Gesture Collection (page 3)

STAGE GESTURE / OBSEQUIOUS
OBSEQUIOUS ATTENTION Date: 1807

STAGE GESTURE / IMPUDENCE
FASHIONABLE IMPUDENCE (actor Tom Shuffleton in John Bull) Date: 1807

STAGE GESTURE / MENACE
MENACE Date: 1807

STAGE GESTURE / CUNNING
RUSTIC CUNNING Date: 1807

STAGE GESTURE / STARTING
STARTING FROM REPOSE Date: 1807

STAGE GESTURE / ADMIRATION
SUBLIME ADMIRATION Date: 1807

STAGE GESTURE / IDIOTISM
IDIOTISM Date: 1807

STAGE GESTURE / PRIDE
PRIDE Date: 1807

Dr Syntax witnessing the fate of his play (at Drury Lane Theatre, London). Date: 1820

THEATRE / STAGE GESTURE
DESPAIR Actress expressing despair Date: 1807

Pantomime, Theatre Royal, Glasgow, with Annie Purcell
Pantomime at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow, with Annie Purcell as Principal Boy. circa 1905

The Altarpiece in Molde Cathedral, Norway
The Altarpiece in Molde Cathedral by Axel Hjalmar Ender (1853-1920) - a Norwegian painter and sculptor. Depiction of the Day of Jesus Resurrection - in this scene, Mary Magdalene

Victorian girl training her dog
Victorian girl (Katie) training her dog (Hector) who is sitting on a chair. Date: circa 1870s

Beggar boys playing dice, 1675, by Bartolome Esteban Murillo
Bartolome Esteban Murillo (1618-1682). Spanish painter. Beggar boys playing dice, 1675. Detail. Alte Pinakothek. Munich. Germany

Alexander the Great quelling the mutiny at Opis, 324 BC
Alexander the Great quelling a mutiny amongst his soldiers, who have rebelled following his announcement that the army is now to be disbanded

Princess Elizabeth and her mother the Queen, Zimbabwe, 1947
Princess Elizabeth stands shoeless with her mother the Queen after climbing the Matopos Hill, Bulawayo. The Queen had damaged her shoes during the climb

Royal visit to Ireland: Queen Victoria at Dublin Castle, 1900
Queen Victoria, Empress of India, in Dublin: her Majestys visit to the Lord Lieutenant and Countess Cadogan at Dublin Castle. Her Indian servant, Munshi Abdul Karim, supports her. Date: 1900

Medical examination, WW1
A young man in subjected to a medical examination by a uniformed official of the U.S army

Tarot Card 5 - Le Pape (The Pope)

Leslie Howard and Georges Perinal, The First of The Few
Leslie Howard (1893-1943), English actor, and Georges Perinal (1897-1965), French cinematographer, on location during the filming of The First of The Few

Marcus Aurelius (121-180). Roman Emperor. Equestrian statue
Marcus Aurelius (121-180). Roman Emperor from 161 to 180. Equestrian statue. Sculpture. Bronze. Capitoline Museums. Rome. Italy

Buddha statue with dharmachakra mudra gesture. 2nd-3rd centu
Buddha statue with dharmachakra mudra gesture. Gandhara. 2nd-3rd centuries AD. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

King Shamshi-Adad V
Stela of Shamshi-Adad V (824-811 BC). King of Assyria. From the Temple of Nabu, from Nimrud (Iraq). Detail. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Edgar Degas (1834-1917). Women Ironing (1884-1886). Orsay Museum. Paris. France

Mr Punch. 19th century

Woman police officer talking in a school classroom
Woman police officer (Helen Parnell) talking to a group of children in a school classroom. Date: circa 1980s

Dandies / Lord Petersham
An extremely short footman touches his cap to his social superiors. (Two rather dissipated looking dandies, Lord Petersham and Sir Lumley Skeffington). Date: circa 1830

Winston Churchill making a speech in 1941
Clenched fists as Mr Churchill tells of the trials of Londoners during the heavy winter Blitz. 1941 Date: 1941

WW2 Valentines Day card, RAF plane flying over houses. Date: circa 1942

Exit tango: satire on the end of a dance craze, 1914
Satirical comment from Punch Magazine on the end of the tango craze. A couple dance off, while a some what more conservatively dressed spirit of dancing gladly wakes up from the "

A case of mistaken insanity: wrongly admitted to the asylum
A cunning lunatic dupes the staff at a mental institution into taking his irate captor into the incurables ward instead of himself. Date: 1838

Hullah and his pupils, 1842
John Pyke Hullah (1812 -1884), English composer and teacher of music, with his pupils at the second great choral meeting at Exeter Hall in 1842

Pub landlady stops snack, 1858
" Dip your roll in your own pot at home!" A fierce looking landlady berates a hungry customer caught in the act of helping himself to the contents of her cooking pot

Lucifereans Defy Christ
Lucifereans (worshippers of the fallen angel Lucifer) transfix the Christian host (the body of Jesus) with a dagger, as a gesture of defiance Date: circa 15th century

Uday Shankar
The renowned Indian dancer and choreographer Uday Shankar in a variety of poses influenced by the dance-drama form, Kathakali, which originated in Kerala

Anthony Eden Flies to Jamaica
The British Prime Minister Anthony Eden(1897-1977) at London Airport with Lady Eden. Sir Eden left for Jamaica on 23rd November 1956 to spend three weeks recovering from severe overstrain

Winston Churchill as an orator
Sketches made in the House of Commons by Samuel Begg showing Winston Churchills parliamentary mannerisms. By 1907 Churchill was under-secretary of State for the colonies

Chaucer, the Prioress
The Prioress in a gesture of benediction

Christ the Redeemer of the Andes, South America
Statue, Christ the Redeemer of the Andes, in the Uspallata Pass, Andes Mountains, on the border of Chile and Argentina, South America

Robert McNamara explain Vietnam War strategy, 1965
A front page of The Illustrated London News, dated 13th February 1965, showing Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara(1916-2009) outlining the U.S strategy for the Vietnam War. Date: 1965

Herbert Campbell, music hall singer
Herbert Campbell (1846-1904), popular music hall singer and Drury Lane pantomime performer. Date: circa 1900s

Cartoon, James Fawn, performer
Cartoon, James Fawn (1850-1923), music hall performer -- Why should London wait? 1884

Cartoon, Henry Irving and Edward, Prince of Wales -- an invitation to Marlborough House. Irving says: The fact is, I am so pestered with invitations to dinner, that you really must excuse me! 1883

Misfitz - Alice in Wonderland - The Mad Hatter. early 20th century

Dr. Broom discovers adult Australopithecus cranium, 1936
An important discovery in South Africa: the brain-cast and parts of the skull of an anthropoid ape with human characteristics. Dr

Huet as Charles VII in the opera, Jeanne d Arc, Paris
M Huet in the role of Charles VII in the opera Jeanne d Arc a Orleans by Michele Carafa di Colobrano, at the Opera Comique, Paris. circa 1821

M Huet as Charles VII in the opera Jeanne d Arc, Paris
M Huet in the role of Charles VII in Act 2 of the opera Jeanne d Arc a Orleans by Michele Carafa di Colobrano, at the Opera Comique, Paris. 1821

Calais, France - Burghers of Calais statue by Rodin, commemorating the siege of 1347. Date: circa 1910s

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