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Bryan Collection (page 14)

Background imageBryan Collection: Cartoon, Bradlaugh, Gladstone and John Bull

Cartoon, Bradlaugh, Gladstone and John Bull
Cartoon, Charles Bradlaugh, atheist MP, W E Gladstone, Liberal Prime Minister, and John Bull as a magistrate. Bull says to Gladstone

Background imageBryan Collection: Caricature of Prince Leopold and Princess Helena

Caricature of Prince Leopold and Princess Helena
Caricature 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

Background imageBryan Collection: Caricature of Sir Michael Costa, conductor and composer

Caricature of Sir Michael Costa, conductor and composer
Caricature of Sir Michael Andrew Angus Costa (1808-1884), Italian-born conductor and composer active in England. 1882

Background imageBryan Collection: Cartoon, A G Vance and fellow-theatricals

Cartoon, A G Vance and fellow-theatricals Henry Irving, Squire Bancroft and J L Toole. Vance comments on the fact that they are going to visit the Prince of Wales at Marlborough House -- not to seem

Background imageBryan Collection: Caricature of John L Toole, English actor and manager

Caricature of John L Toole, English actor and manager
Caricature of John Lawrence Toole (1830-1906), English comic actor, theatre manager and producer -- Now, George, down with the shutters, or the public will begin to think we ve retired from business

Background imageBryan Collection: Caricature, Prince of Wales and Dion Boucicault

Caricature, Prince of Wales and Dion Boucicault
Caricature, Edward, Prince of Wales and the Irish actor and playwright Dion Boucicault. " Honor is said to be very weak

Background imageBryan Collection: Caricature of Henry Pettitt, British actor and dramatist

Caricature of Henry Pettitt, British actor and dramatist
Caricature of Henry Alfred Pettitt (1848-1893), British actor and dramatist -- Taken from Life, a reference to one of his play titles. 1881

Background imageBryan Collection: Caricatures of Alexander Henderson and H B Farnie

Caricatures of Alexander Henderson and H B Farnie
Caricatures of Alexander Henderson, theatre owner and director, and Henry Brougham Farnie (1836-1889), author, librettist and adapter -- Not Exactly " Out of the Hunt"

Background imageBryan Collection: Caricature, Mary Elizabeth Braddon and Charles H Ross

Caricature, Mary Elizabeth Braddon and Charles H Ross
Caricature, Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835-1915), popular English novelist, and Charles Henry Ross (1835-1897), English journalist, artist and novelist -- Fair Boiling-Down Fiction Trade

Background imageBryan Collection: Cartoon, Music Hall Licensing

Cartoon, Music Hall Licensing -- anxious moments for proprietors. 1881

Background imageBryan Collection: Cartoon, Unfettered Journalism

Cartoon, Unfettered Journalism! Showing a man tied to a chair by Turkish Bonds. A comment on the serious issue of Turkish debt. 1880

Background imageBryan Collection: Caricature of Samuel Hayes, Italian Opera Season

Caricature of Samuel Hayes, Italian Opera Season
Caricature of Samuel Hayes, who was putting on an Italian Opera Season at the Lyceum Theatre, London, in the absence of Henry Irving. 1881

Background imageBryan Collection: Caricature of John Clayton, English actor

Caricature of John Clayton, English actor
Caricature of John Clayton (1843-1888), English actor -- He has courted honour. 1881

Background imageBryan Collection: Caricature of G A Sala, English journalist

Caricature of G A Sala, English journalist
Caricature of George Augustus Henry Sala (1828-1895), English journalist -- What it may come to. A grocer asks him if he might supply something quotable about his brand of tea

Background imageBryan Collection: Caricature of Wilson Barrett, actor, manager and playwright

Caricature of Wilson Barrett, actor, manager and playwright
Caricature of Wilson Barrett (William Henry Barrett; 1846-1904), actor, theatre manager and playwright. One of the " Lights of London"

Background imageBryan Collection: Cartoon, Fancy Picture -- Primrose Hill

Cartoon, Fancy Picture -- Primrose Hill. People climb the hill to do some sightseeing. A caricature of the comic actor J W Hill. 1881

Background imageBryan Collection: Caricature of F B Chatterton and Leopold Lewis

Caricature of F B Chatterton and Leopold Lewis
Caricature of Frederick Balsir Chatterton (1834-1886), theatre manager, and Leopold Davis Lewis (1828-1890), dramatist. What will they do at the Wells? 1881

Background imageBryan Collection: Portrait of Arthur Matthison, playwright

Portrait of Arthur Matthison, playwright
Portrait of Arthur Matthison (?-1883), playwright. 1883

Background imageBryan Collection: Caricature of Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer

Caricature of Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer
Caricature of Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan (1842-1900), composer and musician, with his colleagues Ws Gilbert (1836-1911) and Richard d Oyly Carte (1844-1901) in the background

Background imageBryan Collection: Caricature of Edward Royce, actor and stage manager

Caricature of Edward Royce, actor and stage manager
Caricature of Edward William Royce (1841-1926), actor and stage manager. 1883

Background imageBryan Collection: Caricature of Alexander Henderson, theatre owner

Caricature of Alexander Henderson, theatre owner. If he had played Rip [van Winkle], would people have been got to believe he had been asleep for twenty years? 1883

Background imageBryan Collection: Caricature of John F Sheridan, female impersonator

Caricature of John F Sheridan, female impersonator
Caricature of John F Sheridan (1848-1908), female impersonator (often as pantomime dame), comic actor, singer and dramatist. 1883

Background imageBryan Collection: Caricature of Squire Bancroft and Edgar Bruce

Caricature of Squire Bancroft and Edgar Bruce
Caricature of Sir Squire Bancroft (1841-1926) and Edgar Bruce (1845?-1901), both actor-managers. Bancroft is portrayed as Shylock wanting his pound of flesh

Background imageBryan Collection: Caricature of John Maddison Morton, playwright

Caricature of John Maddison Morton, playwright
Caricature of John Maddison Morton (1811-1891), English playwright specialising in one-act farces, as well as comic dramas and pantomimes. His greatest success was Box and Cox (1847). 1883

Background imageBryan Collection: Caricature of Henry Irving sweeping amateurs away

Caricature of Henry Irving sweeping amateurs away
Caricature of the actor-manager Henry Irving (1838-1905) sweeping the amateur rubbish away from the theatre. 1883

Background imageBryan Collection: Caricature of Johnny Gideon and Charley Head

Caricature of Johnny Gideon and Charley Head
Caricature of Johnny Gideon (aka E Manuel), playwright, and Charley Head, theatre manager and bookmaker. 1883

Background imageBryan Collection: Caricature of JosephHurst, Lyceum Theatre box office manager

Caricature of JosephHurst, Lyceum Theatre box office manager
Caricature of Joseph Hurst, Lyceum Theatre box office manager. 1883

Background imageBryan Collection: Portrait of Edward Saker, British actor and theatre manager

Portrait of Edward Saker, British actor and theatre manager
Portrait of Edward Sloman Saker (1838-1883), British actor and manager of the Alexandra Theatre, Liverpool. 1883

Background imageBryan Collection: Caricature of Tom Cannon, jockey and trainer

Caricature of Tom Cannon, jockey and trainer
Caricature of Tom Cannon (1846-1917), British flat racing jockey and trainer. 1883

Background imageBryan Collection: Caricature, Edward, Prince of Wales

Caricature, Edward, Prince of Wales -- is he a little stage-struck? The heir to the throne stands pensively at the Stage Door of a theatre. 1883

Background imageBryan Collection: Cartoon, Matinees! Matinees!! Matinees

Cartoon, Matinees! Matinees!! Matinees!!! Trixie Southbank, who is tired of being an extra and wants to play Juliet, asks John Hollingshead (1827-1904), manager of the Gaiety Theatre

Background imageBryan Collection: Caricature of F C Leader, theatre manager

Caricature of F C Leader, theatre manager
Caricature of F C Leader, lessee and manager of Her Majestys Theatre, London. Her Majestys Punch Show, Box Office now open. 1883

Background imageBryan Collection: Cartoon, Actors from Drury Lane changing allegiance

Cartoon, Actors from Drury Lane changing allegiance
Cartoon, Actors from Drury Lane Theatre changing allegiance. They were at Drury Lane for years, but this season they go over to the opposition shop. 1880

Background imageBryan Collection: Caricature of David James, English comic actor

Caricature of David James, English comic actor
Caricature of David James (1839-1893), English comic actor, seen here dressed as Mr Punch. 1881

Background imageBryan Collection: Caricature of Thomas Gibson Bowles, magazine founder

Caricature of Thomas Gibson Bowles, magazine founder
Caricature of Thomas (Tommy) Gibson Bowles (1841-1922), founder of Vanity Fair and The Lady magazines. 1881

Background imageBryan Collection: Caricature, Mr Cooper of the Albion Hotel

Caricature, Mr Cooper of the Albion Hotel -- Stout and Mild. 1881

Background imageBryan Collection: Caricature of Sir John Astley, English soldier and sportsman

Caricature of Sir John Astley, English soldier and sportsman
Caricature of Sir John Dugdale Astley, 3rd Baronet (1828-1894), English soldier and sportsman, and former Conservative MP. 1881

Background imageBryan Collection: Caricature of Edward Terry, actor and theatre manager

Caricature of Edward Terry, actor and theatre manager
Caricature of the English actor and theatre manager Edward O Connor Terry (1844-1912) - Now that Mr Edward Terry has been elected a Guardian

Background imageBryan Collection: Cartoon, Gladstone, Bradlaugh and Labouchere

Cartoon, Gladstone, Bradlaugh and Labouchere
Cartoon, Charles Bradlaugh, atheist, republican and Liberal MP for Northampton, supported by his fellow-MP Henry Labouchere but a worrying presence for the Liberal leader W E Gladstone. 1881

Background imageBryan Collection: Caricature of Arthur Sullivan and Ws Gilbert

Caricature of Arthur Sullivan and Ws Gilbert -- The Latest Converts to Aestheticism. A reference to their latest operetta, Patience, a satire on the aesthetic movement. 1881

Background imageBryan Collection: Henry Irving and Ellen Terry in The Belles Stratagem

Henry Irving and Ellen Terry in The Belles Stratagem
Henry Irving and Ellen Terry, actors of the Lyceum Theatre, dancing in 18th century costume in a production of The Belles Stratagem, a play by Hannah Cowley

Background imageBryan Collection: Lord Randolph Churchill, British politician

Lord Randolph Churchill, British politician
Lord Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill (1849-1895), British politician, at this time MP for Woodstock. At the time he was making his mark at Westminster by criticising members of both political

Background imageBryan Collection: Caricature of Mrs Fletcher and Mrs Hart-Davies

Caricature of Mrs Fletcher and Mrs Hart-Davies
Caricature of Susan Willis Fletcher, spiritualist, and Mrs Juliette Hart-Davies, her victim. Fletcher was convicted of obtaining jewellery by deception from Mrs Hart-Davies. 1881

Background imageBryan Collection: Caricature of Henry Labouchere, politician and writer

Caricature of Henry Labouchere, politician and writer
Caricature of Henry Du Pre Labouchere (1831-1912), English politician, writer, publisher and theatre owner. A commentary on a libel case between Henry Labouchere

Background imageBryan Collection: Caricature of Wiliam Wilde, Irish journalist and poet

Caricature of Wiliam Wilde, Irish journalist and poet
Caricature of Wiliam Willie Charles Kingsbury Wilde (1852-1899), Irish journalist, poet and drama critic, elder brother of Oscar. Seen here sitting in the theatre stalls. 1881

Background imageBryan Collection: Caricature of Montagu Williams, actor, playwright and lawyer

Caricature of Montagu Williams, actor, playwright and lawyer
Caricature of Montagu Stephen Williams (1835-1892), English actor, playwright, barrister, magistrate and teacher. A commentary on a libel case between Henry Labouchere

Background imageBryan Collection: Caricature of Kyrle Bellew, British actor

Caricature of Kyrle Bellew, British actor
Caricature of Harold Kyrle Money Bellew (1850-1911), British actor. Seen here in a Shakespearean role on tour in Glasgow. The comment reads

Background imageBryan Collection: Caricature of Henry James Byron, dramatist

Caricature of Henry James Byron, dramatist
Caricature of the English dramatist, editor, journalist, director, theatre manager, novelist and actor, Henry James Byron (1835-1884) -- A " Special" Engagement. 1881



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