Assembly Rooms Collection

When the party entered, illustration from Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
XJF451373 When the party entered, illustration from Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen, edition published in 1894 (engraving) by Thomson

The Social Science Congress at New York: conversazione in the Assembly Rooms, Blake-street, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Social Science Congress at New York: conversazione in the Assembly Rooms, Blake-street, 1864. From "Illustrated London News", 1864.

The building of the city's Public Assembly, located at the intersection of Voskresenskaya...,1916-17 Creator
The building of the city's Public Assembly, located at the intersection of Voskresenskaya Street and Pochtamtsky Lane, 1916-1917

Assembly Rooms NWC01_01_0544
Assembly Rooms, Castle Street, Ludlow, Shropshire, 2012. The Assembly Rooms viewed from the south-west showing the Mill Street elevation and the glass-fronted entrance

Bingo at the Assembly Rooms NWC01_01_1795
Bath Assembly Hall, Spencer Street, Leamington Spa, Royal Leamington Spa, Warwick, Warwickshire. The dance hall of the Bath Assembly Hall, in use as a bingo hall

Assemby Rooms Derby, 1941 a42_00929
DERBY ASSEMBLY ROOMS, MARKET PLACE, DERBY. Derbys old Assembly Rooms viewed from Market Place, converted for use as an Army Recruitment Centre. The old Assembly Rooms opened in 1774

The Assembly Rooms, Kentish Town, 1750 (engraving)
3636945 The Assembly Rooms, Kentish Town, 1750 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Assembly Rooms, Kentish Town, 1750)

Assembly Rooms, West Bow (engraving)
5202982 Assembly Rooms, West Bow (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Assembly Rooms, West Bow. Illustration for Cassells Old and New Edinburgh (c 1885)

New Baths and Assembly-Rooms at Southsea (engraving)
1625784 New Baths and Assembly-Rooms at Southsea (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: New Baths and Assembly-Rooms at Southsea)

Southern Counties Exhibition of Arts in the New Assembly-Rooms, at the Pavilion, Brighton (engraving)
1620489 Southern Counties Exhibition of Arts in the New Assembly-Rooms, at the Pavilion, Brighton (engraving) by English School

Sketches at an Indian Hill Station (engraving)
1045217 Sketches at an Indian Hill Station (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sketches at an Indian Hill Station)

Assembly Rooms, Prince Street (pencil & w / c on paper)
2831972 Assembly Rooms, Prince Street (pencil & w/c on paper) by Jackson, Samuel (1794-1868); Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, UK; eBristol Museums

New Town Hall and Assembly Rooms for Bishop Auckland, Architect, Mr J P Jones (engraving)
2772946 New Town Hall and Assembly Rooms for Bishop Auckland, Architect, Mr J P Jones (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

She felt the awkwardness of having no party to join, 1907 (illustration)
2963075 She felt the awkwardness of having no party to join, 1907 (illustration) by Brock, Charles Edmund (1870-1938); Private Collection; (add.info)

Rambling Sketches, Malvern (engraving)
1614123 Rambling Sketches, Malvern (engraving) by Boot, William Henry James (1848-1918) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rambling Sketches, Malvern)

Playbill advertising performances by English illusionist and ventriloquist Evanion (Henry Evans) at the Assembly Rooms
6030956 Playbill advertising performances by English illusionist and ventriloquist Evanion (Henry Evans) at the Assembly Rooms, Broadstairs, Kent, 1890 (litho) by English School

Assembly Rooms, George Street, Edinburgh (engraving)
5201077 Assembly Rooms, George Street, Edinburgh (engraving) by Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer (1792-1864); Private Collection; (add.info.: Assembly Rooms, George Street, Edinburgh)

Assembly Rooms, Prince Street (w / c on paper)
2831971 Assembly Rooms, Prince Street (w/c on paper) by Rowbotham, Thomas Leeson the Elder (1783-1853); Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, UK; eBristol Museums

Meeting of Lay Members of the Church in the Assembly-Rooms, Lincoln, the Bishop in the Chair (engraving)
1104151 Meeting of Lay Members of the Church in the Assembly-Rooms, Lincoln, the Bishop in the Chair (engraving) by English School

Dinner to Joseph Paxton, Esquire, at the New Assembly-Rooms, Derby, on Tuesday (engraving)
1102123 Dinner to Joseph Paxton, Esquire, at the New Assembly-Rooms, Derby, on Tuesday (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dinner to Joseph Paxton, Esquire)

Scottish Volunteer Ball at the Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh (engraving)
2773310 Scottish Volunteer Ball at the Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Scottish Volunteer Ball at the Assembly Rooms)

Assembly Rooms, George Street (engraving)
3638469 Assembly Rooms, George Street (engraving) by Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer (1792-1864) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Assembly Rooms, George Street)

Advert for Mr Jacobs, magician and ventriloquist (engraving)
602625 Advert for Mr Jacobs, magician and ventriloquist (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Advert for Mr Jacobs, magician and ventriloquist)

The Opening Ball in the New Assembly Rooms, Manchester (engraving)
1098452 The Opening Ball in the New Assembly Rooms, Manchester (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Opening Ball in the New Assembly Rooms, Manchester)

Bath: The Ball-Room, Assembly Rooms (b / w photo)
6027191 Bath: The Ball-Room, Assembly Rooms (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Ball-Room, Assembly Rooms)

The Social Science Congress at York, Conversazione in the Assembly Rooms, Blake-Street (engraving)
1613276 The Social Science Congress at York, Conversazione in the Assembly Rooms, Blake-Street (engraving) by English School

Dinner to the Northumberland and Newcastle Yeomanry Cavalry at the Assembly Rooms, Newcastle-on-Tyne (engraving)
1612860 Dinner to the Northumberland and Newcastle Yeomanry Cavalry at the Assembly Rooms, Newcastle-on-Tyne (engraving) by English School

Assembly Rooms, Bath, c. 1883 (litho)
468869 Assembly Rooms, Bath, c.1883 (litho) by Woodroffe, R. (fl.1835-54) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: From Views of Bath, published by C. Duffield. Lithograph by W)

Newcastle upon Tyne, 1887 (engraving)
1591672 Newcastle upon Tyne, 1887 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Newcastle upon Tyne, 1887. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 16 July 1887)

Victoria Hall and Assembly Rooms, Newport, Monmouthshire (engraving)
1588511 Victoria Hall and Assembly Rooms, Newport, Monmouthshire (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Victoria Hall and Assembly Rooms, Newport)

Brighton, showing Miss Widgetts circulating Library, Marlborough House
824082 Brighton, showing Miss Widgetts circulating Library, Marlborough House, the Castle Inn and Assembly Rooms and the Marine Pavilion, 1792 (pen and brown ink and watercolour) by Nixon

Edinburgh (engraving)
3655678 Edinburgh (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Edinburgh. Illustration for The Imperial Gazetteer, A General Dictionary of Geography (Blackie)

Ostend and its New Assembly Rooms (engraving)
1623044 Ostend and its New Assembly Rooms (engraving) by Sulman, Thomas (fl.1855-1900); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ostend and its New Assembly Rooms)

The George Stephenson Centenary at Newcastle-on-Tyne (engraving)
1590448 The George Stephenson Centenary at Newcastle-on-Tyne (engraving) by Watkins, Frank (fl.1859-94); Private Collection; (add.info.: The George Stephenson Centenary at Newcastle-on-Tyne)

Bath and its Baths in their Palmy Days (engraving)
1041820 Bath and its Baths in their Palmy Days (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bath and its Baths in their Palmy Days)

Victoria Archery Rooms - the Council Dinner, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Victoria Archery Rooms - the Council Dinner, 1844. View of the Victoria Archery and Assembly Rooms in Southampton: Dr. Buchland returned thanks in a lengthened address

The Council Dinner at the Victoria Archery Rooms, the Trial of Implements at Swathling, 1844. Scenes during the annual show of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, at Southampton

The Assembly Rooms, Kentish Town, 1750, (c1856). Creator: Unknown
The Assembly Rooms, Kentish Town, 1750, (c1856). Travellers would assemble and travel in large groups for protection against highwaymen. The building was boarded up in 1896 prior to demolition

The Eyre Arms in 1820, (c1876). Creator: Unknown
The " Eyre Arms" in 1820, (c1876). Eyre Arms Tavern and Assembly Rooms on the corner of Grove End Road and Wellington Road, in St Johns Wood was built in 1820 and opened in 1821

Scene at Almacks Assembly Rooms, London, 1826. Petitioners for admission at Almack s, they even stooped to the most degrading submission to obtain tickets

French frippery and impertinence!! Que les Anglaises sont Betes, 1827. Artist
French frippery and impertinence!! Que les Anglaises sont Betes, 1827; interior of Almacks Assembly Rooms, King Street, Westminster, London

Almacks Assembly Rooms, London, 1827. Artist: SW Fores
Interior view of Almacks Assembly Rooms, King Street, Westminster, London, 1827; showing a crowd of visitors of both sexes and all ages engaged in gossip

The board of Red cloth, City ladies admitted if extreemly Rich... 1827. Artist
The board of Red cloth, City ladies admitted if extreemly Rich... 1827. A scene in the committee room at Almacks Assembly Rooms, King Street, London

Un petit embarras, no, no. I was thinking, I was thinking, 1827. Artist: SW Fores
Un petit embarras, no, no. I was thinking, I was thinking, 1827. Interior of Almacks Assembly Rooms, King Street, London, showing three women

Louisas arrival at Birmingham House, 1827. Artist: SW Fores
Louisas arrival at Birmingham House, 1827. A young woman and her maid enter a room from outdoors, and are greeted by a French couple at Almacks Assembly Rooms, King Street, London

The Room in the Capitol Where The Executive Council Assembled, c1938. A photograph displaying the Portrait and Arms of Queen Anne (1665-1714), During whose reign the capitol was completed

The first quadrille danced at Almack s, 1891. Originally from Gronows Reminiscences, this version from Old and New London: a Narrative of its History, its People and its Places, volume IV

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Step back in time and immerse yourself in the grandeur of assembly rooms. These elegant spaces were the epitome of social gatherings, where people from all walks of life came together to dance, play games, and revel in each other's company. Imagine stepping into one such room, just like the characters in Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice. The atmosphere is electric as couples twirl across the polished wooden floors, their movements perfectly synchronized with the enchanting melodies that fill the air. The room is adorned with exquisite chandeliers casting a warm glow on beautifully dressed ladies and dapper gentlemen. In another snapshot captured by NWC01_01_0544, we witness a lively game of bingo unfolding at the Assembly Rooms. Laughter echoes through the hall as numbers are called out amidst friendly banter and good-natured competition. It's an evening filled with excitement and camaraderie. Transporting ourselves to Derby in 1941 (a42_00929), we find solace during challenging times within these hallowed walls. Despite war raging outside, people gather here for respite and unity. The Assembly Rooms become a sanctuary where worries are momentarily forgotten amidst music and laughter. The engraving depicting Kentish Town's Assembly Rooms from 1750 takes us even further back in history. This architectural marvel stands tall as a testament to elegance and sophistication during that era. It was here that society's elite would come together for extravagant balls or cultural events that showcased artistry at its finest. Moving forward through time brings us to West Bow's Assembly Rooms (engraving). Here too, people gathered under one roof to celebrate life’s joys - be it weddings or jubilant festivals - forging connections that transcended societal boundaries. Venturing beyond British shores, we stumble upon Southsea's New Baths and Assembly-Rooms (engraving). This coastal haven offered not only relaxation but also a vibrant social scene.