Performance Collection (page 10)

Swales SD3-15, medium performance single-seat sailplane at an airshow, somewhere in the UK. Date: circa 1980

United States Navy - Longren L-3 - A-6745
United States Navy - Longren L-3 A-6745. Three L-3s were purchased to test performance of moulded fibre construction. A6745 was later transferred to the United States Army Air Service at McCook Field

Curtiss Beachy Tractor biplane. Lincoln Beachey, a reknowned American display and aerobatic pilot worked for Curtiss until 1911 and required a new aircraft to carry on with his own air-show flying

Henglers Grand Water Pantomime, in Argyll Street, near Londons Oxford Circus. Taken from the successful show La Grenouilliere, in Paris

Madras Juggler imprisoning girl in basket - Jill in the Box
Jill in the Box - The Madras Juggler imprisoning his girl in a basket. Performed at Wemblet in 1925. circa 1925

Polaire of the Wasp-Waist Date: 1915

Poster for Madame Cantharide Date: 1913

La Geisha Date: 1900

The Paris Opera 1840 Date: 1840

Clown with banjo on a Victorian scrap
Clown with a banjo on a Victorian scrap. Date: circa 1890s

Lion mauling woman 1870
Performance in the Bowery Theatre in New York, were young woman Minnie Wells the Lion Queen, was doing her usual act, but on this fateful night, two lionesses sprang upon her

Theatre Audience 1905
Evening showing at the theatre, audience in their best attire. Date: 1905

Exhibition of trained animals
Manifested in England from a very early period, for manuscripts of twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth centuries contain numerous representations of dogs, horses, pigs, goats cocks, bears

Royal Covent Garden Opera 1900
A performance at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. Date: 1900

Street Conjurer performing 1850s
Conjurers performing in front of passersby in the streets of London. Date: circa 1850s

KEEN-EYED THEATREGOER
A smart gentleman watches the theatre performance through a pair of binoculars Date: 1883

JAPANESE THEATRE
The audience chat and eat during the performance. Date: circa 1860

SINGER ON STAGE / 1911
A lady wearing a yellow dress sings on stage in a French music hall. Date: 1911

ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, dressed as American darkies, perform in the streets of London with banjo, violin, tambourine and castanets. Date: circa 1860

CONCERT AT EXETER HALL 1858
An afternoon performance of an oratorio at Exeter Hall, London Date: 1858

Maud Allen as Salome
Maud Allan dancing during a performance at the Varietes, Paris. Date: 1907

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

THUMB PLAY BILL
A theatrical announcement for the final European performance at Ryde Town Hall of General Tom Thumb (aged 14) before he returns to America

VERSAILLES LABYRINTHE
LE LABYRINTHE a performance of Le duc et les oiseaux, presumably a masque, with children as cherubs Date: 1688

THEATRE / MASQUE / 1691
A decorative chariot bearing a model of the fortress of Montmelian is pulled before an audience at a Masque performance on the 21st December 1691. Date: 1691

THEATRE / EXOTIC / CHINA
A character representing the moon (on the right) is in conflict with the Sun figure (centre). This scene is a part of a performance called The Sun and the Moon

THE GLOBE / HENRY IV C17
Masked and pipe-smoking ladies in the Pit watching a performance of Shakespeares Henry IV. Date: 17th century

QUEUE AT LONDON PAVILION
Queue of theatre-goers before the performance outside the London Pavilion Date: 1900

LIFE GUARDS BAND
The band of the Life Guards gives a popular performance at the Knightsbridge Barracks, London Date: 1914

STAGE PERFORMANCE / VENICE
A stage performance in Venice viewed from the perspective of the stage and showing the wings. Date: 16th century

MUSIC HALL SERIO-COMIQUE
A serio-comique song and dance artiste at the Middlesex, a London music hall Date: 1890

Dr Syntax at Covent Garden Theatre
Doctor Syntax watching a performance of Henry IV at Covent Garden Theatre, London. Date: 1812

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

Fairground scene - Christophers First Appearance in public by John Leech from The Struggles and Adventures of Christopher Tadpole by Albert Smith. Date: circa 1848

REMOTE CONTROL
The Aeolian Vocalion enjoyed by the family - especially with the Graduola attachment which allows you to vary every performance, note by note, in harmony with your mood ! Date: 1916

ELIZABETHAN PLAYHOUSE
A performance of Shakespeares A Midsummer Nights Dream in an Elizabethan playhouse Date: 16th century

THEATRE / THEATRE GOING
A stage performance before Louis XIII of France Date: circa 1640

Cartoon, Dilettanti Theatricals
Contemporary society. Cartoon, Dilettanti Theatricals, or, a Peep at the Green Room, Vide Pic-Nic Orgies, by James Gillray

Theatre in Pompeii, Italy, seen from the wings
A theatre in Pompeii, Italy, seen from the wings during a performance of a not very popular play

Maskelyne & Cooks automata performing in London Maskelyne & Cooks automata
Maskelyne & Cooks automata perform at the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly, London. Date: 1878

Concert Mecanique, invented by M Richard
A Concert Mecanique invented by Monsieur Richard and demonstrated in the Royal Library. It consists of three automata, playing keyboard, violin and cello

Falstaff in Henry IV
Falstaff and Bardolph at the tavern Date: C. 1890

Dukes Theatre interior
Interior view of the Dukes Theatre during a performance of The Empress of Morocco.. Date: 19th century

Culver V NC3003K (msn V-222), small high performance two-seater built by the Superior Aircraft Company, (V for Victory, not a Roman numeral). Registration cancelled 4 May 1965. Date: 1950s-60s

Harry Yould and his Blackpool Banjoliers Banjo Orchestra. His wife is shown here playing the piano! Date: circa 1950s

The Witching Houri! A Quarter Past Six! A remarkable pose by Russian Dancer Mlle. Ludmila Schollar at the London Hippodrome in Tchaikovskys Les Lac des Cygnes. Date: 1910

Scene from Robinson Crusoe at the Folly Theatre, London. Date: 1876

Lydia Thompson in the role of Robinson Crusoe. Date: 1899

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