Coster Collection

Minnie Duncan music hall coster act
Minnie Duncan of the music hall double act Duncan and Godfrey (Arthur Godfrey). Wearing coster costume of long black skirt with full-length white apron, shawl and large hat with ostrich feathers

Arthur Godfrey music hall coster act
Arthur Godfrey of the music hall coster double act Duncan and Godfrey with Minnie Duncan. Wearing coster costume of suit with long jacket and bell bottomed trousers trimmed with pearly buttons

The Re-cut Koh-i-noor Diamond, 1852
Engraving of the re-cut Koh-i-noor ( mountain of light ) diamond, 1852. Previously owned by the Mogul emperors, the Persian Shahs and Ranjit Singh, the Lion of the Punjab

My Country Lane by Edgar Bateman & Albert Perry
Promotional music sheet for My Country Lane music hall song by Edgar Bateman and Albert Perry. The singer, Alec Hurley, portrayed here, specialised in coster songs

Mr Albert Chevaliers Recitals
This postcard titled Mr Albert Chevaliers Recitals shows the many characters Albert Chevalier played. As the coster, fourth from right in the front row, he sang his famous coster songs

The Uncut Koh-i-noor Diamond, c. 1851
Engraving of the Koh-i-noor ( mountain of light ) diamond, in its original state, circa 1851. Previously owned by the Mogul emperors, the Persian Shahs and Ranjit Singh, the Lion of the Punjab

Fifty Shilling Tailors Advert Photograph
An advertisement photograph for Fifty Shilling Tailors, portraying an older man wearing a smart suit from a seated position. Date: circa 1939

Brylcreem Advertisement Photograph
This photograph was used for the advertisement of Brylcreem, a British brand of hair styling products for men. The image portrays a young man who uses the product

ALEC HURLEY (1871 - 1913), English music hall singer entertainer, tenor singer of coster songs

Pearly King - or Pearly Prince? Little boy in fancy dress
A little boy posing for his photograph in a Pearly King costume. Date: 1920s

Albert Chevalier singing one of his coster songs
Albert Chevalier (1861-1923) singing one of his coster songs in a West-End drawing-room. Date: 1892

COSTER IN DONKEY CART
A London coster-monger and his friends enjoy a ride in their donkey-cart Date: 1875

Albert Chevalier - English Comedian and Actor
Albert Onesime Britannicus Gwathveoyd Louis Chevalier (18611923) - English comedian and actor. Had a successful music hall career as a singer of coster songs of his own invention. Date: 1892

Laurens Jansen Coster
LAURENS JANSEN COSTER or KOSTER Dutch town official of Haarlem, credited by some with the invention of movable type

Fred Russell ventriloquist
Fred Russell (1862 1957) Irish ventriloquist, with his puppeteered dummy Coster Joe, seated upon his knee. Date: 1905

Cockney Argument between a fat man and a thin man
Fat Party (after a War of words) - " If you come our court to-morrer and bring a bit o fat with yer, I ll bloomin well eat yer." !! Date: 1895

An old Cockney Woman - East London Date: circa 1890s

Selling apples from a barrow in Scotland, 1830
A man selling apples from a barrow in Scotland, circa 1830. Date: C.1830

Winkle seller, 1869
Man selling fine fresh winkles from a cart, 1869 Date: 1869

Albert Chevalier (21 March 1861 10 July 1923) was an English, music hall comedian, singer and musical theatre actor. He specialised in cockney related humour based on life as a costermonger in London

Music cover, For an A1 Nation Beer is Best, words and music by Nat Travers and Will Hyde, performed by Nat Travers, King of Coster Comedians. 1935

Victorian Scrap -- Coster. late 19th century

London street scene - The Coster Girl
A series of postcards showing women (in various jobs) in London - The Coster Girl.. Romanian-born sculptor and illustrator Alexander Popini served in the Royal Air Force during World War I

Music cover, The Stable Call Polka, by J G Jones, Master of the Band, dedicated to Captain Coster of the 16th Queens Lancers. circa 1850s

Adam De Coster
ADAM DE COSTER Flemish painter from Antwerp, about whom even the authorities know next to nothing. Date: 17TH CENTURY

Samuel Coster
SAMUEL COSTER Dutch physician and writer. Date: 1579 - 1665

Laurens Coster, Child
LAURENS JANSZOON COSTER Dutch printer : as a child, he writes in the earth, demonstrating a precocious proclivity for the printers profession. Date: 1370 - 1440

Laurens Coster, Printer
LAURENS JANSZOON COSTER Dutch printer, with a hand- press and early typescript. Date: 1370 - 1440

Francois De Coster
FRANCOIS )or Franz) de COSTER (known as Costerus) Belgian Jesuit churchman, theologian with a reputation as the Hammer of Heretics. Date: 1531 - 1619

Gertie Millar Actress as a Cockney coster in The New Aladdin Date: 1907

Pieman and Costers
A coster boy and girl toss a coin for a pie Date: circa 1862

Anne Vallayer-Coster
ANNE VALLAYER-COSTER French artist, received into the Academie Francaise in 1770. Date: CIRCA 1770

Cheeky Cockney man quizzes a London Policeman
The wit of the Classic London Cockney - cheekily enquiring of a Policeman (leading home a small lost child): - " Whats e done, Guvnor?" !!! Date: 1892

Ironic Conversation between two Cockney men in an East London Boozer. " Who was t bloke I see yer speakin to larst night?" " Wot sort o bloke

Cockney Comment on the purchase of a parrot
Two Pals outside a pub looking at a third bargaining for a parrot with a sailor outside a pub. " Why, es Missus jaws enough. Wot ds e want with a bloomin parrot." !! Date: 1895

A couple of Cockney Loafers. Date: circa 1890s

A Cockney lady from Whitechapel, East London
A lovely drawing of a Cockney lady from Whitechapel, East London. Date: 1895

Sailor Jack - popular with all the Cockney Women
They All Love Jack. A popular sailor, obviously a bit of a wow with the ladies, of which he likely has one in every port... Date: 1895

Funny Cockney comment on a ladies neckwear
Funny Cockney comment on a fellow Cockney ladies neckwear. " Ow Is y, look at er frills. Got erself hup like a bloomin am bone!" Date: 1900

Smug Cockney woman who has nabbed her rivals Gent
Jilted! A smug Cockney woman who has nabbed her rivals Gent, throws her a very satisfied glance! Date: circa 1890s

Two Cockney Costers - one restraining a bulldog
Two young Cockney chaps, one of whom is having to restrain his Bulldog, who is obviously rather interested in something he has sniffed or spotted! Date: circa 1890s

Two Cockney street Flowergirls
Two Cockney Flowergirls, not in their first bloom of youth - entitled (somewhat wickedly) " Sweet Violets" ! - caricature by Phil May. Date: 1897

Two Cockneys discuss the pedigree of a dog
Two Cockneys discuss the (er..) pedigree of a dog! " Say, Bill, wots is pedigree?" Bill: " Why es by a porter out o a third class railway kerridge." !! Date: 1895

Vignette of a distinctive East London Character Date: 1890s

Arriet - a good Cockney Girl in all of her finery. Date: circa 1890s

Cockney Couple on Hampstead Heath reading a magazine
" The Upper Ten" - being read by a Cockney Couple (and their bulldog) under a tree on Hampstead Heath. A few bottles of ale have been consumed. Date: 1901

Cockney couple off a day out at Margate
Cockney couple in their finery - all ready to depart for a day out in Margate. Date: 1900

Cockney Humour - temptation
Salvation Army Captain: " When the Serpent tempted Eve" Bill: " Oh Chuck it! There wanted no bloomin snake

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