Day Trip Collection

The Dart paddle steamer Compton Castle. 1980s

Stars of the BBC soap Eastenders cool off with ice-creams in the heat during a visit to the Docklands for a ladies darts match

Summers Day, 1879 (oil on canvas)
XCF272235 Summers Day, 1879 (oil on canvas) by Morisot, Berthe (1841-95); 45.7x75.2 cm; National Gallery, London, UK; French, out of copyright

Brighton Beach, East Sussex - George Sheringham
Oil on Canvas 30.5 x 40.6

Oarsmen at Chatou, 1879. Creator: Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Oarsmen at Chatou, 1879

Rifle fete at Ecclesbourne, near Hastings, 1860. Creator: W Thomas
Rifle fete at Ecclesbourne, near Hastings, 1860. The contest was chiefly among the members of the Cinque Ports Corps...The first prize was a Lancaster rifle, value ten guineas, which was won by Mr

Young Girls on a Barge; Jeunes Filles en Barques, 1903 (oil on canvas)
825463 Young Girls on a Barge; Jeunes Filles en Barques, 1903 (oil on canvas) by Lebasque, Henri (1865-1937); 60.3x91.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Byron as he appeared after his daily ride at Pisa and Genoa, c1820s, (1911). Artist: Gaspar Netscher
Byron as he appeared after his daily ride at Pisa and Genoa, 1911. George Gordon Byron (1788-1824) commonly known as Lord Byron, was an English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement

The Belated Party on Mansfield Mountain, 1858. Creator: Jerome Thompson
The Belated Party on Mansfield Mountain, 1858

Children planting in Thos. Jefferson Park, N.Y.C. between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Children planting in Thos. Jefferson Park, N.Y.C. between c1910 and c1915. Shows children in the farm garden which opened on May 20

Farm for children, N.Y.C. between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Farm for children, N.Y.C. between c1910 and c1915. Shows children in the farm garden which opened on May 20, 1911 and was designed as a place of respite for child laborers in Thomas Jefferson Park

Asbury - Board walk & esplanade review, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Asbury - Board walk & esplanade review, 1911

Board walk, Asbury, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Board walk, Asbury, 1911

Une Après-Midi À La Plage, c1880s. Creator: Jean-François Raffaëlli
Une Apres-Midi A La Plage, c1880s

Children at N.Y. Zoo, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Children at N.Y. Zoo, between c1910 and c1915

The Nottingham and Midland Counties Industrial Exhibition, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The Nottingham and Midland Counties Industrial Exhibition, 1865. Engraving from a photograph by Messrs. John Burton and Sons

Entertainment to four thousand school children at Dudley, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Entertainment to four thousand school children at Dudley, 1865. Mr. Frederick Smith, of The Priory, was unanimously elected first Mayor. To mark his appreciation of the honour conferred upon him, Mr

The new pier at Aberystwith, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The new pier at Aberystwith, [Wales], 1865. This pier has been constructed from the designs of Mr. Birch C.E....the contractor being Mr. Dawson. It is 800 ft. in length, by 20 ft

Regatta on the Danube at Buda-Pesth, during the visit of the Emperor of Austria, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Regatta on the Danube at Buda-Pesth, during the visit of the Emperor of Austria, 1865. Engraving of a sketch by M. Josef Keve of...a most animated

Review and Sham Fight of the Dover and Shorncliffe Garrisons at Round Down, Folkestone, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Review and Sham Fight of the Dover and Shorncliffe Garrisons at Round Down, Folkestone, 1865. The troops were formed into two divisions...the infantry brigade occupying the hill on the cliff

Industrial Exhibition at Bingley Hall, Birmingham, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Working Men's Industrial Exhibition at Bingley Hall, Birmingham, 1865. Bingley Hall was the first purpose-built exhibition hall in Britain

Meeting of the British Association at Birmingham: the Wrekin, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Meeting of the British Association at Birmingham: the Wrekin, 1865. The visit from Birmingham to the Wrekin was made by a party of 200, many of them ladies, the majority men of science

Meeting of the Sussex Archaeological Society at Amberley Castle, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Meeting of the Sussex Archaeological Society at Amberley Castle, 1865....not less than 400 of the members and other friends assembled within the sombre-looking ivy-clad walls of the castle

Pulborough Church, visited by the Sussex Archaeological Society, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Pulborough Church, visited by the Sussex Archaeological Society, 1865. The annual meeting of the Sussex Archaeological Society took place at Amberley, near Arundel [in Sussex], on Thursday week

Meeting of the British Association at Birmingham: the Reception-Room, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Meeting of the British Association at Birmingham: the Reception-Room, 1865. We present [a] view of the interior of the Reception-room (the Exchange Assembly-room, New-street)

The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth: the Reine Hortense leaving Portsmouth Harbour, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth: the Reine Hortense leaving Portsmouth Harbour, 1865. On the return of the...French Minister of Marine

Sculling match for £250 between Kelley, Chambers, and Cooper...Eau Brink Cut, King's Lynn, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Sculling match for £250 between Kelley, Chambers, and Cooper, in the Eau Brink Cut, King's Lynn, [Norfolk], 1865. Engraving from a sketch by Robert Elwes

The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth: Review on Southsea Common, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth: Review on Southsea Common, 1865. Illustration of a parade of troops....the line was formed...in full view of the combined fleets anchored at Spithead

Floral, Musical, and Athletic Festival at Springfield Park, Lancaster, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Floral, Musical, and Athletic Festival at Springfield Park, Lancaster, 1865. Engraving from a photograph by John Holmes, of a cultural event. The park...kindly lent for the public enjoyment by Mrs

Showyards of the Royal Agricultural Society of England at Plymouth, 1865. Creator: Richard Principal Leitch
Showyards of the Royal Agricultural Society of England at Plymouth, 1865. General view. On Wednesday forenoon their Royal Highnesses [future King Edward VII

Meeting of the Gloucestershire Agricultural Society, on the banks of the Severn...Tewkesbury, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Meeting of the Gloucestershire Agricultural Society, on the banks of the Severn, at Tewkesbury, 1865. The meeting... continuing for several days last week

Encampment and review of the Suffolk Volunteer Corps at Lowestoft, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Encampment and review of the Suffolk Volunteer Corps at Lowestoft, [Suffolk], 1865. It is the practice of the volunteer corps of Norfolk and Suffolk to camp out...in the summer

General view of the agricultural show at Battersea, 1862. Creator: Unknown
General view of the agricultural show at Battersea, [London], 1862....the society has seldom pitched its tent in a nicer spot than the fields of Battersea

Exhibition at Alton Towers...in aid of the Wedgwood Institute...the Octagon Room, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Exhibition at Alton Towers, Staffordshire, in aid of the Wedgwood Institute of Burslem - the Wedgwood ware in the Octagon Room

Exhibition of the West of England Agricultural Society at Clifton, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Exhibition of the West of England Agricultural Society at Clifton, 1864. No less than 88, 138 people visited the Bath and West of England Exhibition at Bristol

Laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable: watching the Caroline going out to sea... 1865. Creator: Unknown
Laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable: watching the Caroline going out to sea with the shore end of the cable, 1865. Engraving from a sketch by Robert Dudley....the country people...[were]

Laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable: landing the shore end of the cable...Valencia, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable: landing the shore end of the cable from the Caroline at Foilhommerum, Valencia, 1865

Inspection of Civil Service Volunteers by the Prince of Wales...Quadrangle of Somerset House, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Inspection of Civil Service Volunteers by the Prince of Wales in the Quadrangle of Somerset House, [London], 1864....a vast quantity of coloured bunting had been employed in...the decoration of

Exhibition at Alton Towers...in aid of the Wedgwood Institute...Picture-Gallery and Armoury, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Exhibition at Alton Towers, Staffordshire, in aid of the Wedgwood Institute of Burslem - the Picture-Gallery and Armoury, 1865....it is intended that the building itself shall illustrate

The Prince and Princess of Wales descending the Botallack Tin-Mine, Cornwall, 1865. Creator: Unknown
he Prince and Princess of Wales descending the Botallack Tin-Mine, near St. Just, Cornwall, 1865. All the ladies and gentlemen

Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Plymouth:Showyard, Royal Agricultural Society, 1865 Creator: Unknown
Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Plymouth: their Royal Highnesses in the showyard of the Royal Agricultural Society, 1865

English Excursionists at Calais, 1865. Creator: Unknown
English Excursionists at Calais, 1865. In these days, as well as in the age of Hogarth, Smollett, and Sterne the humorous situation of an ordinary party of English excursionists

Entertainment given by Mr. Gurney Barclay, at Leytonstone...London City Mission, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Entertainment given by Mr. Gurney Barclay, at Leytonstone, to the agents of the London City Mission, 1865. Engraving from a photograph. Mr. Gurney Barclay (of the firm of Messrs)

Opening of the Punjaub Exhibition of Arts and Industry at Lahore, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Opening of the Punjaub Exhibition of Arts and Industry at Lahore, [India], 1864. The exhibition...was opened by Sir Robert Montgomery, K.C.B

The Punjaub Exhibition of Arts and Industry at Lahore: interior of the building, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Punjaub Exhibition of Arts and Industry at Lahore: interior of the building, 1864. Engraving from a photograph by Messrs

The Shakspeare Commemoration in London: monument of Shakspeare at the Crystal Palace, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Shakspeare Commemoration in London: monument of Shakspeare at the Crystal Palace, 1864. Event celebrating the tercentenary of Shakespeare's birth

The Shakspeare Commemoration at Stratford-On-Avon: exhibition...in the Townhall, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Shakspeare Commemoration at Stratford-On-Avon: exhibition of Shakspeare pictures and relics in the Townhall, 1864. Celebration of the tercentenary of William Shakespeare's birth

The Volunteer Review in Hyde Park: general view, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Volunteer Review in Hyde Park [London]: general view, 1864....the Prince and Princess of Wales came not only to witness the affair

The Start for the Derby - from a photograph by Mr. Herbert Watkins, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Start for the Derby - from a photograph by Mr. Herbert Watkins, 1864. It is a singular Turf anomaly that the greatest race in the world should be run over perhaps the worst

The Volunteer Review in Hyde Park: the Prince of Wales and his staff, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Volunteer Review in Hyde Park [London]: the Prince of Wales and his staff, 1864....the Prince and Princess of Wales came not only to witness the affair

The Shakspeare Commemoration at Stratford-On-Avon: visit to Charlecote, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Shakspeare Commemoration at Stratford-On-Avon: visit to Charlecote, 1864. Celebrating the tercentenary of William Shakespeare's birth

The Volunteer Review at Blackheath, near Guildford, on Easter Monday, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Volunteer Review at Blackheath, near Guildford, on Easter Monday, 1864. View of...the military evolutions of Easter Monday on Blackheath - an open piece of undulating ground

Cricket-match at Melbourne between the All-England Eleven and Twenty-Two of Victoria, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Cricket-match at Melbourne [in Australia, ] between the All-England Eleven and Twenty-Two of Victoria, 1864. Engraving from a photograph by Messrs

Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Sweden: the royal party viewing Stockholm... 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Sweden: the royal party viewing Stockholm from the pavilion in the Mosebacke Garden - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864. The King of Sweden

The Prince and Princess of Wales at Thorwaldsen's Museum, Copenhagen, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Prince and Princess of Wales at Thorwaldsen's Museum, Copenhagen, 1864. The future King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra inspecting...the works of the great Danish sculptor, Thorwaldsen

The Charing-Cross Railway: covered way leading to the platform, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Charing-Cross Railway: covered way leading to the platform, 1864. In no part of London has a greater improvement been made than upon the spot where Hungerford Market once stood

Festival of Ragged-School Teachers at Nutfield Priory, …near Reigate, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Festival of Ragged-School Teachers at Nutfield Priory, the residence of Mr. H. E. Gurney, near Reigate, 1864. Annual entertainment

The Charing-Cross Railway: temporary entrance to the station from Villiers-Street, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Charing-Cross Railway: temporary entrance to the station from Villiers-Street, [London], 1864. The temporary entrance to the station will hereafter serve only for empty cabs

The British Association at Bath: Druidical circles at Stanton Drew, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The British Association at Bath: Druidical circles at Stanton Drew, 1864. There was...an excursion, by a party of members of the association, associates, and ladies

Skating at Florence, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Skating at Florence, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by L. Caldesi. In Florence this year our English residents and visitors have been able to enjoy skating with as much zest as has been done

The Smithfield Club Cattle Show at the new Agricultural Hall, Islington, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Smithfield Club Cattle Show at the new Agricultural Hall, Islington, [London], 1862. The interior of the building has more than answered all the expectations formed of it;

The International Exhibition: the New Zealand Court... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: the New Zealand Court - from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company, 1862....some articles of furniture

The International Exhibition: the Brazilian Court... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: the Brazilian Court - from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company, 1862. The collection comprised diamonds, emeralds, topazes, amethysts, jasper

Exhibition of the Lincoln School of Art, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Exhibition of the Lincoln School of Art, 1864....the interior of the large room...occupied by the first public exhibition of paintings

The Loan Collection of works of art at South Kensington Museum, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Loan Collection of works of art at South Kensington Museum, [London], 1862. Display in what became the Victoria and Albert Museum, of pieces...of the mediaeval renaissance

The Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures at Dublin, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures and Industry at Dublin, 1864. View of the Agricultural Hall, Earlsfort Terrace. The central portion was divided from its smaller adjuncts by wooden

The Horse Show in the Agricultural Hall, Islington, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
The Horse Show in the Agricultural Hall, Islington, [London], 1864....a general View of the Interior of the Hall, during the parade of horses which took place at certain hours every day whilst

The Horse Show at Islington: trying the hunters, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Horse Show at Islington [in London]: trying the hunters, 1864. View of...the Trial of Hunters jumping over a framework of hurdles covered with furze-bushes to represent a hedge

The Margate Station of the East Kent (London, Chatham, and Dover) Railway, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Margate Station of the East Kent (London, Chatham, and Dover) Railway, 1864. View of the new station...recently built by Messrs. Peto and Betts from the designs of Mr

The races at Cairo: canter in front of the grand stand before the start, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The races at Cairo: canter in front of the grand stand before the start, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. Frederick George

On the hunt in the vicinity of Krasnoyarsk. 1810. Creator: Unknown
On the hunt in the vicinity of Krasnoyarsk, 1810. This collection includes more than four hundred photographs of daily life in Yenisei Province in the late tsarist period

Picnic in the village of V-Usinsky, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Picnic in the village of V-Usinsky, 1890. This collection includes more than four hundred photographs of daily life in Yenisei Province in the late tsarist period

A group of pupils and teachers of the Krasnoyarsk Women's Gymnasium on a summer walk...1890. Creator: Unknown
A group of pupils and teachers of the Krasnoyarsk Women's Gymnasium on a summer walk in the forest near Krasnoyarsk with teacher Krasnozhenova M.V, 1890

Bound for a Beano, 1900, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Bound for a " Beano", 1900, (1933). Londoners riding in a horse-brake for the annual works day out - a beano, short for bean-feast, was a colloquial term for an excursion or celebration

Appy Ampstead on a Bank Holiday, 1900, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Appy Ampstead on a Bank Holiday, 1900, (1933)....maid servants...still wore the badge of their status - the apron - even on their day out

Back Beach, Sorrento, Victoria, 1901. Creator: Unknown
Back Beach, Sorrento, Victoria, 1901. In 1803, Sullivan Bay in Sorrento became the site of Victorias first mainland European settlement

Charabanc day trip run by R. Chisnell & Sons to Sydenham
Staff (and their families) on a Charabanc day trip run by R. Chisnell & Sons (trading as King Alfred Motor Services) of Winchester to visit the Crystal Palace at Sydenham, South London

Grand dinner JLP01_08_009072
Whitley Bay, North Tyneside. Laing workers with their families seated in a dining hall during a Laing staff outing to Whitley Bay

Dodgems JLP01_08_009068
Whitley Bay, North Tyneside. A couple driving in a dodgem car during a Laing staff outing to Whitley Bay. In 1947, after a seven year break

In the pavilion JLP01_08_021418
VICTORIA PAVILION, WILDER ROAD, ILFRACOMBE, NORTH DEVON. A group of adults and children posed in the Victoria Pavilion during a Laing staff trip to Ilfracombe

Amusements JLP01_08_000243
SKEGNESS, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE. A woman with a child in a pushchair at an amusement park during a Laing staff outing to Skegness

Start them early JLP01_08_000242
SKEGNESS, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE. A Laing worker helping a small child build a sandcastle on the beach, during a staff outing to Skegness

Day trip by train JLP01_08_008843a
LONDON WATERLOO STATION, YORK ROAD, WATERLOO, LAMBETH, GREATER LONDON. A steam train chartered by Laing leaving Waterloo station, transporting Laings London office on a staff outing to Bournemouth

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"Escaping the everyday hustle, a day trip awaits with picturesque landscapes and nostalgic charm. The tranquil Towpath of Walton-on-Thames beckons, immortalized on canvas in all its oil-painted glory. Step back in time to the 1980s and embark on the Dart paddle steamer Compton Castle, a majestic vessel that once graced the waters. As you venture further, Brighton Beach welcomes you with open arms, its vibrant atmosphere captured by George Sheringham's artistic brushstrokes. Immerse yourself in history as Young Girls gracefully glide along the river on their barge; Jeunes Filles en Barques transports us to an enchanting scene from 1903. Witness the strength and grace of Oarsmen at Chatou through Pierre-Auguste Renoir's masterpiece from 1879. Journey even further back to 1858 when Jerome Thompson painted The Belated Party on Mansfield Mountain—a whimsical depiction of revelry amidst nature's beauty. Gaspar Netscher brings Lord Byron to life in his equestrian portrait after a daily ride at Pisa and Genoa during the c1820s. Experience boundless joy aboard charabancs bound for adventure—Bound for a Beano captures this carefree spirit perfectly while Appy Ampstead celebrates Bank Holidays with merriment aplenty. Travel across continents to Sorrento's Back Beach in Victoria, Australia—an idyllic coastal haven frozen in time through an unknown artist's lens in 1901. Lastly, join R. Chisnell & Sons' charabanc day trip to Sydenham or indulge in grandeur at a lavish dinner party depicted beautifully by JLP01_08_009072 photograph. " Embark on this visual journey through artistry and nostalgia as we celebrate unforgettable moments captured forever within these captivating masterpieces.