Old Stage Performances

Illustrative scenes from historic theatrical productions, showcasing various comedic and dramatic moments, reflective of 19th century entertainment.

Out of time and out of place: a German band perform on Regent Street, London. Traffic whizzes past as two policemen close in... Date: 1870

SCENE FROM THE CLOSE OF ACT 1 OF ALDRICH AND PARSLOE'S SUCCESSFUL PLAY 'MY PARTNER,' NOW PERFORMING AT THE CHESTNUT STREET THEATRE, PHILADELPHIA

Fairground giant and dwarf forced out of their boothe by stench of sulpheretted hydrogen (hydrogen sulphide). Illustration of 1834 by George Cruikshank .

Four men throw books from a balustrade. Four men throw books from a balustrade. These are collected by the crowd below. In the foreground a man with a banner with text: flowing verses and witty plates .... Furthermore, a fragment of a drain stick.

SCENE FROM THE NEW FARCE OF THE SLOW MAN, AT THE ADELPHI THEATRE, LONDON, UK, 1854

STEP-DANCING Men, Women & children enjoy the performance of a step- dancer during a miner's strike in South Wales. N.B harpist. Date: 1873

SCENE FROM 'PARTNERS FOR LIFE,' AT THE GLOBE THEATRE, LONDON, 1871

THE STRIKE IN SOUTH WALES, AMUSEMENTS OF THE COLLIERS - STEPPING, Zeitungsausschnitt, vermutlich aus The Illustrated London News, Jg, Nr, The Strike in South Wales, Unknown

Out of time and out of place: a German band perform on Regent Street, London. Traffic whizzes past as two policemen close in... Date: 1870

The last brawl between Sir Mulbery and his pupil. Illustration from the Charles Dickens novel Nicholas Nickleby by H.K. Browne known as Phiz

Editorial cartoon: Uncle Sam directs U.S. Senators (and Representatives) implicated in the Crédit Mobilier of America scandal to commit Hari-Kari. Carl Schurz and Charles Sumner peer out from behind a screen.

Grabado popular que muestra un baile de fiesta mayor celebrado en un "envelat".

English novelist Charles Dickens published "The Pickwick Papers" in 10 installments, with Hablot Browne the illustrator.

Fagin's Political School' by John Tenniel, cartoon, from 'Punch', 9 November 1867

The last brawl between Sir Mulbery and his pupil. Illustration from the Charles Dickens novel Nicholas Nickleby by H.K. Browne known as Phiz

Nicholas Nickelby' Charles Dickens 1838-1839. Theatrical emotion of Mr Vincent Crummles, provincial actor manager who employs Nicholas for a while. Illustration by 'Phiz' (Hablot Knight Browne, 1815-1882), Dickens' main illustrator.

A sextet of women musicians performing before an audience of men. Wood engraving by Swain after G. Du Maurier, 1875.

1860s 1870s THE DRUNKARD'S CAREER TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT LANTERN SLIDE SERIES SCENE 6 DEGRADED HUMANITY DRUNKEN MEN IN SALOON

Cartoons on the Bayreuth Festival of 1876

The Bottle, scene 7 The drunken husband has killed his wife - with The Bottle Date: 1847

Mr. Lambkin drunkenly dancing the polka and knocking over a tray of coffee, while his loved one looks on in a dismayed manner. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.

English novelist Charles Dickens published "The Pickwick Papers" in 10 installments, with Hablot Browne the illustrator.

A Parisian Ball - Dancing at the Casino (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. XI) November 23, 1867 After Winslow Homer American. A Parisian Ball - Dancing at the Casino (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. XI). After Winslow Homer (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1836-1910 Prouts Neck, Maine). November 23, 1867. Wood engraving. Harper's Weekly (American, 1857-1916). Prints

A soldier on stage using a sword to extract a tooth from a man. Wood engraving by F. Grenan.

Chartism: How the Chartist procession might have looked, with Mr Punch, Queen Victoria and the Duke of Wellington, followed by other eminent citzens. John Leech Cartoon from ''Punch'', London, 1848.

Last scene of 'The Enchanted Isle' at Drury Lane Theatre. 1860

Popular Regency actor John Emery singing the comic song John Grouse and Mother Goose at Covent Garden Theatre, London, 1808. The actor sings in the stalls in the audience, while the orchestra plays in the pit, and a witch-like Mother Goose acts on stage. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Isaac and George Cruikshank from The Cruikshankian Momus, Pictorial Broadsides and Humorous Song-Headings, John C. Nimmo, London, 1892.

Little Dorrit, The Pensioner, Entertainment

'Henry V. sends a friend to the Dauphin', c1860, (c1860). Artist: John Leech.

An elaborately dressed medicine vendor selling his wares from a stage to an audience, he points to a member of the crowd whose appearence suggests he is a doctor. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1819.

Illustration depicting men betting on a dog fight. Illustrated by George Cruikshank (1792-1878) a British caricaturist and book illustrator. Dated 19th century

Cartoon from 1893 showing William Gladstone as a circus performer flying through a hoop representing the Home Rule Bill. The Home Rule Bill proposed an Irish Parliament responsible for internal affairs. Both attempts by Gladstone, the first in 1886, the second in 1893, were rejected by the House of Lords. Date: April 26th 1893

Colonel Ichabod Bennet Crane, 1787-1857, at a Ball at the Dance, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

The bourgeois. - Ah! Devil ! I'm starting to kill me .... / 5 (registered title) | In America (title of all)

At the box office of the Alexandrinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg. Mid 19th century.

Cartoon - The Skatin' Carnival Rostap (1866-1949)

HECTOR BERLIOZ The French composer and his German rival, Richard Wagner, compete to see who can put the other to sleep... Date: 1803 - 1869

Bob Cratchet carries tiny Tim on his shoulders - illustration for Charles Dickens 'A Christmas Carol', 19th century

The mail-coach I. and or G. Cruikshank.. British Cartoon Prints Collection .

Wild Irish, or Paddy from Cork with his coat buttoned behind. Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827. Prints. 1812. Jerome Robbins Dance Division. Dance , Caricatures and cartoons

The dance of death: the insurance office. Coloured aquatint by T. Rowlandson, 1816.

An auctioneer selling fish from a platform to an excited audience, at Billingsgate Market. Coloured crayon-manner lithograph by M. Prior, 1870.

Arthurs first night at Rugby: Tom defending him from the bully who has thrown a slipper at him as he says his prayers. Illustration for 1869 edition of Tom Browns Schooldays by Thomas Hughes. Original edition 1857.

A machine for the raffle at the Berlin Art Exhibition 1880, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Europe

A Christmas entertainment, presented in sign language for the deaf and dumb, at the Hanover Square rooms, London. Wood engraving.

A crowd of political onlookers watch the performances of Lord John Russell balancing on a pole inscribed "Irish corporation billl...", Daniel O'Connell swallowing a sword inscribed "repeal" and Thomas Spring-Rice balancing on his chin an object with a picture of a church. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1837.

The Redhead Moon / Second Year - N ° 80 / Sunday June 16, 1878 / The exhibition for laughter, by Gill./ holidays, by Gill.

A dancing demonstration in a school, attended by the pupils' families and friends. Etching by George Cruikshank.

1860s 1870s TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT LANTERN SLIDE THE DRUNKARD'S CAREER SCENE 5 RUM INSTEAD OF REASON

Illustration showing Queen Victoria and her children saying farewell to the Guards regiments as they set out for the Baltic, and throwing them a slipper for luck. John Leech cartoon from Punch, 1854, the day before the treaty of alliance between Britain, France and Turkey against Russia was signed, and the day on which Victoria reviewed the Baltic Fleet.

SCENE FROM THE 'HEIR-AT-LAW' AT THE STRAND THEATRE, LONDON, 1870

'Head-Piece to "The Ghost Raid".', 1928. Creator: Unknown.

SCENE FROM THE NEW DRAMA OF 'MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT,' AT THE LYCEUM THEATRE.

Engraving showing a series of scenes from the marriage of 'General Mite', real name Francis Joseph Flynn, and Miss Millie Edwards held at St. James Hall, Manchester, 1884. Flynn and Edwards were midgets, respectively 22 inches and 19 and a half inches tall, who toured America and Europe as showmen. Date: 1884

Historical drawing, medieval mystery play in England, Europe

Chinese opium smokers in a saloon experiencing various effects of the drug. Tinted lithograph, c. 1866, after T. Allom.

Scottish peasants dancing in a rustic tavern, 18th century. They wear tam oshanters and caps, jackets and trousers, and dance in a room with table, barrels and wheat sheafs. Copperplate engraving by David Deuchar from A Collection of Etchings after the most Eminent Masters of the Dutch and Flemish Schools, Edinburgh, 1803.

Scene on an English emigrant ship, dancing on board, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Exchanging New Year's greeting by telephone. From the illustrated London News, 7th January 1882.

- Oh ! Unfortunate Dumanet! ... / 25 (registered title) | In China (set of all)

Oath of the Tennis Court: the deputies of the third estate meeting in the tennis court at the Chteau de Versailles with Bailly presiding, swearing not to disperse until a constitution is assured. Colour lithograph by E. Letellier.

Dancing for Eels, a scene from Bakers new play “New York as it is…”, performed 1848. Artist: James Francis Brown, American, 1862-1935

The Election at Eatanswill. Illustration from the Charles Dickens novel The Pickwick Papers by H.K. Browne known as Phiz

- Hey, Baptiste, what are these two shouting for the last hour… I am sure they are fighting! - Oh no, they make such funny movements, that's hilarious… I've got it the are rehearsing a tragedy which they will perform at the party of Madame Follemèche… Lucky the bourgeois who can afford with his income to enjoy such entertainments… the man is almost as funny as the clown of the Folies-Nouvelles!,” plate 11 from Les Comédiens De Société 1858 France. Lithograph in black on white wove paper . Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Group of People Watching Move Projected on Wall at Home, Kodak, Kodascope 16mm Film Library, 7th Edition, Cover Illustration, circa 1936

A visitor to Holmes springing up in alarm that the detective should know his name From "The Adventure of the Yellow Face" By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Published in Strand Magazine in 1893 Sidney Paget (1860-1908 English)

A cricket ball enters the spectators audience, and scares the english society. Date: 1883

Stubb's Calendar or the Fatal Boots. Bob Stubbs being given the sack, in George Cruikshank's illustration for the Comic Almanack for 1839

The young man of the name of Guppy. Scene from Bleak House by Charles Dickens (London, 1852-1853) Satire novel on the iniquities of the Court of Chancery

Song, La Jota Aragonesa -- a traditional Spanish song, with dancing, from Aragon, dating back to the 18th century. Date: circa 1900s

'"There is the door!" ', (1907). The young Mozart, court musician of the ruler of Salzburg, Prince-Archbishop Hieronymus Colloredo, has an argument with his employer: 'Hieronymus seized the occasion for showering upon the head of his Concertmeister all the abuse which he could summon to his aid. Calling him 'villain,' 'low wretch,' 'low fellow of the streets,' the Archbishop declared that none of his servants treated him so badly. 'Your Grace is dissatisfied with me, then' said Mozart. 'What! you dare to employ threats! Fex! there is the door! I will have nothing more to do with suc

Scene from the New National Operetta, from Puck 1883 United States. Color lithograph on newsprint . Joseph Keppler

'Noble Lord. - "I believe I'm engaged to your La' ship for the next dance"', 1897. Creator: John Leech.

British politicians gambling at Ascot. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 14 June 1884.

$Barcelona. Carnaval de 1870. Desfilada de gigantes, y disfraces por las calles de la ciudad. Grabado de la época.$

The Grand National Fight 2 against 1 Fought on the 6th Nov. 1856 for One Hundred Thousand Dollars, Political Cartoon, J. Childs, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1856

God Save the King. - In a Bumper. Or - An Evening Scene Three Times a Week at Wimbleton, James Gillray, 1757-1815, British, 1795, Etching, hand-colored, Sheet: 10 x 14in. (25.4 x 35.6cm)

Actors drinking in the Harp inn, near the Drury Lane theatre, Covent Garden. House of Call for Actors. Poverty Ward and Suicide Ward. Proteus visits the Harp, receives a nod from the Agent, and also witnesses a fresh caught Hero exhibiting his talents for a Country Engagement. Handcoloured engraving etched by Theodore Lane from Pierce Egans The Life of an Actor, Pickering and Chatto, London, 1892.

Two pugilists spar as a gathering of men enjoy the action Date: February 1817

Mr Jorrocks, having retired early very drunk, sleepwalking during violent dream falls in Lord Bamber's swimming pool and is rescued by other house guests. John Leech illustration for R.S.Surtees 'Handley Cross', London, 1845. Coloured engraving.

The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens, first published in the weekly serial Master Humphrey's Clock from 1840 to 1841 and then as its own book in 1841. The puzzled dunce ... drew closer to the master's elbow and boldly cast his eye upon the page. Date: C.1850

The inexhaustible bottle, play by Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin, Paris, France, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 501, Volume XX, October 2, 1852.

Jean Eugene ROBERT-HOUDIN - 1805-1871'Father of modern conjuring' performing at St James's Theatre, London, December 1848. Employed by French government to destroy the influence of the Dervishes in Algeria by exposing their 'tricks'. Used batteries to give Algerians electric shocks, demonstrating that he had the more powerful 'magic'.

Tom, Jerry and Logic, backing Tommy the Sweep at the Royal Cockpit. The all male audience is focused on the cockfight in the ring. At top right men are betting on the outcome of the match. Illustration by (Isaac) Robert Cruikshank and George Cruikshank Snr. for Life in London by Pierce Egan (London, 1821). Aquatint.

Mr. Guppys entertainment. Scene from Bleak House by Charles Dickens (London, 1852-1853) Satire novel on the iniquities of the Court of Chancery

The Cabaret Ramponneau, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1841.

Queue at the entrance to a theatre along an avenue, Paris as seen by an Englishman France, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 1638, Volume LXIV, July 18, 1874.

Cartoon - In Darkest Toronto Rostap (1866-1949)

CUTTING THE BADDELEY TWELFTH CAKE ON THE STAGE OF DRURY LANE THEATRE, LONDON

Fra Siberien til Moskou, Ballet af Aug. Bournonville, Slutnings-scene i første Act Fra Siberien til Moskow. Gamborg, Knud. Prints. 1875. Jerome Robbins Dance Division. Kongelige Teater (Denmark), Fra Siberien til Moskow (Choreographic work : Bournonville), Ballet , Denmark , 19th century, Kongelige Danske ballet

Vignette design, fight at a Mexican food stall. Date: circa 1910s

The Great Russian Ball at the Academy of Music, November 5, 1863. Dated: published 1863. Medium: wood engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: after Winslow Homer.

"The tango untangled, and made suitable for use in British ballrooms." The Bystander imagines a sanitised version of the tango, suitable for dancing in respectable British ballrooms, with minimum physical contact. 1913

Street circus, man without hands shows tricks with the feet, 1870, woodcut, England

Conductor, various movements while conducting an orchestra, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date ...

Force majeure (IT)

THE GREAT DEMOCRATIC MORAL SHOW., 1880, 19th century engraving, USA, America

Color print around 1900 depicting a male singer quartet, illustrating musical performance, vocal ensemble, and cultural activity.

Anti-Immigrant cartoon showing two men with barrels as bodies, labeled 'Irish Wiskey' and 'Lager Bier', carrying a ballot box. In the background is a rioting crowd at a polling place. Nativism, a social and political movement that opposed immigration of Catholic Irish, non-Protestants, and non-English speaking peoples. Ca. 1850.

Great European Circus (Ti)

A quack doctor and a dissenting parson selling their respective goods from a fairground booth. Coloured etching, 1795.

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