Hats Collection (page 12)

Cartoon, Randolph Churchill and Gladstone - After raising our hopes and leading us to expect war, you now tell us there is a good chance of peace; its downright mean, thats what it is! 1885

Cartoon, Mr J H Cobbe, Acting Manager at the Princesss Theatre, London. 1885

Cartoon, Mr William Randall, comic singer
Cartoon, Mr William Randall, Music-Hall Types - the comic singer (old school). Thomas William (Harry) Randall (1857-1932) was a British Vaudeville actor

Cartoon, How election matters stand in Birmingham
Cartoon, How election matters stand in Central Birmingham - Would you mind getting outside, sir, so as to make room for this civil-spoken young man

Cartoon, Lord Coleridge, British lawyer and judge
Cartoon, John Duke Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge (1820-1894), British lawyer, judge, and Lord Chief Justice of England. Ah! I must go to the music-hall

Portrait, The Late Mr Alexander Henderson, theatre owner and director. 1886

Cartoon, Mr William Yardley, English cricketer and writer
Cartoon portrait, Mr William Yardley (1849-1900), English first class cricketer (Cambridge University and Kent) - Always good at scoring. He was also an actor, playwright and drama critic. 1884

Cartoon, The Theatrical Outlook, Squire Bancroft and John Hollingshead, theatre managers. I am going to get out of it before I am hurt

Portrait, Mr C A Jecks, Acting Manager, Adelphi Theatre, London. 1885

Cartoon, Mr James (Jimmy) Davis (1853-1907), pen name Owen Hall (a pun on owing all, referring to his gambling and extravagant lifestyle), Irish-born theatre writer, librettist, racing correspondent

Cartoon, No More Closing on Ash Wednesday
Cartoon, No More Theatre Closing on Ash Wednesday - Hooray! 1885

Cartoon portrait, Mr J H Jennings, The Oxford
Cartoon portrait, Mr J H Jennings of the Oxford Music Hall, Westminster, London. 1885

Cartoon, The London Pavilion, Mr Villierss New Drum. Robert Edwin Villiers (1830-1904) was owner of the newly built London Pavilion music hall de luxe at Piccadilly Circus. 1885

Cartoon portrait, Justice Henry Hawkins
Cartoon portrait of Justice Henry Hawkins. Don t hang us for caricaturing you, please, Mr Justice Hawkins! Henry Hawkins, 1st Baron Brampton (1817-1907)

Cartoon, Only One, Henry Pettitt and George Sims
Cartoon, Only One, Henry Pettitt (actor and dramatist, right) and George Sims (journalist, poet, dramatist and novelist). Am I to stand in next time, George? I shouldn t like to promise, Henry! 1885

Cartoon portrait, Mr E B Hartt, Acting Manager at the Gaiety Theatre, London. 1885

Cartoon, Drury Lane Theatre, London, with balloon
Cartoon, No more pictorial posters for Drury Lane; the newspapers and a balloon will do the necessary advertising! 1885

Cartoon, West-End Waits, a reference to the rival pantomimes at Drury Lane and Covent Garden Theatres, London. 1885

Cartoon, Mr Poland to Notorious Person
Cartoon, Mr Poland (a lawyer) to Notorious Person (Arthur Roberts, music hall performer) - Now, my dear Arthur, I consider myself responsible for your good behaviour; so - be careful! 1884

Cartoon, J L Shine, director of the Gaiety Theatre
Cartoon, J L Shine (left), director of the Gaiety Theatre, London - Now, Mr Shine, what does all this rumpus mean? 1885

Cartoon portrait, Mr H A Freeman, Acting Manager at the Grand Theatre, London (there were several theatres named the Grand, in places including Clapham, Croydon, Islington, Fulham and Woolwich). 1885

Cartoon, William Sydney Penley in Private Secretary
Cartoon, William Sydney Penley (1851-1912), English actor, singer and comedian, in The Private Secretary, a farce by Charles Hawtrey. 1884

Cartoon, Messrs W Riley and W T Purkiss - Arranging the next tour. 1886

Cartoon, Music Hall Proprietors
Cartoon, The dismay of the Music-Hall Proprietors when they heard of the threatened destruction of the Inventions Exhibition, knew no bounds

Cartoon, One Charles to Another Charles - We can t give you a cat every year! Charles Lauri (left) was a pantomime performer who specialised in animal roles

Cartoon, Bygone Times, Tom Cannon and William Day
Cartoon, Bygone Times - William Day gives his final instructions to Tom Cannon. Day was a member of the horseracing family for whom Cannon worked. 1884

Portrait, Mr A Henry, The Circus. 1885

Cartoon, Haymarket Theatre, London
Cartoon, Who will succeed the Bancrofts at the Haymarket? Three theatre managers look up and speculate. 1884

Cartoon, High Art - two rival actresses. First Priestess: She only uses three costumes to my six! Second Priestess: Calls herself an actress, and has her dresses made in England! 1885

Cartoon, Felix Morris as Scottish professor in On Change
Cartoon, Mr Felix Morris as Seneca Pickering Peck, the Scottish professor, in a Strand Theatre production entitled On Change. 1885

Cartoon, Js Fleming, Acting Manager, Drury Lane Theatre
Cartoon, Js Fleming, Acting Manager at Drury Lane Theatre, London. 1885

Cartoon, The Amenities of the Circus are positively surprising, showing London circus owners George Sanger (left) and Frederick Charles Hengler (right) with William Holland (centre)

Backs of two walking girls holding helmets, September 1939
Two girls, described as in " smart uniforms", photographed from behind as they walk down a London street, holding steel helmets

Advert for International Fur Store 1908
Two women wearing the latest motoring fur coats, in three quarter or full length, available in grey squirrel, pony, silver rabbit or seal-dyed, to wear immediate. Date: 1908

Kings Cross, railway buffet 1903
The scene from the Railway buffet at the Kings Cross Station, London. 1903

Little Women - Lauries felt hat and rattle
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - Lauries felt hat and watchmans rattle. 1880

Hat factory workers, Southwark, London 1841
Hat factory workers making beaver (or bever) hats at the Christy hat factory in Southwark, London. 1841

A Mannequin Parade at the Show Boat in Maidenhead
Miss Spilsbury (right) daughter of the Home Office pathologist, and a friend act as mannequins at a fashion show at the Show Boat in Maidenhead, a club offering restaurant, bar

Silver Street Boys School fancy dress group
Silver Street Boys School advanced class fancy dress group, most of them with blacked-up faces and hands. Their names are: Harold Blanchard, Philip Wilson, Arthur Thorne, Ernest Trafford

Young Edwardian woman in large hat and mink coat
Young Edwardian woman in a large hat and mink coat. Date: circa 1908

Adults and children in a large charabanc, Rhyl, North Wales, parked on the Promenade outside the White Rose Motor Tours office. circa 1920s

King Edward VII at Homburg
King Edward VII (centre) at Bad Homburg in the 1880s. His companions are, from left to right, Sir Christopher Sykes, Capt

Hon. Eileen Hood by Madame Yevonde
The Hon. Eileen Hood, sister to Viscount Bridport, and daughter of Maurice Hood by Madame Yevonde. Date: 1927

Rajputs on horseback, Rajasthan, northern India. Date: 1843

Brilliant Fashions for the Little Season, 1926
Smartly dressed members of London society leaving the theatre on a night out. The women wear the knee length tubular dresses that were to epitomise 1920s fashion

The Spell of Football - spectators engrossed in the game. 1907

Native of King Georges Sound, Australia, by John Webber, 1783, in a book about the voyages of Captain James Cook. 1783

Party Invitation Card, Three Dogs. 20th century

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