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Puppet in kimono being manipulated by two bunraku puppeteers in black robes. Woodblock ukiyo-e print by Utagawa Kunisada II, Tokyo, 1850s
Chinese Puppet TheatreA street puppet show. The automaton figures are operated by a set of strings
Blash le Manfre, the Water SpouterBlasii de Manfre, Blasius Manfredi, the Water Spouter. 17th century Maltese performer who drank water and spouted wine, beer, oil and milk. Magician, puppeteer and juggler, died aged 72 in 1651
Tony Sarg and one of his dancing marionettes, 1928Tony Sarg (regarded as Americas puppet master and one of his dancing marionettes, 1928 Date: 1928
China street puppeteer pre-1900
Tony Sarg in his workshop and a group of his favourite marionettes, 1928 Date: 1928
Chinese puppet show, Qing Dynasty. The puppeteer is completely hidden inside a curtained theatre and works the puppets in a window above his head
Master Peter from Don Quixote, by William Heath RobinsonMaster Peter from Don Quixote, illustration by William Heath Robinson (1902). The man is a puppeteer with an ape, met by Don Quixote on his travels. Credit must appear as: Courtesy of Mrs J. C
Costumes of China: rice-pounder, beggar and puppeteer.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840
The Old Curiosity Shop, the Punch and Judy peopleThe Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens, first published in the weekly serial Master Humphreys Clock from 1840 to 1841 and then as its own book in 1841
Grotesque puppeteerA rather grotesque and gigantic puppeteer performs a lewd puppet show for an equally lewd looking audience of considerably smaller people. Date: 1919
Boy performing with small puppetsUndated coloured illustration of a boy performing with small puppets watched by a gentleman with two ladies, entitled " Les petites Marionettes". HPG/8/2/1 (xxx)"
Street Puppeteer & DogA street musician with dancing dog and two small marionette puppets attached between a peg and his knee
