Character Collection (page 35)

Corneille / L illusion
L ILLUSION The character of Matamore

Corneille / Medee
MEDEE The character of Medee (Medea) Date: first performed 1635

WOMAN, 1634
Celibee, a character in Corneilles comedy La Galerie du Palais

Corneille / LA Veuve
LA VEUVE The character of Philiste

1868 / Disraeli / Gladstone
Rival Actors Gladstone, as William Tell, exits the stage. Disraeli, as Jeremy Diddler (a character from an 1803 farce), waits to enter

Kitty Maxse / Downey Sepia
KATHARINE MAXSE nee Lushington known as KITTY MAXSE Wife of Leopold Maxse, thought to have been a model for Virginia Woolfs character, Mrs Dalloway

Charles Laughton / Glum
CHARLES LAUGHTON English character actor of stage and film

Kitty Maxse / E&f Sepia
KATHARINE MAXSE nee Lushington known as KITTY MAXSE Wife of Leopold Maxse, thought to have been a model for Virginia Woolfs character, Mrs Dalloway

Tom Walls / Cig Card
TOM WALLS English actor and director, later in character roles

Jack Hawkins / Signed
JACK HAWKINS British leading man and character actor

London Gamblers / Dore
Men and women of dubious character watch a card game in a dimly lit interior

Mr Punch Character
The Mister Punch character holding a copy of the first issue of Punch magazine

Chinese Physiology Syst
The Chinese system of physiology - how your facial characteristics reveal your character

David Garrick / Hogarth
David Garrick in the character of Richard III

French Theatre / Le Pauvre
Le Pauvre A character from Farce de Deux Savetiers - Anon

Presbyterian Worshippers
Fritelin A character from Farces Tabariniques

Le Maistre D escole
Le Maistre D Escole A character from Le Maistre D Escole - Anon

French Theatre / La Fille
La Fille A character from Vielle by marguerite de Valois, Reine de Navarre

Easter Iusland Figures
A group of the massive stone figures scattered about the island, evidently religious in character but not fully understood by archeologists

Copperfield / Mcawber
Mr Micawber and David

JULIA (39BC - 14AD)
JULIA Roman noblewoman. Only child of Augustus Caesar and Scribonia. m. 1st Marcellus, 2d Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, 3d Tiberius. Banished for vice Date: 39BC - 14AD

William Gillette / Holmes
William Gillette in the role of the famous detective; famous for bringing the character to the stage at the turn of the century

American Notes / Dickens
The Gold Digger. A character from the chronicle of Dickens first American visit in 1842 which was written largely from letters sent home to his friend John Forster

Vissarion Belinsky
VISSARION BELINSKY Russian critic, exiled from Moscow, staunch supporter of Russian culture and character

Flowers in Hallway
A chrysanthamum flower arrangement gives life and character to a hallway that might otherwise be rather featureless

Single Dahlias with stellate character

Sir James Ley
SIR JAMES LEY, Lord Ley lawyer and statesman, Chief Justice of the Kings Bench who maintained an unblemished character in all his offices. - with his autograph

Mad Jack of Margate: a local character who added to the colour of Margate making your seaside holiday complete. Daft hat aside, we don t know what form his madness took

Jack Haugh Irish Beggar
Jack Haugh also known as Mill Cushin was an Irish Beggar and character in Dublin. Blind in one eye & with a bottle nose & permanent grin he daily tried the generosity of Dubliners

EDWARD TOBY KING Character who took copy to the printers for his renowned bookseller uncle Abel Roper. He was easily recognised by his squint & warts

School Report / Front
A school report card for Ecole de Pont-Levoy for the academic year 1847 -8. Comments are passed on this pupils character

Caracallas Baths
Though overall an unpleasant character, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, k.a. Caracalla, did one good deed, building the Thermae Antonianae or Baths of Caracalla for Romes citizens

Shiva En Famille
Shiva, a very mixed-up character, is a ruthless destroyer, but also a devoted family man, here with wife Parvati and their children Skanda and Ganesha

Theatre / Plays / Congreve
THE WAY OF THE WORLD by William Congreve - Mr Baddeley in the character of Petulant

Scene from Shakespeares Alls Well That Ends Well
A scene from Shakespeares comedy (or problem play), Alls Well That Ends Well, in which Helena speaks to Bertram, Count of Rousillon. Helena is in love with him, but he does not care for her

Serge Lifar performing in the ballet Icare
Serge Lifar performing in the one-act ballet Icare, in which he played the mythological character of Icarus, who fell to earth when his wings failed him

Two carnival characters having fun
Two carnival characters in France, having fun

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