tonning, 1854. Cleric from Schleswig-Holstein in traditional costume. From "Illustrated London News", 1854

Illustration from "A Long-Vacation Vigil" by Cuthbert Bede, B.A. 1854. Creator: Unknown
Illustration from "A Long-Vacation Vigil" by Cuthbert Bede, B.A. 1854. Young man in top hat, smoking a cigar at night. From "Illustrated London News", 1854

Illustration from "A Long-Vacation Vigil" by Cuthbert Bede, B.A. 1854. Creator: Unknown
Illustration from "A Long-Vacation Vigil" by Cuthbert Bede, B.A. 1854. Man and woman by the cliffs at Westcliffe. From "Illustrated London News", 1854

Silent Film Hollywood Poster Man
Man in Top Hat Gambling, Movie Poster, " Cold Deck", 1917. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG)

Old Reliable! American cartoon, 1938, by Clifford Berryman criticizing President Roosevelt for his New Deal spending
NEW DEAL CARTOON, 1938. Old Reliable! American cartoon, 1938, by Clifford Berryman criticizing President Roosevelt for his New Deal spending policies

Anti-Trust Cartoon, 1904
ANTI-TRUST CARTOON, 1904. President Theodore Roosevelt is shown directing his Attorney General, Philander Chase Knox, to ease the enforcement of anti-trust legislation in the election year of 1904

The Rubidus Brothers
Petri Damstén

Mistery girl
Carola Kayen-Mouthaan

Just pretend I'm Sherlock Holmes
Christophe Debon

19th Century Albert Keller Capitalism Capitalist
19th, century, Albert, Keller, capitalism, capitalist, ceremony, colored, cremation, crematorium, crematory, death, engraving, fire, hat, high, society, incinerate, incineration, italian, Italy, men

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At the Cafe, c. 1880 (wash & Chinese white on paper)
3550957 At the Cafe, c.1880 (wash & Chinese white on paper) by Manet, Edouard (1832-83); 25.4x21.6 cm; Glasgow Museums, UK; (add.info)

Race Course (w/c & gouache)
GLS314018 Race Course (w/c & gouache) by Crawhall, Joseph (1861-1913); 35x33.9 cm; Glasgow Museums, UK; © CSG CIC Glasgow Museums Collection

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Francisco Goya Y Lucientes, Pintor, 1799 (etching, aquatint, drypoint & burin)
3745578 Francisco Goya Y Lucientes, Pintor, 1799 (etching, aquatint, drypoint & burin) by Goya y Lucientes, Francisco Jose de (1746-1828); 32x23 cm; Manchester Art Gallery

Trotty Veck and his daughter Meg from "Trotty Veck and Oliver Twist" (print)
3062022 Trotty Veck and his daughter Meg from "Trotty Veck and Oliver Twist" (print) by Copping, Harold (1863-1932); Private Collection; (add.info)

Edmund Tattersall - portrait standing
3919260 Edmund Tattersall - portrait standing; (add.info.: Edmund Tattersall - portrait standing. Vanity Fair caricature by Lib (real name Liberio Prosperi, 1854-1928)

Entrance to the Jardin de Paris, 1883. Fashionable women in bonnets, shawls, dresses with flounces and parasols
5913108 Entrance to the Jardin de Paris, 1883. Fashionable women in bonnets, shawls, dresses with flounces and parasols. At the entrance to an evening entertainment in a Paris park

Champagne Charlie, 1868
3673896 Champagne Charlie, 1868 by American School, (19th century); Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois, USA; (add.info.: James Francis Driscoll collection of historical American sheet music)

Cover and Frontispiece to Les Vieilles Histoires (Old Stories), 1893 (colour lithograph on cream wove paper)
5859488 Cover and Frontispiece to Les Vieilles Histoires (Old Stories), 1893 (colour lithograph on cream wove paper) by Toulouse-Lautrec

Bar of the Cafe of the rue de Rome, c. 1886 (charcoal and white chalk on blue wove paper)
5859684 Bar of the Cafe of the rue de Rome, c.1886 (charcoal and white chalk on blue wove paper) by Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901); 34.4 -- 46.2 cm; The Art Institute of Chicago, IL

Subscribers leaving the opera, 1891. Gentleman in top hat and white-tie assisting a woman with her fur-lined cape
5913115 Subscribers leaving the opera, 1891. Gentleman in top hat and white-tie assisting a woman with her fur-lined cape on the stairs of the Opera de Paris. Handcoloured lithograph by R.V

After a meeting of the Institute. The Pont des Arts in 1884, 1898 (litho)
5913109 After a meeting of the Institute. The Pont des Arts in 1884, 1898 (litho) by Courboin, Francois (1865-1926); (add.info.: After a meeting of the Institute. The Pont des Arts, 1884)

The Absinthe Drinker, 1862 (etching and plate tone in black on ivory laid paper)
5860321 The Absinthe Drinker, 1862 (etching and plate tone in black on ivory laid paper) by Manet, Edouard (1832-83); 24.8 -- 14.5 cm; The Art Institute of Chicago, IL

William Holman Hunt - portrait
3919297 William Holman Hunt - portrait by Ward, Leslie Matthew (Spy) (1851-1922); (add.info.: William Holman Hunt - portrait)

Near an omnibus station, the Palais-Royal in 1875, 1898 (litho)
5913103 Near an omnibus station, the Palais-Royal in 1875, 1898 (litho); (add.info.: Near an omnibus station, the Palais-Royal, 1875)

The palmy days of the Cafe de la Rotonde in the Palais Royal, Paris, 1868 (lithograph)
5913097 The palmy days of the Cafe de la Rotonde in the Palais Royal, Paris, 1868 (lithograph) by Courboin, Francois (1865-1926); (add.info.: Man with moustache and muttonchops)

Major-General Henry Hope Crealock - portrait standing holding cane and top hat
3919220 Major-General Henry Hope Crealock - portrait standing holding cane and top hat by Ward, Leslie Matthew (Spy) (1851-1922); (add.info)

"Wishing you a Jolly Christmas", Victorian card, c. 1880 (chromolitho)
BAL12671 "Wishing you a Jolly Christmas", Victorian card, c.1880 (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Grand Prix Day in 1895, 1898 (litho)
5913118 The Grand Prix Day in 1895, 1898 (litho) by Courboin, Francois (1865-1926); (add.info.: The Grand Prix Day, 1895. Woman in check dress with wide sleeves)

Law graduating class at Howard University, Washington, D. C. (b/w photo)
746392 Law graduating class at Howard University, Washington, D.C. (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

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"From Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Fred Astaire: The Timeless Elegance of the Top Hat" Step back in time and explore the fascinating history of the iconic top hat. First popularized by English engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, this distinguished headwear symbolizes sophistication and class. In a captivating image, we see Brunel standing proudly before the launching chains of his masterpiece, the Great Eastern. But it wasn't just engineers who donned this stylish accessory. Entertainers like Fred Astaire and Harpo Marx brought their own flair to the top hat. Astaire's graceful moves in "Top Hat" (1935) left audiences mesmerized, while Marx's comedic antics in "Duck Soup" (1933) added a touch of whimsy. The top hat even found its way into political cartoons, portraying England as an imperialist octopus grabbing land across continents. Meanwhile, old sea dogs and influential figures like Mrs Lloyd George, David Lloyd George, Winston Churchill, and Mr Clarke were often seen sporting these timeless hats. Literature also embraced this fashion statement; Lewis Carroll's Alice joined the Mad Hatter for a topsy-turvy tea party immortalized by Sir John Tenniel's wood engraving in "Alice Adventures in Wonderland" (1865). J. M. W Turner captured its elegance with his pencil drawing that showcased both artistry and refinement. Not limited to individuals alone, institutions such as LLOYDs OF LONDON featured grand rooms where gentlemen gathered wearing their finest attire – including their beloved top hats – as depicted in an exquisite line engraving from 1890. Even Hollywood recognized the allure of this headpiece; Marlene Dietrich exuded glamour when she wore it in Josef von Sternberg's "The Blue Angel" (1930), adding an air of mystery to her character. Through centuries and across various realms.