Audience Collection (page 2)

Edward VII enjoying theatricals at Chatsworth
Edward VII enjoys private theatricals at Chatsworth: his mistress Mrs George KEPPEL on his left, the Duchess of Devonshire on his right, the Duke in the foreground

Eden at Polo Match 1936
SIR ANTHONY EDEN (far left), with Lady Eden and Lord and Lady Willingdon, watching the USA vs England polo match at Hurlingham. He was later Prime Minister 1955 -1957. Date: 1936

Conjuror - Robert Houdin
Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin (1805-1871) the " conjuror" performing in front of a mid-nineteenth century French audience. Date: circa 1840

USA / Met Opera / Stage
NEW YORK a performer takes a bow, as a bouquet of flowers is handed up

Blondin Audience Ledger
A fascinating unused page from a ledger to record the ticket sales and money accrued from a performance of the legendary tightrop walker Charles Blondin The Hero of Niagara

Trapeze / Upside Down
From the trapeze; how the acrobat sees his audience - upside down!

Ball-room dancing at the Piccadilly Hotel, London
Londons most popular partners, Miss Leonora Hughes and Mr Maurice, giving an exhibition dance during supper at the Piccadilly Hotel

At Covent Garden 1914
A gala performance at Covent Garden Theatre : most of the audience are there to see or be seen, rather than to enjoy the on-stage performance

POSTER FOR TOSCA 1900
The first production, at Romes Teatro Costanzi on 14 January 1900, is received coolly by many critics, but is a resounding success with the audience and the public

Greece / Theatre Audience
A colourfully dressed and sophisticated audience at an Athenian theatre

Social / Paris Opera 1912
The audience arrives at the Opera, Paris Date: circa 1912

Irish Chieftain Shane O Neill meets with Queen Elizabeth I
Irish Chieftain Shane O Neill (1530-1567) has an audience with Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603), through a translator, in January 1562

Bessie Bellwood music hall singer 1856-1896
Bessie Bellwood (Catherine Mahoney) music hall singer who engaged with her audience and had a reputation for putting down the toughest of hecklers. Carte de visite advertising Taunus table water

Comic postcard, Temperance speaker and audience Date: 20th century

Theatre programme front cover for the London Palladium in 1952, with glamorous theatre goers arriving for its autumn variety show, Wonderful Time, starring, among others

Boxing match, Jack Johnson v Jess Willard, Havana, Cuba
Jack Johnson (1878-1946), nicknamed the Galveston Giant, African-American world heavyweight champion boxer, 1908-1915, in the world heavyweight title match (in Havana)

Dior fashion show at the Savoy, 1950
Fashion show by Christian Dior held at the Savoy Hotel, London on 25 April 1950 to raise funds for the Museum of Costume, all arranged by Mrs Langley Moore

Chicago Worlds Fair 1933 - Firestone Factory and Exhibitio
Chicago Worlds Fair 1933 - The Firestone Patented Gum Dipping Process in the Firestone Factory and Exhibition Building. 1933

Well - You KNOW wot men are! A young lady of seemingly considerable experience of the other sex exposes on the subject to an invisible audience. Date: 1934

Spanish Guitarist
Illustration of a Spanish guitarist with a green parrot performing to an audience. Artist: Anon. Date: 1926

Ukelele Lady, cinema audience sing-along
Ukelele Lady, cinema audience sing along magic lantern projection slide, early 1900s

Yes we have no bananas, cinema audience sing-along
Yes we have no bananas, cinema audience sing along magic lantern projection slide, early 1900s

The Chelsea Matinee, at the Chelsea Palace Theatre, London, 20 March 1917 Date: 1917

Ellen Terry's Bouquet at the Lyric Theatre, London, 29 July 1917 - WW1 charity programme cover Date: 1917

Bandstand, Southport, Lancashire - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Bandstand, Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Redoubt Music Gardens, Eastbourne, East Sussex - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Ordono IV of Leon and Umayyad Caliph of Cordoba Al-Hakam II
Encounter that took place in Madinat al-Zahra (Cordoba) between King Ordono IV of Leon, called the Bad (926-962) and the Umayyad Caliph of Cordoba Al-Hakam II (915-976). Illustration by J. Alaminos

Madrid, Inauguration of the Apolo Theater, November 23, 1873
Spain, Madrid. Inauguration of the Apolo Theater on the night of November 23, 1873. Woodcut on paper. Tomas Carlos Capuz (1834-1899) and Jose Luis Pellicer (1842-1901)

At the Theatre, comical depiction of audience members Date: circa 1850s

The Laughing Audience by William Hogarth Date: 1733

La Ville En Feu! The City On Fire!
An atmospheric illustration of an ornately designed bridge under a darkening, hazy sky, in front of an audience of monstrous gargoyles. Date: circa 1901

Young Joseph Grimaldi falling into orchestra pit
The young Joseph Grimaldi as a boy, falling into the orchestra pit in the role of a monkey. The clown on stage is his father, who had swung him on a chain as part of the performance

Joseph Grimaldi, actor and clown, at Farewell Benefit
Joseph Grimaldi, actor and clown, performing a final song at his Farewell Benefit at Drury Lane Theatre, London, sitting on a chair as he was too weak to stand Date: 1828

Music cover, The New Haymarket Polka, by Meredith Ball, showing the proscenium arch and safety curtain of the Haymarket Theatre, London Date: circa 1880

Passion Week at the Play, by Hablot K Browne (Phiz) Date: 1862

Band Pavilion and East Cliff, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex Date: circa 1925

Topkapi. Religious ceremony in the Audience Hall (Arz Odacy)
Turkey. Constantinople (Today Istanbul). Topkapi Palace. Religious ceremony in the Audience Hall (Arz Odacy) or Throne apartment on the day before Beyram festival

Turkey. Court of the Grand Vizier. Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Court of the Grand Vizier. Engraving by Lemaitre, Lalaisse and Montaut. Historia de Turquia by Joseph Marie Jouannin (1783-1844) and Jules Van Gaver, 1840

Turkey. Constantinople. Dinner for a European ambassador
Turkey. Constantinople (Today Istanbul). Dinner for a European ambassador at the Grand Vizier's court, in the imperial Council chamber, around year 1788

Topkapi Palace. Audience of a European ambassador, 1788
Turkey. Constantinople (Today Istanbul). Topkapi Palace. Audience Chamber. Audience of a European ambassador, 1788. Engraving by Lemaitre, Lalaisse and Chaillot

President of the Supreme Court of Justice - Judge of Hearing
President of the Supreme Court of Justice (left) and Judge of Hearing (right). Chromolithography. Historia de las Ordenes de Caballeria y de las Condecoraciones Espanolas

Servilla
A linoleum cut which displays an interior scene of a cafe or events venue, possibly in Spain, a dancer is performing in the background in front of a large audience

Punch At The Convent
This painting depicts a scene where a seated crowd of spectators, with children at the front, are viewing a traditional Punch and Judy puppet show at a convent, nuns are tending to the audience

Drury Lane Theatre, London, auditorium viewed from the stage during a performance Date: 1804

Edythe Baker, pianist, piano concert for troops at Banbury
Edythe Baker, pianist (1899-1971), photograph of piano concert for troops at Banbury, Oxfordshire, with baby grand piano, union flag and troops in audience

Wartime London theatre scenes, by Topolski
Cartoon illustration by Topolski, of stage and audience scenes at revue show, The Little Dog Laughed by George Black. Captioned The Little Dog Laughed, and makes wartime London laugh

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