Mask Collection (page 6)

Mlle. Volet as Cesarine in Les Deux Pierrots, 1845
Mlle. Volet as Cesarine in Les Deux Pierrots by Bayard, Theatre des Varietes, 1845. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Alexandre Lacauchie from Victor Dollets Galerie Dramatique

Hawaiian chief and wife, and masked warriors in a canoe
Kalaimanokahoowaha or Kanaina, Hawaiian chief with helmet and cloak made of feathers, and Poeta, his wife, in a feather lei necklace and beads in her hair

Principal mourner in mask and costume before the Shed or Tupapow, where corpses were laid out before burial, Tahiti. Man climbing a breadfruit tree at right

Opera performance in Cochinchina (southern Vietnam). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri after Angelo Monticelli from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Masks, hats and tools of the Aleut people. Hats, masks, feathers, headdresses, facial piercings, and spear and arrow. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Fencing positions and equipment
Sword and cloak versus sword and lantern, defensive guard of small and broad swords, and weapons, breastplate, mask, glove

Young lady of quality at a masked ball, demoiselle de qualite, France, 1586. She holds a mask in her right hand and a cantenance (muff) in her left. A mirror and fan hang from her belt

Thalia, Roman muse of comedy, holding a comic mask and shepherds staff. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculaneum (Antichita di Ercolano), Rome, 1789

Music teacher or poet with a woman with comic mask
Scene from a play. A woman with comic mask hands a small volume to another woman in front of a seated music teacher or poet. Vignette of four Bacchic masks with closed mouths of buffoons and dancers

Glamorous lady
The Bal Masque Girl. Glamorous lady in brown and orange evening wear holding mask. Artist: JM Flagg Date: circa 1903

Orioles Junior Football Team, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. Date: 1906-1907

Lady with Chinese lantern
Lady at a masked ball holding a Chinese lantern. 1920s

Modern Sirens. 1870

Nice Carnival by Webster Murray
In Good King Carnivals Reign. An impression of Carnival Time in Nice, especially drawn for The Bystander by Webster Murray. Date: 1925

Lady Diana Cooper as a china figure, Venice, 1926
Lady Diana Cooper, formerly Lady Diana Manners, in her china costume which she intended to wear to Baroness D Erlangers Ball at the Fenice Theatre in Venice

The Golden Mask of Tutankhamun - one of the most wonderful pieces of artwork and design of the (very) ancient world. Date: circa 1920s

Bazaar in Peking (Beijing), China, East Asia, with masks on display. Date: 1922

Woman of Zanzibar, Tanzania, East Africa
Woman of Zanzibar in traditional costume and mask (barakoa), Tanzania (then part of the British Empire), East Africa. Date: 1922

Music cover, The Umbrella Polka, by Charles Manby and Alfred Mellon, as performed at the Theatre Royal, Adelphi, London. 1845

Greetings card - Venice under the stars. 20th century

Rogues in Porcelain by John Austen

John Henderson, Shakespearean actor
John Henderson (1747-1785), Shakespearean actor. late 18th century

The Minx
Colour photograph of a woman in a masque costume. Behind her a faded figure of a Pierrot. Date: 1930

Edison Snout, protection from industrial dust
The Edison Snout, invented by Thomas Edison as a protection from industrial dust in the production of fine steel from low-grade ore. late 19th century

A workman smoothing the surface of the slate bed of a billiard table at a factory in Accrington, Lancashire, England. He wears a respirator mask to protect from the dust. Date: 1950s

Two young Egyptian women wearing veils Date: late 19th century

Stone sarcophagus of Pharaoh Tutankhamun
circa 1910s

Jealous Mask Date: 1954

Pitta brachyura, Indian pitta
Plate 51, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

RADA figure, Comedy
Comedy, a grotesque figure with an Ancient Greek mask, by sculptor Alan Durst, carved in Portland stone, over the doorway of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, London. Date: 12 November 1931

ROMAN ACTORS PREPARE
Roman actors prepare for a performance : a mask rests on a shelf, others are in a basket; an actor helps another don his costume; a musician rehearses

A TRAGIC ACTOR
A tragic actor, wearing a traditional mask to express the appropriate emotion

BOY PLAYS IN MASK C1870
A boy in a grotesque mask frightens his little sister Date: circa 1870

BOY IN MASK AND SISTER
A boy in a grotesque mask frightens his little sister Date: circa 1870

DOFFING THE MASK
Doffing the mask ! Date: 1910

Father CMas - Birch Twig
Father Christmas arrives at the Thalberg familys house bearing gifts for the good children but a birch twig for the naughty children. He receives a mixed reception. Date: Circa 1815

ANNE BELLAMY / COMIC MUSE
GEORGE ANNE BELLAMY Actress, as the Comic Muse Date: 1731? - 1788

Masked carnival couple in Venice, Italy
A masked carnival couple in Venice, Italy. Date: 18th century

Churchill - with gas mask and whistle
Churchill - apparently with gas mask and whistle! Pub unknown

Portrait of Venetian mask maker, Bridgnorth, Shropshire
A male mask maker looks at the camera while holding a handmade turquoise-coloured Venetian mask complete with feathers. Bridgnorth, Shropshire, England. The Independent newspaper Date: 1987

Ostia, Rome, Italy - Theatrical Masks. Date: circa 1930s

Judging a Fancy Dress Competition - Huntingdon
Judging a Fancy Dress Competition at a Summer Festival Fair Parade Pageant at Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England. The two (possible winners) are a pair of mice (with added hand-drawn tails!)

Gossips Bridle - The Brank - Lancaster Castle - Iron mask used to punish scolds (last used in 1826) - seen here mounted on Adrians Tower. Date: 1911

Papua New Guinea - Elema people - Eharo Masks
Elema people (of the Papuan Gulf in southeast New Guinea) practicing an elaborate cycle of masked rituals. These monumental Eharo masks were created primarily for amusement

Italy. Pompeii. House of Venus. Fresco. Garden with birds ar
Roman Art. Italy. Pompeii. House of Venus or House of D. Lucretii Satrii Valentes. Fresco. Garden with birds around the fountain and mask. 1st century. Painted wall on south wall of peristyle

French Theatre -- Sottie du Prince des Sotz
Sottie du Prince des Sotz (Foolery from the Prince of Fools), by Pierre Gringore (Gringoire). Showing a musician in a red and grey fools costume, standing on one leg and playing the mandolin

Man in uniform and gas mask, WW2
Man in uniform, tin helmet and gas mask, posing in a garden, probably during the Second World War. Date: circa 1940s

WW2 birthday card, blackout scene
WW2 birthday card with blackout scene. Date: circa 1942

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