Acts Collection (page 2)

Exodus from Whitecross Street debtors prison 1870
Whitecross Street Prison was a debtors prison in Islington, London, capable of holding up to 500 prisoners. At five minute pass twelve on New Years Eve a new act was passed

Crucifixion of Saint Peter (Acts of the Apostles) Date: 1st century

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Mme. Mallet as Bertha in le Billet de Marguerite, a comic opera in three acts, at the Lyrique.. Handcoloured lithograph by Alexandre Lacauchie from Galerie Dramatique

Presbyterian Worshippers
Scottish Presbyterians worship in defiance of conventicle acts. Date: circa 1664

St Paul preaching in the synagogue at Thessalonica, as described in the Acts of the Apostles, Chapter 17. Date: 1st century AD

Demetrius starts a riot in Ephesus
Demetrius, a silversmith who makes shrines to Artemis (Diana), starts a riot in Ephesus against St Paul, crying Great is Artemis of the Ephesians, as described in the Acts of the Apostles

See Naples and Die, Little Theatre, Adelphi, London
See Naples and Die, a comedy in three acts by Elmer Rice, at the Little Theatre, John Street, Adelphi, London, with Olive Blakeney and Bernard Nedell. 1932

Oy Ra and Dorma Leigh, in The Girl on the Film, London
Oy Ra and Dorma Leigh, in The Girl on the Film, a musical farce in three acts by James T Tanner, at the Gaiety Theatre, London

Sisters Marion music hall vocalists
The Sisters Marion harmonising duettists. Described as a juvenile act. Fashionable in the music hall for young women to dress as children. Wearing matching knee-length white dresses and flat shoes

Paul Cinquevalli (1859 1918), German entertainer whose speciality juggling act was popular, known as (King of the Jugglers), who could catch a cannon ball on his neck

Adgie and her trained lions 1905
Adgie born Adelaide Castillo in New Mexico, known as Daring Spanish Lion Tamer, inside the caged with three lions. One of Americans greatest acts of the time

Wilson, Keppel and Betty - a popular British music hall act
Wilson (Jack Wilson 18941970), Keppel (Joe Keppel 18941977) and Betty (one of many Bettys!) - a popular British music hall act - performing here with a fantastic dancing snake!

Royal Variety Performance 1965
A dozen of the 21 acts lined up for the Royal Variety Performance 1965. From left, Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers, Shirley Bassey, Jack Benny, Peter, Paul and Mary, Dusty Springfield

The Liberation of St. Peter from prison by an angel
The Liberation of Saint Peter is a story told in the Acts of the Apostles in which Saint Peter is rescued from the prison of King Herod by an angel. circa 19th century

Saint Paul the Apostle, Paul of Tarsus, early Christian leader who went on several journeys to preach the gospel to the Gentiles, as documented in several books of the New Testament

Fred Russell ventriloquist
Fred Russell (1862 1957) Irish ventriloquist, with his puppeteered dummy Coster Joe, seated upon his knee. Date: 1905

Madame Marzella with white cockatoos 1905
Music Hall star, Madame Marzella with her cockatoos. Date: 1905

Broadcast Receiving Licence excluding television, issued in 1947, costing twenty shillings (one pound). 1947

Music cover, Der Orlow, operetta by Granichstaedten
Music cover, Der Orlow, an operetta in three acts, with words by Ernst Marischka and Bruno Granichstaedten and music by Bruno Granichstaedten (1879-1944)

St Stephen stoned - Acts 8. circa 1688

Damascus, Syria - Ancient Walls and the Bab Sharqi Gate
Damascus, Syria - (left) Ancient Wall - connected (in some way) to the flight of Saint Paul, forced to flee the city under the cover of night after explosive reactions from Jews opposed to his

Flo Hastings and Wee Georgie Wood
Late 19th/early 20th century music hall performers Flo Hastings (1880-?) and Wee Georgie Wood (1894-1979), attending a screening of rare clips of early music hall acts at the National Film Theatre in

Six illustrations from a theatre production of Drake, a pageant-play in three acts by Louis Napoleon Parker, starring Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree as Sir Francis Drake

Paul Vulpius Help yourself A comedy hit in 3 hilarious acts. Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of Help Yourself at the Columbia Theatre, 135 O Farrell, San Francisco, California

Richard Carle in The tenderfoot an operatic comedy in 3 acts : book by Richard Carle; music by HL Heartz. Date c1903

Scout Plane for Warships
An aeroplane acts as a scout for warships Date: 1913

Stunt cyclists
Keiths Bicycle Track. Cyclists performing on the bicycle track on stage at Keiths Union Square Theatre, N.Y.C

Damascus, Syria - Straight Street
Straight Street (Via Recta) - running East/West. Paul the Apostle was baptized by Ananais on Straight Street as recorded in the Book of Acts 9:11

Empire Leicester Square, postcard for Variety Show
Reverse of postcard promoting variety show at the Empire Theatre, Leicester Square, listing the 12 acts that were commencing on Monday, May 15th 1905

Gallic cock crow for the Paris exhibtion by Gilbert James
A woman dressed in a Pierrot or clown outfit is helped in her performance by a cockerel balancing on an egg. 1899

Turkish Children act out an Ottoman History Drama Stage Play. Date: circa 1909

The Descent of the Holy Ghost - Acts 2. circa 1688

St Philip baptises the eunuch - Acts 8. circa 1688

St Peter delivered out of prison - Acts 12. circa 1688

Cornelius baptised - Acts 10. circa 1688

Conversion of Saul (St Paul) - Acts 9. circa 1688

Shipwreck of St Paul - Acts 28. circa 1688

Chinese Actresses taking part in a traditional play
Three Chinese Actresses taking part in a traditional play. Date: circa 1906

Caesarean section. Miniature. Faits de Romains (Acts of Romans) Chronicles the life of Julius Caesar. Medival Work. 1213-1214

Raphael (1483-1520). Italian painter and architect. Liberati
Raphael (1483-1520). Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. Liberation of Saint Peter, 1514. Fresco. Raphaels Rooms. Room of Heliodorus. Apostolic Palace. Vatican City

Music cover, Der Letzte Waltzer, operetta in three acts, by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grunwald, with music by Oscar Straus, arranged for voice and piano, and piano duet. 1920

Music cover, Lady Henriette, ballet by Deldevez
Music cover, Lady Henriette, ballet in three acts, Valse des Fous, music by Deldevez. circa 1840s

Caricature of Paul John Merrit, playwright -- Great Paul! 1882

Heroic act WWI
Sergeant Robert Downie accounts for several of the enemy, and captures a machine- gun

Railway strike 1911: Magistrate reading the riot act
Magistrate reading the riot act in Vauxhall Road, Liverpool, during the mobs attack on prison-vans. Saying: " Our Sovereign Lord the King Chargeth

Americans Entertain Americans at the Ambassadeurs Restaurant
Acts at the Ambassadeurs Restaurant, Paris (1927) - Viva Regor, June, Billy Reardon, Georgie Hale, Edith Flynn, Elizabeth Jordan, Cal & Ethel Norris Date: 1927

A Japanese actor plays a female role
A Japanese male actor plays a remale role. It is common in long plays for men to play a variety of different roles. Date: 1932

Cartoon, True Reform of Parliament, ie Patriots lighting a Revolutionary Bonfire in New Palace Yard, by James Gillray. Showing Sir Francis Burdett at the centre

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