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Historical Theatre Caricatures

A collection of vintage illustrations showcasing theatrical characters, costumes, and scenes from various European operas and pantomimes, emphasizing historical performance art.

Characters in mask at the Opera Theatre during the Mi-Careme (Carnival) ball, Paris, France, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 734, Volume XXIX, March 21, 1857.

The dance of death at Basel: death and the lawyer. Lithograph by G. Danzer after H. Hess.

Divertissemens du carnival / fastening entertainment / convoi funère de carnival / fast night lyschstation. Leaf with 3 horizontal carnival performances of figures in costumes, the ox, prince carnival and a corpse. Numbered at the bottom right: No. 99.

A lottery on a stage on a town square where the lots from the buses are pulled by two boys. Under the audience in the foreground breaking battles. Belongs to the group of prprans added to the scene of scene of foolishness with cartrents at the 1820 wind trade.

The skeleton of Death takes away the drunken Sot in a wheelbarrow, while other drunks make merry in front of The Goat pub. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Thomas Rowlandson from The English Dance of Death, Ackermann, London, 1816.

Iime Scene of thieves. (IFF 421) (registered title)

Engraving depicting a scene from the opera 'Robin Hood' at Her Majesty's Theatre. Dated 1860

09/01/1916. Premiere at Apollo. A scene from the second act of the Zarzuela "the wonder of Damascus".

The waltz is much mocked when it first makes its appearance in the dance hall ! Date: early 19th century

Scapino; Three actors. In the foreground an actor who represents a figure from the Italian Commedia Dell'Arte (Scapino), for feet, with a feathered hat, the right hand to the lifting of his sword. In the background you can see how this Scapino plays its role on the scene. Under the show a blank margin. This print is part of a series of three prints with Commedia Dell'Arte figures.

Magician Pointing to a Head on a Stake, with Other People Watching.

Picture series Opera, Faust, Gretchen in the dungeon, digitally restored reproduction of a collector's picture from ca 1900

Four monkeys dressed as musicians giving a concert. Coloured engraving after D Teniers.

Shakespeare King Lear first performed c1605 Lear, betrayed by daughters Goneril and Regan and confused by rage, powerlessness and ill-treatment, comforted by youngest daughter, Cordelia. Act IV, Sc.VII . Chromolithograph c1858

Medieval couple dancing to a musician playing a clarinet (invented in the 18th century). Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by J. E. Rogers from Francis Cowley Burnand's "Present Pastimes of Merrie England, Cassell, London, 1873.

La Petite Mademoiselle, 2eme acte, scene XIVeme , Adults, Soldiers, Longcase clocks, Theatrical productions, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Triftly players. Two men play trick traces in a inn. A third man leaves the space. On the wall a leaflet hangs with an image of a gallows.

School For Scandal: The Accusation, Theater - School for Scandal

Nicolas Lancret (169O-I743) - Scene de la Comedie Italienne

CHILDREN IN THE WOOD, AT THE STANDARD THEATRE. 1876, UK, britain, british, europe, united kingdom, great britain, european

Mephistopheles, from the opera of the same name by Boito and Nelusco, from the opera Die Afrikanerin by Meyerbeer, digitally restored reproduction of a public domain collector's picture from c. 1900, Liebig picture series Alphabet II, opera characters (1892)

Death and the Spelunke, Musician, from the Dance of Death, also called Danse Macabre, Basel, 1440, Switzerland, digitally restored reproduction of a 1...

Digitally restored, Orgy, lustfulness and seduction, men and woman enjoy the food and the affections with music, publication from the year 1882, Digitally improved:, Orgy, lustfulness and seduction, men and woman enjoy the food and the affections with music, publication from the year 1882

Sieglinde (Therese Vogl) offers Siegmund (Heinrich Vogl) a horn of mead from Act I of the 1870 production of Wagner's Die Walkure.

Jean-Baptiste Brisard, Role of the old Horace (Title Title) | Costumes and annals of the great theaters of Paris. (IFF 69) (set of all)

Musical Party, Melchior Brassauw, 1730 - 1757

THE DEVIL'S MANOR (1896) -Original title: LE MANOIR DU DIABLE-, directed by GEORGES MELIES.

William Kemp or Kempe (d1603) Elizabethan comedian who danced from Norwich to London in 1599. Here Kemp, with bells on his legs, is dancing the Morris, and is accompanied by man with pipe and drum. Woodcut 1600

SCENE FROM 'FOR LOVE,' AT THE HOLBORN THEATRE, LONDON, UK, 1867

Columbia presenting Stanley to European Sovereigns, circa 1870

Nineteenth century actors H. Marston in the role of Hotspur and F. Robinson as Prince Henry in the play Henry IV by William Shakespeare. From a nineteenth century engraving.

The beheaded man, scene performed by clowns at the Barnum circus in New York, USA. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1890

The Dead Man and the Beggar, from the Dance of Death, also called Danse Macabre, Basel, c. 1440, Switzerland, Gothic-style painting, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th-century original, exact original date not known, Europe

Eierdans; CVM Mopso Bona Nisa SVO DESVLTAT AD OVVM; Emblemata Saecularia, 1596. A party takes place at an inn. A bagpipe player and two musicians who play kitchen attributes make music. In the middle a man dances the egg dance. With this dance, the player must try eggs without breaking them out of a certain circle with his feet.

De Vrek, comedy, Rienk Jelgerhuis, 1760 - 1770 print The actor Antony Angemeer as Govart and the actress Maria Elisabeth Ghijben (also known as Juffr. Van Marle) in the role of Fransijn, standing next to each other on stage, in the Vrek of Molière. Northern Netherlands paper group of actors, troupe; actors on the stage

Death and the Merchant, from the Dance of Death, also called Danse Macabre, Basel, Switzerland, Gothic-style painting, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th-century original, exact original date unknown, Europe

'The musician sings in The Two Gentlemen of Verona: Act IV Scene II', c1875. Artist: Sir John Gilbert.

Pied Piper leading away children of German town of Hamelin. Illustration from children's book of c1899.

illustration of English tales, folk tales, and ballads. A man wearing red clothes, a cape and black boots

Picture series Opera, Faust, Gretchen in the dungeon, digitally restored reproduction of a collector's picture from ca 1900

Two fighting women. In an arena two women fight against each other with shield and degen, under the watchful eye of the public. Page from a book with text on recto and verso.

Scene from the play 'The village on the borders', 1830, Hilmar Johannes Backer, after Pieter Fontijn, 1831 print Scene from the play 'The village on the borders' of J. van Lennep, first staged in the Amsterdam Stadsschouwburg on December 22, 1830. Herberg interior with the Belgian captain d'Egegelantiers kneeled on the floor threatened by a man with a hooivork . Central a Dutch lansier with a young woman. The other Belgian volunteers are also taken. Various texts in the caption. The print includes a key with the names of the characters. See also the Pendant. Dordrecht . group of actors, troupe; actors on the stage. inn, coffee-house, public house, etc.

Der Tod kommt fuer den Koenig aus Der Todten Tanz, erschienen in Basel 1843, Death comes for the King From Der Todten Tanz or The Dance of Death published Basel 1843, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Gunpowder Plot, Roman Catholic conspiracy to blow up English Houses of Parliament on 5 November 1605 when James I was due to open a new session. Guy Fawkes, best known of the conspirators, is third from right. From print published Frankfurt 1605.

A naked mayor's woman sends a love-thirsty hermit to cool off in an ice-cold bath, 1493, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century o...

The cabaret.

Picture series from the life of Shakespeare, playing in front of Queen Elizabeth, 1595, digitally restored reproduction of a collector's picture from c. 1900, in the public domain, exact date unknown

Planet Ballet, Prologue Scene of the Pax

A Spanish witch, airborne over the rooftops of Barcelona, carries a new recruit to the sabbat on her broomstick Date: 19th century

Scene from the folks theatre production of Ludwig of Bavaria in Kraiburg am Inn, Bavaria, Germany, historical illustration, ca. 1893, Europe

A dancer accompanied by two musicians performing for a man and a woman , Dancers, Musicians, Audiences, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

In the broad walk, you meet all the people who are worth knowing. Scene from Peter Pan

Constable of the Watch with his dog from Much Ado About Nothing Act3 Sc3, 17th century. Artist: Unknown

Picture series from the life of Shakespeare, playing in front of Queen Elizabeth, 1595, digitally restored reproduction of a collector's picture from ...

Five-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart sketches his first composition, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Five-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart sketches his first composition, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Scene from "Never Too Late To Mend," at the Princess's Theatre, 1865. London stage production. 'That interesting drama of modern social life founded upon Mr. Charles Reade's popular story of "Never Too Late to Mend" is likely to engage for a long time the sympathies of the crowded audiences nightly gathered in the Princess's Theatre...Our Illustration gives a view of one of the most effective pieces of the appropriate scenery designed and painted by Mr. Lloyd for this play; it is the night scene in the ravine, somewhere in the Australian goldfields, where, by the light of a

Der Tod kommt zum Trunkenbold, Totentanz, dance of death, Todten-Tantz after Beck, Noeller a. other painters by Georg Max. Theodor Goetz, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Hundingshalle, Die Walkuere, an opera by Richard Wagner, digitally restored reproduction of a public domain collector's picture from ca 1900, Liebig picture series Richard Wagner, Walkuere, (1893)

Series musical instrument, mandolin, Italian nobleman playing love songs on the mandolin, digitally restored reproduction of a collector's picture from c. 1900, Liebig collector's picture, exact date unknown

The Jester 1871 Claude Andrew Calthrop (1845-1893 British)

Der Tod kommt zum Kaufmann, 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

Jongleur and an acrobat or juggler: A jongleur was a person professionally engaged in musical entertainment. 11th century anonymous manuscript.

Der Tod kommt zum Böttcher, Büttner, 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

Der Tod kommt zum Totengräber, 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

France, Paris, Concert in egg

Picture series Othello, opera by Verdi, Othello throws Iago to the ground, digitally restored reproduction of a collectors picture from ca 1900

Sigmund and Siglind, Die Walkuere, an opera by Richard Wagner, digitally restored reproduction of a public domain collector's picture from ca 1900, Liebig picture series Richard Wagner, Walkuere, (1893)

The Knife Dance, 1891, USA

Herbert K. Betts in a play of the golden west, An Arizona cowboy c1905. (poster) lithograph theatre poster, American

Image of a scene from the play Oedipus Rex of Sophocles performed by students of the Utrecht Student Corps with on the left in his chair King Oedipus, played by J.J. Jansen.n.b. The premiere took place on April 11, 1891 in the Schouwburg (Vredenburg) in Utrecht.

Screening at the Theatre du Vaudeville, a former theatre in Paris, Labime, Mountain drama, 1869, France, Historical, digitally restored reproduction o...

Performance of the opera Hamlet at the Theatre Imperial de lOpera, Paris Opera, 1869, Paris, France, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Europe

Captain Boyton's World's Water Show at Earl's Court, London: the lake and island containing the 275 foot long water chute Date: 1893

DRAUPADI, the polyandrous wife of the Katava brothers, is attacked by prince DUHSASANA who drags her into the sabha (assembly) where the fatal dice-game is played.

Der Tod kommt zur Sängerin, 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.

Series of pictures from the life of Shakespeare, last gathering with former friends, 1616, digitally restored reproduction of a collective picture from c. 1900, in the public domain, exact date unknown

Witches, GJ Bennett, Drinkwater Meadows, WH Payne, as the three witches in Shakespeare's Macbeth, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an 18th or 19th century original.

Italian minstrels in London at Christmas 1825; Black and White Illustration from William Hone's Everyday Book

Portrait of Feodor Chaliapin as Boris Godunov, Chaliapin (Shalyapin), Boris Fyodorovich (1904-1979)

Picture series Don Juan, opera by Mozart, Governor, well, Don Juan, you asked, I promised and I appeared, digitally restored reproduction of a collective picture from ca 1900, public domain, exact date unknown

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