Character Collection (page 21)

Sundays Child by May Bowley. A fortune-telling song telling a childs character or future based on the day they were born and help young children remember the days the week. Date: circa 1903

Lawson Wood - Pre-War Gran pop?
Humorous illustration by Lawson Wood showing a small monkey and the famous orang utan character called Granpop eating boiled eggs

French Theatre / Beronte
Beronte ( receleur ) A character from L Intrigue des Filous by Claude de Lestoille. Date: 1689

Woman tramp sitting at side of road
A female tramp, her skin tanned by the outdoor life, sits by the road, her bag of possessions at her side. Although her body is well wrapped in overcoat and hat, her feet are in open sandals

The Higher the Fewer says Gran pop by Lawson Wood
Humorous illustration by Lawson Wood showing his orang utan character, Gran pop sitting in precariously in a homemade hot air balloon. A little piglet falls out of the bottom of the basket

I ve lost my heart properly this time! by G. E Studdy
Comic colour illustration by George Ernest Studdy (1878-1948) showing his canine creation, Bonzo sitting holding some playing cards. Studdy created Bonzo for The Sketch magazine in the early 1920s

Mincing Lane / Building
This building housing offices and sale rooms is character- istic of the commercial buildings springing up all over London during the latter half of the 19th century

Kiyohime, Japanese Myth
She is the personification of Disappointed Love, and as such is a frequent character in the traditional No plays; her love turns to hate and she becomes a she-devil

Dotheboys Hall school, Bowes, Yorkshire, associated with the Dickens character Wackford Squeers, who (in " Nicholas Nickleby" ) took in unwanted boys and mistreated them

Bill Sykes and Dog
Bill Sykes, an unlovely character in Dickenss Oliver Twist, with his dawg

Elizabeth Pope in the Character of Zara in The Mourning Bride by Congreve. 1791

Woman selling greenery in street, Covent Garden, London
Woman selling greenery on a pavement stall in a street in Covent Garden, London. Date: circa 1960s

Extraordinary exhibition of Scapiglione
Advertising flyer for an Extraordinary Exhibition at the Saville House, Leicester Square, every day from Ten o Clock till One, and from Two till Ten. Scapiglione

Father Christmas with children in his grotto
Father Christmas with two children in his grotto, based on Walt Disneys Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Date: circa 1970s

Young man at fancy dress party, dressed as a punk (based on the character of Vyvyan in the BBC TV programme, The Young Ones). Date: circa 1980s

Nanette Newman on location, filming in Cornwall
The actress Nanette Newman on location near Lands End, Cornwall, in the role of the Newlyn School artist Elizabeth Adela Stanhope Forbes (nee Armstrong, 1859-1912), in A Breath of Fresh Air

The Bing Boys Are Here at The Alhambra
The Bing Boys Are Here by George Grossmith Junior & Fred. Thompson; music Nat D. Ayer. First produced at the Alhambra on 19th April 1916

The Bing Boys Are Here by George Grossmith Junior & Fred. Thompson; music Nat D. Ayer. First produced at the Alhambra on 19th April 1916

The Belle of Brittany, by Leedham Bantock and P J Barrow, with music by Howard Talbot. First produced at the Queens Theatre, London, October 1908

The Babes in the Wood, Lyceum Theatre, London. Date: 1913

Biddy, by Laurence Cowen
Biddy by Laurence Cowen (or Cohen). First produced at the Fortune Theatre, Covent Garden, London, December 1926. The title character depicted here is an Irish girl, as the shamrock suggests

Betty, by Frederick Lonsdale and Gladys Unger
Betty, a play by Frederick Lonsdale and Gladys Unger, with music by Paul Rubens. Betty, shown here carrying a tray, is a maid who ends up marrying an aristocrat

Victorian scrap - Theatre character in pink and blue costume. late 19th century

Victorian scrap - Robinson Crusoe. late 19th century

Cartoon, Alfred Reed, performer
Cartoon, Alfred German Reed (1846-1895), actor and theatre manager, as Wisdom Pinfold in A Moss Rose Rent. 1884

Cartoon, Corney Grain, performer
Cartoon, Richard Corney Grain (1844-1895), entertainer and songwriter, seen here in the role of Sir Plumley Partridge in A Moss Rose Rent. 1884

The Roman Pulcinella of the Piazza Navona. The commedia dell arte character is shown in five scenes: winning the lottery, reconciling with his enemy, drinking wine, reading up on politics

Mr Warde as the Prince of Wales in Shakespeares Henry IV
Mr Warde (probably James Prescott Warde, 1792-1840) as the Prince of Wales (Hal) in Shakespeares Henry IV. 1827

Misfitz - Alice in Wonderland - The Mad Hatter. early 20th century

Misfitz - Sindbad the Sailor. early 20th century

Misfitz - Aladdin. early 20th century

Charles Kemble as Falstaff in Henry IV
Charles Kemble in the role of Sir John Falstaff in Shakespeares King Henry IV. 1827

Theatre Characters - Dancers. 19th century

Theatre Characters - Vaudeville. 19th century

Theatre Characters -- a tyrant, a rival, a lady in waiting, a horseman, a townswoman an innkeeper, a fool and a soldier. (2 of 2) 19th century

Actors in historical costume in a scene from Shakespeare. circa 1962

Misfitz - Gullivers Travels. early 20th century

Misfitz - Don Quixote. early 20th century

Pierce Egans Anecdotes: stunt riding astride 2 horses
Colour plate: The unparalleled feat of Monsieur Ducrow in the character of the Wild Indian Hunter on two rapid coursers in the circle at the Royal Amphitheatre from Pierce Egans anecdotes of

Hinda, a character in Lalla Rookh by Thomas Moore
Hinda - Tis she, the Emirs blooming child, All truth and tenderness and grace - a character in The Fire Worshippers, Lalla Rookh, a long narrative poem by Thomas Moore, first published in 1817

Communist China - training exercise in water
Swimmers in the water in Communist China, taking part in a training exercise to build up their mental and physical strength. They are male and female, some of them carrying rifles. circa 1970

Illustration, Dandie Dinmont
Illustration, the character of Dandie Dinmont, a Scottish farmer with dogs and horse, in Walter Scotts novel Guy Mannering (first published 1815). early 19th century

Theatre Characters - Comedy. 19th century

Soho, London - street character walking along Meard Street, a narrow street off Dean Street. 1973

Choose Your Fancy Dress Now - suggestions for 1907
A variety of suggestions for costumes to wear during the winter fancy dress season in 1907. Among the characters, themes and historic periods included are Delilah, Melisande

Tommy Sly of Durham. 1827

Tommy Bell of Houghton-le-Spring, Durham. 1827

Miss Fannie Leslie, actress and singer
Miss Fannie Leslie (1856-1935), actress and singer, seen here in the role of Mrs White. circa 1880s

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