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MushroomsA large number of mushroom varieties. Date: 1913
Sobranie cigarettes advertisement, 1963Advertisement for Sobranie Cocktail cigarettes, available in a variety of fancy rainbow colours with gold tips - like all the best parties well bred, well dressed and perfectly packed. Date: 1963
Carbolic Smoke Ball / 1893Advertisement for The Carbolic Smoke Ball Co. which claimed to offer a cure for a wide variety of ailments. This led to a court case on grounds of deception & a landmark ruling
English football players in team pictureLeading England football players, wearing a variety of shirts, line up for a team picture
Entomology SpecimensA specimen tray from the Natural History Museums Entomology Department showing the diversity of insects in terms of shape, size and colours
Variety Theatre, Dr. Walford BodieDr. Walford Bodie 1869 - 1939, One of the most famed and controversial Music Hall performers of his day. Known as the Electrical Wizzard
A large variety of mushrooms, 1913. Date: 1913
Golfing cartoonA sequential cartoon showing a patient caddy accompanyinig a tenacious golfer as he tackles a wide variety of clubs and greens
The Beatles rehearsing for the Royal Variety PerformancePhoto of The Beatles jumping during rehearsal for the Royal Variety Performance Date: 1963
British Butterflies - Various - including: Chalk Hill Blue Butterfly (male), Wood White Butterfly, Purple Hairstreak Butterfly (female), Purple Hairstreak Butterfly (at rest)
George Walker and Ada Overton Walker in In DahomeyMiss Ada Overton Walker and Mr George Walker, performing " The Tsar of Dixie" a song in the play In Dahomey at the Shaftesbury Theatre in 1903
The Pearly King and Queen of Thornton HeathLarry Barnes (1926-2011) - Pearly King of Thornton Heath and one of Variety Theatres last specialist acts. Pictured with his Pearly Queen Maggie (1932)
A selection of common British Moths Date: circa 1920s
Programme for the London PalladiumProgramme for variety show at the London Palladium, 1932, under the direction of George Black Date: 1932
Sailors KnotsA variety of knots used by sailors for a variety of purposes. Some run, some slip, others stay put... Date: 1926
Nubians in Ancient EgyptNubians from the south bring tribute to the Egyptian Pharaoh; they wear a variety of clothing - skirts short or long, tunics, animal skins, and plumed headgear
Tenebrosa variety of Vanda tricolor hybrid orchid.. Illustration drawn by C. de Bruyne and chromolithographed by P. de Pannemaeker from Lucien Lindens Lindenia, Iconography of Orchids, Brussels, 1903
British RAF aeroplanes in 1939 by G. H. DavisThe huge array of aircraft in the RAF in 1939, imposing for its size and variety. 37 types of machine, ranging from the Sunderland flying boat to light trainers
Primula Auricula Hardy Amies - formally number AE84 in The Gordon Collection. Date: circa 1960s
Possession is nine points of the law by Louis WainIllustration by Louis Wain showing a cat occupying a cast-off saucepan or cooking pot during snowy weather. A selection of birds, including a magpie and a blue tit bemusedly face the cat
Jaspideum variety of Dendrobium nobile orchid.. Illustration drawn by C. de Bruyne and chromolithographed by P. de Pannemaeker from Lucien Lindens Lindenia, Iconography of Orchids, Brussels, 1902
Variety of pistols, incl Colts Deringer pistol / PeacemakerA variety of pistols, including Colts Deringer pistol, the Snapchance Revolver, a full-size cartridge, a US Cavalry Colt Sa (Single Action Army - Peacemaker).45 revolver (circa 1877)
Old Time Music Hall ShowThe cast of the Old Time Music Hall show from the City Varieties in Leeds take a bow; the audience, dressed in Victorian and Edwardian costume, are part of the show Date: 1960s
Variety Theatre, Monte SaldoEnglish born Monte Saldo 1879 - 1949 (real name A. M. Woolaston). Strong-man, Gymnast and also an artists model. Here he is photographed in various statuesque classical poses as well as in the more
Kerria Japonica (Japanese Yellow Rose), a shrub of the Rosaceae family with bright yellow flowers, native to China, Japan and Korea
Persian MusiciansA group of Persian musicians play on a variety of instruments. Below dancing girls perform to the music
Sadlers Wells InteriorRebuilt in 1765, this developed from a variety hall to a legitimate theatre, often of a spectacular nature as depicted here, with Poseidon riding the waves
The Fishmongers Shop
Buffalo Bills ShowBUFFALO BILLs WILD WEST SHOW Bill Codys rough rider extravaganza, featuring scenes of Napoleon, and an onstage artist, Rosa Bonheur
Aussie Cricketers 1893The Eighth Australian Cricketing Team of 1893 pose in their cricket whites and a variety of caps and blazers
George FormbyEntertainer George Formby (1904-1961) and his wife Beryl Formby, nee Ingham (1901-1960), also a variety artist. Date: 1940
Various ArachnidsA variety of insects, including centipede, millipede, woodlouse, scorpion, spiders and ticks
Early BicyclesA variety of early bicycles, including two varieties of the Celerifere of 1793 (1 & 2), the Draisienne (Dandy-Horse) of 1819 (3) and Gompertzs Velocipede (4)
Victoria Monks / VarietyVICTORIA MONKS Music hall entertainer: Bill Bailey
Maude Edwards ventriloquistMaude Edwards (1886 - 1976), female ventriloquist, with her puppeteered dummy Nobbler, stable boy seated upon her knee. Date: 1905
Page of Victorian adverts - 1890Various adverts for The Graphic, May 1890. May 1890
Muffed Flying Tumblers, PigeonsA portrait of four sub-variants of the Flying Tumbler pigeon breed. The Flying Tumblers shown is the Black Rose-Wing, the Red Rose-Wing, the Red-Badge and the Black Saddle
Gravesend, KentA variety of shipping on the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent. Date: 1825
Argyle Theatre / Cheshirein Birkenhead, Cheshire. Reported to be the oldest variety theatre in Britain. Date: 1940s
Beetles and ButterfliesInsects of the English countryside - including Stag Beetle (lucanus), Tiger Beetle (cicindelida) and a variety of butterflies and moths (lepidoptera)
Papaver (Poppy), two varietiesTwo varieties of Papaver (Poppy) -- Papaver flore pleno rubrum (Double Red) and Papaver Eraticum rubrum (Wild Red), drawn by Basilius Besler (1561-1629)
The American dancer Nitza Vernille appearing in the new Shubert revue Artists and Models, 1927 Date: 1927
The Dolly Sisters performing their Persian Dance 1921The Dolly Sisters as they perform their Persian dance in the " League of Notions", a popular revue at the New Oxford
Programme cover, Palace Theatre of Varieties, Manchester, two houses nightly. 1912
Two Japanese ChinsThe Japanese Chin, also known as the Japanese Spaniel, is a dog acknowledged for its importance to Japanese nobility. Date: 1911
5064 Gerrard by Cosmo Gordon Lennox and Robert Hale5064 Gerrard revue by Cosmo Gordon Lennox and Robert Hale; music arranged by Willy Redestone. Artist Harold Smith. The revue was first produced at the Alhambra Theatre, Leicester Square
Casino Theatre, on Old Compton Street, SohoThe Casino Theatre, on Old Compton Street in Soho, London. It had originally opened as the Prince Edward Theatre in 1930, converted to the Casino in 1935
London Palladium, autumn variety season, 1952London Palladium Theatre, programme cover, Variety Season, Autumn 1952 Date: 1952
The Dancers of Variety in 1928. Evelyn Kindler (top left) with the Libby dancers on the Kieth vaudeville circuit, Jeanne Upham (top right) in vaudeville
The Folly Theatre, Peter Street, ManchesterPromotional postcard showing a playbill of the acts playing at the Folly Theatre of Varieties, (known as the Folly) Peter Street, Manchester for the week commencing Monday, 24th March 1889
Programme cover, Alhambra Theatre, LondonProgramme cover, Alhambra Theatre of Varieties, London. 1895
First Royal Variety Show dress rehersal, 1912The dress rehearsal for the first Royal Variety Show performance at the Palace Theatre, 1912, which was attended by many celebrities
DiatomsSelected slide of a group of fossil diatoms collected from Bori, Hungary in September 1895 and viewed under the light microscipe using differential interfereance contrast
Charles Bignell / VarietyCHARLES BIGNELL Music hall entertainer
Surgical Instruments / C18Variety of surgical instruments
Chaps Exercise RegimeA variety of body exercises, requiring no special apparatus, that will keep any chap in good shape
Clock MechanismsA variety of clocks: an electric clock, a water clock, a sun dial, clock movements and pendulums
Middlebrough CricketThe Middlesbrough cricket team pose for a photograph on their ground; players wear a variety of check and striped shirts, caps and hats, and carry bats or balls
Don Miguel Lerdo de Tejada and his Mexican Orchestra performing on the Keith vaudeville circuit, 1928 Date: 1928
An acrobatic baboon at the HippodromeHerr Grais with his performing acrobatic baboon at the London Hippodrome in 1902. Date: 1902
Diavolino, the monkey that loops the loop, London HippodromeDiavolino, the monkey that looped the loop on a little tricycle at the London Hippodrome in 1902. Date: 1902
Vera Vivian, performer, in cloche hatVera Vivian, performer of the Reg Jecks and Vera Vivian Variety Theatre Company, seen here in a cloche hat and a coat with a fur collar. 1920
Invited guests at the bird-table by Neave ParkerA variety of British birds at a bird-table on a snowy winters day. 1. Robin, 2. starlings, 3. Redwing, 4. Chaffinch, 5. Nuthatch, 6. sparrow, 7. great spotted woodpecker, 8. blackbird, 8, thrush, 10
Warners King apple variety, Malus domestica.. Drawn by J.L. Macfarlane, Chromolithograph from The Florist and Pomologist Robert Hogg, London, published from 1878 to 1884
Apple variety, Lanes Prince Albert, Malus domestica.. Drawn by Walter Hood Fitch, chromolithographed by Stroobant, Ghent, from The Florist and Pomologist Robert Hogg, London
Carl Hertz / Variety 1905CARL HERTZ Music hall entertainer: Modern Magic
Liberton Industrial School, EdinburghA view of the Industrial School at Liberton, Edinburgh. Industrial Schools, often privately run, housed children aged 7-15 placed there by magistrates for a variety of reasons such as vagrancy
A selection of assorted pastry cutters
French Spring fashions in 1870Women mingle with one another displaying the latest Spring fashions from a variety of angles
Abricotee RougeAbricotee rouge variety
Harry Ford / VarietyHARRY FORD Music hall entertainer Date: early 20th century
Watching Le GuignolChildren watching a Guignol show - a delightful variety of facial expressions !
Bunch of Black CherriesA delicious looking bunch of black cherries of the Bohemian black bigarreau variety
Tin Cooking MouldsTin Moulds for Sweets and Savouries
Molluscs / SealifeA variety of sea-based molluscs including types of snail and clam, a large mussel and other soft-bodied sealife
Royal Aircraft Establishment - Supermarine Scimitar F. 1Royal Aircraft Establishment - Supermarine Scimitar F.1 XD229 at RAE West Freugh in Scotland. The RAE carried out research for ballistics and weapon-aiming at West Freugh, (now part of Qinetic)
Sketches at the Apple Congress at Chiswick. Date: 1883
Theatre programme front cover for the London Palladium in 1952, with glamorous theatre goers arriving for its autumn variety show, Wonderful Time, starring, among others
The George Sisters - Doris and Phyllis - AmericanThe George Sisters (Doris and Phyllis), American dancers of the stage and vaudeville 1927 - to be seen in the Broadway show Allez-Oop Date: 1927
The four Cohans, the famous vaudeville act that included George M. Cohan (left) - also with hs sister, father and mother. Date: 1928
Wallace and Sanna in one of their adagio dance numbers, 1928Earlyne Wallace and John Sanna in one of their adagio dance numbers, 1928 Date: 1928
The Magic Workshop - adagio dance training - with Earle Wallace and the Three Phantoms, 1930 Date: 1930
The dancers of Variety in 1929. Hope Minor and Edward Root (Top left), Janet Martine an RKO headliner (top middle), Neva, an acrobatic dancer with Dave Apollon (top right)
Purple-stained laelia orchid, Cattleya purpurata (Laelia purpurata). Chromolithograph from an illustration by B. Herincq from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, Frederick Warne
