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Cartoon, Father Christmas and theatre peopleCartoon, Father Christmas asks a group of theatre people what they have done for him this year (probably in terms of Christmas entertainment). 1880
Caricature of Augustus Harris, British actor and dramatistCaricature of Augustus Harris (1852-1896), British actor, dramatist and impresario, transformed into a goose -- Not " Old Mother Goose" but Master Augoosetus
Caricature of Charles Morton, theatre managerCaricature of Charles Morton (1819-1904), theatre and music hall manager -- The Connaught, tenant-right. 1880
Caricature of Benjamin Disraeli, Conservative leader, thumbing his nose at a hostile audience. 1880
Cartoon, Wheres the Cat?Cartoon, man and cat -- Wheres the Cat? 1880
Caricature of Augustus Harris and Henry PettittCaricature of Augustus Harris (1852-1896), British actor, dramatist and impresario, and Henry Alfred Pettitt (1848-1893), British actor and dramatist -- Never mind, Pettitt
Caricature of George Conquest, theatre managerCaricature of George Augustus Oliver Conquest (1837-1901), playwright, theatre manager, acrobat and pantomimist -- And has it come to this
Caricatures of Henry Irving and Edwin BoothCaricatures, Rival Hamlets. Showing Henry Irving and Edwin Booth, an English Hamlet and an American Hamlet looking quizzically at each other. 1880
Caricature of George Barrett, English comic actorCaricature of George Edward Barrett (1849-1894), English comic actor, brother of Wilson Barrett. 1882
Caricature of Dion Boucicault and three other actorsCaricature of Dion Boucicault (?1820-1890), Irish actor and playwright -- Address to the Players. Indicating a poster behind him
Caricature of Edward Smith Willard, English actorCaricature of Edward Smith Willard (1853-1915), English actor, popular as a stage villain. 1882
Caricature of Lord Beresford and Admiral SeymourCaricature of Lord Charles William de la Poer Beresford (1846-1919), at this time a Royal Navy captain (later an Admiral), and Admiral Frederick Beauchamp Paget Seymour (1821-1895)
Caricature, Fred Archer and George Fordham, jockeysCaricature, Frederick James (Fred) Archer (1857-1886), and George Fordham (1837-1887), British flat race jockeys -- Goodwood. 1882
Caricature of Dion Boucicault, Irish actor and playwrightCaricature of Dion Boucicault (?1820-1890), Irish actor and playwright who became a very successful actor-manager. 1880
Caricature of W E Gladstone and John L TooleCaricature of W E Gladstone (1809-1898), Liberal Prime Minister, and John Lawrence Toole (1830-1906), English comic actor, actor-manager and theatrical producer. Politics and Comedy. 1882
Caricature of G Edwardes and E L BlanchardCaricature of George Joseph Edwardes (1855-1915), English theatre manager and producer, and Edward Litt Laman Blanchard (1820-1889), English writer, dramatist and drama critic -- The Era. 1882
Caricature of Coquelin and GambettaCaricature of Benoit-Constant Coquelin (1841-1909), leading French actor, and Leon Gambetta (1838-1882), leading French politician. Comedy and Politics. 1882
Caricature of Edward, Prince of Wales and Squire BancroftCaricature of Edward, Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) and Sir Squire Bancroft (1841-1926), English actor-manager. Bancroft speaks condescendingly to the Prince
Caricature of Edwin Booth and William BoothCaricature of Edwin Booth (1833-1893) as Cardinal Richelieu at the Adelphi Theatre, London, and William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, at the Grecian Theatre in north London
Caricature of Charles Keene, F C Burnand and John TennielCaricature of Charles Samuel Keene (1823-1891), Francis Cowley Burnand (1836-1917) and John Tenniel (1820-1914), two Punch artists and their editor. 1882
Caricature of Ashton Dilke, Liberal MP and travellerCaricature of Ashton Wentworth Dilke (1850-1883), radical Liberal MP (from 1880 to 1883), traveller, and owner of the Weekly Dispatch. 1882
Caricature of Edmund Yates and ? BeckerCaricature of Edmund Hodgson Yates (1831-1894), British novelist and dramatist, editor of The World society journal, and ? Becker. 1882
Caricature of Percy Anderson and G A SalaCaricature of Percy Anderson (1851-1928), stage designer and painter, and George Augustus Henry Sala (1828-1895), English journalist -- David and Goliath. 1882
Caricature of J D Stoyle, English actorCaricature of James D Stoyle (1831-1880), English character actor and comedian, seen here in the character of Ben Barnacle in a production of Billee Taylor by Stephens
Caricature of Charles Alias and H B FarnieCaricature of Charles Alias (c1852-1921), theatrical costumier, and Henry Brougham Farnie (1836-1889), author, librettist and adapter -- Opera Bouffe collaborators. 1882
Caricature of Walter Webling and Alfred WatsonCaricature of Walter Webling (seated, aka Walter Clifford Weblyn, 1846-1928), owner of the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, and Alfred Edward Thomas Watson (on horseback, 1849-1922)
Caricature of Madge Kendal, English actress and managerCaricature of Madge Kendal (Margaret Shafto Robertson, 1848-1935), English actress and (with her husband William Hunter Kendal) theatre manager
Caricature of W E Gladstone and the ghost of Palmerston, his predecessor as Liberal Party leader. Palmerston wonders at Gladstone being in the House of Commons on Derby Day
Caricature of Paul John Merrit, playwright -- Great Paul! 1882
Caricature of Harriet Coveney, English actress, seen here as Eliza in a production of Billee Taylor by Stephens and Solomon at the Imperial Theatre, London
Caricature of Henry Hamilton, English playwright and actorCaricature of Henry Hamilton (c1853-1918), English playwright and actor, whose adaptation of Ouidas novel, Moths (published 1880), was in production at the Olympic Theatre, London
Caricature of Sir Hardinge Giffard and John Charles DayCaricature of Sir Hardinge Stanley Giffard, 1st Earl of Halsbury (later Lord Chancellor, 1823-1921) and John Charles Frederick Sigismund Day QC (1826-1908). Seen here having a drink and a biscuit
Cartoon, scene outside the Avenue Theatre, LondonCartoon, scene outside the recently opened Avenue Theatre, Northumberland Avenue, London -- Burked! Referring to the lessee, Edmund Burke
Caricature of A W Pinero, actor and playwrightCaricature of Sir Arthur Wing Pinero (1855-1934), English actor, playwright and stage director. Seen here outside the Globe Theatre, London, where an adaptation of Thomas Hardys novel
Caricature of The Two Willings, senior and junior. James Willing was actually a pseudonym for John Thomas Douglass (1842-1917), manager of the Standard Theatre, Shoreditch, London
Caricature, Fred Archer, jockey, and Lord FalmouthCaricature, Frederick James (Fred) Archer (1857-1886), English flat race jockey, riding on the shoulders of his patron, Evelyn Boscawen, 6th Viscount Falmouth (1819-1889)
Caricatures of George Harwood and George ParkesCaricatures of George Harwood, manager of the Variety Theatre (Harwoods Hall) and George Parkes, manager of the Elephant and Castle Theatre. 1880
Portrait of Henry Forrester, actorHenry Forrester (Henry Frost, 1827-1882), Shakespearean actor. 1882
Caricature of William Ballantine, Serjeant-at-lawCaricature of William Ballantine (1812-1887), Serjeant-at-law, a legal position abolished in the reforms of 1873. In the early 1880s he retired from the law and published several volumes of memoirs
Caricature of Jennings and Riley, Oxford and CambridgeCaricature of Jennings and Riley, rowers of the Oxford and Cambridge boat race crews. The 39th Boat Race took place on 1 April 1882. 1882
Cartoon, Burnand, Byron and Sims in hospital -- All InCartoon, three prominent writers ill in hospital -- F C Burnand (1836-1917), H J Byron (1835-1884) and G R Sims (1847-1922)
Caricature of Prince Leopold in ParliamentCaricature of Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853-1884), youngest son of Queen Victoria -- The Royal Hat-Trick. A comment on a parliamentary debate about granting more money to Prince Leopold
Caricature of Florence St John, singer and actressCaricature of Florence St John (1855-1912), English singer and actress -- I am such an artless thing. Seen here in the role of Girola in Manteaux Noirs
Caricature of Mr A Austin, St Jamess Hall, LondonCaricature of Mr A Austin, who ran the ticket office of St Jamess Hall, 28 Piccadilly, London. 1882
Caricature of W H Kendal, English actor and managerCaricature of William Hunter Kendal (1843-1917), English actor and theatre manager. 1882
Cartoon, Bradlaugh, Gladstone and John BullCartoon, Charles Bradlaugh, atheist MP, W E Gladstone, Liberal Prime Minister, and John Bull as a magistrate. Bull says to Gladstone
Caricature of Prince Leopold and Princess HelenaCaricature of Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853-1884), youngest son of Queen Victoria, and Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Duchess of Albany (1861-1922). They married on 27 April 1882
Caricature of Sir Michael Costa, conductor and composerCaricature of Sir Michael Andrew Angus Costa (1808-1884), Italian-born conductor and composer active in England. 1882