upper class

Marcus Sadeler - Aprilis P.S, Landscape view print

Print shows a calendar illustration for the month of April, showing family members enjoying a leisurely day on the columned portico of a palace while gardeners are at work with Spring planting on the grounds to... More

Ridotto al' fresco, or the humours of spring gardens, British Cartoon ...

Caricature of lords, ladies, jesters, etc. in garden. Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

The assemble or conversation a la mode / Hune scp., British Cartoon Pr...

Well-dressed English people socializing. Forms part of: British cartoon Prints collection (Library of Congress).

Venison & Claret, or Sr. Humpy. Haunch, Bart. of Glutton Hall, British...

"A W.L. figure standing towards the left looking over his left shoulder. He is stout with an enormously protruding stomach..." (Source: George) V. 2. 22. Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires preserved in... More

A side box, British Cartoon Print

Two elegantly-dressed women seated in theater box, with man offering fruit to one woman. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

La France reçoit des trois ordres les voeux de toutes la nation et les...

Allegory showing France as a woman receiving from the three estates (clergyman, nobleman, and peasant) the wishes of the nation and presenting them to King Louis XVI and Jacques Necker, who was recalled to offi... More

Le Souhait accompli v'la comme j'avions toujours désiré que ça fut.

Cartoon showing three men representing the three estates (clergyman, nobleman, and peasant) embracing and standing on red, white, and blue sheets marked "haine," "grandeurs," and "benefices." (National Assembly... More

Liste de MM les Deputes de la noblesse de Paris

Aristocrats in carriage drawn by two lions on their way to Versailles for the meeting of the Estates General; fierce lion at front; figure of the Republic with club on high platform behind; list of the deputies... More

Reveil du Tiers Etat, ma feinte, il doit tems que je me revillise, car...

Clergyman and aristocrat recoiling from figure representing Third Estate, who is picking up chains and guns; storming of the Bastille in background.

Le Pied de nez ou l'aristocratie ecrasée

Aristocrat with crown, clergy with long noses, triumphant figures of the Republic, destruction of the aristocracy.

Country characters no. 6: Squire, Thomas Rowlandson

Public domain image of an engraving, male portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for ... More

Country characters no. 1: Publican, Thomas Rowlandson

The parlour of a country public-house, hung round with pictures on equestrian subjects. The publican is drinking in true old-fashioned landlordlike style with the squire, a Tony Lumkin of a landed proprietor ; ... More

Subscription room RS monogram - Public domain graphic arts, Library of...

Print shows two well-dressed men standing outside the entrance to a place identified by a sign as the "Subscription Room", a place for members of the upper class to bet on sporting events, particularly horse ra... More

Man driving carriage RS monogram

Print shows a well-dressed man, full-length, sitting on the seat of a carriage, holding a whip in his right hand and the reins in his left. Signed on plate with monogram: RS. Printed below image: Your [...] Th... More

Albemarle RS monogram - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows William Charles Keppel, 4th Earl of Albemarle, full-length, facing right, holding riding crop beneath right arm, standing on a field with a young man who is holding a top hat at his side, there is a... More

Le souper. Ou les mauvaises maniéres des gens bien élevś

Two men try to escape an angry crowd which attempts to pass through a doorway all at once. One of the men crawls under a table set for dinner, while the other is seized by his coat tails and yanked backwards b... More

A modern belle going to the rooms at Bath, British Cartoon Print

Print showing two porters carrying an elegantly dressed woman in a sedan chair. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, no. 8895 Forms part of:... More

[Three panel cartoon representing the change in condition of French pe...

Print shows a three panel cartoon representing the change in condition of French peasants, union of the Three Orders (clergy, aristocracy, and people), and miserable plight of peasants Possibly purchased by Ge... More

[Ornate palanquin for noble or wealthy man, to be carried by eight per...

Reference copy in LOT 5090, no. 155. Purchase; G.V. Yudin; 1906. Forms part of: Yudin Collection (Library of Congress).

Southern ass-stock-crazy (Southern aristocracy)

Public domain reproduction of political cartoon, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A Turkish Effendi - Oriental album, people and scenery of Turkey

Public domain illustrated book or album page scan, related to architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

XIIe siecle. Commencement. Monarques, et bourgeoises du midi d'Europe....

Public domain image of ethnic group, people gathering, anthropology, colonies, exotic, indigenous people, medieval, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Shō (Ch. mus. inst.) - musician of higher rank

Drawing shows a nobleman playing a sho, a panpipe-like Chinese musical instrument. From the "Music" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part of: Japanese prints... More

The amusements of fashionable society--competitors at a "soap-bubble p...

Fashionably dressed men and women blowing bubbles. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, Nov. 25, 1882, p. 216.

Here is Robertson, the son of a wealthy merchant, with splendid prospe...

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The disciples of culture overdo it

Men in street laughing at elaborately outfitted carriage and driver. (DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "More News from the Little Culture S... More

New York City - "Doing the slums" - A scene in the Five Points / from ...

Policeman leading upper class people through the Five Points neighborhood. Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A slight mistake - Drawing. Public domain image.

"Maude: Mama, who is that vulgar looking man standing near the doorway? Mama (without turning around) ... that is young Lord Spendquick, the heir of one of the oldest and one of the richest. Maud: ... how noble... More

Coaches at Jerome Park on a race day

People, at annual spring meeting of the American Jockey Club, with coaches at race track, Jerome Park, New York City. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1886 June 19, p. 389.

When a slave passed he couldn't even see him

"Chapter 21." (DLC/PP-1936:0089). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court / Samuel Clemens. New York : Charles L. Webste... More

What is it you call it? -- Chuckleheads

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Closed chair of upper classes of nobles - used by men & women

Drawing shows four porters, two in front and two in the rear, holding the long poles through an enclosed palanquin. With (on verso): Soldier of the Royal Guard. Ancient dress not yet entirely obsolete - Coat &... More

Wealthy Malays - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Ten people posed, Singapore. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection. No. 183.

Brazil--Rio de Janeiro. Home of wealthy resident - Frank G. Carpenter ...

Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection. By Publishers Photo Service, New York City. Copyright by E.M. Newman.

[Wife of a Singapore millionaire, half-length portrait, seated, facing...

Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection. No. 118. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Prime minister (?) - Public domain image related to music prformance, ...

Drawing shows four porters and two attendants carrying a first class nobleman or government official in an open sedan chair; the porters use straps from the chair's frame to distribute the weight over their sho... More

We've all got to retrench! / F. Opper.

Print shows how members of the upper class have made efforts to cut-back during the business panic of 1893; vignettes show a clothing auction of dresses worn by socialites, former streetcar-horses finding a sec... More

A hint from the world's fair - why not have a "bureau of public comfor...

Print shows a vignette cartoon with, at center, a place for Republican's to go to commiserate while awaiting the next election with such stalwart Republicans as George F. Edmunds, John Sherman, William M. Evart... More

America's proud "four hundred" and Europe's haughty "nobility" - and t...

Print shows the American upper class on the left and the European nobility on the right, beneath their family trees, with such ancestors as, on the left, "Skin Trader, Money Lender, Slave Trader, Squatter, [and... More

Poor paterfamilias - the family rises and he has to pay the freight / ...

Print shows a vignette cartoon where the father of an upwardly mobile family is forced to keep pace financially with his wife's ambitions; the main vignette shows the father perspiring as he works harder, using... More

The wealthy sabbatarian fanatic / C.J. Taylor.

Print shows a vignette cartoon depicting a man who firmly believes in observing the Sabbath, as he tells his friends, surrounded by vignettes where he insists that his Sunday newspaper be delivered earlier, tha... More

What a newspaper puff can do / F. Opper and Ehrhart.

Print shows a vignette cartoon chronicling the social and financial fortunes of the "Smallclip" family following Mrs. Smallclip's interview with reporters and artists for the society pages of the newspaper, whi... More

The ancestral snobbery-microbe / Ehrhart., Political Cartoon

Print shows a vignette cartoon, with "America's Real Order of the Descendants of Kings" at center showing an African American laborer, a woman domestic, and an Irish hod carrier. The surrounding vignettes depic... More

The Astor tramp / motion picture

"A side-splitting subject, showing the mistaken tramp's arrival at the Wm. Waldorf Astor mansion and being discovered comfortably asleep in bed by the lady of the house. Length 100 feet, complete with words of ... More

A look ahead; - but not so very far ahead, either! / Ehrhart.

Print shows an Irish American woman labeled "Walking Delegate" displaying the "By-Laws of the Help Lady's Union" during a dinner party hosted by an elderly woman sitting at a table with her guests. Women domest... More

[Like lord and lady in state, gazing idly across their vast fief of gr...

Title from Harper's. (DLC/PP-1932:0040). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Thicker Than Water" by Melville Chater, Harper's magazine, 102:556 (March 1901).

A first-class lie / Frank A. Nankivell '99.

Illustration shows two upper class men talking in the street in London, a coach labeled "Picadilly Circus" is waiting in the background. Caption: Englishman You have some pretty high buildings in Chicago, hav... More

Nobody else will do it / Dalrymple.

Illustration showing two tramps dressed in cast-off and ill-fitting clothes discussing how to kill the "Trusts" through "Social Ostracism"; on the left is a well-dressed matronly woman wearing a robe labeled "T... More

Into society via the "Walledoff" / Ehrhart.

Illustration shows through a series of vignettes, a rural family arriving in the city to stay at the "Walledoff," a fashionable hotel. The patriarch of the family repeatedly mistakes each encounter for somethin... More

A word to the otherwise / Ehrhart.

Illustration shows a haughty, well-dressed woman sitting in the middle of a ballroom, she is holding a paper that states "Society hence-forth will strive to attract brains, not mere vulgar wealth. --A leader of... More

The diversions of high society / Albert Levering.

Illustration shows a high society auction being conducted in a circus-like atmosphere where spouses are unloading their unwanted partners for various reason to the highest bidder; on the left, a lecherous old m... More

The diversions of high society / Albert Levering.

Illustration shows a large crowd of men and woman, all wearing formal evening clothes, three women wearing short red dresses have secured the attentions of several young men, to the chagrin of others, during an... More

The burglar's slide for life / - movie film screenshot

"The first scene shows the interior of a room in an apartment house. A burglar enters and seeing a portable vapor bath in the corner of the room gets into it to hide. Presently two ladies enter. One is the lady... More

Guests at the dinner given to Mark Twain, Dec. 5, 1905. Table T

Photograph shows five men in full evening dress and three women in formal gowns celebrating Mark Twain's birthday at Delmonico's, New York City.

The diversions of high society / Albert Levering.

Illustration shows a large crowd of men and woman, all wearing formal evening clothes, the women are draped with stunningly sparkling jewels, at a ball given by "Mrs. Gaster". Caption: Central office at Mrs. G... More

Polly's chance to get some nice crackers / K.

Illustration shows a well-dressed man labeled "Plutocracy", wearing a top hat, holding a parrot labeled "State Legislature" on his right hand, trying to get it to repeat a phrase after him, "We don't want an In... More

"A mother! How odd!" / Gordon Ross.

Illustration shows some high society women with their big hats, dogs, a doll, and a champanzee, startled at the prospect that one of their own would desire to become a mother; a young woman holding an infant is... More

Beef à la mode / Leighton Budd.

Illustration shows a high society couple walking their tiny dog, whom exhibits the same behavior as its owners. Illus. in: Puck, v. 67, no. 1740 (1910 July 6), cover. Copyright 1910 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.

[The Countess sat in a bath chair]

No accession number. Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The White Cockatoo" by Mary Austin, Century Magazine 83:558 (Feb. 1912).

Built for speed; 1912 model / W.E. Hill 1912.

Illustration shows a beautiful young woman, fashionably dressed with large hat, standing before a group of wealthy men, looking back over her right shoulder; includes an escutcheon showing an automobile, lobste... More

A sketch-book at Newport / Raymond Crawford Ewer Newport '04 R.I. ; dr...

Illustration shows a vignette cartoon with several scenes of events at Newport, Rhode Island during the summer: fashionably dressed young women arriving by carriage and automobile, women socializing among thems... More

Mrs. Murphy began her rounds in the pay-as-you-enter-society

(DLC/PP-1934:0045). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Mrs. Murphy Breaks In" by Mary Brush Williams, Saturday evening post, 188:16 (Feb. 12, 1916).

Stole away! he muttered briefly

(DLC/PP-1934:0045). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The False Faces" by Louis Joseph Vance, Saturday evening post, 190:24 (Nov. 17, 1917).

If you're so keen on getting married, for goodness sake, why don't you...

Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1934:0045). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The High Heart" by Basil King, Saturday evening post, 189:21 (June 16, 1917).

There was more color in Lady Cissie's personality than in anyone I hav...

(DLC/PP-1934:0045). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The High Heart" by Basil King, Saturday evening post, 189:18 (June 30, 1917).

There she is, said Mrs. Billing, as though I was a portrait

(DLC/PP-1934:0045). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The High Heart" by Basil King, Saturday evening post, 190:19 (July 7, 1917).

Here's an account of a family of five that lives on a thousand a year ...

(DLC/PP-1938:0086). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Life, 69:492 (March 22, 1917).

Guests of honor (our parlor Bolsheviki)

Lizards Lenin and Trotsky in tuxedoes and top hats standing on platform in parlor receiving the attention of upper classes; boxes with ribbon, "to our Trotzky," "to our Lenine," in background. (DLC/PP-1932:0042... More

[The messenger is the son of a king]

The adopted son of an Indian Chief delivering a message to a plantation owner and his daughter which explains that he is their cousin. Title from mat. (DLC/PP-1935:0006). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illu... More

The third stayed behind a moment, bowed over her hand and kissed it

(DLC/PP-1935:0006). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as frontispiece for: "Erskine Dale - Pioneer" by John Fox, Jr. Scribner's, vol. 67 (June 1920).

The Hares - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain image of horse carriage, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Hounds - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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The Hares - Public domain scan / photograph

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. Caption from caption list: The "Hares" in a recent paper chase held by prominent members of society in Was... More

The Hounds - Public domain photograph

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. Caption from caption list: Washington society has taken enthusiasticly to horseback riding and the parks o... More

Hounds - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Hounds - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. Caption from caption list: Home of Commander C.R.P. Rogers from which a recent paper chase "Hunt" was held... More

Hindu children of high caste, Bombay, India

Three children seated, dressed in elaborate clothing and accessories. J252992 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 12574.

John Hamilton sitter i aktern och styr en eka med snurra. I båten finn...

John Hamilton sitter i aktern och styr en eka med snurra. I båten finns även tre hundar.

Where the country's morals are molded

(DLC/PP-1933:0112). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Chicago Tribune, May 2, 1926.

Wedding of Miss Theresa Crossley to Alain Camu at St Joseph, Hawkstone...

Teitl Cymraeg/Welsh title: Priodas Miss Theresa Crossley i Alain Camu yn St Joseph, Hawkstone Park.Ffotograffydd/Photographer: Geoff Charles (1909-2002).Dyddiad/Date: July 27, 1956.Cyfrwng/Medium: Negydd ffilm... More

[Rai Bahadur Sonam Tobden, (Athingla), a Sikkimese nobleman, sitting w...

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

Public domain stock image. Wingtip dress shoes leather shoes, beauty f...

Public domain stock image. Wingtip dress shoes leather shoes.

Public domain stock image. Wingtip dress shoes leather shoes, beauty f...

Public domain stock image. Wingtip dress shoes leather shoes, beauty f...

A black and white drawing of a man wearing a hat. Vintage old old fash...

Portraits. Free images of people. Use free people photos without any copyright restrictions.

Chair. - Public domain print

Public domain photograph of vintage postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Saigon. Un groupe d'elégantes.

Public domain illustrated book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Only an east side girl - Public domain sheet music scan

The toy monkey - Public domain sheet music scan

Dance Laughing song - Public domain musical sheets

The brotherhood of man - Public domain sheet music scan

In society - Public domain sheet music scan

In the swim - Public domain sheet music scan

Only an east side girl - Public domain sheet music scan

The toy monkey - Public domain sheet music scan

Dance Laughing song - Public domain musical sheets

The brotherhood of man - Public domain sheet music scan

In the swim - Public domain sheet music scan

In society - Public domain sheet music scan