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Majorca: a monk dances with a young woman as others watch, accompanied by a guitarist. Etching.

Advertising prospectus for a fund raising ball including two very exotic full colour illustrations of high society people dancing and dining and a third of the Savoy ballroom on the front cover. A menu is on page 7.

8 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm

A grand empire fancy dress ball and supper in aid of the Middlesex Hospital... will be held at the Savoy Hotel, on Thursday, May 23rd, 1912 (Empire eve).

Bird's-eye views of modern society

1 print : reproduction of a wood engraving.

A crowded country ball. Reproduction of a wood engraving after Dalziel after R. Doyle.

Dialogue reads: 'Mamma. "Yes, doctor. She will sit for hours without speaking a word. She persists in wearing the same dress, and won't part with the bouquet!" Doctor. "Hm - well, let's see - we must first get the ball out of her head, and then perhaps the nervous system may right itself!"'

1 print : wood engraving ; border 15 x 17.8 cm

A young lady, love-struck after a military ball, visited by her doctor at her mother's request. Wood engraving by John Leech, 1863.

1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages) ; 23 cm

Hearts of Oak Benefit Society dinner & dance : The Ballroom, Park Lane Hotel, Piccadilly, London W.1. Thursday 26th February 1976 / Hearts of Oak Benefit Society.

A woman carrying a chair sweeps away from a young man who has approached her, indicating her refusal to dance with him; another young woman is sitting on a chair behind him. Etching by James Gillray, 1804, after B. North.

1 print : lithograph ; sheet 36.8 x 28.1 cm

A man and a woman face one another on the dance floor as people behind look on with disapproving faces. Lithograph by C.J.W. Winter.

Adamson Collection

1 painting : watercolour ; sheet 55.7 x 45.7 cm

Men and woman dancing in couples in an institutional building. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1957.

Club flier advertising a World AIDS Day club night held at the 6th floor of the Printemps de la Mode, 60 Boulevard Haussmann, Paris. It appears to have been a fund raising event.

AIDS ephemera : France. Box 2.

We are all made of star : samedi 29 novembre de 21 h00 à 2h00 dans un des plus beau lieu de la capitale, avec possibilité de diner sur  place ... / Le Kiosque Infos Sida ... [and 27 others].

1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages) ; 22 cm

Hearts of Oak Benefit Society dinner and dance : held in the Windsor Banqueting Room, Coventry Street Corner House, London W.1. Wednesday 18th Feb. 1959 / Hearts of Oak Benefit Society.

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Majorca: a monk dances with a young woman as others watch, accompanied by a guitarist. Etching.

A grand empire fancy dress ball and supper in aid of the Middlesex Hospital... will be held at the Savoy Hotel, on Thursday, May 23rd, 1912 (Empire eve).

A crowded country ball. Reproduction of a wood engraving after Dalziel after R. Doyle.

A young lady, love-struck after a military ball, visited by her doctor at her mother's request. Wood engraving by John Leech, 1863.

Hearts of Oak Benefit Society dinner & dance : The Ballroom, Park Lane Hotel, Piccadilly, London W.1. Thursday 26th February 1976 / Hearts of Oak Benefit Society.

A woman carrying a chair sweeps away from a young man who has approached her, indicating her refusal to dance with him; another young woman is sitting on a chair behind him. Etching by James Gillray, 1804, after B. North.

A man and a woman face one another on the dance floor as people behind look on with disapproving faces. Lithograph by C.J.W. Winter.

Men and woman dancing in couples in an institutional building. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1957.

We are all made of star : samedi 29 novembre de 21 h00 à 2h00 dans un des plus beau lieu de la capitale, avec possibilité de diner sur place ... / Le Kiosque Infos Sida ... [and 27 others].

Hearts of Oak Benefit Society dinner and dance : held in the Windsor Banqueting Room, Coventry Street Corner House, London W.1. Wednesday 18th Feb. 1959 / Hearts of Oak Benefit Society.

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Majorca: a monk dances with a young woman as others watch, accompanied by a guitarist. Etching.

A grand empire fancy dress ball and supper in aid of the Middlesex Hospital... will be held at the Savoy Hotel, on Thursday, May 23rd, 1912 (Empire eve).

A crowded country ball. Reproduction of a wood engraving after Dalziel after R. Doyle.

A young lady, love-struck after a military ball, visited by her doctor at her mother's request. Wood engraving by John Leech, 1863.

Hearts of Oak Benefit Society dinner & dance : The Ballroom, Park Lane Hotel, Piccadilly, London W.1. Thursday 26th February 1976 / Hearts of Oak Benefit Society.

A woman carrying a chair sweeps away from a young man who has approached her, indicating her refusal to dance with him; another young woman is sitting on a chair behind him. Etching by James Gillray, 1804, after B. North.

A man and a woman face one another on the dance floor as people behind look on with disapproving faces. Lithograph by C.J.W. Winter.

Men and woman dancing in couples in an institutional building. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1957.

We are all made of star : samedi 29 novembre de 21 h00 à 2h00 dans un des plus beau lieu de la capitale, avec possibilité de diner sur place ... / Le Kiosque Infos Sida ... [and 27 others].

Hearts of Oak Benefit Society dinner and dance : held in the Windsor Banqueting Room, Coventry Street Corner House, London W.1. Wednesday 18th Feb. 1959 / Hearts of Oak Benefit Society.

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