Top Hat Collection (page 3)

Illustrations from Milan, early 19th Century (engraving)
8626286 Illustrations from Milan, early 19th Century (engraving) by Italian School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustrations from Milan, early 19th Century)

An Artist resting by the Roadside, 1832 (oil on canvas)
8724004 An Artist resting by the Roadside, 1832 (oil on canvas) by Roed, Jorgen (1808-88); Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark; (add.info.: By Jorgen Roed).

After the Performance, 1934-35 (oil on canvas)
823068 After the Performance, 1934-35 (oil on canvas) by Shinn, Everett (1876-1953); 45.7x30.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: After the Performance. Everett Shinn (1876-1953)

Clown on Empty Seats, 1947 (oil on board)
823006 Clown on Empty Seats, 1947 (oil on board) by Shinn, Everett (1876-1953); 25.5x20.3 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Clown on Empty Seats. Everett Shinn (1876-1953). Oil on board

Clown with Drum, (oil on canvas laid down on panel)
823005 Clown with Drum, (oil on canvas laid down on panel) by Shinn, Everett (1876-1953); 30x24.8 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Clown with Drum. Everett Shinn (1876-1953)

Man in a Fur Coat
CW32533 Man in a Fur Coat by Moser, Robert Oswald (1874-1953); Private Collection; (add.info.: by Robert Oswald Moser); © Christopher Wood Gallery, London, UK.

Here's a nice how d'ye do! (colour litho)
8656805 Here's a nice how d'ye do! (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Here's a nice how d'ye do! Girl throwing her arms around a boy)

The bank clerk of a hundred years hence, a suggestion (litho)
8673284 The bank clerk of a hundred years hence, a suggestion (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The bank clerk of a hundred years hence, a suggestion)

John Lonsdale, English clergyman and Bishop of Lichfield (engraving)
8677085 John Lonsdale, English clergyman and Bishop of Lichfield (engraving) by Pound, Daniel John. (fl.1860); Private Collection; (add.info.: John Lonsdale, (1788-1867)

Nadar, French photographer and aeronaut (b/w photo)
8672160 Nadar, French photographer and aeronaut (b/w photo) by Nadar, (Gaspard Felix Tournachon) (1820-1910) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Nadar (Gaspard-Felix Tournachon ) (1820-1910)

Court costume and man coat and cane, first empire, circa 1800 - Court dress and man in garrick, French Empire
NWI4956823 Court costume and man coat and cane, first empire, circa 1800 - Court dress and man in garrick, French Empire, early 1800s

A German man greeting a woman, ca. 1700 - German man greeting a woman, 1700s. Antique hand-colored print, English
NWI4956795 A German man greeting a woman, ca. 1700 - German man greeting a woman, 1700s. Antique hand-colored print, English; (add.info.: A German man greeting a woman, ca)

Men and women of the high European society vetus a la latest fashion, circa 1820 - High society Europeans wearing
NWI4956517 Men and women of the high European society vetus a la latest fashion, circa 1820 - High society Europeans wearing the latest fashions

Full-length portrait of young bride and groom in a garden
3571016 Full-length portrait of young bride and groom in a garden; (add.info.: 1885-1900 ca. Photographer: Unidentified Author); Alinari Archives, Florence.

Group of nobles at the races at Auteuil, Paris
3569911 Group of nobles at the races at Auteuil, Paris by Unknown photographer, (19th century); (add.info.: Paris, France 1888 Photographer: Unidentified Author); Alinari Archives, Florence.

Group of nobles at the Grand Prix of Deauville, Paris
3569883 Group of nobles at the Grand Prix of Deauville, Paris by Unknown photographer, (19th century); (add.info.: Paris, France 1896 Photographer: Unidentified Author); Alinari Archives, Florence

Album "Photographs of the Thames": a view of the Thames
3562869 Album "Photographs of the Thames": a view of the Thames; (add.info.: Great Britain 1865-1880 Photographer: Barnard H & C); Alinari Archives, Florence.

Men carrying President McKinley on sedan chair
2604144 Men carrying President McKinley on sedan chair; (add.info.: Illustration shows representatives of the Democratic, Republican)

George Joachim Goschen (1831-1907)
864780 George Joachim Goschen (1831-1907); (add.info.: George Joachim Goschen (1831-1907), lst Viscount Goschen, English businessman and statesman born in London

Illicitly Smoking, 1912
1574625 Illicitly Smoking, 1912; (add.info.: Small schoolboy, feeling ill after trying to smoke a cigar, saved by an amiable policeman who finishes the task for him)

David Lloyd George and Winston Churchill, 1910 (b/w photo)
1574081 David Lloyd George and Winston Churchill, 1910 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: David Lloyd George (left) and Winston Churchill (right)

Italian Legation in London: group photo of the ambassadors Giuseppe Greppi, Emmanuel d'Azeglio
3575584 Italian Legation in London: group photo of the ambassadors Giuseppe Greppi, Emmanuel d'Azeglio, Balbi and Giovan Battista Marochetti; (add.info.: London, Great Britain 1859 ca)

The President of Boer Republic Paul Kruger, 1900 (print on double-weight paper)
3566866 The President of Boer Republic Paul Kruger, 1900 (print on double-weight paper); (add.info.: South Africa 1900 ca. Photographer: Barnett Rodney); Alinari Archives, Florence.

Hat maker ironing the brim of a hat made from beaver fur. In the background
FLO4577748 Hat maker ironing the brim of a hat made from beaver fur. In the background, an apprentice works the felt in a battery (hot-water kettle)

Front cover of 'Scenes de la vie de boheme' by Henri Murger (print)
PCT3601812 Front cover of 'Scenes de la vie de boheme' by Henri Murger (print); Private Collection; © Patrice Cartier. All rights reserved 2023.

Engraving depicting a fashionable couple attending a play in London, 19th century
5309028 Engraving depicting a fashionable couple attending a play in London, 19th century; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a fashionable couple attending a play in London)

David Copperfield, from My Favorite Fiction Character by Thomas Boyd, in The Bookman, 1926 (woodcut)
2563232 David Copperfield, from My Favorite Fiction Character by Thomas Boyd, in The Bookman, 1926 (woodcut) by Roth, Herb (1887-1953); 20x11 cm; Free Library of Philadelphia; (add.info)

Fashion Young Women of 1814 - Ladies in fashions of 1814 Antique hand-colored print
NWI4957185 Fashion Young Women of 1814 - Ladies in fashions of 1814 Antique hand-colored print; (add.info.: Fashion Young Women of 1814 - Ladies in fashions of 1814 Antique hand-colored print)

Lady in a ballgown, 1805 and lady with a top hat and walk suit - Lady in a ballgown, 1805
NWI4957073 Lady in a ballgown, 1805 and lady with a top hat and walk suit - Lady in a ballgown, 1805, and a lady in a top hat in street clothes

Parisians in the early 1790s, period revolutionaire - Parisians of the early 1790s, French Revolution period
NWI4956590 Parisians in the early 1790s, period revolutionaire - Parisians of the early 1790s, French Revolution period. Antique hand-colored print; (add.info.: Parisians in the early 1790s)

Woman seated on a sofa flattering an ugly man. One is never ugly with a distinguished figure
FLO4691228 Woman seated on a sofa flattering an ugly man. One is never ugly with a distinguished figure. Handcoloured lithograph by the Gihaut brothers after an illustration by Jean Gabriel Scheffer

Rich Assortment of Clothes For Men (poster)
2904181 Rich Assortment of Clothes For Men (poster); (add.info.: Well dressed man hands a women in a coach his hand to help her alight.); Buyenlarge Archive/UIG.

Three-quarter-length portrait of the singer Desmet in elegant late 19th century clothes
3562455 Three-quarter-length portrait of the singer Desmet in elegant late 19th century clothes; (add.info.: 1900-1910 ca. Photographer: Pricam Fils & Hauser); Alinari Archives, Florence.

Le Pont de l'Europe, etude partielle, 1876 (oil on canvas)
8711840 Le Pont de l'Europe, etude partielle, 1876 (oil on canvas) by Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-94); 55.3 x 38.7 cm; Private Collection; Photo © Christie's Images.

Michael Thomas Bass (1799-1884)
864777 Michael Thomas Bass (1799-1884); (add.info.: Beer'. Michael Thomas Bass (1799-1884), English brewer and politician, grandson of the founder of Bass' brewery at Burton-on-Trent

Meyer Amschel de Rothschild (1818-1874)
864748 Meyer Amschel de Rothschild (1818-1874); (add.info.: Meyer Amschel de Rothschild (1818-1874) English sportsman and art collector, fourth son of Nathan Meyer Rothschild

John Bright (1811-1889)
864779 John Bright (1811-1889); (add.info.: John Bright (1811-1889) British radical orator and statesman, born in Rochdale, Lancashire of Quaker parents

Mr Swiveller leaned back in his chair with his eyes fixed on the ceiling
1122843 Mr Swiveller leaned back in his chair with his eyes fixed on the ceiling, and occasionally pitching is voice to a needful key, c.1920 (colour litho) by Reynolds

Mr Micawber, from 'The Year 1912', published London, 1913 (colour litho)
KW280472 Mr Micawber, from 'The Year 1912', published London, 1913 (colour litho) by Reynolds, Frank (1876-1953); Private Collection; (add.info)

Phil May sketch (colour litho)
8635932 Phil May sketch (colour litho) by May, Phil (1864-1903); Private Collection; (add.info.: One of the set of Phil May Sketches, issued by Fry's Chocolates in c.1905.); © Look and Learn.

Humorous cat postcard (colour litho)
8643342 Humorous cat postcard (colour litho) by Thiele, Carl Robert Arthur (1860-1936); Private Collection; (add.info.: Humorous cat postcard)

Oh, what wonderful things one little girlie can do! (colour litho)
8656463 Oh, what wonderful things one little girlie can do! (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Oh, what wonderful things one little girlie can do)

Advertising card for Wanamaker & Brown, Philadelphia (litho)
8677315 Advertising card for Wanamaker & Brown, Philadelphia (litho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Advertising card for menswear from Wanamaker & Brown)

Portrait of Vittorio and Virginia Bourbon del Monte
3564104 Portrait of Vittorio and Virginia Bourbon del Monte by Unknown photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: Italy 1930-1940 Photographer: Unidentified Author); Alinari Archives, Florence.

1851 and 1862 or You had me to rights in Fifty One, but you don't in Sixty Two, 1862 (lithograph on paper)
8836230 1851 and 1862 or You had me to rights in Fifty One, but you don't in Sixty Two, 1862 (lithograph on paper) by Wagner, John Joseph (182-1891); 37 x 27 cm; Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust

John Davidson Rockefeller Jr (1874-1960) American industrialist c. 1920
1703104 John Davidson Rockefeller Jr (1874-1960) American industrialist c. 1920; (add.info.: John Davidson Rockefeller Jr (1874-1960) american industrialist c. 1920).

The Wedding Trip, 1825 (oil on canvas)
8696794 The Wedding Trip, 1825 (oil on canvas) by Haudebourt, Antoinette Cecile Hortense Lescot (1784-1845); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts

COSTUME: hat: top hat, Kirsop & Son, Scotland, Glasgow, 106 St Vincent Street, c. 1828-1830 (silk, cotton, leather)
3548309 COSTUME: hat: top hat, Kirsop & Son, Scotland, Glasgow, 106 St Vincent Street, c. 1828-1830 (silk, cotton, leather); Glasgow Museums

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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.