Puppet Collection (page 2)

Spitting Image puppet of Margaret Thatcher
A puppet of Margaret Thatcher, British Conservative Prime Minister, used on the satirical TV programme, Spitting Image. The book is Spycatcher by Peter Wright

Shadow Show - Silhouette Cut-Outs 1881
A fold-out page from The Boy's Own Paper for a shadow show stand with various silhouettes surrounding, to be cut-out, to entertain children for Christmas. Date: 1881

Children and cat playing with Mr Punch puppet Date: circa 1850

Tony Sarg in his workshop and a group of his favourite marionettes, 1928 Date: 1928

Cartoon, The Game of Speculation (as performed at the Theatre Royal, St Stephen s) [ie the Houses of Parliament]. Benjamin Disraeli as Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the House of Commons

Mechanical monster head at the London Hippodrome
The wonderful head worked at the Hippodrome by the Kluks. In the first icture it roars for more food, then its eyes rolls with delight over the repast after which it falls into a slumber

Martin Powell, puppet showman
Martin Powell (?-1729), puppet showman, often featuring a Punch character, in Bath, London and elsewhere. 1715

Fantoche (puppet) ballet. circa 1890

People watching a puppet show in Rome, Italy, the equivalent of a Punch and Judy show. early 19th century

Children dancing in front of a dance master holding a violin and bow. From the dance lesson by Jean-Henri Marlet in le Bon Genie, 1826

New Years Gifts
A boy in dragoon uniform scrabbles for sweets under his fathers legs, while a baby plays with a puppet on his mothers lap. A black servant boy prays for a gift at left

Savoyard puppeteer performing with fife and drum
Savoyard boy with fife and drum makes his puppets dance in time to the music by moving his knees. Handcoloured engraving from Pierre de la Mesangeres Le Bon Genre, Paris, 1817

Chinese puppet show, Qing Dynasty. The puppeteer is completely hidden inside a curtained theatre and works the puppets in a window above his head

Chinese wrestler and automaton and a tom-tom player, Qing Dynasty. Street performer wrestling with a human-size pasteboard puppet

Hand puppet, Rain in the Face, by the Lano family
Popular Art in the USA - hand puppet, Rain in the Face, by the Lano family. late 19th century

Mr Punch and Judy on a Christmas card -- he steals a goose from the poulterer (left) and brings it home for Judy to cook (right). Date: circa 1890s

Music cover, The Wedding of Punch and Judy by Joseph Engleman. 1936

Cats watching a puppet show on a postcard
Cats watching a puppet show operated by a monkey on a postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Boy and girl watching Punch and Judy on a Valentines card
Boy and girl watching Punch and Judy on a comic Valentines card -- a vision of the future! Date: circa 1900s

Filming the classic 1960s series Thunderbirds, a British mid-1960s science fiction television show devised by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and made by AP Films

Shadow Dance 1861
Christmas season, Victorian children being amused by the shadow theatre. Magic lanterns are at hand and many over apparatus profuse of grotesque figures that appear

FRENCH PUPPET SHOW
A French boy puts on a puppet show to amuse the children of the street Date: circa 1840

Punch and Judy show on a Victorian scrap. Date: circa 1890s

Puppet theatre with marionettes, 18th c. Early Modern Era. ITALY. VENETO. Venice. Ca Rezzonico

Punch and Toby the dog magic lantern slide - Victorian period

Punch and Judy magic lantern slide - Victorian period

Jilin province, China, Hsinking (Changchun), Japanese Shrine - formerly the capital of the Japanese Manchukuo Puppet State in China (Manchuria) up to 1945. Date: circa 1925

Pinocchio -- kicking Geppetto on the nose
Pinocchio -- When Geppetto had finished the feet he received a kick on the point of his nose. Date: 1911

Pinocchio -- donkey throws puppet
Pinocchio -- The donkey threw the poor puppet into the middle of the road. Date: 1911

Pinocchio -- snail at a window
Pinocchio -- A window in the lower storey opened, and the same snail appeared at it. Date: 1911

Cover design, Pinocchio, the Tale of a Puppet by C Collodi, translated from the Italian by M A Murray, illustrated by Charles Folkard. Showing three wooden puppets framed by theatrical curtains

Medieval and Elizabethan Games and Pastimes
This picture shows some games and pastimes of people between 13th-16th century. It shows activities done by children such as watching puppet shows and things like deer hunting for adults

Sultan Mehmed V Reshad of Turkey as a monkey
What my beautiful Councils have given me! Sultan Mehmed V Reshad as a monkey representing Turkeys involvement in World War One

Children watch a puppet show in Paris, France
Children watch a Theatre Amusant puppet show in the Tuileries Gardens, Paris, France

Cartoon, Mr Punch painting a portrait of Shakespeare
Cartoon -- Don t you think it is just a little out of drawing, Mr Burnand? Showing Francis Cowley Burnand (1836-1917) as Mr Punch, painting a portrait of Shakespeare

London Life - Punch & Judy
London Life - A Punch & Judy man gathers an appreciative audience of youngsters in a London Square. Date: circa 1905

The National Punch and Judy show
Punch and Judy show by Francis Carruthers Gould, showing William Gladstone as Punch. Date: 1882

All Trumps, revue by John P Harrington and Harry Lane
All Trumps, a musical comedy revue by John P Harrington and Harry Lane. First produced at the Pavilion, Weymouth, 15 February 1915, and in Middlesex, 17 May 1915

Toys in a wheelbarrow on a cutout Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Baku - Azerbaijan - The Puppet Theatre
Baku - Azerbaijan - The Baku Puppet Theatre, located on Neftchiler Avenue of Baku. Built in 1910 by Polish architect Jozef Plosko

Father Christmas with children on a Victorian scrap
Father Christmas with presents and three children on a Victorian scrap. Date: circa 1890s

Mr Punch as jockey riding a cat on a Victorian scrap
Mr Punch dressed as a jockey, riding a cat on a Victorian scrap. Date: circa 1890s

Mr Punch, Judy and Toby on a Christmas card -- they raise a toast to the viewer. Date: circa 1890s

Mr Punch and Judy on a Christmas card -- he doesn t like the way his wife has cooked their goose. Date: circa 1890s

Clay puppet depicting a roman soldier. Olympia Archaeologica
Clay puppet depicting a Roman soldier used as a toy. Dated between I and III centuries a.C. Mirak Fragonisi Cemetery. Olympia Archaeological Museum. Ilia Province. Peloponnese region. Greece

Myanmar - Burmese Puppet Show Date: circa 1910s

Cartoon, Disraeli and the Prince of Wales, with a puppet of Gladstone. This is how Beaky tried to amuse our future king at Hughenden. 1880

Punch and Judy by Arthur Boyd Houghton. circa 1860

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