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Afternoon Tea Collection

Transport yourself to a bygone era with a delightful afternoon tea experience

Background imageAfternoon Tea Collection: Tea and biscuits

Tea and biscuits

Background imageAfternoon Tea Collection: Antique Japanese Woodblock, woman serving tea

Antique Japanese Woodblock, woman serving tea
This Japanese art print is a portrait of the tea house waitress Naniwaya Okita in a beautiful kimono serving a cup of tea, 1790. The print bears the artists signature

Background imageAfternoon Tea Collection: On the sand dunes, Littlehampton, 1920s

On the sand dunes, Littlehampton, 1920s
Three young women taking tea George Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref No: Garland N69

Background imageAfternoon Tea Collection: Tea-time, England, 1880s

Tea-time, England, 1880s
Upperclass family enjoying afternoon tea in a hothouse, England, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAfternoon Tea Collection: Afternoon Tea, 1914 (oil on canvas)

Afternoon Tea, 1914 (oil on canvas)
2962467 Afternoon Tea, 1914 (oil on canvas) by Fischer, Paul (1860-1934); 39.4x55.2 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Danish, out of copyright

Background imageAfternoon Tea Collection: Still Life with Tulips and Iona, 1920s (oil on panel)

Still Life with Tulips and Iona, 1920s (oil on panel)
1197121 Still Life with Tulips and Iona, 1920s (oil on panel) by Cadell, Francis Campbell Boileau (1883-1937); 44.5x36.8 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Scottish, out of copyright

Background imageAfternoon Tea Collection: Dr Johnson at the Cheshire Cheese, Fleet Street, 1948 (oil on canvas)

Dr Johnson at the Cheshire Cheese, Fleet Street, 1948 (oil on canvas)
1772179 Dr Johnson at the Cheshire Cheese, Fleet Street, 1948 (oil on canvas) by Bennett, Frank Moss (1874-1953); 40.6x50.8 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Dr Johnson at the Cheshire Cheese)

Background imageAfternoon Tea Collection: Blind guests arriving at St Phillips Institute for afternoon tea, 1850

Blind guests arriving at St Phillips Institute for afternoon tea, 1850
3478672 Blind guests arriving at St Phillips Institute for afternoon tea, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting blind guests arriving at St. Phillips Institute for afternoon tea)

Background imageAfternoon Tea Collection: A group of young women gossiping during afternoon tea, 1850

A group of young women gossiping during afternoon tea, 1850
3478237 A group of young women gossiping during afternoon tea, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a group of young women gossiping during afternoon tea)

Background imageAfternoon Tea Collection: An engraving depicting a blind guest arriving at St Phillips Institute for afternoon tea

An engraving depicting a blind guest arriving at St Phillips Institute for afternoon tea, 19th century
5310744 An engraving depicting a blind guest arriving at St Phillips Institute for afternoon tea, 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1890); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Background imageAfternoon Tea Collection: A grandmother and grand daughter sharing some tea, 1850

A grandmother and grand daughter sharing some tea, 1850
3478054 A grandmother and grand daughter sharing some tea, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a grandmother and grand daughter sharing some tea)

Background imageAfternoon Tea Collection: Blind guests arriving at St Phillips Institute for afternoon tea, 1850

Blind guests arriving at St Phillips Institute for afternoon tea, 1850
3478681 Blind guests arriving at St Phillips Institute for afternoon tea, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting blind guests arriving at St. Phillips Institute for afternoon tea)

Background imageAfternoon Tea Collection: Fashionable society enjoying Tea a l'Anglais, English tea, in a drawing room, 18th century

Fashionable society enjoying Tea a l'Anglais, English tea, in a drawing room, 18th century
FLO4657013 Fashionable society enjoying Tea a l'Anglais, English tea, in a drawing room, 18th century. With music from players on harpsichord and lute

Background imageAfternoon Tea Collection: Tea at Hostess House, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Tea at Hostess House, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Tea at Hostess House, between c1915 and 1918. Women having tea at a "hostess house" probably in a military camp during World War I

Background imageAfternoon Tea Collection: Suivez bien mon raisonnement, Eudoxie... 1844. Creator: Honore Daumier

Suivez bien mon raisonnement, Eudoxie... 1844. Creator: Honore Daumier
Suivez bien mon raisonnement, Eudoxie... 1844. Suivez bien mon raisonnement, Eudoxie...tout doit tendre a un but humanitaire

Background imageAfternoon Tea Collection: Five o'clock tea at the club house, Virginia Hot Springs, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Unknown

Five o'clock tea at the club house, Virginia Hot Springs, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Unknown
Five o'clock tea at the club house, Virginia Hot Springs, between 1910 and 1920

Background imageAfternoon Tea Collection: Tea for Three, Cedarhurst, NY, 1936. Creator: Unknown

Tea for Three, Cedarhurst, NY, 1936. Creator: Unknown
Tea for Three, Cedarhurst, NY, 1936. The Federal Theatre Project, created by the U.S. Works Progress Administration in 1935, was designed to conserve and develop the skills of theater workers

Background imageAfternoon Tea Collection: Tea in the Griffin or Nissen Garden, 1931 June 14. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Tea in the Griffin or Nissen Garden, 1931 June 14. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Tea in the Griffin or Nissen Garden, 1931 June 14

Background imageAfternoon Tea Collection: With Lord Dufferin in Burma - Lady Dufferin Receives the Burmese Ladies, 1886. Creator: Unknown

With Lord Dufferin in Burma - Lady Dufferin Receives the Burmese Ladies, 1886. Creator: Unknown
With Lord Dufferin in Burma - Lady Dufferin Receives the Burmese Ladies at Afternoon Tea in the Palace, Mandalay, 1886. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 33

Background imageAfternoon Tea Collection: Afternoon tea, c1900. Creator: Unknown

Afternoon tea, c1900. Creator: Unknown
Afternoon tea, c1900. Photograph shows two girls having a tea party with their dolls in a garden

Background imageAfternoon Tea Collection: Afternoon Tea at the Japanese Village, Knightsbridge, 1886. Creator: Unknown

Afternoon Tea at the Japanese Village, Knightsbridge, 1886. Creator: Unknown
Afternoon Tea at the Japanese Village, Knightsbridge, 1886. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 33. January to June, 1886"

Background imageAfternoon Tea Collection: A Country Mouse, n.d. Creator: Katherine May Roberts

A Country Mouse, n.d. Creator: Katherine May Roberts
A Country Mouse, n.d

Background imageAfternoon Tea Collection: Dandies at Tea, 1818. Creator: Isaac Robert Cruikshank

Dandies at Tea, 1818. Creator: Isaac Robert Cruikshank
Dandies at Tea, 1818

Background imageAfternoon Tea Collection: Glacier Calving Cake - Dessert Snow Mountain

Glacier Calving Cake - Dessert Snow Mountain
Vertigo Artography

Background imageAfternoon Tea Collection: Teatime Even While in Penal Servitude, 1906-1911. Creator: Isaiah Aronovich Shinkman

Teatime Even While in Penal Servitude, 1906-1911. Creator: Isaiah Aronovich Shinkman
Teatime Even While in Penal Servitude, 1906-1911. This photograph is from an album of 47 views of convicts and structures at the Akatuy Prison

Background imageAfternoon Tea Collection: Malaysia, Pahang, Cameron Highlands, Tanah Rata, Cameron Valley Tea Estate, Cameron

Malaysia, Pahang, Cameron Highlands, Tanah Rata, Cameron Valley Tea Estate, Cameron Valley Tea House, Afternoon Tea with tea and scones

Background imageAfternoon Tea Collection: French fashion, 1920s: Tea time (L'heure du the')

French fashion, 1920s: Tea time (L'heure du the')
3786233 French fashion, 1920s: Tea time (L'heure du the'); (add.info.: French fashion, 1920s: Tea time (L'heure du the'). Published in Le Petit Echo de la Mode, 4 November 1923

Background imageAfternoon Tea Collection: G. Hombeck Tearoom, Brussels and Liege, Belgium

G. Hombeck Tearoom, Brussels and Liege, Belgium
3786248 G. Hombeck Tearoom, Brussels and Liege, Belgium; (add.info.: G. Hombeck Tearoom, Brussels and Liege, Belgium. Postcard, c. 1900s.); Lebrecht History

Background imageAfternoon Tea Collection: French fashion, 1920s: Tea time (L'heure du the')

French fashion, 1920s: Tea time (L'heure du the')
3790534 French fashion, 1920s: Tea time (L'heure du the'); (add.info.: French fashion, 1920s: Tea time (L'heure du the'). Published in Le Petit Echo de la Mode, 1923

Background imageAfternoon Tea Collection: Afternoon tea at the Clairmont, Paris

Afternoon tea at the Clairmont, Paris
3784961 Afternoon tea at the Clairmont, Paris; (add.info.: Afternoon tea at the Clairmont, Paris, c. 1900. In the rue de Calais.); Lebrecht History

Background imageAfternoon Tea Collection: A woman's hand holding a cup and saucer

A woman's hand holding a cup and saucer

Background imageAfternoon Tea Collection: Frances Benjamin Johnston, full lgth. seated, having tea with 2 other people, n.d

Frances Benjamin Johnston, full lgth. seated, having tea with 2 other people, n.d.. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Frances Benjamin Johnston, full lgth. seated, having tea with 2 other people, n.d

Background imageAfternoon Tea Collection: Afternoon tea JLP01_08_000297

Afternoon tea JLP01_08_000297
THE SPA, BRIDLINGTON, EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. A group of people having lunch at a long table in the Spa Cafe during a day trip of Laing staff to Bridlington

Background imageAfternoon Tea Collection: Afternoon tea at the Carcosa Seri Negara Hotel (former residence of the British Governor

Afternoon tea at the Carcosa Seri Negara Hotel (former residence of the British Governor of the Federated Malay States), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Background imageAfternoon Tea Collection: Interior: The Orange Blind, c. 1928 (oil on canvas)

Interior: The Orange Blind, c. 1928 (oil on canvas)
GLS219814 Interior: The Orange Blind, c.1928 (oil on canvas) by Cadell, Francis Campbell Boileau (1883-1937); 111.8x86.4 cm; Art Gallery and Museum, Kelvingrove, Glasgow

Background imageAfternoon Tea Collection: Detail of Afternoon Tea, 1778 (oil on canvas)

Detail of Afternoon Tea, 1778 (oil on canvas)
490052 Detail of Afternoon Tea, 1778 (oil on canvas) by Garemyn, Jan-Anton (1712-99); Groeningemuseum, Bruges, Belgium; (add.info.: See also 490050.); © Art in Flanders

Background imageAfternoon Tea Collection: Detail of Afternoon Tea, 1778 (oil on canvas)

Detail of Afternoon Tea, 1778 (oil on canvas)
490051 Detail of Afternoon Tea, 1778 (oil on canvas) by Garemyn, Jan-Anton (1712-99); Groeningemuseum, Bruges, Belgium; (add.info.: See also 490050.); © Art in Flanders

Background imageAfternoon Tea Collection: Detail of Afternoon Tea, 1778 (oil on canvas)

Detail of Afternoon Tea, 1778 (oil on canvas)
490053 Detail of Afternoon Tea, 1778 (oil on canvas) by Garemyn, Jan-Anton (1712-99); Groeningemuseum, Bruges, Belgium; (add.info.: See also 490050.); © Art in Flanders

Background imageAfternoon Tea Collection: Afternoon Tea, 1778 (oil on canvas)

Afternoon Tea, 1778 (oil on canvas)
490050 Afternoon Tea, 1778 (oil on canvas) by Garemyn, Jan-Anton (1712-99); 59x93.5 cm; Groeningemuseum, Bruges, Belgium; © Art in Flanders

Background imageAfternoon Tea Collection: The Three Young Maids and the Three Old Maids of Lee-Tableaux Vivants at Blackheath, 1888

The Three Young Maids and the Three Old Maids of Lee-Tableaux Vivants at Blackheath, 1888. Creator: Unknown
The Three Young Maids and the Three Old Maids of Lee-Tableaux Vivants at Blackheath, 1888. From, The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 38. July to December, 1888

Background imageAfternoon Tea Collection: Afternoon Tea at White Lodge (engraving)

Afternoon Tea at White Lodge (engraving)
1627685 Afternoon Tea at White Lodge (engraving) by Wilson, Thomas Walter (1851-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Afternoon Tea at White Lodge)

Background imageAfternoon Tea Collection: An Interior, (oil on canvas)

An Interior, (oil on canvas)
658612 An Interior, (oil on canvas) by Hilsoe, Hans (1871-1942); 50x60 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: An Interior. Hans Hilsoe (1871-1942). Oil on canvas

Background imageAfternoon Tea Collection: Untitled, 1893 (oil on canvas)

Untitled, 1893 (oil on canvas)
OVR351695 Untitled, 1893 (oil on canvas) by Skredsvig, Christian Eriksen (1854-1924); Private Collection; Photo © O. Vaering

Background imageAfternoon Tea Collection: Interior, 1883 (oil on canvas)

Interior, 1883 (oil on canvas)
OVR351691 Interior, 1883 (oil on canvas) by Skredsvig, Christian Eriksen (1854-1924); 64x81 cm; Private Collection; Photo © O. Vaering

Background imageAfternoon Tea Collection: Tray with Handles (part of a set), 1900. Creator: Gorham Manufacturing Company

Tray with Handles (part of a set), 1900. Creator: Gorham Manufacturing Company
Tray with Handles (part of a set), 1900

Background imageAfternoon Tea Collection: Afternoon Tea, c. 1880. Creator: Jean Francois Raffaelli

Afternoon Tea, c. 1880. Creator: Jean Francois Raffaelli
Afternoon Tea, c. 1880

Background imageAfternoon Tea Collection: Five O Clock, c. 1874 (oil on canvas)

Five O Clock, c. 1874 (oil on canvas)
CH364898 Five O Clock, c.1874 (oil on canvas) by Leslie, George Dunlop (1835-1921); 83.8x111.8 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; English, out of copyright

Background imageAfternoon Tea Collection: Tea for Two, (oil on canvas)

Tea for Two, (oil on canvas)
651394 Tea for Two, (oil on canvas) by Bergeret, Denis Pierre (1846-1910); 65x52 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Tea for Two. Denis Pierre Bergeret (1846-1910). Oil on canvas



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Transport yourself to a bygone era with a delightful afternoon tea experience. Picture this: an Antique Japanese Woodblock print sets the scene, showcasing the elegance and grace of a woman serving tea. As you sip your warm brew, imagine being on the sand dunes of Littlehampton in the 1920s, surrounded by laughter and joy. Travel back even further to England in the 1880s, where tea-time was a cherished tradition. The aroma of freshly brewed tea fills the air as delicate biscuits await your indulgence. A Still Life painting from the 1920s captures tulips and Iona, adding a touch of beauty to your afternoon reprieve. Step into an inviting interior adorned with The Orange Blind painting from c. 1928; its warm hues create an atmosphere perfect for relaxation. Journey across continents to Malaysia's Cameron Highlands, specifically Tanah Rata's Cameron Valley Tea Estate – where rolling hills provide a breathtaking backdrop for savoring every sip. Immerse yourself in history at Carcosa Seri Negara Hotel, once home to British Governors. Here, afternoon tea becomes more than just refreshment; it becomes an experience steeped in heritage and grandeur. For art enthusiasts, admire Detail painted on canvas in 1778 – each stroke capturing moments frozen in time. From intricate porcelain teacups to delectable pastries arranged meticulously on silver trays - these details transport you back centuries while celebrating timeless traditions. Afternoon tea is not just about satisfying hunger or thirst; it is about creating memories and embracing cultural customs that have stood the test of time. So take a moment today to indulge yourself with this exquisite ritual.