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Tableaux Collection

Background imageTableaux Collection: The Key of England celebrates its pageant, 1908

The Key of England celebrates its pageant, 1908
The Key of England (Dover Castle) celebrates its pageant: Dovers history in living pictures, 1908. 1 - Gawaynes last words to King Arthur; 2 - King Arthur; 3 - King John kneeling before Pandolfo

Background imageTableaux Collection: Exposition de tableaux de maitres modernes... vente au pr

Exposition de tableaux de maitres modernes... vente au profit de l oeuvre le vetement du prisonnier de guerre. Galerie Georges Bernheim

Background imageTableaux Collection: Margaret Whigham, Jeanne Stourton at Vacanis matinee

Margaret Whigham, Jeanne Stourton at Vacanis matinee
A group dressed as lawn tennis girls of the 1880s for the charity matinee performance at the Pavilion Theatre of pupils of Madame Vacanis dancing school

Background imageTableaux Collection: Poster, Scala, A Fleur de Peau by SEM

Poster, Scala, A Fleur de Peau by SEM (Georges Goursat 1863-1934) Lithograph in colour, 31ins. x 23ins. Date: circa 1904

Background imageTableaux Collection: Tableau of Hope

Tableau of Hope
Mrs Ernest Platt performing a tableau of Hope at the Ritz Hotel in London. She is representing a painting of the same name by the artist George Frederic Watts, painted in 1886. Date: 1910

Background imageTableaux Collection: Ermines table turning

Ermines table turning
A group of lady ermines (which, to be honest, look more like ferrets) partake in some table turning during a sceance. One of a number of taxidermy tableaux featured in an article in The Girl's

Background imageTableaux Collection: Lady Morvyth Bensen and Mr Valentine Whitaker dressed up as Ford Madox Browns painting

Lady Morvyth Bensen and Mr Valentine Whitaker dressed up as Ford Madox Browns painting, The Last of England, for the Empire Day Ball held at the May Fair Hotel on 24 May 1928. Date: 1928

Background imageTableaux Collection: Living Bronzes at the London Hippodrome

Living Bronzes at the London Hippodrome
The Three Olympiers, who posed as some of the finest bronze figures in classical art in an act at the London Hippodrome in May 1906

Background imageTableaux Collection: Christmas Tableaux Vivants by royal grandchildren

Christmas Tableaux Vivants by royal grandchildren
Christmas Tableaux Vivants by Queen Victorias grandchildren at Osborne House, Isle of Wight - Christmas with the Queen. 1898

Background imageTableaux Collection: Louis Daguerres Diorama theatre

Louis Daguerres Diorama theatre
Louis Daguerre (1787 1851) used the principle of the Diorama theatre to present two large scale tableaux s. Changing the direction of light placed on these interior and exterior paintings

Background imageTableaux Collection: A look back at a Parisian High Street at Chicago Museum

A look back at a Parisian High Street at Chicago Museum
A look back at a Yesterdays Parisian High Street (1900s) at the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago - A store selling Gossard Corsets. Date: circa 1930s

Background imageTableaux Collection: A Day in the Life of the Debutante - Miss Margaret Whigham

A Day in the Life of the Debutante - Miss Margaret Whigham
A scene from a number of tableaux staged at the London Hippodrome in May 1931 in aid of the Highway Club for Boys and Girls in the east end of London - it was attended by the Duchess of York

Background imageTableaux Collection: Women Munitions Workers Keighley WW1

Women Munitions Workers Keighley WW1
On 23rd September 1916, the West Riding Volunteer Regiment organised a flag day and procession with marching bands. It included an attractive tableaux or float by the Keighley National Shell Factory

Background imageTableaux Collection: Tableaux lumineux anim鳧. French poster advertising

Tableaux lumineux anim鳧. French poster advertising a show of illuminated scenes

Background imageTableaux Collection: The Great Liberty Loan Tableaux in New York

The Great Liberty Loan Tableaux in New York
The Great Liberty Loan Tableaux, staged in New York, featured a number of well-known actresses including Ethel Barrymore as Liberty, Billie Burke as Humanity and Irene Castle as France

Background imageTableaux Collection: Lillah McCarthy in Elspeth Phelps -Nymphs of Forest tableau

Lillah McCarthy in Elspeth Phelps -Nymphs of Forest tableau
Actress Lillah McCarthy pictured in a dress designed by Elspeth Phelps for the Nymphs of the Forest tableau performed at the Petticoat Lane Fair at the Albert Hall in 1917

Background imageTableaux Collection: The Lord Mayors Show

The Lord Mayors Show
Marking the territorial army jubilee at the Lord Mayors Show in London. Among other scenes: a tableaux depicting the history of the territorial army

Background imageTableaux Collection: Sketch cover, Emily Drange at Britannia

Sketch cover, Emily Drange at Britannia
Front cover of The Sketch magazine featuring a photograph of American actress, Emily Drange in costume as Britannia. She was part of a patriotic tableau staged in New York

Background imageTableaux Collection: Sketch cover, Mrs Vernon Castle (Irene Castle)

Sketch cover, Mrs Vernon Castle (Irene Castle)
IRENE CASTLE (nee FOOTE) Dancer, with her husband Vernon Castle known as Americas Dancing Sweethearts. Pictured on the front cover of The Sketch as " The Spirit of France

Background imageTableaux Collection: Maxine Elliott as Britannia, WW1

Maxine Elliott as Britannia, WW1
Maxine Elliott (1868 - 1940), American actress, reputed lover of J. P. Morgan and later, the New Zealand tennis player, Anthony Wilding who was killed in 1915

Background imageTableaux Collection: Tatler cover - Irene Castle as the Spirit of France

Tatler cover - Irene Castle as the Spirit of France
IRENE CASTLE (nee FOOTE) Dancer, with her husband Vernon Castle known as Americas Dancing Sweethearts. Pictured on the front cover of The Tatler as " The Spirit of France

Background imageTableaux Collection: A scene from La Beaute de Paris, Palace Theatre, Paris

A scene from La Beaute de Paris, Palace Theatre, Paris
A jewels tableaux from La Beaute de Paris, Palace Theatre, Paris, from Paris Plaisirs number 79, January 1929 Date: 1929

Background imageTableaux Collection: Egyptian Style 1914

Egyptian Style 1914
An image that demonstrates that the interest in Egypt as a source of inspiration predates the discovery of Tutankhamens tomb by Howard Carter in 1922. Date: 1914

Background imageTableaux Collection: One reason in four tableaux

One reason in four tableaux. Illustration shows four scenes related to New York City residents: in the upper left, August in Madison Ave

Background imageTableaux Collection: Exposition de tableaux de maitres contemporains... vente

Exposition de tableaux de maitres contemporains... vente au profit de l oeuvre du soldat blesse ou malade. Galerie Georges Bernheim. A wounded soldier relaxing in an easy chair. Date 1916

Background imageTableaux Collection: The Pageant of the Child, Wandsworth, London

The Pageant of the Child, Wandsworth, London
Scene from The Pageant of the Child, a set of beautifully staged tableaux produced by the Waifs and Strays Society at Wandsworth Town Hall, London

Background imageTableaux Collection: The Dolly Sisters and chorus

The Dolly Sisters and chorus in the tableaux La Mine Diamants (Diamond Mine), Paris En Fleurs, Casino de Paris, Paris, 1925 1925

Background imageTableaux Collection: Folies Bergere / 1931

Folies Bergere / 1931
A tableaux entitled Les loups de velours - The velvet wolves

Background imageTableaux Collection: Folies Bergere

Folies Bergere
A tableaux illustrating an evening at a ball in Florence

Background imageTableaux Collection: Gambling Story 3 of 4

Gambling Story 3 of 4
THROUGH STORM TO SUNLIGHT Our hero is arrested at the race course, for failing to pay his debts (Third of four tableaux)

Background imageTableaux Collection: Gambling Story 2 of 4

Gambling Story 2 of 4
THROUGH STORM TO SUNLIGHT Our hero is invited by his friends to take part in a card game : needless to say, he loses more than he can afford (Second of four tableaux)


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