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SIDDONS / LADY MACBETHSARAH SIDDONS as Lady Macbeth in Shakespeares Macbeth Act II Scene I Date: 1755 - 1831
ENTERTAINMENT / FORRESTEDWIN FORREST American actor of Shakespearean plays Date: 1806 - 1872
IRONING TOP HAT 1860A workman watches with astonishment while a hatter irons a top hat with a heated iron Date: 1860
MAN SHOT FROM GUNA human shell is seemingly shot from a cannon. In truth, he is propelled by a spring, and the explosion occurs a fraction of a second later... Date: 1884
ELLEN TERRY / HAMLET 1880Ellen Terry in the role of Ophelia in Hamlet. Date: 1880
LIORETS PHONOGRAPH 1897Fig.1 Phonograph recording at the Trocadero in Paris Fig. 2 Phonograph ensemble Fig.3 Needle and cylinder Date: 1897
SAUDI ARABIA / JEDDAH 1860Jeddah: street scene Date: circa 1860
Woman wearing feathered hat 1899Woman wearing hat adorned with various types of feathers Date: 1899
FAIRS / EPPING FORESTFairlop Fair in Epping Forest Date: 1843
JENNY LIND Often called the Swedish Nightingale, she was a soprano singer. Date: 1820 - 1887
JOHN LAWRENCE TOOLEJohn Lawrence Toole, English actor-manager Date: 1830 - 1906
CHARLES FECHTER / FUN 1868CHARLES FECHTER actor in, inter alia, La Dame aux Camelias Date: 1824 - 1879
EDISON KINE STUDIO, INTEdisons Kinetographic Theatre, Orange, New Jersey - interior, filming a man sitting at a cafe table, with a waiter and a friend. Date: 1894
NELLIE FARREN / PHOTONellie Farren (on the right) with Fred Leslie, dressed as schoolgirls. Date: unknown
MARTHA RAYE / DOUBLE IMAGEMARTHA RAYE American film actress - double-image Date: 1916 - 1994
RAREE SHOWA Raree-Show - a travelling showman displays his cabinet of curiosities to the amazement of his audience Date: circa 1870
Fawkes and his sleight-of-hand trickFawkes, a sleight-of-hand man, performs a trick; acrobats appear in a vignette. Date: circa 1780
Henry Irving as Malvolio in Twelfth NightHenry Irving(1838-1905), actor, pictured here as Malvolio in Twelfth Night
Mademoiselle BranchuMademoiselle Caroline Branchu(1780-1850), singer. Date: 19th century
Mademoiselle FalconDate: early 19th century
EDMUND KEAN / TWO ROLESEDMUND KEAN Actor, as Shylock, and as Othello. Date: 1787 - 1833
EDMUND KEAN / BLOODEDMUND KEAN Actor, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane Date: 1787 - 1833
Edmund Kean as Giles OverreachThe actor, Edmund Kean, in the role of Giles Overreach in A New Way to Pay Old Debts by Philip Massinger Date: c. 1820
LEIPZIG FAIR / 1830A busy scene at Leipzig fair as people mill around the stalls. Date: 1830
MAURICE BARRYMORE / SEPIAMAURICE BARRYMORE Also known as Herbert Blyth, British-American actor Date: 1847 - 1905
James William WallackJAMES WILLIAM WALLACK (1791? - 1864) Actor, as Gloster (ie Richard III) in Shakespeares play
EDWARD ALLEYN / HARDINGEDWARD ALLEYN Actor; founder of Dulwich College Date: 1566 - 1626
ANNE BELLAMY / COMIC MUSEGEORGE ANNE BELLAMY Actress, as the Comic Muse Date: 1731? - 1788
ENTERTAINMENT / FAIRSBARTHOLOMEW FAIR. Date: 1739
Carnival in a Spanish townPeople celebrating with a carnival in the streets of a Spanish town. Date: 1870
Roman carnival at nightA Roman carnival taking place in the streets at night. Date: 1849
A fair in Russia in 1803 Date: 1803
Yurkish women danving in a fieldTurkish or Persian women dancing with musicians in a field Date: probably 18th century
Anne Francoise Hippolyte Boutet MarsANNE FRANCOISE HIPPOLYTE BOUTET MARS (1799-1847) French actress as Madame de Sauves in Une aventure sous Charles IX
Indian Mango Tree Trick Date: 1888
Domenico Crivelli (1793-1857) Italian opera singer
Christmas present - Lucky silver devil cigar lighter 1909Terrifying lucky oxidised silver devil cigar lighter, available from Mappin & Webb. Date: 1909
SIDDONS / LADY MACBETHSARAH SIDDONS as Lady Macbeth in Shakespeares Macbeth Out damned spot Date: 1755 - 1831
EDWIN BOOTH / US ACTOREdwin Booth American tragedian Date: 1833 - 1893
ENTERTAINMENT / FORRESTEDWIN FORREST American actor of Shakespearean plays with signature Date: 1806 - 1872
Mademoiselle FalconDate: flourished 1830s
Magic LanternA simple French instrument Date: circa 1870
Magic Lantern showAn evening entertainment in a French girls school with the aid of a magic lantern. Date: circa 1860