Character Collection (page 4)

Comedians
Ken Dodd, Norman Wisdom, Tommy Cooper, Billy Connolly, Max Miller, Beny Hill, Eric Morecambe, Frankie Howerd - Comedians

Famous cricketers (Ian Botham, Viv Richards, Gary Sobers, Geoff Boycott, WG Grace, Shane Warne, Jack Russell, Freddie Flintoff, Dickie Bird) -

Vesta Victoria music hall comic singer 1873-1951
Vesta Victoria (Victoria Lawrence) music hall singer and character comedienne. Born in Leeds but affected a cockney stage persona. Demure pose with hands in fur muff

May Lilian Levey music hall male impersonator
May Lilian Levey male impersonator, dancer, pantomime principal boy. Here dressed in top hat and tails with cane. Called herself the ?premier male character comedienne?

Georgina Preston as Polly Perkins in Robinson Crusoe, Grand Theatre, Islington, London Date: 1890s

Olga Brandon, a Reminiscence of Hypatia Date: 1890s

Stephano in The Tempest by William Shakespeare, at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham, 4 December 1905 for one week, Herbert Beerbohm Trees production which opened at His Majestys Theatre on 14 September

Days of the Week by John Hassall
Illustration by John Hassall to the traditional rhyme attributing different characteristics depending on what days of the week a person is born

Trotty Veck, The Chimes
Charles Dickens Characters by Frank Reynolds for Buchanans Whisky - Trotty Veck, The Chimes. 1912

Margaret Lockwood as Nell Gwynne
Margaret Lockwood, actress, as Nell Gwynne in the 1949 British comedy film, Cardboard Cavalier. 1949

Maud Muller, poem by John Greenleaf Whittier
Maud Muller, the title character in a poem of 1856 by John Greenleaf Whittier (18071892). circa 1856

Steve Borthwick - England rugby player Date: 2000s - 2010s

Tana Umaga - New Zealand rugby player Date: 1990s - 2000s

Lawrence Dallaglio (Lions 1997) - England rugby player Date: 1990s - 2000s

JPR Williams - Welsh rugby player Date: 1970s

Richard Sharp - England rugby player Date: 1960s

Lester Piggott - Flat race jockey Date: 1970s - 1980s

Calvin Peete - USA golfer
Calvin Peete - American golfer Date: 1960s - 1970s

Jan Stephenson - USA golfer
Jan Stephenson - American golfer Date: 1980s - 1990s

Viv Richards - West Indies cricketer Date: 1970s - 1980s

Rock Musicians
Jimi Hendrix, Mick Jagger, Elvis Presley, David Bowie, Bob Marley, John Lennon, Michael Jackson, Freddie Mercury, Elton John - Rock Musicians

TV Celebrity Chefs
Jamie Oliver, Nigella Lawson, Antony Worrall Thompson, Gary Rhodes, Fanny Craddock, Delia Smith, Ainsley Harriott, Gordon Ramsey, Keith Floyd, Rick Stein - TV Celebrity Chefs

Prime Ministers of Great Britain
Winston Churchill, James Callaghan, John Major, Harold Macmillan, Tony Blair, Harold Wilson, Alec Douglas Hume, Gordon Brown, Ted Heath, Margaret Thatcher - Prime Ministers of Great Britain

Motor racing drivers
Graham Hill, Murray Walker, Jackie Stewart, Bernie Ecclestone, Lewis Hamilton, Nigel Mansell, Stirling Moss, James Hunt, Alain Prost, Michael Schumacher - Motor racing drivers

Ulysses at Her Majestys Theatre, London - Constance Collier as Pallas Athene. The play was written by Stephen Phillips. 1902

Robin Hood and the Sheriff of Nottingham
Robin Hood tricks the Sheriff of Nottingham (and robs him of his gold). circa 1195

A desperate character. A woman detective pupil at the Baker Street school for lady sleuths, run by Mr Kersey, in disguise as a man puts the finishing touches to her character in order to further a

Martin Harvey as Sydney Carton in The Only Way, based on Charles Dickens novel, A Tale of Two Cities. circa 1900s

Barnaby Rudge, theatre production based on the Dickens novel

Bystander cover - Bruce Bairnsfather, Armistice Day
Front cover of The Bystander illustrated by the magazines most famous cartoonist, Captain Bruce Bairnsfather. With another world war underway

Fanny Fields music hall comedienne 1881-1961
?Happy? Fanny Fields music hall comedienne dressed in character as naive Gretchen in Dutch costume. Clog dancing part of the act. Date: circa 1905

Gertie Rex music hall male impersonator
Gertie Rex male impersonator billed as Scotland?s greatest comedienne. In character as a Scottish soldier with kilt and sporran. Signed card. Date: circa 1916

Robert Helpman Helpmann Ballet Dance Dancer In
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Sir Godfrey Tearle, British stage and film actor. Date: circa 1910s

Courtneidge and Welchman in film The Cinema Star
Cicely Courtneidge as Phyllis and Harry Welchman as Victor de Brett in film The Cinema Star'. Date: circa 1910s

Lillah McCarthy as Jocasta in Oedipus Rex, London
Lillah McCarthy as Jocasta in Oedipus Rex at Covent Garden Theatre, London Date: 1912

Martin Harvey as Sydney Carton in The Only Way, with his autograph above Date: circa 1910s

Martin Harvey as Oedipus Rex at Covent Garden Theatre, London Date: 1912

WW2 - Oh, Kay!
An illustrated front cover for a WW2 story book, Oh, Kay! written by Agnes M. Miall. The image shows the title character, Kay Appleton, hiding behind a tree. Date: 1944

WW2 - Mumfie Marches On
An illustration for a WW2 children's story book, Mumfie Marches On, written and illustrated by Katharine Tozer. The image portrays the title character, Mumfie the elephant, walking beside a man

WW2 - Victor
An illustrated front cover for a WW2 story book, Victor, written by Dallas Kirby. The image shows the title character, with his V for Victory symbol. Date: circa 1942

WW2 - Romance Of Jenny W. R. E. N
An illustrated front cover for a WW2 children's story book, Romance Of Jenny W.R.E.N. written by Sheila Burns. The image portrays the title character

WW2 - John Brown's Body
An illustrated front cover for a WW2 story book, John Brown's Body, written by Gordon Boshell. The image portrays the title character

Rosie The Riveter
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for Rosie The Riveter, words and music by redd Evans and John Jacob Loeb. The image portrays the title character at work. Date: circa 1940s

WW2 - Mr Bunting At War
An illustrated front cover of a WW2 children's book, Mr Bunting At War, written by Robert Greenwood. The image portrays the title character, dressed in a business suit, walking down a street

Captain Dale's Command
A WW2 children's short story illustration showing a military character, Captain Dale leaving a younger man in charge of his ship, The Osprey. Date: circa 1940s

WW2 - Big Bill Gresham The Human Rope
A WW2 children's short story illustration showing a military character, Big Bill Gresham, clinging onto a branch overhead, as their raft rushes down the river. Date: circa 1940s

The Mystery Of The Blitzed Tower
An illustrated front cover for The Mystery Of The Blitzed Tower, written by Anthony Parsons, no. 238 in the pulp fiction series, The Sexton Blake Library

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