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Madame VacaniMadame Marguerite Vacani, dance and deportment teacher pictured in caricature as walking on air, and admired by a group of adoring debutantes
Girl / PostureA little girl balances a book on her head to teach her good posture
Chelsea Follies at the Victoria Palace Theatre, 1930Chelsea Follies at the Victoria Palace, 1930. Some of the Chelsea Follies, who are models of deportment. Sketch by H H Harris. Date: 1930
Max Rivers Studios of Stage Dancing advertisementAdvertisement for the Max Rivers Studios of Stage Dancing, the way to attain a lithe and graceful figure according to the copy. Date: 1928
Deportment LessonA proper young lady learns the art of deportment, walking with the obligatory book balanced on the head, shoulders back and head held up! Date: 1930s
Parental DeportmentA Model of Parental Deportment Prince Turveydrop and his fiancee Caddy Jellyby tell Mr. Turveydrop of their engagement accompanied by Ester Summerson
The Bear-Leaders, by R C Carton. First produced at the Comedy Theatre, London, February 1912. The children in bear costume reflect the idea, central to the play
Sketch cover - the making of a mannequinFront cover of The Sketch magazine showing four living models and one inanimate one. It comments that, the inanimate mannequin, who acts as teacher, and heads the procession
Debutantes learning to curtsey, 1929Debutantes of 1929 learning to curtsey under the guidance of Madame Vacani, in preparation for presentation at court. Date: 1929
Debutante Learns CurtseyMrs Ruby Peeler instructs a debutante in the art of the curtsey. She balances a box on her head and practices the knee lock, which should prevent her overbalancing
Douglas Fairbanks & Mary AstorDouglas Fairbanks, as Don Q, son of Zorro, practising Correct Deportment for Gentlemen with Mary Astor
