Classic Theatrical Scenes

Historical engravings depicting dramatic theatrical scenes, including characters from famous plays like 'The Golden Fleece' and works of Molière and Shakespeare.

Satire on the low musical tastes of Emperor Napoleon I and his then wife, Josephine. Date: 1872
Satire on the low musical tastes of Emperor Napoleon I and his then wife, Josephine. Date: 1872
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ScÅne de cabaret (Scene in an inn or tavern)
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Scene from "Alonzo the Brave and the Fair Imogene", Princess's Theatre, London, 1850. 'The pantomime at the Princess' is founded on Mat. Lewis's celebrated ballad of " Alonzo the Brave and the Fair Imogene or, Harlequin and the Baron all covered with Jewels and Gold" a subject rich in suggestion, and which there is no doubt the management will produce in magnificent style...Clown, Mr. Flexmore; Harlequin, Mr. Cormack; Pantaloon, Mr Paulo; and Columbine, Miss Carlotta Leclerck' or Le Clercq. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.
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A couple of musicians performing a duet on woodwind instruments. Date: 17th century
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03/21/1922. Madrid. In the Comedy theater. A scene from the French comedy, Adapted by Alberti, "The Court of Louis XVI", Premiered last night.
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I due Foscari (The Two Foscari). Opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi, London, 1847, Anonymous
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Robert Houdin, the French stage magician, performing a trick Date: 1861
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Banquet in Honour of Shakespeare, Scene 3, Falstaff and the Great Elevator of the Table Servers, digitally restored reproduction of a public domain collector's picture from ca 1900, Liebig picture series A Midsummer Night's Dream, Opera, (1893)
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Minuet, old French folk dance of the Baroque and Classical eras, woodcut, 1888, historic engraving
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A drummer performs with players of various types of wind instruments. Date: 1555
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The queen's arms, a night's amusement Maucourt invt. et fecit.. British Cartoon Prints Collection . Eating & drinking,England,1760-1770. , Men,Social life,England,1760-1770. , Intoxication,1760-1770.
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Theater performance in De Open Air, Matthijs Naiveu, 1670 - 1698 painting Theater performance in the open air. On the right in the foreground, at a thistle, are a man and a woman in the grass, she points by hand to a theater performance. In front of the stage, a crowd has gathered, a pancake track on the left, in the middle children with a goat wagon, on the right an officer on horseback. On stage a dancing couple and a violin playing harlequin. The stage is decorated with weapons of the provinces. canvas. oil paint (paint) theatre, theatrical performance. 'commedia dell'arte'. theatre (building) - AA - open-air performances
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The Concert
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Gambling in an Elizabethan brothel Date: circa 1600
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Two actors in fight, 1621 print Two gentlemen or actors fight each other with sabels and daggers. The print is part of an album. paper engraving head-gear: hat (+ feathers used for clothes). actor (on the stage)
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William Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream First performed c1596. Act 2 Sc 2. Ariel standing on toadstool conducting The Fairies' Song 'You spotted snakes with double tongue' Chromolithograph c1858.
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At the Circus by Max Jacob, 1912, 1876-1944, Private Collection
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Der Tod kommt zum Musiker, Totentanz, dance of death, Todten-Tantz after Beck, Nöller a. other painters by Georg Max. Theodor Goetz, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original
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The magician, the caricature, no 232, pl. 482 Traviès de Villers, Charles Joseph (1804 1859), delaunois lithography, Aubert printing (Saly)
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Picture series Don Juan, opera by Mozart, Ha, the sacrilegious, let him die. But I punish him myself, digitally restored reproduction of a collective picture from around 1900, in the public domain, exact date unknown
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Air Raid Precautions: Set of 50 cards issued by WD & H0 Wills, Britain 1938, in preparation for the anticipated coming of World War II. Gas-proof Balloon Shelter (French Type).
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Screening at the Theatre du Vaudeville, a former theatre in Paris, Labime, Mountain drama, 1869, France, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century original, exact original date unknown, Europe
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Austria, Vienna, Franz Joseph Haydn conducting a string quartet
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The Giant Miss, the saga of the Giant Miss playing with the normal-sized people, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original
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The Journey on the Moon a snow ballet at the Theatre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, Paris. From Le Petit Journal, Paris, 9 April 1892. France, Enterainment, Dance
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Picture series Opera, Faust, Faust meets Gretchen, digitally restored reproduction of a collector's picture from ca 1900
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The Congress of Vienna in 1815, Austria, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Europe
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Frickas Nahen, Die Walkuere, an opera by Richard Wagner, digitally restored reproduction of a public domain collective picture from ca 1900, Liebig picture series Richard Wagner, Walkuere, (1893)
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Series Der Argonautzug, das Festopfer beim Schiffe Argo, Series The Argonauts, the Festival Sacrifice at the Ship Argo, Argonauts saga is a thematic c...
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Human Hearts - An Idyl of the Arkansas Hills -Vintage Playbill, 1896
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Shakespeare realises that the unknown lady is the queen, digitally restored reproduction of a public domain collector's picture from ca 1900, Liebig picture series A Midsummer Night's Dream, Opera, (1893)
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Ortrud begs Elsa for pity, opera in three acts by the German composer Richard Wagner, digitally restored reproduction of a public domain collective picture from c. 1900, Liebig picture series Lohengrin, (1893)
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Falstaff hidden in linen basket from opera Falstaff by Verdi.Act 11, Scene 2.
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Schützen and the shooting king at a shooting festival in Hanover, Germany/Marksmen and the king of the shooting festival at a shooting festival in Hanover, Germany, historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original original from the 19th century, exact original date not known, subsequently colored
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Witches, GJ Bennett, Drinkwater Meadows, WH Payne, as the three witches in Shakespeares Macbeth, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an 18th or 19th century original
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Screening at the Theatre du Vaudeville, a former theatre in Paris, Labime, Mountain drama, 1869, France, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century original, exact original date unknown, Europe
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festivity fairs carny shooting range ""Tir Magique"" (""magic shot"") colour lithograph by B.Coudert print by Leroy Paris circa 1840 Puppet Theatre Museum at Municipal Museum Munich,
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Pandemonium college, or The battle of the bulls, bears, and lame ducks, as fought in 'C ge- Alley. British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library ofg Congress). Stock exchanges,1750-1800. , Animals in human situations,1750-1800.
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Kiralfy Brothers' Spectacle, Michael Strogoff, Poster, circa 1882
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Series Opera Tannhaeuser, Tannhaeuser sings the song of Venus in the magic mountain, digitally restored reproduction of a collector's picture from ca 1900, Liebig collector's picture, exact date unknown
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A Concert. Young man singing and playing a lute, flanked by a young man and woman, both singing. Lorenzo Costa the Elder (1460-1535) Italian painter.
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Simson and Delila, opera by Saint Saens, Simson says, when wilt thou end, Lord, my bitter suffering, digitally restored reproduction of a collective p...