Characters Collection (page 10)

Cecil Aldin and some of the characters from The Happy Family
Cecil Aldin (1870-1935), sporting artist, illustrator and Master of the South Berkshire Foxhounds pictured with two little characters from The Happy Family

Toy Theatre
Classic pantomime characters such as Clown, Pantaloon and Harlequin jostle with a dog musician, a dog cart, Mr & Mrs Dashaway and Mr Doublesight to form a production of Harlequin Jack Sheppard. c

Old Bill lookalike
Mr Samuel Birkenshaw, of 123, Eldon Street, Oldham, the winner of an Old Bill lookalike competition run by The Bystander. Old Bill was the central cartoon character created by Captain Bruce

David Copperfield travels to London
A guard helps the young David Copperfield climb to his seat on the roof of a stagecoach for his journey to London, where I found myself wedged between two stout gentlemen. Date: 1937

Kensitas cigarettes advert featuring Old Bill
World War One advertisement for Kensitas cigarettes featuring the character Old Bill, from the Bystander cartoons by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather

The Better Ole at the Oxford Theatre Arthur Bourchier
Arthur Bourchier (1863-1927), English actor, pictured in the role of Old Bill in The Better Ole, at the Oxford Theatre London in 1917

The Better Ole at the Oxford Theatre in 1917
Sketches taken from the musical The Better Ole by Bystander cartoonist Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, staged at the Oxford Theatre (formerly the Oxford Musical Hall)

A Dowager during the London Season
Sketch of a dowager, one of the cliched characters of the traditional London Season, perhaps acting as a chaperone and peering through her lorgnette

Characters in High Life, c. 1796. Although one of the women is much shorter than the other, she makes up for it in the height of the feathers she wears in her turban

Shop scene in China
Interior of a shop in northern China with murals on the walls and statues of gods, possibly? Date: C.1911

Sketches from The Mikado at the Savoy Theatre
Illustrations of characters from the Gibert and Sullivan opera The Mikado. Date: 4th April 1885

Luigi Pirandello
LUIGI PIRANDELLO Italian playwright, author of Six characters in search of an author, Enrico quattro etc. Date: 1867 - 1936

John Orlando Parry - 2
JOHN ORLANDO PARRY musical entertainer, depicted with some of the characters he celebrates in his immensely popular stage performances. Date: 1810 - 1879

Marcellus Laroon
MARCELLUS LAROON Flemish-English artist known for depictions of street characters etc. Date: 1653 - 1702

Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan - Busy street scene Date: circa 1910s

Japan - Tea Industry - Tea Grinding. Date: circa 1908

China - The Great Wall with inscription Date: circa 1910s

China - Shanghai - Chinese Burial Chair Date: circa 1950s

China - Shanghai - Street scene - busy shops Date: circa 1910s

A Serbian Theatrical Troupe or Georg N. Babit. Date: 1905

Mr Pickwick slides on the Ice - The Pickwick Papers Date: circa 1910s

Acting conversation at the bar - former colleagues reminisce. She - " Dear me: I haven t seen you since we played in Romeo and Juliet You ARE looking well!" He - " Think so

Two actors dressed in the role of 18th century nobility. Date: circa 1895

Millionairess quizzes Lord on his wealth (and evident lack thereof, despite appearances!) American Millionairess - " And have you really got a Coronet

The Second in Command - Mr and Mrs Binks
Mr and Mrs Binks - A very funny cartoon by Phil May showing a VERY dominant Woman (wearing a monacle) leading her subservient and tiny husband and their small son along the street

ANTELAMI, Benedetto (1150-1233). Baptistry. ITALY. Parma. Baptistry. Cupola depicting Saints and biblical characters. Gothic art. Fresco; Architecture

Iberian coins with Iberian characters. Mint of Iltirta (Lleida). Coin. SPAIN. Sabadell. Sabadell History Museum

LAO SHE (480-390 av. J.-C.). Chinese philosopher. Taoist characters. Painting

Buontalenti, Bernardo (1536?-1608). La Pellegrina (The Female Pilgrim). Characters from La Pellegrina (The Female Pilgrim)

Title page verso, including guide to characters, and first page of Old Testament in Irish.. From: Leabhuir na Seintiomna ar na ttarruing go Gaid[h]lig tre c[h]ram [agus] dhthra[chd] an Doctir Uilliam

Nursery characters dancing

The tight rope walker

Elephant being hit by a ball

Nursery scenes

Taking tea with rabbits

Boy and rabbit dancing

Home decoration

Satirical cartoon, raising a balloon
Satirical cartoon, Moyen infaillible d enlever les Ballons -- a group of commedia dell arte characters trying to raise a balloon on a wooden frame. circa 18th century

Shosagoto characters Mitanoshi and Yamauba. Print shows the characters of Yamauba, an old woman who lives in the mountains, and Mitanoshi, who appears to be an old priest or monk

The Joruri characters, Oume and Kumenosuke. Print shows actors in the traditional puppet theater portraying the tragic roles of Oume and Kumenosuke. Date between 1799 and 1801

Kyogen play with two characters Ky?gen play with two charact
Kyogen play with two characters. Drawing shows an actor on the left with short sword and holding a fan, on the right is an actor wearing a hat and standing on a bundle with his arms spread

Kyogen play with four characters, two wear hats, one possibly portraying a woman; there is a fish with carving knife on tray in the background

Kyogen play with three characters, two with swords, the third lying down or feigning sleep. Date between 1800 and 1870

Kyogen play with three characters, one wearing a large hat and a disk over his nose. Date between 1800 and 1870

Primrose & West in their famous characters. Date c1897. Primrose & West in their famous characters. Date c1897

Peter Pan statue without his pipe
The statue of Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, London pipe-less. It was stolen in February 1961, but the pipe stolen was actually a replacement as the original, in stolen before, was in store

Characters & caricaturas. Print shows numerous faces drawn by English painter and cartoonist William Hogarth to illustrate what he considered the difference between characters

James Buchanan whisky advertisement - Cheeryable Brothers Ch
Illustration of the Cheeryable Brothers from Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby enjoying a drink together by Frank Reynolds. Date: 1939

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