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Illustration, In Nursery-Rhyme Land - Why, all the people are alive, cried Betty. Date: 1938
Squire Advertisement PageAn advertisement page for Squire, specialists in character portrayal and lively expression, images include a number of portrait illustrations of both a realistic and cartoon nature. Date: circa 1939
Importance of Punctuality, Victorian morality print Date: circa 1850
Theatre Villains, Old Style and New Style Date: 1863
Theatre Villains, The Smuggler, Ideal and Real Date: 1863
Theatre Villains, Shakespeare's King Richard III, 1832 and 1862 Date: 1863
Elizabeth Yates (nee Brunton), actress, as Miss HardcastleElizabeth Yates (nee Brunton, 1799-1860), English actress, as Miss Hardcastle in Goldsmith's play, She Stoops to Conquer Date: circa 1818
Archibald Stansfeld Belaney, British-born conservationistArchibald Stansfeld Belaney (1888-1938), British-born conservationist, fur trapper and writer, disguised as Native American Grey Owl Date: circa 1930s
Don Quixote And Sancho PanzaAn album sketch portraying Sancho Panza, a fictional character from Don Quixote a novel written by Don Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra in 1605
Un Petit Pierrot Dans Son NidThis sketch shows a small child placed in a nest, on the branch of a tree, he represents the pantomime stock character, Pierrot the clown. Date: circa 1901
Music cover, The Bavarian Girl's Song, Buy a Broom, words by D A O'Meara, arranged by Alexander Lee, sung in character by Madame Vestris, with a view of Mayhew's Music Shop
Music cover, Mephistopheles Polka, by Richard EilenbergMusic cover, Mephistopheles Polka for piano, by Richard Eilenberg Date: 1895
ArielThis painting depicts Ariel, the spirit character from Shakespeare's The Tempest. It is a visual representation from Act 5, Scene 1, Merrily, merrily shall I live now
Titanic postcard from passenger and victim Alfonzo MeoWhite Star Line, RMS Titanic - postcard written by Third-Class passenger and victim Alfonzo Meo-Martino from Queenstown, Ireland, on 11 April 1912
Japan - Lantern PaintingLantern Painting, Japan. Date: circa 1920s
Certificate of Discharge, Liverpool, Thomas RileyWhite Star Line - Certificate of Discharge for seaman Thomas Riley, on board the Germanic, signed by E J Smith, future Captain of the Titanic, dated Liverpool, 6 June 1895. Date: 1895
Georgian cartoon, A Suspicious Character, by Henry Heath Date: circa 1820s
Miss Winifred Emery as Lady TeazleMiss Winifred Emery playing Lady Teazle, born Maud Isabel Emery (August 1861- July 1924). She was an English actress and actor-manager of the late 19th and early 20th centuries
Photographs of hands holding cigar as indicator of characterPhotographs of hands holding cigar, as indicator of character. Captioned, The Flor de Karakta: the cigar as seer: character indicated by the way of holding the ??weed?
Arthur Roberts, actor, in the title role, as Gentleman JoeArthur Roberts, actor, theatrical portrait in the title role, as Gentleman Joe, the Hansom Cabbie, in cab driver's uniform with whip. With quotation from the script, Can you spare it?'
Arthur Roberts, actor, as Gentleman Joe at MargateArthur Roberts, actor, theatrical portrait in the title role, as Gentleman Joe, the Hansom Cabbie, with accordion. Captioned, Joe on holiday at Margate'
Musical Comedy Out of the BottleScenes from the musical comedy Out of the Bottle at the Hippodrome, including actors Clifford Mollison (1897-1986) and Arthur Riscoe (1896-1954) swigging from their hot water bottles. Date: 1932
Gordon HarkerActor Gordon Harker (1885-1967) had a prolific film and stage career. Here he is being celebrated for his portrayal of Cockney characters. Date: circa 1932
Tilly Losch (1903-1975), also known as Ottilie Herbert, and later Countess of Carnarvon, was an Austrian dancer, actress and painter
Scene from The Merchant of VeniceErnest Milton (1890-1974) as Shylock and Lydia Sherwood (1906-1989) as Jessica, in a production of The Merchant of Venice at the St James's Theatre. Date: 1932
Ivor Novello in I Lived With YouIvor Novello (1893-1951) wrote and starred in this stage production of I Lived With You, which was later made into a film
Greta Garbo in Mata HariGreta Garbo (1905-1990) playing the title role in the 1931 film Mata Hari'. Date: 1931
Cicely Courtneidge and Jack HulbertCicely Courtneidge (1893-1980) and her husband Jack Hulbert (1892-1978) appearing in their latest film Jack's The Boy'. Date: 1932
Scene from See Naples And DieThe cast of See Naples And Die, a play by Elmer Rice (1892-1967) staged at the Little Theatre. Date: 1932
Elena Miramova (1901-1992) was a Russian actress who went on to become a playwright. Here she is appearing in a production of Grand Hotel at the Adelphi Theatre. Date: 1931
Louise Hampton in Late Night FinalBritish actress Louise Hampton (1881-1954) in a publicity photograph for the play Late Night Final at the Phoenix Theatre. Date: 1931
Sydney Fairbrother and George RobeyCharacter actors Sydney Fairbrother (1873-1941) and George Robey, also known as George Wade (1869-1954) playing Mrs and Mr Bindle
D. A. Clarke-SmithBritish actor D. A. Clarke-Smith (1888-1959) appearing in a variety of guises in the play Queer Fish at the Apollo Theatre. Date: 1931
Jane BaxterBritish actress Jane Baxter (1909-1996) appearing in a nautical production The Midshipman at the Shaftesbury Theatre. Date: 1931
Cedric Hardwicke in RoleA portrait of the actor Cedric Hardwicke (1893-1964) playing the role of Edward Moulton-Barrett in the play The Barretts of Wimpole Street'
Frances DeeAmerican actress Frances Dee (1909-2004) had a film career spanning from the 1930s to the 1950s. Date: circa 1931
Screen LoversMatheson Lang (1879-1948) and Dorothy Chili Bouchier (1909-1999) appearing in the 1931 film Carnival'. This was a re-make of a film from 1921 of the same name, in which Lang had also starred
Alma RubensActress Alma Rubens (1897-1931) appearing as Lady Hermione in the film Gerald Cranston's Lady'. Date: 1924
Mae Murray (1885-1965) the American actress, dancer, film producer and screenwriter, born Marie Koenig. Here she is appearing in the silent film Circe The Enchantress'. Date: circa 1925
Ivy Tresmand and Gene GerrardIvy Tresmand (1898-1980) and Gene Gerrard (1892-1971), appearing in a production of the musical comedy Katja the Dancer at the Gaiety Theatre in London's West End. Date: 1925
Horace Hodges in LightninActor Horace Hodges (1863-1951) performing in the play Lightnin at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London. Date: 1925
John Barrymore and Fay ComptonActors John Barrymore (1882-1942) and Fay Compton (1894-1978) in their roles as Hamlet and Ophelia for a production soon to open at the Haymarket Theatre in London. Date: 1925
Margaret BannermanCanadian actress Margaret Bannerman (1896-1976) appearing in Camilla States Her Case at the Globe Theatre in London. Later in 1925 her career would be interrupted when she suffered a nervous
Dorothy Seacombe (1906-1994) was a British actress who went on to have a film career. Here she is appearing in a stage production of Just Married at the Comedy Theatre. Date: circa 1925
Laura Cowie in Yoicks!Laura Cowie (1892-1969) was a Scottish stage and silent film actress. Here she is portraying Lucrezia Borgia in the revue show Yoicks! at the Kingsway Theatre. Date: circa 1925
Statue of Peter Pan, Kensington Palace Gardens, London Date: 1923
Louis Calvert as Stephano, The Tempest, ShakespeareLouis Calvert as Stephano in The Tempest by William Shakespeare Date: 1904
Basil Gill as Ferdinand in The Tempest, ShakespeareBasi Gill as Ferdinand in The Tempest by William Shakespeare Date: 1904