Historical Performances and Gatherings

Illustrations of historic events and social gatherings, depicting scenes from performances, dances, and celebrations over time.

'A Mock Election in the King's Bench Prison', c1828, (1912). Artist: Bonner.
'A Mock Election in the King's Bench Prison', c1828, (1912). Artist: Bonner.
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Occupational hazards. accident in a circus performance, painting by Antonio Lonza (1846-1918) was a Italian painter. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Ilustración Artística 1882
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Performance of Les Sept Chateaux du Diable, Theatre du Chatelet, Paris, 1896. Artist: F Meaulle
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Travellers to the Amazon are attacked by a crocodile, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century original
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Commedia dell'arte characters are raising a balloon by having it pulled by horses. Coloured etching, ca. 1785.
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10/31/1917. At the Comic Theater in Madrid. A scene from Pasatiempo, by Jiménez y Paradas, music by Maestros Vela and Bru, "la Villa de los Gatos".
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H. B. WARNER in THE KING OF KINGS (1927), directed by CECIL B DEMILLE.
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Der Ehrentanz, in einer Taverne tanzen Leute zur Musik einer Geige, nach einem Gemälde von Victor Schivert, Historisch, digitale Reproduktion einer Or...
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Opera-Comique show in front of the Saint-Laurent Fair Theatre, Paris, France 17th century.
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España. Escena de la pieza teatral Don Juan Tenorio, de José Zorrilla. Conquista amorosa. Grabado de 1920.
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Austria, 19th century. Equestrian performance in a theater.
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Ballad of the End of the World, Mexico. Date: circa 1900s
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Spotlight on the ring of Circus Carré. .
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Great Riot at the Astor Place Opera House, New York.
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Bartley Campbell's picturesque play The Galley Slave.. Bartley Campbell's picturesque play The Galley Slave.
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Thomas W. Keene playing Hamlet, circa 1884
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Racist Civil War political cartoon depicts white men dancing and flirting with black women, 1864. THE MISCEGENATION BALL, is a fictional event based on real social prejudice, that takes place in Lincoln's New York campaign headquarters. At right hangs a banner 'Universal Freedom, One Constitution, One Destiny. Abraham Lincoln Prest'. 'Miscegenation' as a concept was used to discredit The Republican Party before the election of 1864 (BSLOC_2018_5_54)
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Stage design for the theatre play The flea by E. Zamyatin by Kustodiev, Boris Michaylovich (1878-1927)/ State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg/ 1925-1926/ Russia/ Tempera on playwood/ Theatrical scenic painting/ Opera, Ballet, Theatre
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Martin Luther at Home with Musical Instrument, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original
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Jules Duruof and his wife being rescued at sea from the sinking basket of their balloon "Le Tricolore", circa 1874
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No. 6. / Shooting of the French Young Bitsch. (TI)
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Richard III a 1955 British film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play. Laurence Olivier, who played the lead role. He also directed and produced the film.
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France, Nice. Fire at the Italian theatre, on the night of March 24, 1881. On Wednesday, March 23rd 1881, as the opera Lucia di Lammermoor began, a gas leak started a huge fire. The fire was controlled the next day but there was nothing left of the theatre. Engraving by Rico. La Ilustracion Espaola y Americana, 1881.
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Balloon's descent Guillaume Tell in Maisons Alfort. (IT)
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TEATRO DE CHATELET - LA VUELTA AL MUNDO EN 80 DIAS. Author: JULIO VERNE (1828-1905). Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. France.
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The burning of the theatre in Richmond, Virginia, on the night of the 26th December 1811.. Prints. 1777 - 1890. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Fires , Virginia , Richmond
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A gentleman and two lady friends make a night of it in a tavern Date: 1672
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A Flemish Kermis with a Performance of the Farce Een cluyte van Plaeyerwater’. Peeter Baltens, a painter in the circle of Pieter Bruegel, played an important role in the Antwerp artists’ guild. He was also a rederijker (rhetorician): a poet and an actor. A comic dramatic work is being performed on the makeshift stage in the middle of this kermis scene. The farce is about a man - hidden in a pedlar’s basket - who catches his wife cheating on him with a clergyman.
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Hans Schließmann's 1885 colour poster 'Voter Assembly' satirizes a political gathering, reflecting the artist's engagement with contemporary social and political themes through the lens of the Lumpenball tradition.
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Picture series The Carnveal of Rome, Italy, Masked Ball in the Theatre, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a collector's picture from ca 1900, exact date unknown, Europe
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Ringtheater on fire, December 6, 1881, Vienna, Austria, illustration by Meaulle from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 2026, Volume LXXVIII, December 24, 1881.
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Fire in the Brussels theatre, January 21, 1855, Belgium, drawing by F Stroobant, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 622, Volume XXV, January 27, 1855.
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A group of itinerant actors performing on stage in an attempt to sell medicines to a small group of country people. Engraving by C. Niquet, the elder, after A. Chataigner after B. Swebach after K. Dujardin, 1687.
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advertising theatre advertisement musical play ""Das zerstoerte Troja"" (The destroyed Troy) woodcut coloured Hamburg Germany 1716 private collection,