Bradford Football Club Annual Ball 1885 - A3 (297x420mm) Archival Print (Unframed)

This 1885 menu illustrates how wealthy the northern English city of Bradford was at the end of the 19th century. Hence British playwright and poet T.S. Eliot's line from The Wasteland: "As one on whom assurance sits, as a silk hat on a Bradford millionaire." The rugby football club's annual ball was a real feast. Attendees were offered five different roasts, two pies, two boiled birds and the local Yorkshire ham. There was a choice of two great English puddings, apple and rhubarb tart with custard. Two champagnes were also on offer, Roederer's Carte Blanche (Extra Dry), and a long lost house and style, Rittscher's White Dry Sillery, the still champagne that was featured widely on wine lists in the latter part of the 19th century but has now virtually vanished. The floral menu cover design was typical of the era. Courtesy UNLV Special Collections. EACH PRINT IS ACCOMPANIED BY A COPY OF THE INTERIOR MENU WHERE AVAILABLE. WE MAKE OUR PRINTS WITH ARCHIVAL-QUALITY FINE ART PAPER, USING PROFESSIONAL PIGMENT INKS. PROPERLY FRAMED OR STORED, OUR PRINTS WILL LAST 70+ YEARS WITHOUT FADING OR DISCOLOURING. ALL OUR PRINTS UP TO A2 SIZE ARE MADE IN-HOUSE IN THE UK. FOR LARGER PRINTS, WE WORK WITH THE BEST COMMERCIAL GICLÉE PRINTERS IN THE UK. LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR PRINTING PROCESS, BORDERS AND CUSTOM ORDERS HERE [/pages/how-we-print-and-custom-orders].