Top Hats Collection

Beach Crescent and Broughty Castle, c. 1835 (oil on canvas)
6200240 Beach Crescent and Broughty Castle, c.1835 (oil on canvas) by Smith, Alexander (19th century); 48.3x81.2 cm; The McManus, Dundee

Winston Churchill as first Lord of the Admiralty with Lord Fisher of Kelverstone for the launch of HMS Centurion at Devonport dockyard. 20th November 1911

Jeremy Brett actor as Sherlock Holmes at the Pipeman of the Year Awards. Sherlock Holmes was voted most famous pipe smoker ever January 1989 dbase

The Boulevard des Capucines and the Vaudeville Theatre, 1889 (oil on panel)
XIR19148 The Boulevard des Capucines and the Vaudeville Theatre, 1889 (oil on panel) by Beraud, Jean (1849-1935); 35x51 cm; Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee Carnavalet, Paris, France; French

David Copperfield, from My Favorite Fiction Character by Thomas Boyd, in The Bookman, 1926 (woodcut)
2563232 David Copperfield, from My Favorite Fiction Character by Thomas Boyd, in The Bookman, 1926 (woodcut) by Roth, Herb (1887-1953); 20x11 cm; Free Library of Philadelphia; (add.info)

Gentlemen in top hats, 1850
3479456 Gentlemen in top hats, 1850; (add.info.: Gentlemen in top hats greet a lady wearing a fashionable hat. In the background an artisan in a bowler walks down the steps with his wife who is)

Gentlemen in top hats greeting a lady wearing a fashionable hat, 1850
3478297 Gentlemen in top hats greeting a lady wearing a fashionable hat, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting gentlemen in top hats greeting a lady wearing a fashionable hat)

A wounded soldier being carried by men in top hats, 1850
3478409 A wounded soldier being carried by men in top hats, 1850; (add.info.: Cartoon depicting a wounded soldier being carried on a stretcher by men in top hats)

Election Day in New York: a polling-place among the "Upper Ten", 1864. Creator: Unknown
Election Day in New York: a polling-place among the "Upper Ten", 1864. Crowds at a polling station on 8 November, '...the day of the Presidential election

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

Reception-room of the Social Science Congress in the Guildhall, New York, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Reception-room of the Social Science Congress in the Guildhall, New York, 1864. From "Illustrated London News", 1864.

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

Presidential electioneering in New York: torchlight procession of the M'Clellan party, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Presidential electioneering in New York: torchlight procession of the M'Clellan party, 1864. Engraving of a sketch by Mr. C. D. Shanly

Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Denmark: Kongens-Nytorf, at Copenhagen, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Denmark: scene in the square of Kongens-Nytorf, at Copenhagen, 1864. 'The townspeople of Copenhagen were gratified with a sight of his Royal Highness

Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Denmark: arrival at the Castle of Bernstorf, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Denmark: arrival at the Castle of Bernstorf, 1864. The future King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra in Scandinavia

Cutting the first turf of the Carnarvon and Llanberis Railway, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Cutting the first turf of the Carnarvon and Llanberis Railway, 1864. The railway '...will not only afford great accommodation to...travellers

Floral jubilee...in honour of the Dumfries and Galloway Horticultural Society...1862. Creator: Unknown
Floral jubilee recently held in honour of the Dumfries and Galloway Horticultural Society's fiftieth anniversary, 1862

The promenade on the Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells, 1864. Creator: W Thomas
The promenade on the Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells, 1864. 'We present a view of that famous promenade at Tunbridge Wells called "The Pantiles," from the materials with which it is paved

Glynn & Whitman, 1/1/15, 1915. Creator: Bain News Service. Glynn & Whitman, 1/1/15, 1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Glynn & Whitman, 1/1/15, 1915. Shows Governor Charles Seymour Whitman (1868-1947) in a coach with his predecessor Martin Henry Glynn (1871-1924), at Whitman's inauguration, Albany, New York

The election of Mr. Horatio Seymour, Governor of the State of New York…, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The election of Mr. Horatio Seymour, Governor of the State of New York: Democratic procession passing the New York Hotel, 1862

Lord Palmerston making the ministerial statement on Dano-German Affairs..., 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Lord Palmerston making the ministerial statement on Dano-German Affairs in the House of Commons on Monday, 1864. 'Every seat in the body of the house, and the very steps in each gangway

The War in America: recruiting in New York: the Irish Zouaves, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The War in America: recruiting in New York: the Irish Zouaves, 1862. Scene at a recruiting-office at Mozart Hall, Broadway

Kerbstone stockbrokers in New York, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Kerbstone stockbrokers in New York, 1864. 'The prevailing mania just now in the city of New York is that of gambling in stocks...William-street is the great theatre of speculation...[with]

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

Opening of the new pier at Deal, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Opening of the new pier at Deal, [in Kent], 1864. 'There was a great concourse of spectators...to witness this ceremony, which was performed by Mrs

Opening of Southwark Bridge toll free, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Opening of Southwark Bridge toll free, 1864. Southwark Bridge over the River Thames in London links Southwark and the City

Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Sweden: departure from Gottenborg Railway Station, 1864 Creator: Unknown
Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Sweden: departure from Gottenborg Railway Station - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864

The opening of the People's Park, Farnworth, near Bolton, Lancashire, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The opening of the People's Park, Farnworth, near Bolton, Lancashire, 1864. Chancellor of the Exchequer and future prime minister William Ewart Gladstone speaking to the crowd

Distribution of prizes at the Crystal Palace to the London Rifle Brigade on Saturday last, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Distribution of prizes at the Crystal Palace to the London Rifle Brigade on Saturday last, 1864. Prize-giving '...in the central transept of the Crystal Palace [in Sydenham]

Laying the Foundation-Stone of the Fettes College, Edinburgh, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Laying the Foundation-Stone of the Fettes College, Edinburgh, 1864. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. M'Craw. 'A hundred boys at least will be taught in the school, fifty of them boarders

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 Schleswig-Holstein Difficulty:...proclaiming Prince Frederick...Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, 1864 Creator: Unknown
The Schleswig-Holstein Difficulty: the Burghers of Altona proclaiming Prince Frederick of Augustenburg Duke of Schleswig-Holstein from the balcony of the railway station, 1864

The Schleswig-Holstein Difficulty: great meeting in favour of Prince Frederick..., 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Schleswig-Holstein Difficulty: great meeting in favour of Prince Frederick at Elmshorn, Holstein, 1864. '...the great open-air meeting...was a scene of the greatest enthusiasm...there were

The Schleswig-Holstein Difficulty: triumphal entry of Prince Frederick..., Holstein, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Schleswig-Holstein Difficulty: triumphal entry of Prince Frederick of Augustenburg into Kiel, Holstein, 1864. 'The news of...[the Prince's] arrival spread like wildfire through the town

The Dramatic College Fete at the Crystal Palace, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Royal Dramatic College Fete at the Crystal Palace, [London], 1864. Annual fund-raising festival. '...the central portion of the nave and transepts was filled with the stalls of a fancy fair

Prince Leopold laying the Foundation-Stone of a new infirmary at Bishop's Waltham, Hants., 1864. Creator: Unknown
Prince Leopold laying the Foundation-Stone of the Royal Albert Infirmary at Bishop's Waltham, Hants., 1864. 'The little town of Bishop's Waltham, in Hampshire

The annual horse fair at Horncastle, Lincolnshire, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The annual horse fair at Horncastle, Lincolnshire, 1864. View of '...the principal street [during] the annual horse fair, which is one of the most important held in this country

Harvest-home at the Philanthropic Society's farm-school, Redhill, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Harvest-home at the Philanthropic Society's farm-school, Redhill, 1864. 'This institution...is designed for the instruction and moral reformation chiefly of boys under fifteen years of age

The Prince and Princess of Wales embarking at Dundee for Denmark on Saturday last, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Prince and Princess of Wales embarking at Dundee for Denmark on Saturday last, 1864. '...the Prince and Princess of Wales, with their infant son, Prince Albert Victor

Lord Palmerston inaugurating the statue of the late Sir G. C. Lewis at Hereford, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Lord Palmerston inaugurating the statue of the late Sir G. C. Lewis at Hereford, 1864. The British prime minister unveils a statue by Carlo Marochetti. 'The figure is cast in bronze, and is 7 ft

Embarcadère du chemin de Bruxelles, 1852. Creator: Honore Daumier
Embarcadere du chemin de Bruxelles, 1852. Vue prise dans un jour de liquidation difficile a la Bourse. (Embarking for Brussels - The scene [at the railway station] on a difficult liquidation day)

The Towcester Flower Show, 1858. Creator: Unknown
The Towcester Flower Show, 1858. The pleasant little market-town of Towcester, in Northamptonshire, has recently been enlivened by a floral and horticultural exhibition, by a cattle show

A Day at London Bridge Station, 1858. Creator: Unknown
A Day at London Bridge Station, 1858. If you want to go anywhere you may, and in most cases must, go to London-bridge. The extent of the journey varies through an infinite series of gradations

The Queen's Visit to Birmingham - Her Majesty Planting an Oak in the Grounds of Warwick Castle, 1858. The Queen, taking the Earl of Warwick's arm

Departure of King George of Hanover from the Victoria Station, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Departure of King George of Hanover from the Victoria Station, 1876. King George and Princess Frederica of Hanover, after a visit of nearly five weeks to England

Military Athletic Sports at Lillie-Bridge, West Brompton, 1876. Creator: C.R
Military Athletic Sports at Lillie-Bridge, West Brompton, [London], 1876. The most interesting performances were those of horsemen wielding the lance or the sword, tilting at rings or at tent-pegs

The Accident at St. George's Hospital: the Cistern on the Roof, 1876. Creator: Unknown
The Accident at St. George's Hospital: the Cistern on the Roof, 1876. One of the female patients...died yesterday week from the effects of the shock caused by this extraordinary accident...[she

Opening of the American Centennial Exhibition: the Butchers Procession...1876. Creators: Unknown, Melton Prior
Opening of the American Centennial Exhibition: the Butchers Procession passing up Chestnut-Street, Philadelphia, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876....tradesmen and assistants

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"Top Hats: A Timeless Fashion Statement and Symbol of Elegance" From the races to art masterpieces, they have always been a prominent feature in various settings throughout history. In "The Case for Books, 1966, " a man and woman at the races exude sophistication as they don their stylish top hats, adding an air of refinement to the event. In "Beach Crescent and Broughty Castle, c. 1835, " an oil on canvas painting captures the essence of a bygone era where individuals strolled along the beach wearing their finest attire, including top hats that completed their dapper look. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's iconic artwork "La Goulue at the Moulin Rouge, 1892 (1952)" showcases how even in bohemian environments like cabarets, they were worn with flair and panache. Winston Churchill's image as first Lord of the Admiralty alongside Lord Fisher of Kelverstone portrays not only political power but also sartorial elegance with his distinguished top hat. Jeremy Brett's portrayal of Sherlock Holmes at the Pipeman of the Year Awards exhibits how even fictional characters embraced this timeless accessory to enhance their enigmatic charm. "The Boulevard des Capucines and Vaudeville Theatre, 1889 (oil on panel)" immortalizes Parisian society during its Belle Époque period when men adorned themselves with impeccable fashion choices such as sleek black top hats. Mayor Making ceremonies in Lostwithiel, Cornwall captured moments where community leaders proudly wore these headpieces while assuming important roles within their towns. From May 1992 to May 2000, these events showcased both tradition and style through elegant mayors sporting classic top hats. Even Major-General Henry Hope Crealock chose to be portrayed holding a cane and wearing a distinguished top hat in his portrait—a testament to its association with authority and prestige.