Biscuit Gallery

Caricature of Arthur Cecil, English actor and playwright

Caricature of Arthur Cecil (1843-1896), English actor, comedian, playwright and theatre manager. Seen here as Colley Cibber in a production of Masks and Faces, written in 1852 by Charles Reade and Tom Taylor.
1881

© Terry Parker / Mary Evans Picture Library

1880s, 1881, 18th, Actor, Alfred, Arthur, Biscuit, Bryan, Caricature, Cecil, Century, Cibber, Colley, Comedian, English, Entracte, Faces, Manager, Masks, Patch, Play, Playwright, Production, Stage, Stick, Theatre, Victorian, Wig

Hotel guest beset by salespeople in the parlour

Hotel guest beset by salespeople in the parlour of the Hotel des Quatre Nations, Paris, 18th century. The room is full of furriers, lace sellers, hatters, mercers, hairdressers, tailors, sword cutlers, pimps, horse-dealers, etc. Arrival at Paris. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from Journal of Sentimental Travels in the Southern Provinces of France, translated and abridged from Moritz August von Thummel's Reise in die mitt??glichen Provinzen van Frankreich im Jahre 1785'??1786, Rudolph Ackermann, London, 1821

© Florilegius

slum child with dog

A dirty, barefoot boy eats a biscuit while standing on the doorstep of his slum home with a dog. Brinksway, Stockport Cheshire Date: circa 1970

© Philip Dunn / Mary Evans Picture Library

Bare, Barefoot, Biscuit, Boy, Child, Destitute, Dirty, Dog, Eat, Eating, Feet, Filthy, Friends, Hand, Mongrel, Mouth, Pals, Pets, Poor, Poverty, Sad, Scruffy, Sorrowful, Unwashed, Urban