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Covent Collection (page 5)

Background imageCovent Collection: Portrait of Mme Maria Jeritza, Viennese prima donna, 1926

Portrait of Mme Maria Jeritza, Viennese prima donna, 1926. Has made a big impression at Covent Gardens international opera season Date: 1926

Background imageCovent Collection: Scenes from the modern opera You d Be Surprised at Covent Ga

Scenes from the modern opera You d Be Surprised at Covent Ga
Scenes from the modern opera You d Be Surprised at the Covent Garden Opera House, London, 1923 featuring Lydia Lopokova, Leonide Massine and Margaret Sousa Date: 1923

Background imageCovent Collection: Christmas trees in Covent Garden Market, London

Christmas trees in Covent Garden Market, London
Christmas trees on sale in Covent Garden Market, London. 1854

Background imageCovent Collection: Fancy Dress - Miss Dorothy Milne as a Second Balaclava

Fancy Dress - Miss Dorothy Milne as a Second Balaclava
Miss Dorothy Milne in her fancy dress costume for the Covent Garden Fancy Dress Ball, as a Second Balaclava with British military leaders General Gordon and Kitchener clearly visible on her dress

Background imageCovent Collection: Fancy Dress - Miss Dora Langroyd as Fireworks

Fancy Dress - Miss Dora Langroyd as Fireworks
Miss Dora Langroyd dressed as fireworks for the Covent Garden Fancy Dress Ball in 1898. She is covered in a variety of fireworks, which, for the sake of her health and safety, one hopes are fake

Background imageCovent Collection: A study of the dancer Ninette de Valois, London, 1923

A study of the dancer Ninette de Valois, London, 1923 to appear in You d be Surprised the new revue at Covent Garden Opera House Date: 1923

Background imageCovent Collection: Portrait of Lydia Lopokova of the Russian ballet, London, 19

Portrait of Lydia Lopokova of the Russian ballet, London, 1922 now appearing with Massine at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Date: 1922

Background imageCovent Collection: Chicago Worlds Fair - Convent of La Rabida

Chicago Worlds Fair - Convent of La Rabida - Square buildings, small windows. Part of Box 282 Boswell Collection - Chicago Exposition

Background imageCovent Collection: Music cover, The Flora Hall Polka

Music cover, The Flora Hall Polka, composed by Albert Reinhold. circa 1850s

Background imageCovent Collection: Two women police officers entering Bow Street police station

Two women police officers entering Bow Street police station
Two women police officers (Constable Sheila Acton and Sergeant Margaret Heald) entering Bow Street police station, London. A policeman stands at the top of the steps. Date: circa 1960s

Background imageCovent Collection: Free-trade bazaar in Covent Garden Theatre, 1845

Free-trade bazaar in Covent Garden Theatre, 1845
Free-trade, Anti-Corn Law League Bazaar in Covent Garden Theatre, London. Date: 1845

Background imageCovent Collection: Davies Shop and Home

Davies Shop and Home
THOMAS DAVIES bookshop and home in Russell Street, Covent Garden, London. Date: CIRCA 1780

Background imageCovent Collection: Cov. Garden Breakfast

Cov. Garden Breakfast
At Covent Garden, a breakfast stall for the market porters and merchants - pies and oysters, coffee enjoyed beneath the flaring oil torches. Date: 1870

Background imageCovent Collection: St Paul Covent Garden

St Paul Covent Garden
Built by Inigo Jones in 1640 at the expence of Francis, earl of Bedford Date: circa 1800

Background imageCovent Collection: Covent Garden, London 1862

Covent Garden, London 1862
Covent Garden, 6 oclock in the morning, the West End. Date: 1862

Background imageCovent Collection: Francis 4th Earl Bedford

Francis 4th Earl Bedford
FRANCIS RUSSELL, fourth earl of BEDFORD statesman, built square at Covent Garden, did a lot of draining, depicted in armour Date: 1593 - 1641

Background imageCovent Collection: Addison / Hogarth / Buttons

Addison / Hogarth / Buttons
JOSEPH ADDISON Essayist, poet and statesman at Buttons Coffee House in Covent Garden, London Date: 1672 - 1719

Background imageCovent Collection: Covent Garden Flowers

Covent Garden Flowers
The Flower Market at Covent Garden, London Date: 1873

Background imageCovent Collection: Verdi / Trovatore / Ii. 5

Verdi / Trovatore / Ii. 5
IL TROVATORE Act 2, Scene 5 Manrico comes to Leonoras rescue in the convent scene from a Covent Garden production of 1887 Date: 1887

Background imageCovent Collection: Gay Beggars Benefit

Gay Beggars Benefit
Macheath, Lockit, Peachum, Lucy and Polly in Macheaths prison cell: a Covent Garden performance for the benefit of Mr Walker

Background imageCovent Collection: Pretty Flower Girl / 1886

Pretty Flower Girl / 1886
A pretty London flower girl sketched in Covent Garden, sitting by her basket of flowers

Background imageCovent Collection: Promenade Concert 1870S

Promenade Concert 1870S
Birds eye view of a Promenade Concert at the Covent Garden Theatre. Date: 1870s

Background imageCovent Collection: Covent Garden Market Early in the Morning

Covent Garden Market Early in the Morning
Covent Garden in the early morning Date: 1883

Background imageCovent Collection: Dinorah / Meyerbeer 1859

Dinorah / Meyerbeer 1859
A dramatic scene from Meyerbeers opera Dinorah: a branch has broken and the heroine is in danger of falling into a raging flood. Date: 1859

Background imageCovent Collection: Verdi / Trovatore / Iln 1855

Verdi / Trovatore / Iln 1855
IL TROVATORE a scene from the first London performance of the opera at Covent Garden in May 1855 - Pauline Viardot was one of the performers Date: 1855

Background imageCovent Collection: Francis Russell, Bedford

Francis Russell, Bedford
FRANCIS RUSSELL, fourth earl of BEDFORD statesman, built square at Covent Garden, did a lot of draining Date: 1593 - 1641

Background imageCovent Collection: Bow Street Police Station, Covent Garden, London

Bow Street Police Station, Covent Garden, London
Bow Street Police Station and Magistrates Court, Covent Garden, London. Date: circa 1910

Background imageCovent Collection: Bow Street and Great Northern Rail office, London

Bow Street and Great Northern Rail office, London
Bow Street Magistrates Court and the Great Northern Rail office, Covent Garden, London. Date: circa 1910

Background imageCovent Collection: Bow Street Magistrates Court with policemen outside, London

Bow Street Magistrates Court with policemen outside, London
Bow Street Magistrates Court with policemen outside, Covent Garden, London. circa 1905

Background imageCovent Collection: Covent Garden at night, 1926

Covent Garden at night, 1926
Covent Garden, London, at night, 1926 Date: 1926

Background imageCovent Collection: Advertisement, Miss M E Fisher, theatre costumier

Advertisement, Miss M E Fisher, theatre costumier, fancy dress balls, Bedford Street, Covent Garden, London. 1883

Background imageCovent Collection: Stapel Inn, Holborn, London

Stapel Inn, Holborn, London, near Covent Garden, County of London, England. Date: 1910s

Background imageCovent Collection: Aida Boni

Aida Boni (1880 - 1974), Italian dancer. Appearing in " Armida", Covent Garden. Date: 1909

Background imageCovent Collection: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, with reconstruction to the stonework taking place. The Floral Hall is just visible on the left

Background imageCovent Collection: Opera at Covent Garden, London

Opera at Covent Garden, London. Date: 1913

Background imageCovent Collection: Mock Trial - Mystery of Edwin Drood - Shaw to Chesterton

Mock Trial - Mystery of Edwin Drood - Shaw to Chesterton
A mock trial held at Kings Hall, Covent Garden, London - an attempt to interpret the mystery of Charles Dickens unfinished novel The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Background imageCovent Collection: Fire at Floral Hall, Covent Garden, London WC2

Fire at Floral Hall, Covent Garden, London WC2
Fire at the Floral Hall, Covent Garden, London WC2, 6 April 1956. Exterior view, showing a side of the building with a glass dome above. Date: 1956

Background imageCovent Collection: Cars blocking Lisle Street, London WC2

Cars blocking Lisle Street, London WC2. Parking was allowed on both sides of this one-way street, making it difficult for fire services to get through in an emergency

Background imageCovent Collection: Firefighters at Covent Garden Market fire, London

Firefighters at Covent Garden Market fire, London
Firefighters at the Covent Garden Market fire, London, on 20 December 1949. Date: 1949

Background imageCovent Collection: Georg Solti, as sketched by Stephen Ward, 1961

Georg Solti, as sketched by Stephen Ward, 1961
Mr. Georg Solti(1912-1997), KBE, musical director of Covent Garden, as drawn from life by Stephen Ward during an audition for The Midsummers Night Dream, where Solti was guest conductor

Background imageCovent Collection: A night at Covent Garden Opera House, 1925

A night at Covent Garden Opera House, 1925
An impression by the artist Fortunino Matania of the interior of the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden in 1925. A performance of Richard Strauss " Elecktra" is portrayed

Background imageCovent Collection: Roshanara (Olive Craddock), Indian dancer

Roshanara (Olive Craddock), Indian dancer
Mlle Roshanara (real name Olive Craddock, 1894-1926), Indian dancer in a graceful pose, with snake-like arms. She learned to dance as a child in India

Background imageCovent Collection: Queen Victoria - Diamond Jubilee - Italian Opera Invitation

Queen Victoria - Diamond Jubilee - Italian Opera Invitation
Invitation to a State performance at the Royal Italian Opera, Covent Garden, London on 23rd June 1897 to celebrate Queen Victorias Diamond Jubilee

Background imageCovent Collection: Covent Garden

Covent Garden theatre and the Floral Hall. Date: 1895

Background imageCovent Collection: Leaning Basket Tower

Leaning Basket Tower
A champion basket carrier at Covent Garden, London, loses control of his basket tower - look out! Date: early 1930s

Background imageCovent Collection: Macklins Home

Macklins Home
The home of Charles Macklin, the long-lived Irish actor, in Tavistock Row, Covent Garden, London: Date: 18TH CENTURY

Background imageCovent Collection: Great Labra of St Sabbas the Sanctified Convent, Palestine

Great Labra of St Sabbas the Sanctified Convent, Palestine
The Great Lavra of St. Sabas, known in Arabic as Mar Saba - a Greek Orthodox monastery overlooking the Kidron Valley in the West Bank (east of Bethlehem)

Background imageCovent Collection: Covent Garden. Concert

Covent Garden. Concert
Cover of Oscar Wildes Plays by Doria Nachshen. Published in London in 1892. Engraving



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