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Strip tease card game - Theatre suit - Doorman. A game which features characters involved in performing (and subsequently prosecuting and defending) a striptease
Strip tease card game - Theatre suit - Dresser. A game which features characters involved in performing (and subsequently prosecuting and defending) a striptease
Strip tease card game - Theatre suit - Scene Shifter. A game which features characters involved in performing (and subsequently prosecuting and defending) a striptease
Winston Churchill by Tom HuttWinston Churchill (1874 - 1965), British statesman, pictured at the time he held the post of First Lord of the Admiralty. Date: 1914
Waterman (Petherick)London characters: Once he offered the best way to cross the Thames but now every new bridge they build means less work for the THAMES WATERMAN. Still, its a nice uniform !
Shadow drawing. C. H. Bennett, Old enoughOld enough to know better (The Marquis of Capricorne) This old goat, holding a poesy of flowers and possibly on his way to court a lady friend casts the shadow of a ram
Shadow drawing. C. H. Bennett, TrumpetBlowing his own trumpet. Illustration from a series of shadow portraits of fictional characters by Charles H Bennett entitled Shadow and Substance, 1860
Postman (Petherick)London characters: the POSTMAN brings letters of thanks, letters from banks, letters of joy from girl and boy, receipted bills and invitations... (Auden)
Prisoners / Old BaileyPrisoners await their turn at the passage and stairs leading to the dock in the Old Bailey
Ancient altars, characters, and John Napiers bonesAncient altars, ark of the covenant, Chinese musical instrument Ching and King, John Napiers calculating bones, and ancient arithmetical characters
Deaf and Dumb School, Palayamkottai, IndiaC. E. Z. (Church of England Zenana Missionary Society) Deaf and Dumb School, Palamcottah (now Palayamkottai in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu), India. Deaf and Dumb children learning to talk
Commedia dell arte CharactersFour Characters from Commedia dell arte, an improvised kind of popular comedy in Italian theatres in the 16th18th centuries, based on stock characters
Trotty Veck, The ChimesCharles Dickens Characters by Frank Reynolds for Buchanans Whisky - Trotty Veck, The Chimes. 1912
Felix the Cat toys on sale in a London shop, Christmas 1924Felix the Cat plush toys in a variety of sizes available for sale in a London shop at Christmas time. Also available are an incredible number of cuddly monkeys. Date: 1924
Royal Air Force - Avro Shackleton AEW. 2 WR960 DougalRoyal Air Force - Avro Shackleton AEW.2 WR960 Dougal, delivered to No.8 Squadron at RAF Lossiemouth on 8 June 1972 and retired in 1981
Crazy Whist playing cards scorecard, four characters carrying giant images of the four suits
London Coliseum Theatre, Act DropLondon Coliseum Theatre Act Drop painted by Byam Shaw Date: 1914
Alican Land, N. A. A. F. I. CanteenA WW2 children's story book illustration from The Story Of Alican Land, written by Joan Hunt. The image shows an Alican Land N.A.A.F.I
Poster, Samuel Cody, The Klondyke NuggetEARLY AVIATION PIONEERS - THE SAMUEL CODY ARCHIVE: Four-piece promotional colour lithographic poster for Cody?s The Klondyke Nugget stage show printed by Belfast
Illustration, In Nursery-Rhyme Land - Why, all the people are alive, cried Betty. Date: 1938
Title CharactersA series of illustrations showing title characters from various operas, films and plays, including Daphnis Et Chloe, Hernani, Judith and Holofernes, Samson and Delilah, Abelard and Heloise, Manon
Review CostumesA series of illustrations showing characters wearing quirky costumes. Date: circa 1901
Emile BergeratA caricature sketch portraying the French poet and playwright, Emile Bergerat, 1845-1923, who was also known by his pseudonyms, l'Homme masque, Caliban and Ariel
Music cover, As You Like It Polka, by Adam WrightMusic cover, As You Like It Polka, composed by Adam Wright, design by Alfred Concanen Date: 19th century
Line of CharactersThis painting illustrated a side profile view, of a queue of men, wearing diverse, colourful clothes varying in quality, most of the figures are smoking and encumbered. Date: circa 1917
CaricaturesA photograph showing a series of five toy characters, in caricature style with abnormally large noses, dressed in uniforms of similar but different professions. Date: circa 1916
TravellersAn illustration showing a travelling group of characters, including a driver of a horse drawn caravan, a man smoking a pipe, a couple happily trailing behind and two dogs. Date: circa 1915
Faun with PanpipesAn illustration with elements of symmetry. Characters included in this image are a faun, seated left, playing some panpipes, inspired by the Greek god, Pan, and a warrior woman, seated right
Theatrical DrawingA lot is happening in this graphic drawing. The image has many theatrical and musical elements, including a butterfly, which leaves a swooping trail of melodic notes
Japan - Lantern PaintingLantern Painting, Japan. Date: circa 1920s
Richardson, Johnson and Garrick in Tunbridge WellsThe remarkable characters who were at Tunbridge Wells with Samuel Richardson in 1748 including Dr Samuel Johnson and David Garrick Date: 1748
Cast of A Trip to Scarborough, outdoor theatrical portrait, in costume. Characters captioned, Colonel Townly, Berinthia, Young Fashion, Miss Hoyden, Sir T Clumsy, Loveless'
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