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Audience Arrives / L operaThe audience arrives at the Opera, Paris, France. Date: circa 1912
Chamberlain / Glasgow 1903JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN Liberal politician speaking in St Andrews Hall, Glasgow at the opening of the fiscal campaign Date: 1836-1914
G Clemenceau / RaffaelliGEORGES CLEMENCEAU French statesman at a public meeting at the Cirque Fernando in Paris in 1885 Date: 1841 - 1929
Gladstone / Speech / 1892WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE Giving a speech at the Music Hall, Edinburgh, on 30 June 1892, as part of his Midlothian campaign Date: 1876
Disraeli / Acrobat / LeotardBENJAMIN DISRAELI Dizzy in acrobats costume pretends to fall, only to end up on his feet: he will not resign after political defeat Date: 13 June 1868
George Stephenson - HammerGeorge Stephenson (1781 - 1848) Engineer as a young man, throwing the hammer
Victoria ProclaimedVictoria is proclaimed queen from the window of the Audience Chamber at St Jamess Palace Date: 1837
Scala Theatre, Milan, Italy Performance of a BalletScala Theatre - Milan, Italy -Performance of a Ballet
Colloque De PoissyCOLLOQUE DE POISSY French cardinals meet to discuss the reformist views of Theodore de Beze, before a distinguished audience of royalty Date: 9 December 1561
Social / France / Court LoveThe Court of Love Scene in Provence showing the King and his Queen and the King later with an audience Date: 14th century
Cricket at Eton and Harrow at Lords 1907Silhouette of the Edwardian men and women watching cricket. Date: 1907
Phrenology lecture, 1852Dr Gustav Schere lectures on phrenology at the Buchhandlerdorfe, Leipzig. Date: 1852
Lord Kitchener welcomed by the Egyptian FellahLord Horatio Herbert Kitchener(1850-1916): how the Egyptian Fellah(peasant labourers) honoured Lord Kitchener
Theatregoing in Stockholm, Sweden, showing a popular performance in the Gamla Bollhuset (the old tennis court). Date: 17th century
Puppet show seen from outside the boxAu Bon Marche - puppet show seen from outside the box, with an audience of children. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s
The Golfers Paradise by H. M. BatemanThe Golfers Paradise - Telling them What Happened at the 16th Hole. The golfing bore epitomised in this fabulous cartoon by Bateman, showing the ultimate fantasy - a golfer seated in an armchair
Posada, Illustration, The Adventures of Don ChepitoIllustration, The Adventures of Don Chepito -- Don Chepito addressing people in the street from a cart. Date: circa 1890s
Posada, Illustration to a story, The Wise Lay BrotherIllustration to a story, The Wise Lay Brother -- he speaks before the king. Date: circa 1900
Paris Cabaret / HalouzeAudience at a smart Parisien caberet Date: circa 1925
Edwardian spectators at an eventAn all-male crowd of smartly dressed spectators observe proceedings from behind a picket fence, perhaps at a sporting event in the north east of England. Date: c.1910s
Leaflet cover, Souvenir of The Cossacks -- acrobatics on horseback. Date: circa 1950s
Family scenes on a three-part Christmas card, looking back to previous generations. Date: circa 1890s
Children watching a chimps tea partyChildren and adults watching a chimps tea party. Date: circa 1980s
Colmans Christmas Greetings to their Young Friends - HeraldJ. & J. Colmans Christmas Greetings to their Young Friends All Around the World - A youthful Medievalo Herald announces the gift of this collection of fun historical tales and illustrations
The Music Hall by Harry FurnissPortrayal of an interior of an Edwardian music hall. Date: 1929
A Langtry First NightA theatre auditorium where the audience all have eye glasses or binoculars fixed to their faces due to the fact that the great beauty, Lily Langtry was appearing on stage. Date: 1929
The Audience of the Peace-speaker by H. M. Bateman" Lo! The poor Timid un! The Audience of the Peace-speaker!" This illustration comments on how war-fever has gripped the nation
Cartoon, Scientific Researches! New Discoveries in Pneumaticks! or, an Experimental Lecture on the Powers of Air, by James Gillray
No. 2: People We Don t Envy by George Studdy, 1915No. II: The Army Service Corps subaltern compelled to deliver a lecture on Supplies to a contingent of men recruited from grocers, butchers, provision dealers etc. Date: 1915
The juggler at the Chateau d Eau, Paris.. Handcolored aquatint engraving after an illustration credited to Victor Auver from A Tour through Paris, William Sams, London, 1825
Sango man dancing in front of seated audience in the Congo, Africa.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840
WW1 - Entertaining the Troops - Open Air Concert, France Date: 1915
Charles Stratton, the American dwarf, 1844A review, as featured in the Illustrated London News, 1844, reporting on the recent performance of Charles S. Stratton, the American dwarf (also known as General Tom Thumb)
Pygmalion drawn by Tony SargScenes from Pygmalion, the play by George Bernard Shaw which opened at His Majestys Theatre in London on 11 April 1914. The sketches drawn by Tony Sarg show the various characters including Mrs
Introducing Tanks to Londoners - Film of Battle of Ancre" The Battle of the Ancre and the Advance of the Tanks" - an official film shown at the Scala Theatre, London. Seen by an estimated 250
Cartoon, Kaiser Kabot, WW1Cartoon, Kaiser Kabot (Kaiser Wilhelm II, the ham actor), showing the German Kaiser in four different theatrical roles: ignoring treaties, being deceitful, involved in litigation, and as Tartuffe
Audience at an Edwardian tennis match showing styles of dress of the period Date: circa 1908
Gathering of boy scouts in Sierra Leone, West AfricaA large gathering of boy scouts in Sierra Leone, West Africa, with a special investiture ceremony taking place. Date: 20th century
IRAN. Persepolis. Apadana or Audience Hall of Darius I. Cort觥 of Babylonians delivering to the king vases full of gold and silver. Decorations of the eastern side of the staircase
LOZANO SIDRO, Adolfo (1872-1935). Introducing a lady to Alfonso XIII of Spain. Oil on canvas. Private Collection
Governor, Mayor and Scouts at a rally, MauritiusThe Governor of Mauritius, Sir John Shaw Rennie (1917-2002), with the Mayor of Port Louis (Raymond Devienne), scouting leaders, boy scouts and others at a rally
Governor receiving casket from Mayor, MauritiusThe Governor of Mauritius, Sir John Shaw Rennie (1917-2002), receiving a casket from the Mayor, watched by scouts and others
Traditional Japanese display at international scout campBefore or after a traditional Japanese judo display at an international scout camp. Scouts are standing to attention and saluting
Lectures at the Front, WW1A lecture on scouting by a British officer in a small theatre behind the firing line on the Western Front. The audience, comprising British officers
Governor and scouting leader at a rally, MauritiusThe Governor of Mauritius, Sir John Shaw Rennie (1917-2002), presenting scouting leader Guy de la Hogue with the Silver Acorn at a rally
Governor and scouts at a rally, MauritiusThe Governor of Mauritius, Sir John Shaw Rennie (1917-2002), with scouting leaders and boy scouts, taking part in the presentation of new colours (flags) at a rally. Date: circa 1962
London in Winter - Skating at Princes Skating Club in Knightsbridge. A couple skating, taking tea on the promenade and having ones skates put on under the Band Stand Date: 1914
Women churning buttermilk at a trade exhibition