Performing Collection (page 10)

Consul the monkey
Consul the chimpanzee, the man monkey who delighted audiences at the Hippodrome, Aquarium and other venues in the early Edwardian era

Flying the Flume at Crystal Palace 1904
French Mademoiselle Dutrien (le fleche humaine), the human arrow, performing at Crystal Palace, London. After riding down a curving track on her bicycle which falls some seventy feet

Performing seals at the London Hippodrome
Humorous illustration of Captain Woodwards performing seals at the London Hippodrome. One looks anxiously out at the audience and tells his co-worker he can see another party in sealskin jackets

Herberts Dogs at the Hippodrome
Herberts Dogs, appearing at the London Hippodrome in 1901. The Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News comment that they, " are not the least expert and interesting

Herr Sawade, with two tigers, part of his troupe of performing lions, tigers and bears, appearing at the London Hippodrome in 1901. 1901

Siberia at the London Hippodrome
Siberia, the water spectacle at the London Hippodrome showing the final scene in the last act with Mr Henglers wonderful plunging horses. Date: 1900

Seeths lions in swing boats at the London Hippodrome
Herr Julius Seeth, renowned lion tamer, seem in the arena at the London Hippodrome with some of his boys obediently enjoying a swing boat ride. Date: 1903

Herr Julius Seeth and his lions in a car, London Hippodrome
Herr Julius Seeth of the London Hippodrome, taking his forest-bred lions for a trip on a Daimler motor car while performing there in 1903

Captain Woodwards seals at the London Hippodrome
Two of Captain Woodwards performing seals at the London Hippodrome demonstrating their balancing skills. Date: 1903

Captain Woodward & his seals at the London Hippodrome
Captain Woodward (called Dr. Woodward here), with his troupe of trained seals, seen shaking hands/flippers with one of them at the time they were delighting audiences at the London Hippodrome

Phroso, the puzzle man at the London Hippodrome
Phroso, a performer who pretended to be a mechanical man by making his limbs go rigid. To be seen at the London Hippodrome in October 1902. Date: 1902

Mr Goodnight, performing horse at the London Hippodrome
Mr Goodnight, the performing horse at the London Hippodrome who undressed and put himself to bed, much to the delight of the audience. Date: 1900

Mdlle. Milly Capell, famous equestrienne at the Hippodrome
Milly Capell, famous German equestrienne and specialist in haute ecole (dressage) who was performing at the London Hippodrome in March 1900 with her thoroughbred Arabian horse and her dogs. Date: 1900

Performing cats and dogs at the London Hippodrome
Professor Leonidas and his troupe of performing cats and dogs at the London Hippodrome, shortly after the new theatre had opened in January 1900. Date: 1900

Richard Sawade and polar bears at the London Hippodrome
Richard Sawade aka " King of the Beasts" appearing at the London Hippodrome, with a variety of animals including polar bears. Date: 1901

Consul the Chimp at the London Hippodrome
Consul the performing chimpanzee, the star attraction at the London Hippodrome where his earning amounted to 200 per week. 1903

Animals at the London Hippodrome
Camels and llamas assembled in the arena at the London Hippodrome. Date: 1903

Polars bears at the London Hippodrome, January 1910
Seventy polar bears, transported there to take part in the theatres Christmas water spectacular, The Arctic. Fifty of them plunged from icebergs into the water while the remaining bears roamed about

Pauline Chase (1885 - 1962), American actress, photograph showing her seated in an aeroplane. Date: 1909

The Jugglers by Averil Burleigh
The Jugglers: A Study in Modernity, by Averil Burleigh (1883 - 1949). Exhibited at the Society of Women Artists in 1929. Date: 1929

Cartoon, Another Juliet. Trixie Southbank, who is tired of being an extra and wants to play Juliet, asks John Hollingshead (1827-1904), manager of the Gaiety Theatre, for a matinee slot

Circus poster with ringmaster, clowns and acrobats. 20th century

Norah Blaney in The Vagabond King 1927
Norah Blaney (1894 - 1983), music hall performer and actress, appearing in the part of Huguette in The Vagabond King, playing at the Winter Garden Theatre in London in 1927. 1927

Cartoon, The Bishop of London and The Ballet, showing Frederick Temple, Bishop of London, and the ballerina Martha Wooldridge, who had recently been performing at the Alhambra

Little Women - Christmas entertainments
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - Christmas entertainments, in which the friends and family dress up and act out scenes from a romantic melodrama

Tibetan Music at the Scala Theatre
Tibetan musicians at the Scala Theatre, London, perform playing their traditional instruments in connection with the opening of Captain John Noels film of the Everest expedition. Date: 1924

Medieval trained bears: Anglo-Saxon gleemen with sticks and horns peforming over a trained bear, 10th century (top), juggler with bear and drummer with chained bear, 14th century (middle)

George Dyball, a blind beggar in a sailor s
George Dyball, a blind beggar who dressed in a sailors uniform, and his dog Nelson with begging bowl. Another blind begging couple behind him

Performing dogs
A gentleman with a whip controls four dogs dancing on their hind legs dressed in the latest fashions on stage. The dog show continues to attract crowds at the Theatre Montansier in Versailles

Munito the wonder dog performing card tricks, 1815
Munito the wonder dog performing card tricks for a fashionable audience, 1815. Handcoloured engraving from Pierre de la Mesangeres Le Bon Genre, Paris, 1817

General Tom Thumb
Charles Sherwood Stratton (1838 - 1883), known as General Tom Thumb, was a dwarf who achieved great fame as a performer under circus pioneer P.T. Barnum

Sybil Thorndike and Emlyn Williams on stage
Sybil Thorndike and Emlyn Williams in The Corn is Green at the Duchess Theatre, London, September 1938. 1938

Leslie Banks and Ann Todd in The Man in Half Moon Street
Leslie Banks and Ann Todd performing in a play, The Man in Half Moon Street, at the New Theatre, London, March 1939. 1939

Victorian charades party - the first syllables. 19th century

Julia Neilson in Romeo and Juliet
Julia Neilson (1868 - 1957), English actress, playing Juliet in Romeo and Juliet. Date: 1911

Vaslav Nijinsky and Tamara Karsavina
Vaslav Nijinsky (1889 - 1950) and Tamara Karsavina (1885 - 1978) in Le Spectre de la rose. Date: 1911

Frances Day, American actress and singer
Frances Day (1907-1984), American actress and singer, who achieved great popularity in the UK during the 1930s. 1930s

Mary Pickford, actress, in a film

Greetings card - Violinist and Pianist performing
Greetings card - Violinist and Pianist in silhouette, performing. 20th century

Clown with three monkeys on a postcard
Guitar-playing clown with three musical monkeys on a postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Two musical cats on a German greetings postcard -- Songs without Words (a pun on a work by Mendelssohn). Date: circa 1890s

The Amateur by Lewis Baumer

William Judges with performing seal and dogs. circa 1898

Scene of 18th century entertainment. 18th century

Carlos San Martin, Colombian actor and director
Carlos San Martin (born Julio Escobar, 1892), Colombian actor and director. Date: circa 1920

Mireille Balin (1909 - 1968), French actress. Date: 1937

Twins, Betty & Beth Dodge
The Dodge Twins, from America, performing in a new musical called Oh Kay!, at His Majestys Theatre. 1927

Maude Fealy (1883 - 1971), American stage and silent film actress, Sir Henry Irvings leading lady, who won golden opinions for her Rosalind in As You Like It. Date: 1905

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