Portrait Collection (#91)

Cartoon, Mr Rutland Barrington, The Mikado
Cartoon, Mr Rutland Barrington, A Savoyard - The Mikado, Gilbert and Sullivan. 1885

Portrait, The Late Mr John Ryder - He did his duty " in the ranks" till the last. John Nicholas Robins Ryder (1814-1885), English actor. 1885

Cartoon, Miss Nellie L Estrange, singer
Cartoon, Miss Nellie L Estrange, popular singer - Successful! Rather! 1885

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

Cartoon portrait, Prince Henry of Battenberg (1858-1896), who had just become engaged to Princess Beatrice, youngest child of Queen Victoria (they married in the summer of 1885)

Cartoon portrait, Mrs A de Parravicini, theatrical agent - He wouldn t care if all our theatres were turned into circuses. 1886

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 portrait, Mr Dillon Croker
Cartoon portrait, Mr Thomas Francis Dillon Croker (1831-1912), antiquary, poet and theatre expert - In matters theatrical he is quite a walking dictionary. 1886

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

Portrait, The Late Mr F B Chatterton. Frederick Balsir Chatterton (1834-1886), was a London theatre manager. 1886

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

Cartoon portrait, Mr Harry Payne, pantomime clown at Drury Lane Theatre, London - Here we are again! 1884

Cartoon portrait, Mr Paul Meritt, author and farmer
Cartoon, Mr Paul Meritt (c1843-1895), author and farmer. 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, Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (1864-1892) - Hes not to have ten thousand a year, tiddy-fol-lol! 1885

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

Cartoon, Mr J Ashby-Sterry, poet, novelist and journalist
Cartoon portrait, Mr Joseph Ashby-Sterry (c.1838-1917), English poet, novelist and journalist - One of the most entertaining of ramblers. 1886

Portrait, The Late Mr Harry Jackson, actor. 1885

Cartoon portrait, Mr J H Stead
Cartoon portrait, James Hurst Stead (1828?-1886), comic singer, music hall performer. Disabled: Now is the time to give him a helping hand

Cartoon, Charles Hawtrey, actor and theatre manager
Cartoon, Charles Hawtrey (1858-1923), English actor, director, producer and manager - Don t put your fingers into too many pies, Mr Hawtrey! 1885

Cartoon portrait, Mr Charles Abud, Acting Manager, Lyceum Theatre, London. 1885

Cartoon portrait, Mr John Dallas, actor - Is it true that he is about to give the music halls a turn? 1885

Cartoon, Alexander Meyrick Broadley, barrister for Arabi Pacha (Ahmed Urabi or Ourabi), author, company promoter and social figure, founder of the Drury Lane Masonic Lodge, London. 1886

Cartoon, Mr Hawes Craven
Cartoon, Henry Hawes Craven Green, English theatre scene painter. 1885

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

Cartoon, The Last Chance! Lord Cairns (Arthur William Cairns, 2nd Earl Cairns) succeeded to the title on the death of his father on 2 April 1885. 1885

Portrait, Mr A Henry, The Circus. 1885

Portrait, Mr Henry Hersee, Musical Critic. He wrote for The Observer. 1886

Cartoon, George Grossmith as The Sorcerer
Cartoon, George Grossmith in the latest Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, The Sorcerer. 1884

Portrait, Miss Mary A Victor, Nothing Comes Amiss to Her
Portrait, Miss Mary A Victor, actress, Nothing Comes Amiss to Her. 1885

Cartoon, Music Hall Types, Mr Charles Wilkins
Cartoon, Music Hall Types, The Chairman, Mr Charles Wilkins of the Marylebone Music Hall, London. 1885

Cartoon, Sydney Alport, Acting Manager, Vaudeville Theatre, London. 1885

Cartoon, Acting Manager of a London Theatre - How is this for Huy? 1885

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

Portrait, The Late Mr Joseph Pope, The Doctor
Portrait, The Late Mr Joseph Pope, nicknamed The Doctor, who had served in India as a staff surgeon in the Royal Artillery. He died at the age of 49. 1885

Cartoon, Sir Julius Benedict, composer and conductor
Cartoon, Sir Julius Benedict, German-born composer and conductor - Let us hope he will be spared for many years yet. 1885

Advertisement, Clarkson, Wigs and Theatrical Costume
Advertisement, William Berry (Willy) Clarkson, Wigs and Theatrical Costume Designer. 1907

Miss Renee Merandon du Plessis (1916 - 2007), later The Hon. Mrs Langton Iliffe. Responsible with for rescuing and restoring Basildon Park in Berkshire. 1938

Little Women - Amys attempts at Art
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - Amys attempts at Art. 1880

Fougasse (Cyril Kenneth Bird). (1887 - 1965). Best known for editorship of Punch magazine and World War II propaganda posters. Date: 1924

Heath Robinson at home with his family
Photographic interview in The Sketch with humorous cartoonist, William Heath Robinson, who is pictured at his home in Pinner with three of his children including his eldest daughter, Joan

Einar Nerman
The caricaturist Einar Nerman, regular contributor of illustrations of the theatrical world to The Tatler, pictured at the time he was holding a joint exhibition with Grand Duchess Marie of Russia at

Mrs. J. A. Davison & Dalmatian by Madame Yevonde
Mrs J. A Davison, formerly Cynthia Beckett, daughter of Sir Gervase Beckett, pictured with a Dalmatian, According to The Tatler, she was an enthusiastic patron of the breed

Prince George, later Duke of Kent by Cyril Roberts
HRH Prince George, Duke of Kent (1902 - 1942), fourth son of George V and Queen Mary. Despite a military education, he became the first member of the Royal family to work for the Civil Service

Louisa, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Aaltenburg, wife of Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg. She was mother of Albert, the Prince Consort, husband of Queen Victoria

George Bernard Shaw by John Collier
George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), Irish writer painted by John Collier. Date: 1928

Gladys Peto, aka Mrs. C. Lindsey Emmerson, (1890 - 1977), artist and illustrator. Date: 1927

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