Society hostess posters & prints

Mrs Ronald Greville Lafayette Portrait Studios

Theresa, Marchioness of Londonderry, 1896 Hal Hurst

Madame du Deffand Henri Villain

Melanie de Bussiere, Countess of Pourtales, 1897 Antoine Auguste Ernest Herbert or Hebert

The Hostess of the Mansion, c.1920s Joseph Clayton Clarke

Tea by Lamplight Delphin Enjolras

Soiree of the Vegetarian Society, in Freemasons' Hall Anonymous

Portrait of a Lady thought to be Lady Mary Wortley Montagu George Knapton

A Tea Party Nicolaes Verkolje

'Comforts of Bath: The Games', or 'Assembly with Card Players' Thomas Rowlandson

Paying the Hostess, ca. 1670 Pieter de Hooch

The Banquet of the Benevolent Society of St. Patrick at the First Avenue Hotel Introducing Some of the Prizewinners Anonymous

he Grisettes Ris French School

Air hostess hanging-off side of steam train Manx Press Pictures

Paying the Hostess, c.1670 Pieter de Hooch

A brothel in Shinagawa: first page of a Shunga set. Anonymous

Society at the Table Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

Soirée Jean Béraud

Society in the Palais Royal, ca 1775 Louis Carmontelle

The Literary Lioness Alfred Andre Geniole

Opening of the Cork Temperance Institute, 1845 English School

Garden Party in Albaro, c. 1740 Alessandro Magnasco

The Host, 1891-92 Jacques-Emile Blanche

The prodigal son wastes his inheritance Nicolaes de Bruyn

Cafe Society Richard Emil Miller

The Fabian Society Report, 1886-7 Walter Crane

High Society, 2011 Peter Graham

Scene from Shakespeare's 'Merry Wives of Windsor': Falstaff, Bardolf and Hostess, 1860 William Knight Keeling

Elegant Society at Round Table, um 1700 Philip Tidemann

Cafe Society, 1899 William Henry Pike

Social Services Dinner, Metropole Manx Press Pictures

Zita Jungman Ambrose McEvoy

Allfaire Benevolent Society, 1863 Brian Percy Mann

Boarding School Education or the Frenchified Young Lady, 1839 Matthew or Matthias Darly

Times of the Day, Noon, 1738 William Hogarth

Societe des Amis des Arts d'Angers Exposition Poster E. Henry Karcher