Puppets Collection (page 2)

Silhouette of the sale of Christmas Toys
The cut-out silhouette shows the sale of Christmas toys in London. The artist depicts the sale of traditional Victorian toys being bought by upper class people. Date: 1990

Music cover, The Punch and Judy Show, words and music by Ben Black Date: 1929

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

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

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

Woman making puppets dance using electricity 1885
Woman making puppets dance using electricity. Date: 1885

Nice Carnival by Webster Murray
In Good King Carnivals Reign. An impression of Carnival Time in Nice, especially drawn for The Bystander by Webster Murray. Date: 1925

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

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

Children & clown
Clown in white (Pierrot) suit showing puppets to young girl. Illustration from Delineator magazine October 1928. Artist anon. Date: 1928

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

PUPPETS & DOLLS PUPPETS & DOLLS
Rather spooky dolls and puppets, staring out from the shelves at Welsch & Co toy shop, probably in Germany. Date: 1920s

Cartoon, All Over!! (parliamentary session)
Cartoon, All Over!! British MPs depicted as glove puppets, discarded by Mr Punch the puppetmaster as the 1886 parliamentary session comes to an end. Date: 1886

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

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

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

Bunty Pulls the Strings at the Garrick and the chorus in Tap
Two scenes from London stage shows: top the second act from Bunty Pulls the Strings at the Garrick Theatre and bottom, the chorus in Tapping one of the features of Puppets at the Vaudeville Theatre

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

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

Myanmar - Burmese Puppet Show Date: circa 1910s

Caricature of John Hollingshead, theatre manager
Caricature of John Hollingshead (1827-1904), at this time manager of the Gaiety Theatre, seen here reviving an actor (probably Edward Terry) and an actress (Sarah Bernhardt) in the form of puppets

Eugene Brieux
EUGENE BRIEUX (1858 - 1932), French playwright Date: 1909

Puppet show seen from outside the box
Au Bon Marche - puppet show seen from outside the box, with an audience of children. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Shakes Versus Shav by George Bernard Shaw
Promotional postcard for Shakes v Shaw, a ten-minute puppet play by George Bernard Shaw. First produced at the Lyttleton Hall, Malvern, 9th August 1949 and Riverside Theatre, Festival Gardens

Mother Christmas on a Christmas card -- With trumpets and with drums, Lo! Mother Christmas comes. Date: circa 1890s

Childrens entertainer at a party
" Uncle" Piet Tovenaar (born Frederick Bliss) in action with his ventriloquists dummy at a childrens party in London in 1965. Date: 1965

Wayang puppet theatre of Bali, Indonesia
Wayang puppet theatre and gamelan musicians of Bali, Indonesia. Date: circa 1920s

Page design, my teachers, School Silhouettes
Page design for my teachers in School Silhouettes, once owned by a female student of Fayetteville High School, New York, USA

Switzerland - Berne. The Clock Tower
Coloured lantern slide of a view of the Clock Tower at Berne. One of the most famous sight is the Zytglogge (Bernese German for Time Bell ), an elaborate medieval clock tower with moving puppets

Guy-ser Fawkes - the Kaiser caricatured, WW1
Kaiser Wilhelm II as a substitute for Guy Fawkes on the Fifth of November 1914. The Guy-sers were made by the toy department of the Womens Emergency Corps and were sold by a celebrated authoress

Crown prince puppet toy, WW1
A British girl pictured with a puppet which depicts Crown Prince Wilhelm, eldest son of the Kaiser (known by the nickname of Little Willie in Britain) as a rather foolish clown. Date: 1915

Toy Theatre
Classic pantomime characters such as Clown, Pantaloon and Harlequin jostle with a dog musician, a dog cart, Mr & Mrs Dashaway and Mr Doublesight to form a production of Harlequin Jack Sheppard. c

Geppetto and Pinocchio
Geppetto finds that the wooden puppet, Pinocchio, is already displaying signs of bad behaviour despite not being finished. Date: 1936

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Pinocchio -- with other puppets on stage
Pinocchio -- The demonstration of warm brotherly affection that Pinocchio received. Date: 1911

Victorian Puppets
Three Victorian puppets on a miniature stage, with all the props (aspidistra, piano, piano stool etc) necessary for a period melodrama. Date: 19th century

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