Victorian Interior Events

Depictions of elegant Victorian interiors featuring receptions, meetings, and gatherings in grand settings with ornate details and elaborate furnishings.

The smoking room for addicted members of the House of Commons. Date: 1855

Barber-surgeons' Hall, Monkwell Street, London: the interior of the Court-Room, with a reception taking place. Wood engraving by J. and A. Williams, 1856.

MEETING OF THE LADIES' COMMITTEE AT STAFFORD HOUSE, IN AID OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION OF INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS, IN 1851.

THE QUEEN'S DRAWINGROOM

The smoking room for addicted members of the House of Commons. Date: 1855

Interior of the Grand Pump Room at Bath, Avon. Date: 1888

Interior of Monsieur Thouret's gold and galvanoplasty works, Paris, France, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 583, Volume XXIII, April 29, 1854.

Illustration depicting the interior of the Old Bailey in London. Dated 19th Century

The lounge of the Empress. Paris, France, Exposition Universelle. An international Exhibition held on the Champs-Elysees in 1855, consisting of an industrial and an beaux Arts exposition. Engraving

The Turner and Vernon Rooms at the South Kensington Museum, circa 1860

Interior view of the central office of I.M. Singer & Co., 458 Broadway, New York City, August 1857. After Issac Singer and Elias Howe had settled their patent dispute by a licensing agreement, Singer became the largest sewing machine company in the world by 1860. They sold 10,953 machines in 1859, with Elias Howe receiving $1.15 in license income for each one (BSLOC_2019_7_83)

The Scott Centenary Banquet in the Corn Exchange, Grassmarket, Edinburgh,

The new Coral Room : in 1881 visitors will have to traipse all the way to South Kensington to enjoy the natural history exhibits of the Museum. Date: 1847

Engraving showing the interior of Messrs. Asser and Sherwin's Archery and Cricket repository, Strand, London, 1875. The necessity of a store devoted to the two sports reflects their popularity through the late 19th century. Date: 3 April 1875

They learnt Macaulay's 'Horatius' at school, so they know all about the Etruscans and can enjoy the Etruscan Room even if it's mostly jars and pots. Date: 1847

South Kensington Museum: the interior of the north court, with exhibits and visitors. Wood engraving by W. E. Hodgkin, 1862.

The Elizabethan Room, Coombe Abbey, Warwickshire, 1915. Artist: Unknown.

Mr. and Mrs. Disraeli's Assembly at the new Foreign Office, London, 1868. View of '...the entertainment given to a large assembly of persons of rank and fashion...The new Foreign Office is part of the quadrangle of buildings...The architect is Mr. George Gilbert Scott...The interior, decorated by Messrs. Clayton and Bell, is magnificent...The grand centre to which the company converged was the Secretary of State's room...A chandelier, suspended from the centre of the ceiling, with small candelabra fixed round the walls of the room, effectively lighted the room. Rich carpets were spread every

Auditorium in Felix Meritis, 1789; Hearing room in the building of the SOUMYË FELIX MERITIS within Amsterdam / Auditory (...); Four rooms in Felix Meritis. Visitors in the auditorium in the building of society Felix Meritis in Amsterdam, initiated in 1789.

Interior of the Barristers' Room at the Royal Courts of Justice, London, in 1883 Date: 1883

Theater Decor: The upholstered room, Adolf van der Laan (attributed to), after Hendrik de Leth, 1736 - 1738 print The scenes of the upholstered room with scene off: the discovered Schyndetugd. Only the decor of a separate plate, so without the passe-partout. Part of a series of 12 theater sets of the Amsterdam Schouwburg on the Keizersgracht. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving theatre, theatrical performance. stage design Schouwburg Keizersgracht (1637-1772)

Conference room where talks for the Treaty of Paris took place, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Paris, France, Crimean war, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 679, Volume XXVII, March 1, 1856.

Print made by John Woods, active 1836-1860, Interior of the Star Chamber, Westminster, 1848. Line engraving on smooth, medium thickness, white wove paper.

The Tea Room Date: 1882

Interior of De la tour Saint-Jacques department stores on Rue de Rivoli, Paris, France, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 609, Volume XXIV, October 28, 1854.

The interior of the Army and Navy Club, Pall Mall, London, showing the staircase. The club was founded in 1837 when many army officers returned from India and, finding the waiting-list for the Junior United Service Club so long, decided to form an Army Club. The Duke of Wellington refused to be patron unless the navy was also included, hence it became The Army and Navy Club. Date: 1851

QUEEN ANNE'S ROOM, ST. JAMES'S PALACE.

Engraving showing the interior of the Registry of Wills Office in Somerset House, London, 1875. Date: 30 January 1875

Interior of a Library, Bernard Picart, 1724 print Bookcases are set up along the walls of the library. A man stands on a staircase and places books back on a shelf. In the middle of the departure men and women around a table. On the right two men who study a globe. paper etching / engraving public library. globe. ladder

International entertainment at the Guildhall, London: the ball in the temporary saloon erected in the Guildhall-yard, 1862. 'The Corporation of the city of London, desirous of offering a suitable welcome to the distinguished foreigners and other eminent persons visiting the metropolis on the occasion of the international Exhibition, gave a ball and concert...covering the greater part of Guildhall-yard, a spacious and lofty saloon had been erected, with commodious entrances, lobbies, and side passages. The interior was decorated in the Gothic style of architecture; and ranged on the sides of

Engraving showing a formal event in the Grand Reception Room used by Queen Victoria, Windsor Castle, 1874. Date: 21 March 1874

THE TAPESTRY CHAMBER, ST. JAMES'S PALACE

Interior view of the morgue.

Telegraph Administration Central Office, Ministry of home affairs, Paris, France, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, n 732, Volume XXIX, March 7, 1857.

Saloon of a steamboat, 1875. Artist: Henry Linton

The telegraph room; Electric and International Telegraph Company; Bell Alley; London. 1859.

INTERIOR OF STATIONERS' HALL, 1876, LONDON

Engraving showing the State Dining Room at Buckingham Palace, London, 1887. Date: 25 June 1887

The new Paris hotel in Paris. - City Council Reception Room

THE PRINCE OF WALES IN INDIA: MADRAS, THE LEVEE IN THE BANQUETING HALL, 1876

Great Subscription Room at Brooks's, St. James's Street. Circa 1808. After a work by August Pugin and Thomas Rowlandson in the Microcosm of London, published in three volumes between 1808 and 1810 b

The Grand Banquet, 1850. Festivities at Trentham Hall in Staffordshire, to celebrate the majority reaching the age of 21 of the Marquis of Stafford. '...grand dinner party, in a magnificent apartment temporarily formed by roofing over what is called the West Court...This apartment was constructed under the superintendence of Charles Barry, Esq., R.A...The ceiling was composed of crimson and white drapery, ornamented with wreaths and festoons of evergreens...Above the cornice, a string of gas jets was continued all round the apartment, and these, with chandeliers of wax lights, brilliantly il

The interior of Child's Bank, Fleet Street, London Date: 1878

Spain. Madrid. Conference Hall of the Chamber of Deputies. Engraving in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1872.

EATON HALL: ANTE-DINING ROOM, UK, 1886

Germany Munich gastronomy ""Hofbr_uhaus"" interior view great hall after drawing by A.Kirchner wood engraving circa 1895,

Joseph Constantine Stadler, active 1780-1812, British, Great Subscription Room at Brooks's, 1808. Aquatint, hand-colored.

THE INTERIOR OF THE GAMBLING SALOON, 1886

Dining Hall, Asylum, John Hill, 1770-1850, British, after Augustus Charles Pugin, 1762-1832, French, after Thomas Rowlandson, 1756-1827, British, Published by Rudolf Ackermann, 1764-1834, British, 1808, Aquatint with etching, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper, Sheet: 9 1/2 x 12 11/16 inches (24.2 x 32.2 cm) and Image: 7 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches (19.7 x 26 cm), aprons, asylum, benches, bonnets, dining hall, eating, fireplace, food, genre subject, girls, hall, refugee camp, skylights, tables, uniforms, women, England, Europe, Lambeth, Surrey, United Kingdom

Interior of a Library, Bernard Picart, 1724 print Bookcases are set up along the walls of the library. A man stands on a staircase and places books back on a shelf. In the middle of the departure men and women around a table. On the right two men who study a globe. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving public library. globe. ladder

Visitors look at massive Gothic dressing tables, canopy beds and drapes manufactured by cabinetmakers Jackson and Graham in the Furniture Department of the British Section, Paris Exposition Universelle, 1867. Woodcut engraving by JM from the Supplement to the Illustrated London News, London, June 8, 1867.

Interior of the House of Lords, Opening session, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1853.

The living room of 1874. Overview of the garden of the sculpture exhibition.

Interior of the Regency theatre, Tottenham Street, Tottenham Court Road, London, built on the site of the King's Concert Rooms. Tonight's play is 'Othello'. Date: 1817

Photo production of a work with image of Salle de Jeu in Monte Caro, GJ, Anonymous, c. 1885 - in or before 1892 photograph This photo is part of an album. photographic support albumen print painting, drawing and the graphic arts. anonymous historical persons portrayed in a group, in a group-portrait Montecarlo

The telegraph room, Electric and International Telegraph Company, Bell Alley, London. 1859

Meeting of the British Association at Birmingham: soiree in the Townhall, the Refreshment-Room, 1865. We present a view of the interior of the Refreshment-Room. The Illustration attests the success with which the arrangements were made by the committees at Birmingham for the accommodation of the scientific world assembled in that town'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865.

The Interior of the Café Frascati. In 1789 the Italian Garchi Café Frascati opened near the Paris Opéra. This became a spot where sophisticated Parisians went not only to enjoy perfumed ices, lemonade, punch and tea, but also, and more importantly, to be seen. On 4 August 1806 the Journal des Dames observed, Last Thursday, Frascati glittered as never before. Its rooms were filled with ladies dressed up as if going to the theatre.’

Auditorium in Felix Meritis, 1789; Hearing room in the building of the SOUMYË FELIX MERITIS within Amsterdam / Auditory (...); Four rooms in Felix Meritis. Visitors in the auditorium in the building of society Felix Meritis in Amsterdam, initiated in 1789.

The great hall at Frascati, a famous salon for parties, balls, concerts and gambling, in Paris, circa 1800. Drawn by Debucourt, chromolithograph by Mauler from Paul Lacroix's "Directoire, Consulat et Empire," Paris, 1884.

Interior of the House of Lords, Palace of Westminster in the 19th century, rebuilt following the fire of 1834. Illustration from Cassell's History of England, Vol VII. New Edition published Circa 1873-5.

Lithograph - Interior of Baptist Chapel, Graham Street, Birmingham. Wilkinson Collection, Vol I. Lithographer: W Clerk

Meeting room of the States of Holland and West Friesland; View of the room of the meeting v. Haer Noble Hoogdende the Lord State of Holland in S'hage / vue interior de la Chambre d'Assemblé de Leurs Nobles & Grandes Puissances Les Etats d'Hollande & De Westfri .. View in the meeting room From the states of Holland and West Friesland (now the first room) where the Russian corporation has been received in 1697.

Interior of Ackerman's Repository of the Arts in London; Ackermann's repository or doctor, 101 beach. On the right two ladies for a counter, left leaves two women and a man by a standard with prints. Against the walls of display cabinets and framed prints. At the top right numbered: Plate 2.

DINING ROOM.

Room in Frascati, Carel Christiaan Antony Last, After Adrianus Everssen, 1854 print Gentlemen and ladies are standing in the room. On the walls are sculptures on pedestals and plants. On the right on the wall under the ceiling the name of a muse: Terpsichore. The Hague paper club, meeting place. piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture. Terpsichore (one of the Muses); 'Terpsicore' (Ripa) Amsterdam

Innere Ansicht des Deutschen Volks Winter Gartens. IInterior of the German Winter Garden. 45 Bowery, New York 1856 Fritz Meyer American The watercolor shows the Interior of a large entertainment center that stood at 45 Bowery, New York, designed by Henry Hoffmann. Oval in shape, the large open center walit from above by glass skylights and surrounded by an arcade of slender columns, with a balcony around the second floor. New York's beer gardens were built to accomodate German immigrants, with families and children gathering there on Saturday afternoons and Sunday evenings to eat, socialize, sing and drink beer. Beer gardens were found in German American neighborhoods in lower Manhattan, Brooklyn, Jersey City and Hoboken, Brooklyn and lower Manhattan, some large enought to hold one thousand visitors.. Innere Ansicht des Deutschen Volks Winter Gartens. IInterior of the German Winter Garden. 45 Bowery, New York 382499 Artist: Fritz Meyer, American, active 1850s80s, Innere Ansicht des D

'MAY MEETINGS' IN THE METROPOLIS, INTERIOR OF EXETER HALL

Park Avenue Foyer of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York City, America Date: c. 1930s

Interior of the Artus Court, Gdansk or Gdańsk, Baltic Sea, Poland, wooden tables, plates, columns, windows, ceiling chandeliers, vaults, meeting house, merchants, ornamentation, historical illustration 1880, Europe

Hotel des Princes, Paris. Date: 1840

Amenities of the giant British airship R101, showing the smoking room, a typical two-berth cabin, and passengers looking down on the lights of a city from the starboard promenade deck. The Illustrated London News explains that "a special smoking room has been provided...which is fitted with an aluminium floor to obviate any danger from fire caused by carelessly thrown-down cigarettes and lighted matches." The fireproofing didn't stop the R101 crashing in the early hours of 5th October

Communal table at Hotel des Princes (The Princes Hotel), Paris, France 19th century. Engraving

Interior of Congress Spring, Saratoga Springs, N.Y., 1850 - 1930. Publisher, Baker & Record, New York. Albumen prints

Italy, Venice, The foyer

Women's ward in the Middlesex Hospital, London. From 'The Microcosm of London', Ackermann, London, 1808 -11. Illustrated by Pugin and Rowlandson. Aquatint

Illustration depicting the reception room of the Guildhall, within the Social Science Congress, Sheffield. Dated 19th Century

Interior of Harding Howell e Company's Variety Store in London, 1809, England 19th century. Engraving.

Public Room at the 5th Ward Museum Hotel, corner of West Broadway and Franklin Street, New York City, 1864

Field hospital in the Palace of Fine Arts to care for the sick from the influenza pandemic 1889-1890, Madrid. Spain. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1890

Court of Audit. - Library and board room.

Le Grand Salon of the luxurious French liner SS Normandie Date: 1935

Board room of the Admiralty. Circa 1808. After a work by August Pugin and Thomas Rowlandson in the Microcosm of London, published in three volumes between 1808 and 1810 by Rudolph Ackermann. Pugin

View of first basement (hat and cap department), 26, Holborn Viaduct. Date: c.1895

Germany Berlin gastronomy cafe ""Bauer"" Unter den Linden interior view late 19th century,

'Interior of the House of Commons, 1834', (1881). Creator: Unknown.

Engraving showing the interior of the Grosvenor Gallery of Fine Art, New Bond Street, London, 1877. Date: 5 May 1877

First national meeting in The Hague, 1796; Image of the National Meeting in Den Hage. Session of the first national meeting in The Hague, from 1 March 1796 to 31 August 1797. View in the meeting room (former dance hall of the stadholder palace) with members, all with ribbon as representant. The President addressed the meeting on the right. In the background the full public gallery.

Prussian exhibition in the Industry building, Universal Exhibition in Paris, France, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 663, Volume XXVI, November 10, 1855.

Inn interior with a group of cards and drinking farmers, anonymous, 1750 - 1799 drawing Netherlands paper

View of ground floor of Our Boys Clothing Company, 26 Holborn Viaduct. Image captures the department from the east side Date: c.1895

United States. Cincinnati, Ohaio. Duhme & Co. Manufacturing Jewelers. Jewellery. Inside view. 1876. Colored engraving.

Interior of the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam. Dating: 1680. Measurements: h 110 cm × w 99 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Emanuel de Witte.

The Great Hall, The United Service Club, London, 19th century.Artist: H Melville

The Grill-Room at the South Kensington Museum (now the Victoria and Albert Museum) in 1871. Also known as the Poynter Room or Dutch Kitchen, the room had an open grill where chops and steaks were cooked. The walls were covered with representations of the four seasons. The lady in the foreground is about to take her seat at a table. Date: 1871

Illustration showing the interior of the Reading Room at Lloyd's of London, the insurance company, 1890. Date: 11 October 1890

Interior of the synagogue in Vienna, Austria, ca 1830.

The Great Horse Armoury in the Tower of London. Steel engraving by Henry Melville after an illustration by Gilbert from London Interiors, Their Costumes and Ceremonies, Joshua Mead, London, 1841.

INTERIOR OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, 1834. London, UK, 19th century engraving

'Interior of the Mint', c1872. Creator: Unknown.

Inn interior with a group of maping and drinking farmers.

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