Whimsical Historical Characters

Vintage illustrations showcasing playful scenes with characters from classic stories and 19th-century trade cards. A blend of humor and fantasy in traditional styles.

Elves parachuting with the aid of thistledown. Date: 1917

Auntie Em and Uncle Henry, Wizard of Oz

3. Rage insensee! , Boys, Brooms & brushes, Daggers & swords, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Series of field emblems and standards, field emblems and horse tails of oriental peoples, episode from the Turkish War of 1697, digitally restored rep...

Waltzing in courtship. Prints, Caricatures. 1815. Jerome Robbins Dance Division. Ballroom dancing , Caricatures and cartoons, Ballroom dancing , 19th century

Tin Man and Scarecrow, Wizard of Oz

Elves parachuting with the aid of thistledown. Date: 1917

'Exactly so ! I am a humbug!' The Wizard confesses to being less of a whizz than people suppose... Date: First published: 1900

'Demi-silked, dark haired musicians' Date: 1920

Joao / Mamadoo / Algerian Juggle (registered title (letter)) Glanz, C., Joao / Mamadoo / Algerian Juggler (registered title (letter)), 1880. Color lithography. Carnavalet Museum, History of Paris.

Betsy Bobbin and Hank, Wizard of Oz

LEI-KONG the spirit of Thunder. He makes thunder with a hammer & drums, chases away evil spirits & punishes undetected criminals. Date: 1915

Smoke Gail & Ax's Little Joker tobacco. , Angels, Birds, Men, Tobacco products, 19th Century American Trade Cards

February; February; The twelve months of the year, "Les XII Mois de l'Année". Night face with three dressed children who celebrate carnival: the dancing, the second state on his hands and the third plays the Rommelpot. The print is part of a series of twelve prints with the twelve months of the year.

Punch and Judy show entertains small audience Date: 1883

A rather ugly faun sleeps off a big lunch while a nymph like waitress, naked but for her apron and hat carries away a tray. The picture - and title - is a play upon the Ballet Russe's "L'Apres Midi d'Un Faune" choreographed and danced by Nijinsky. 1928

TEATRO. CARTEL PUBLICITARIO DE LA OBRA " EL BAILE DE LOS ARDIENTES " DE FRANCISCO NIEVA EN EL TEATRO ALBENIZ DE MADRID.

This color poster, created around 1900, advertises a circus show, emphasizing performers, animals, and decorative typography characteristic of early 20th-century promotional art.

Fighting samples; Monster pantomime. A group of samples tackle each other. Two of them are in possession of a weapon. They use a bat, dagger and zeis.

Cartoon, End of the show. The woman in her orange devil costume begins to make her exit, and the orchestra of yowling cats and mythological musicians also disperse. Date: 1918

Scene from the theater performance; around 1908 (1903-00-00-1912-00-00);Semerau-Siemianowski, Władysław (1849-1938), Semerau-Siemianowski, Władysław (1849-1938)-collection, gift (provenance), occasional prints, Islamic art, Turkish art, leaflets

Ernestine Wegner, Josefine Gallmeyer, The actresses Ernestine Wegner and Josefine Gallmeyer as play card figures title page of Die Bomb , László frecskay -, Caricaturist, Angerer , Göschl, Realization

Postcard of Wiener Werkstätte No, Kasperltheater, Hans Kalmsteiner -, Artist, Wiener Werkstätte, Publishing House

Abraham Kuyper versus the DRANT, Albert had (i), 1905 print As David, Abraham Kuyper tries to beat De Reus Goliath (alcoholic) with the Drinks Act. Drinks are presented as a half monkey and half pig. With eight -line caption. Part of the press series 'Under Black Regime'. Amsterdam paper political caricatures and satires. David fighting Goliath. alcoholic drinks. drunkenness

Card game Schwarzer Peter - game card innkeeper Gläserl red wine glass, Unknown

Front cover design for La Baionnette, an issue focusing on Kaiser Wilhelm in a Carnival setting. Showing the German leader in a turban and bells, sitting on a pantomime horse consisting of Franz Josef of Austria and Ferdinand of Bulgaria. Date: 1916

Partitura musical de la canción popular mejicana "Allá en el rancho grande", de Juan Ortiz de Mendivil. Editada en Madrid, 1940.

Folch i Torras/ Portada de la revista infantil "En Patufet".

He dances gleefully around a fire, chanting his name. (Grimm)

A MAN CALLED HORSE (1970), directed by ELLIOT SILVERSTEIN.

The last stroke a story of Cuba's fight for freedom : by I.N. Morris. Play poster, circa 1898

swordsmen; Gory, Wiktoria (1902-1945); 1932-1935 (1932-00-00-1935-00-00);

Filming a dance sequence in a film for grown-ups, Date: 1927

Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle.. Illustrations. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Nursery rhymes, Cows, Violins, Dogs, Cats, Animals in human situations, Music stands

Truffaldin , Operas & operettas, Costumes

Picture series Conquest of Mexico, the Night of Affliction, 1 July 1520, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a Liebig collective picture from the 19th century, exact date unknown

Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany depicted as a one-man orchestra conducting the affairs of Europe. Cartoon from 'Le Rire', Paris. After his dismissal of his chancellor, Bismarck, in 1890, he saw himself as the dominant power in Europe.

Russian Easter Greeting card, featuring an Easter chick being fired out of a cannon (shell and all) by Mr Bunny toward Mrs Bunny... Date: circa 1903

Capitalist Shop by Kukryniksy (Art Group) (20th century)/ Russian State Library, Moscow/ 1949/ Russia/ Colour lithograph/ Caricature/ History,Poster and Graphic design

Partitura musical de la opereta El Príncipe Bohemio, de R. Millán. Madrid, año 1914.

Portada de la publicación infantil Rin-Tin-Tin, editada en Barcelona. Año 1932.

Halloween Boys, Pirates

Coloured illustration of a freak show with a character called Kakaolika on stage with a plaque in front saying that he swallows live rabbits, glasses and tyres. Illustrated by Spint Foorien.

Flora and Gill pursued by their enemy Luzbel, Mexico -- originally an illustration for a magician's programme. Date: circa 1900

Two dancing serippies. Page 20 From a sketchbook with 74 sheets.

Bird shot, Albert Hahn (I), 1905 print A scarecrow ('Roode Spook') with a knife and a bomb in the hands, pistols in the bags. With four -line caption. Part of the press series 'Under Black Regime'. Amsterdam paper scarecrow. political propaganda. political caricatures and satires

Republican satirical caricature depicting a summary execution and relaxed group of nationalists and Falangist, during the Spanish Civil War

Captain Hook falls into the jaws of the crocodile... Date: First published: 1904

A somewhat startling wireless development witnessed on Hampstead Heath during the broadcasting of an interesting dance programme. A zany idea from the gadget king, William Heath Robinson, showing a couple dancing together with wireless equipment attached to their hats. Date: 1927

Castle on a Mountain, Wizard of Oz

Fantasmagorie, Politiquo Burlesque Henri-Gérard Fontallard. Press cartoon. "Fantasmagoria, Politique Burlesque". Board published in "caricature" of October 18, 1832. Lithography. Paris, House of Balzac.

Tin Man, Dorothy and Scarecrow, Wizard of Oz

illustration of English tales, folk tales, and ballads. A woman playing a drum

Color illustration by Adrien Barrère around 1910 depicting a scene from 'Bandit Out of Love' with actor Max Linder, showing figures, costumes, and cinematic setting at Pathé Cinema.

Alice walks away from the Caterpillar. Date: First published: 1865

Rosalind in As You Like It in the Forest of Arden is dressed as a young man, as a disguise to escape from her uncle's palace.

The lark for May , Musicians, Pipes Musical instruments, Periodicals

A man stands with a finger pointed, wearing a red hat, blue doublet and hose and a red overgarment , Operas & operettas, Costumes, Allen A. Brown Collection

THE JAMES BOYS, DEEDS OF DARING, by James Edgar, 1911, with an illustration of the James Gang robbing of a stage coach.

The Cadenza, Vol. 10, no. 12. text. Periodicals. 1904-08. Music Division. Banjo, Guitar, Mandolin

Magic poster - Europe's Latest - De Orm's Marvelous Mysteries

The Prince bends down to pick up the shoe which Cinderella, aka Ella, has left behind at the Ball. Date: 1919

Illustration, Mrs Tickler's Caravan, showing Mr Tickler going off to the circus after Mrs Tickler has fallen asleep, to see if they have any lions. Date: 1934

Sigmund's Death, The Valkyrie, an opera by Richard Wagner, digitally restored reproduction of a public domain collective picture from ca 1900, Liebig picture series Richard Wagner, Valkyrie, (1893)

Henri Rochefort, Henri Rochefort, French writer, journalist, theater poet and politician, with petroleum bomb title page of Die Bomb , Unknown

DAISY TOWN (1971), directed by RENE GOSCINNY.

Puck Magazine: Driven Back!, Puck Magazine

Germain the Wizard. Posters. 1908. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Germain, Karl

Bliżej Kultury unknown

A scene from the third act of the play Chantecler by Edmond Eugene Alexis Rostand. Lucien Guitry plays the cockerel Chantecler, the eponymous hero of the play. Date: 1910

Children sing Auld Lang Syne Date: 1906

Anonymous, Eden-TheHatre/ Brahma/ GD. Ballet in 3 acts and 9 tables by Mr. Monplaisir. Music by M. Dall'Argine. Regulated by Mr Balbiani/ Every evening (registered title (letter)), 1886. Color lithography. Carnavalet museum, history of Paris. Advertising, theater, Paris, 9th arrondissement, Ballet, Monplaisir, Dall'Argine, in an extremely-oriental setting, troop of dancers, lower stage bringing together three bearded old old men, one of which holds a dagger, in front of a woman, while 'A man is extended asleep, in two bust portrait vignettes of two female characters

Album Tangoville-sur-Mer - The Gabrielle Poete of Annunzio Dance with Russian dancer Ida Rubinstein, exit a Macaroni dish - The Legende "Forse Che Si, Forces Che No SEM (Georges Goursat, says - 1863-1934) / Saud� Jean. "Album Tangoville-sur-Mer - The Annunzio Gabriele poet Dance with Russian dancer Ida Rubinstein, exit a Macaroni dish - the legend" FORSE CE SI, FORSE CHE NO "". Color lithography.

Illustration, Mrs Tickler's Caravan, showing Mr Tickler sitting on the ground, watching the blue umbrella and the kettle parachuting back down to earth. Date: 1934

Alfred Jarry, Ubu Roi, 1922 Ubu Roi

Anonymous, Buffalo Bill's Wild West. (Registered title (letter)), 1889. Color lithography. Carnavalet museum, history of Paris.

Shooting the Chute - Night view of a slide-chute at a park, surrounded by smiling onlookers, circa 1896

Tarjeta postal. Fiestas de Solidaridad Catalana de 1906. Dibujo satírico propagandístico de Solidaridad Catalana. Author: Costa Ferrer, Josep (1876-1971) "Picarol".

Magic poster - P.T. Selbit's Mighty Cheese Thomas E. Stephens (1886-1966)

Photo series Carnival Serenades, Captain Fracassa, Harlequin, Polichinell and Pierrot with song to the moon / Bildserie Karneval Serenaden, Kapitän Fracassa, Harlekin, Polichinell und Pierrot mit Lied an den Mond, Liebigbild, digital improved reproduction of a collectible image from the Liebig company, estimated from 1900, pd / digital verbesserte Reproduktion eines Sammelbildes von ca 1900, gemeinfrei,.

Gold and Glitter, Vintage Film Posters

Don Quixote, Book Cover

"Hooray for Woodrow Wilson", Sheet Music by Martha E. Johns, Published by Delmar Music Co., 1919

- The cards promise me a fair- haired man and money - right. I can go out and try my luck ! Date: 1905

Foreign Circus in Yokohama, Japanese Prints - Yokohama Namban - Foreigners

Man with a rooster head and a woman with a chicken head dancing together. , Adults, Chickens, 19th Century American Trade Cards

MAUDE ADAMS Actress, as Peter Pan in JM Barrie's play

The Cadenza, Vol. 13, no. 10. text. Periodicals. 1907-06. Music Division. Banjo, Guitar, Mandolin

Cover of the Spanish right wing satirical magazine 'Gracia y Justicia' (Grace and Justice) 1931. A weekly political magazine, published in Madrid during the Second Spanish Republic. Cover satires Azana and Zamora Alcala the republican leaders.

North Korean propaganda magazine cover, showing a traditional musician playing a tambourine 1961.

Hamlet, Shakespeare

Dick Turpin: Left for Dead, Victorian Children's Literature - Dick Turpin

MATA HARI (1931), directed by GEORGE FITZMAURICE.

Greeting Card from Kissimmee, Florida. ca. 1951, Kissimmee, Florida, USA, Greeting Card from Kissimmee, Florida

Judge Magazine: Ben and Bizzy, Judge Magazine

Benvenuto Franci (1891-1985) in Opera Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi, Nanni, Giovanni (1888-1969)

Cover of playbill for stage production The Blacks by Jean Genet. Theater programs. 1964-09. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Genet, Jean, 1910-1986. Nègres, clownerie. English

A Lancashire burglar, dressed in rags and smoking a pipe, with his dog. Engraving, March 1880.

Color print circa 1910 depicting the upper part of 'The Power of Gold' starring Asta Nielsen, showing characters, costume, and poster composition.

Partitura musical de la canción popular mejicana "¡Ay caporal!", de M. Olledo. Editada en Madrid, 1923.

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