Spectacles Collection (page 3)

George Dixon, artist and illustrator Date: circa 1930

Comic postcard, Two men chatting in a pub - previous Coronations Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Large man running on the beach Date: 20th century

London chauffeur and car
A London chauffeur stands by his car awaiting instructions. Date: circa 1950s

Chauffeur standing by his car
A chauffeur stands beside his car. Date: circa 1960s

Three women, probably from the same family, all in black, possibly in mourning. Date: c.1895

Woman leading a horse in the Parc de Bagatelle, 1807
Woman in hunting dress, bonnet and kerchief leading a horse in the Parc de Bagatelle, Bois de Boulogne, Paris, 1807. A check in the park at Bagatelle

French actor Bertin as Zug in the historical melodrama Pauvre Berger by Daubigny, Carmouche and Hyacinthe at the Theatre du Panorama Dramatique, 1823

French actress Mlle Mante as Laure in the play L Education
French actress Louise-Charlotte-Theophile-Delphine Escoffie or Mlle Mante as Laure in the play L Education ou les Deux Cousines by Casimir Bonjour at the Theatre Francais

Mlle Fanny Chalboz as La Bourguignonne in Cuisinieres
Mlle Fanny Chalboz as La Bourguignonne in the play Cuisinieres by Nicholas Brazier at the Theatre des Varietes, 1822. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Charles Malos Almanach des Spectacles par

Jean-Baptiste Firmin as Andre in the melodrama Pauvre Famille by Benjamin and Melchior at the Theatre de l Ambigu Comique, 1822

Perrier as Dupont in Le Celibataire et l Homme marie
Perrier as Dupont, l Homme marie, in Le Celibataire et l Homme marie by Alexis-Jacques-Marie Wafflard at the Odeon, 1822. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Charles Malos Almanach des Spectacles

Mlle. Venzel or Elisa Wenzel as David in Saul at
Mlle. Venzel or Elisa Wenzel as David in Vittorio Alfieris historical tragedy Saul at the Theatre Royal de l Odeon. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Charles Malos Almanach des Spectacles par

Albrecht Durer, German Renaissance painter, 1471-1528. From a self portrait woodcut. Lithograph after a drawing by HVH from Portraits of the most celebrated painters of all the schools, Ackermann

Young lad with a magnificent wooden toy car
Raymond, Aunt Bettys brother happily sat behind the wheel of his magnificent wooden toy car (possibly a pedal car). There is a mascot on the front of the bonnet in the form of a cat - a tin

Frank Parker, stage director at London Hippodrome
Frank Parker, , stage director at the London HIppodrome where he was the brains behind the theatres incredible water spectacles, plunging elephants, diving cyclists, snowstorms

Alfred Lester impersonating Gwen Farrar
Actor Alfred Lester doing a very decent impression of actress Gwen Farrar, with whom he was starring in the revue, Rats at the Vaudeville Theatre in 1923. Date: 1923

Gwen Farrar
Gwendoline " Gwen" Farrar (1899 - 1944), English duettist, cellist, singer, actress and comedian. Pictured at the time she was appearing in Shake Your Feet at the London Hippodrome in 1927

Italian soprano Angelica Catalini (1780-1849)
Italian opera singer Mme. Angelica Catalini (1780-1849) as Aristea in Il fanatico per la musica by Simon Mayr at the Opera Buffe, Paris

French opera soprano Mme. Gavaudan, 1781-1840
French soprano singer Mme. Gavaudan (Alexandrine-Marie-Agathe Ducamel, 1781-1840) as Margot in Diable a quatre by Christoph Willibald Gluck at the Opera Comique, Paris

Gobert and Marie Dorval in Le Commissionnaire
French actor Gobert and Marie Dorval in the melodrama Le Commissionnaire by de Boirie, La loue and Menissier at the Theatre Porte St. Martin, 1824

Charles Potier and Mlle. Pauline in L Homme
French actor Charles Potier and Mlle. Pauline in the comedy L Homme de Soixante Ans by d Artois, Simonnin and Ferdinand at the Theatre des Varietes, 1824

Gontier and Bernard-Leon in Le Baiser au Porteur
French actor Tonon Gontier (1785-1841) as Colonel Derville and Bernard-Leon (1785-1858) as farmer Thibaut in the comedy Le Baiser au Porteur by Eugene Scribe at the Theatre de Madame, 1824

Ponchard and Rigaud in the comic opera La
French opera singers Ponchard and Madame Antoinette-Eugenie Rigaud in the comic opera La Neige by Eugene Scribe and Daniel Auber at the Feydeau room, Opera Comique, 1823

Talma and Mlle. Mars in Ecole des Vieillards
Francois-Joseph Talma (Danville) and Mademoiselle Mars (Madame Danville) in Ecole des Vieillards by Casimir Delavigne at the Comedie Francais, 1823

Jenny-Vertpre as Lise in La fille mal gardee
French actress Jenny-Vertpre (1797-1865) as Lise in La fille mal gardee at the Theatre des Varietes, 1822. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Charles Malos Almanach des Spectacles par K. Y

Potier as Blouse in Les Blouses at the Theatre
French actor Charles-Gabriel Potier as Blouse in the comedy Les Blouses by Gabriel and Armand at the Theatre des Varietes, 1822

Bernard-Leon as Droguignard in La demoiselle
French actor Bernard-Leon (1785-1858) as Droguignard in the comedy La demoiselle et la dame by Eugene Scribe at the Theatre du Gymnase, 1822

French opera tenor Jean-Blaise Martin 1768-1837 as Senechal in the comic opera Jean de Paris by Francois-Adrien Boieldieu at the Opera Comique, Paris

Gontier as Stanislas in Michel et Christine
French actor Tonon Gontier (1785-1841) as Stanislas in Michel et Christine by Eugene Scribe at the Theatre du Gymnase, 1821

Mlle. Georges as Salome in Les Machabees at the Odeon, 1821
French actress Mlle. Margeurite Georges (1787-1867) as Salome in Les Machabees by Houdart de la Motte at the Odeon, 1821. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Charles Malos Almanach des Spectacles

Talma as Regulus in Sylla by Jouy at the Theatre
French actor Francois-Joseph Talma (1763-1826) as Regulus in Sylla by Jouy at the Theatre Francais, 1822. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Charles Malos Almanach des Spectacles par K. Y

Mlle. Duchesnois as Valerie in Sylla by Jouy
French actress Mlle. Josephine Duchesnois (1777-1835) as Valerie in Sylla by Jouy at the Theatre Francais, 1822

French soprano singer Mlle Grassari as Almasie in La lampe merveilleuse at the Opera. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Charles Malos Almanach des Spectacles par K. Y

Philippe as Charles de Bourgogne in Solitaire
French actor Philippe or Philippe-Amedee Roustan (1785-1847) as Charles de Bourgogne in Solitaire at the Theatre Porte St. Martin

Lepeintre as Franc-coeur in Les Moissoneurs
French actor Charles Emmanuel Lepeintre (1782-1854) as Franc-coeur in Les Moissoneurs by Francis, Brazier and Dumersan at the Theatre des Varietes, 1821

Legrand as Lesec in Marchande de Goujons at the Varietes
French actor Jean Baptiste Emmanuel Marie Legrand (1782-1854) as Lesec in La Marchande de Goujons by Francis and Dartois at the Theatre des Varietes, 1821

French actor Francois Joseph Talma (1763-1826) as Manlius in Manlius Capitolinus by Antoine de la Fosse at the Theatre Francais

French child actress Leontine Fay in La petite
French child actress Leontine Fay (1810-1876) in La petite soeur by Eugene Scribe at the Theatre du Gymnase, 1821. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Charles Malos Almanach des Spectacles par K

Adrien Perlet as Fringale in le Gastronome
French comic actor Adrien Perlet (1795-1850) as Fringale in le Gastronome sans Argent by Eugene Scribe at the Theatre du Gymnase, 1821

Minette in Nina de la Rue Vivienne at
French actress Minette or Jeanne-Marie-Francoise Menestrier (1789-1853) as Nina in Nina de la Rue Vivienne by Francis, Dartois and Gabriel at the Theatre du Vaudeville, 1821

Mlle. Millen as Felicite in the play Le Voyage
French actress Mlle. Millen as Felicite in the play Le Voyage a Dieppe by Alexis Wafflard and Fulgence de Bury at the Odeon, 1821

French mezzo-soprano Mme Boulanger as Rose
French mezzo-soprano Mme Boulanger or Marie-Julienne Boulanger (1786-1850) as Rose in Emma, ou la Promesse imprudente by Daniel Auber at the Feydeau room, Opera Comique, 1821

French baritone Francois Lays as Le Bailli
French baritone Francois Lays (1758-1831) as Le Bailli in the comic opera Le Rossignol by Charles-Guillaume Etienne and Louis-Sebastien Lebrun at the Opera, Paris, 1816

Mme. Adolphe as Thereze in La Famille Sirven
French actress Mme. Adolphe or Louise Hypolite Regnier (d. 1837) as Thereze in La Famille Sirven by M. Frederic at the Theatre de la Gaiete, 1820

Villeneuve as Calas in the play Calas by Victor
French actor Villeneuve as Calas in the play Calas by Victor Ducange at the Theatre de l Ambigu, 1819. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Charles Malos Almanach des Spectacles par K. Y

French actor Philippe as Lord Ruthwen in Le
French actor Philippe or Philippe-Amedee Roustan (1785-1847) as Lord Ruthwen in Charles Nodiers Le Vampire at the Porte St. Martin, 1820

Mademoiselle Mars, Anne Francoise Hyppolyte
Actress Mademoiselle Mars, Anne Francoise Hyppolyte Boutet Salvetat, 1779-1847, as Marie in Madame de Sevigne at the Theatre Francais, Paris

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