Monocle Collection (page 4)

Snap card - Humpty Dumpty
Nursery Rhyme Snap card - Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. early 20th century

Caricature of the actor-manager Sir. Squire Bancroft
Caricature of the English actor-manager Sir Squire Bancroft (1841-1926) -- The idea of summoning a society actor as a juryman at a coroners inquest! 1881

Cartoon, Wheres the Cat?
Cartoon, man and cat -- Wheres the Cat? 1880

Caricature of Walter Webling and Alfred Watson
Caricature of Walter Webling (seated, aka Walter Clifford Weblyn, 1846-1928), owner of the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, and Alfred Edward Thomas Watson (on horseback, 1849-1922)

Caricature of John L Toole, English actor and manager
Caricature of John Lawrence Toole (1830-1906), English comic actor, theatre manager and producer -- Now, George, down with the shutters, or the public will begin to think we ve retired from business

Caricature, Mary Elizabeth Braddon and Charles H Ross
Caricature, Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835-1915), popular English novelist, and Charles Henry Ross (1835-1897), English journalist, artist and novelist -- Fair Boiling-Down Fiction Trade

Caricature of Arthur Sullivan and Ws Gilbert -- The Latest Converts to Aestheticism. A reference to their latest operetta, Patience, a satire on the aesthetic movement. 1881

Caricature of Claude Carton, British actor and playwright
Caricature of Richard Claude Carton (Richard Claude Critchett, 1856-1928), British actor and playwright. Seen here in the role of Barnes Durant in A W Pineros play, Imprudence

Caricature of the composer Sir Arthur Sullivan
Caricature of Sir Arthur Sullivan, English composer of operettas with the librettist Ws Gilbert, as well as other works. One of the Parents of the Pirates (referring to the Pirates of Penzance)

Caricature of the actor John L Toole
Caricature of the English comic actor, manager and producer John Lawrence Toole -- There You Are, Don t You Know. circa 1880s

Caricature of the actor Charles Coghlan in the role of Colonel Woods which he played at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London. circa 1880s

Couple on an adjustable greetings card. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Baron D este
Baron d ESTE Every inch an aristocrat, from his arrogant stance and his hunting gear, and of course his fashionable monocle. Date: circa 1897

Cartoon, La Grande Couture, WW1. A rich baroness examines the latest fashions worn by pretty young mannequins in a fashion showroom

Pub Scene 1868
Men lean against the bar and talk inside a pub. Date: 1868

Racial Type / Jardine 1908
David Jardine Jardine at the races wears a top hat, morning coat, grey striped trousers with a front crease, black shoes, high all round collar, black cravat & a monocle. Date: 1908

Monocled Businessman
Colonel W J Bosworth wears a frock coat, grey striped trousers with a front crease, half boots, a wing collar, a carnation buttonhole & a monocle. Date: 1909

Male Type / Munich Dandy
A German dandy from Munich. Date: 1903

Cartoon, The final shot. The armistice might have been signed, but there are still bills to pay. While he pays for their expensive meal, she nonchalantly powders her nose. Date: 1919

Gertrude Kingston (1862 1937), English actress, an actor-manager and an artist, holding a monocle up to her eye. Date: 1889

Tom Taylor 1876
TOM TAYLOR English dramatist and editor of Punch 1817 - 1880

Mayne Reid / Vfair 1873
MAYNE REID Irish writer Date: 1818 - 1883

John Humffreys Parry
JOHN HUMFFREYS PARRY Welsh barrister 1816 - 1880

ORLEANS
LOUIS-PHILIPPE-ROBERT DUC D ORLEANS Pretender to the French throne; scientist and explorer in the Arctic and East Africa Date: 1869 - 1926

Austen Chamberlain / 1899
SIR AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN British Conservative MP Date: 1863 - 1937

Sir Henry Rider Haggard, writer
SIR HENRY RIDER HAGGARD writer of She and other adventure stories Date: 1856 - 1925

Disraeli / Furniss / 1882
BENJAMIN DISRAELI Earl of Beaconsfield, Conservative MPs last appearance in the Peers Gallery of the House of Commons Date: 1804 - 1881

Jos Chamberlain / Vfair 08
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN Liberal MP looking " War-Worn" Date: 1836 - 1914

Jos Chamberlain / Vfair 77
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN Liberal MP in a defiant pose Date: 1836 - 1914

Tennyson Stereoscopic
Alfred Tennyson (1809 - 1892) the English poet and Poet Laureate in middle age

Tennyson Molocle
Alfred Tennyson (1809 - 1892) the English poet and Poet Laureate in middle age

The Orchid by James T Tanner
Promotional postcard for The Orchid by James T. Tanner; music Ivan Caryll and Lionel Monckton. First produced Gaiety Theatre, 28th October 1903

Edwardian woman playing tennis, watched by a smoking man. Date: early 1900s

Cat in smart clothes on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1900s

Cartoon, Its all about understanding each other, WW1
Cartoon, Its all about understanding each other. A haughty young German soldier and a meek old Frenchman stand together in a room, giving little sense of equality or negotiation. Date: 1916

Cartoon, Troop transport, WW1
Cartoon, Troop transport. An ex-valet, now a soldier, is surprised to find that his former employer, a baron, is his driver. Date: 1916

Cartoon, Its very simple, WW1
Cartoon, Its very simple. A coal merchant tells a poor family that if they think his coal is too expensive, then they should do what he does, and burn wood instead. Date: 1916

Lord Lansdownes Lounge Bar, Dayton, Ohio, USA
Lord Lansdownes Lounge Bar, under the management of Pat Finnegan, in North Main Street, Dayton, Ohio, USA, offering food, cocktails and entertainment at reasonable prices. Date: 1942

White bulldog puppy taken home by aristocratic man
A white bulldog puppy is bought and taken home in a carriage by an aristocratic young man. Date: 1905

The Monitor: Automatic but not fool-proof by H. M. Bateman
" The Monitor. Automatic, but not fool-proof: a war-drama in nine fits." This Bateman cartoon from World War One sends up the jingoistic, often misguided

Sir Squire Bancroft - English actor-manager
Sir Squire Bancroft (1841-1926), English actor-manager. He and his wife Marie Effie Bancroft are considered to have instigated a new form of drama known as " drawing-room comedy" or "

Sutler to the National Guard, Paris, early 19th century.. Handcolored copperplate engraving by Gatine after an illustration by Louis-Marie Lante from Tradeswomen of Paris, Paris, 1823

English man in the fashion of September 1806.. English man in the fashion of September 1806. He wears a boat hat, a crotin-coloured jacket, suede breeches and boots. He carries a stick and monocle

Cartoon, The civilian husband, WW1
Cartoon, The pacific (ie civilian) husband. He says after the war he will regret not having seen anything. His wife replies that he will regret not having done anything. Date: 1915

Light and Shadow by Laurie Tayler
A couple leave a hotel after a night out at a supper cabaret. As the monocled and top-hatted gentleman helps his female companion with her coat or shawl

Vesta Tilley as Algy, the Piccadilly Johnny
Vesta Tilley (1864-1952), born Matilda Alice Powles, later Lady de Frece, music hall actress whose speciality was male impersonations

Monocled officer and a Tommy ready for the off, WW1
Cartoon, A moonlit night, France, 1917. A monocled officer and a Tommy ready for the off, by Stephen Baghot de la Bere, RI (1877-1927). Date: 1917

Major-General W. S. Brancker
Major-General Sir William Sefton Brancker (1877-1930), civil aviation pioneer, portrayed by Lieutenant Percival Anderson during the First World War when he was Comptroller-General of Equipment

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