Spectacle Collection (page 2)

Brown-throated wattle-eye, Platysteira cyanea (Spectacle tody, Platystera lobata). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William Swainson from Sir William Jardines

Spectacled tyrant, Hymenops perspicillatus (Spectacle or white-winged water-chat, Perspicilla leucoptera). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William Swainson

Desiree Pochonnet as Sizerin and an officer
Actress Mlle. Desiree as Sizerin and an officer in Les Trois Peches du Diable by Charles Varin and Lubize (Pierre-Henri Martin), Theatre du Gymnase, 1844

Gouget as Raymond in Les Sept Chateaux du Diable, 1844
Gouget as Raymond in the fairy spectacle Les Sept Chateaux du Diable by Charles Clairville and Adolphe Dennery, Theatre de la Gaite, 1844

Marie Daubron as La Belle aux Cheveux d Or, 1846
Madame Marie Daubron as La Belle aux Cheveux d Or by the Cogniard brothers, Theatre de la Porte St. Martin, 1846. She was the inspiration for the poet Charles Baudelaires Fleurs du Mal

French ballet dancer in La Belle aux Cheveux d Or, 1847
French ballet dancer in La Belle aux Cheveux d Or by the Cogniard brothers, Theatre de la Porte St. Martin, 1847. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Alexandre Lacauchie from Victor

Mlle. Emma as Felina in L Etoile du Berger by Anicet Bourgeois and Adolphe d Ennery, Theatre de l Ambigu Comique, 1846. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Alexandre Lacauchie

Mlle. Daniel as Paquita in L Etoile du Berger, 1846
Mlle. Daniel as Paquita in L Etoile du Berger by Anicet Bourgeois et Adolphe d Ennery, Theatre de l Ambigu Comique, 1846. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Alexandre Lacauchie

Mlle. Sanxay as Hebe in Les Dieux de l Olympe a Paris, 1846
Mlle. Sanxay as Hebe in Les Dieux de l Olympe a Paris by Clairville, Theatre du Vaudeville, 1846. Shes dressed as a Cantiniere, sutler

Pierre-Cheri Lafont in the role of Rafaello in A Fairy Tale (Un Conte de Fee) by Leuven/Lherie, Theatre des Varietes, 1845

Pauline Dejazet in the role of the Marquise
Pauline Virginie Dejazet in the role of the Marquise in A Fairy Tale (Un Conte de Fee) by Leuven/Lherie, Theatre des Varietes, 1845

Mlle. Angelina Grave as Desiree in the Cogniard
Singer Mlle. Angelina Grave in the role of Desiree in the Cogniard brothers La Biche au Bois, Theatre de la Porte St. Martin, 1845

Chinese games and acrobatics performed in Yuanmingyuang Park, Peking. Eight costumed women ride Ferris wheels perpedicularly, while male acrobats spin on rope wheels

Prince Arthur at Leeds, declaring Roundhay Park open
Visit of Prince Arthur, later Duke of Connaught to Leeds in September 1872. Pictured here declaring Roundhay Park open. 1872

Prince Arthur at Leeds, Arrival of the Prince at town hall
Prince Arthur, later Duke of Connaught, arriving at Leeds town hall during a royal visit to the city in September 1872. 1872

The Wild West Show at West Brompton
Buffalo Bills Wild West Show at Brompton. The company forming a line. Date: 1887

Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, where Royal Academy exhibitions take place. Date: circa 1900s

Henglers Grand Water Pantomime, in Argyll Street, near Londons Oxford Circus. Taken from the successful show La Grenouilliere, in Paris

FOUNTAIN / EXHIBITION
Crowds gather to watch the magnificent nocturnal display of the luminous fountain at the Exposition Universalle, Paris. Date: 1889

THE THEATRE, LILLE
The Theatre (Salle de Spectacle) at Lille. Date: 1835

SEINE MASCARET (P. PARIS)
The mascaret on the Seine, at Caudebec-en-Caux, is amplified by the equinoctial tides, providing a remarkable spectacle Date: September 1903

LEAVING A THEATRE
FIN DE SPECTACLE Gentlemen in the stalls put on their coats and hats Date: circa 1890

The Silver Jubilee Aldershot Military Tattoo. An annual event dating back to 1894. In the 1920s and 1930s, the Aldershot Command Searchlight Tattoo held at the Rushmoor Arena presented displays

Encampment and Review - Suffolk Volunteer Corps at Lowestoft
Encampment and Review of the Suffolk Volunteer Corps at Lowestoft. Date: 1865

The British Royal Familys Golden State Coach, used for royal coronations decorated with paintings by Giovanni Cipriani including the royal arms on the upper back panel

Roman Chariot Races at the British Empire Exhibition
The Great Circus at Wembley - The Thrilling Roman Chariot Races at Wembley Stadium. A new thrill for visitors to the British Empire Exhibition

Anna Held in her peacock gown
Miss Anna Held, appearing in Follow Me at the Casino in New York, displaying her spectacular peacock gown with the tail spread. Date: 1917

Hans Lippershey
HANS(or Franz) LIPPERSHEY (or LIPPERSHEIM) Dutch spectacle maker, credited with invention of the telescope (1608) Date: 1570? - 1619?

Royal Wedding 1923 - The Bride by Frederick Parker
Illustration showing a crowd of onlookers, desperate for a glimpse of the bride at the royal wedding of 1923 between the Duke of York and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon

Royal Wedding 1986 - Queen Mother and Princess Margaret
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother and her younger daughter, Princess Margaret, a vision in lavender and blue, travel in an open top Landau carriage to the wedding of Prince Andrew

Queen sits in Chair of Estate, Coronation 1953
Queen Elizabeth II sits in the Chair of Estate before being divested of her robe for the Ceremony of Anointing. She is flanked by the Sword bearers and her Maids of Honour

Prisoner on roof at Armley Gaol, Leeds, West Yorkshire
A prisoner can be seen on the roof of Armley Gaol in Leeds, West Yorkshire. The event has attracted spectators from the neighbourhood. Boys in caps sit on a wall beside the prison

Zacharias Janssen / W Invt
ZACHARIAS JANSSEN or JANSEN or ZANSZ Dutch spectacle maker who invented the compound microscope

The Niagara Falls Frozen in winter, NY State, USA Date: circa 1890

Waiting in a queue for the royal courts by Matania
The long line of motor cars queuing on the Mall waiting for the official hour when the debutantes and their society mothers

Mosaic, 4th century. Roman gladiator. Thracians
Roman art. Mosaic, 4th century. Roman gladiator. Thracians (small rectangular shield called a parmula and short sword called sica and armoured greaves

Medieval tournament. Colored engraving. 19th century

Germanic bards. Colored engraving
Bard. Among the ancient Celts, a poet who composed panegyrics and songs of war, but then went on to describe the heroic or lyric poet of any age or country. Germanic bards. Colored engraving

Great Theater. Pompeii. Italy
Roman Art. Great Theater. 2nd century a.C.. Bleachers and grandstand. Pompeia. Italy

Coronation Procession of Queen Victoria
The Coronation Procession of Queen Victoria from 28 June 1838, illustrated in the Correct Representations on the Occasion of Her Majestys Coronation consisting of two vast panels

The Windsor Greys in their Coronation Harness
Am impression by Fortunino Matania of the famous Windsor Greys ready harnessed in the stableyard before taking the State coach round to the Palace entrance where they will transport King George VI to

George VI Coronation Procession - the State Coach
The State Coach, carrying King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to in from their Coronation at Westminster Abbey on 12 May 1937, pictured in procession outside the Abbey

Ascension de Madame Garnerin
Ascent of Madame Garnerin 28th March 1802. Date: 1802

Coronation 1953, Queen Elizabeth II - Procession down the Ma
The last stage of Queen Elizabeth IIs triumphal home-coming after her Coronation ceremony at Westminster Abbey on 2 June 1953

Coronation 1953, Commonwealth army contingents marching in p
Marching through the rain-soaked streets, some of the Australian and Canadian troops who preceded Queen Elizabeth II in the golden state coach in the procession from Westminster Abbey to Buckingham

Coronation 1953, crowds in Trafalgar Square
Unprecedented crowds thronging Trafalgar Square hoping to catch a glimpse of Queen Elizabeth II as the procession moves through from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey for the Coronation of Queen

Royal Wedding 1986 - Guards in procession
Guards in their famous bearskin helmets march in formation in the procession for the royal wedding between Prince Andrew, Duke of York

Royal Wedding 1947 - Processional Route
A decorative chart of the route taken by the Royal wedding procession from Buckingham Palace via the Mall, the Admiralty Arch, and Whitehall, to Westminster Abbey

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