Theatrical Performances

Artworks capturing lively scenes from historical and theatrical settings, featuring people in costume and dynamic interactions.

The witch no. 2 1892

unknown artist, eighteenth century, The Tooth Drawer, undated. Watercolor, gray wash, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

Lads making ready. Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spain, Fuendetodos, 1746-1828). Spain, 1799. Prints; etchings. Etching, burnished aquatint and burin

Commedia dell'arte Italian. 16th century. Engraving, 19th century. (Photo by: PHAS/UIG)

The witch no. 2 1892

EXHIBITION OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTION, NO. 45, 'GALLIOTTI, THE ASTROLOGER, SHOWING LOUIS XI THE FIRST SPECIMEN OF PRINTING.' PAINTED BY R.S. LAUDER, R.S.A.

Paris, Bauger & Cie., Aubert & Cie., Daumier, Honoré, Bohémiens de Paris, Parisian bohemians, Le marchand de contremarques, Ticket seller at the entrance to a theatre, verso - stamped, cartoon, prints, Timbre Royal Seine, 3 c., height 358 mm, width 252 mm, French, 1808-02-26 - 1879-02-10, print maker, printmaker, 1842 - 1842, paper, papier, lithografie (techniek), printer, drukker, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Violin player / hearing, Cornelis Visscher (II), After Adriaen Brouwer, 1638 - 1658 print In an inn, three men and a woman are singing by the fireplace. They are accompanied by the violin player in the foreground. This print may be an imagination of the 'Hearing' sense. paper engraving / etching violin, fiddle. hotel, hostelry, inn. vocal music, singing. hearing, listening (one of the five senses)

Lads Making Ready (Muchachos al avío) Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746-1828). Lads Making Ready (Muchachos al avío), 1797-1798. Etching, aquatint, and burin on laid paper, Sheet: 11 7/8 x 8 in. (30.2 x 20.3 cm). European Art 1797-1798

Dumouriez at Roland.

Schoone, ND van, Amsterdam, Brave, Wouter, Adrianus Gerardus van, Netherlands, Meer, Noach van der (II), Allegory of the Battle of Waterloo, 1815, verso - stamped, Allegory of the victory of the allies in the Battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815. Four soldiers are standing at the altar of peace, they are a Prussian and a Dutchman, here also a Briton or Scot and a Hanoverian or Brunswicker. The Dutchman points to a column on the right on which are the coats of arms of the allies and a representation of the capture of Napoleon's travelling carriage. Peace looks on from the clouds with a horn of plenty. In the foreground symbols of trade and the arts. In the caption a four-line verse. See also the drawing and the pendant., print, prent, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 363 mm, width 264 mm, 1741-04-16 - 1822-02-20, print maker, printmaker, 1817 - 1817, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Dutch, 1785-04-29 - 1843-10-01, intermediary draugh

Quand tu étais dans ton village t'aurais.... Honoré Daumier (France, Marseilles, 1808-1879). France, 1843. Prints; lithographs. Lithograph

Caricature of George Bubb Dodington and Sir Thomas Robinson. Date/Period: Ca. 1761. Portrait. Watercolor, pen and brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured laid paper laid down on board. Height: 359 mm (14.13 in); Width: 235 mm (9.25 in). Author: Paul Sandby.

Vinkeles, Reinier (I), Netherlands, There is my sword. Come, strike me to snatch death from you, The self-sacrifice of mayor Pieter van der Werff, 1574, during the siege of Leiden, 1574. Interior with Van der Werff handing a sword to bystanders, by candlelight (small format)., print, engraving, history print, prints, Frederik Muller History plates, height 167 mm, width 108 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1741-06-19 - 1816-01-30, print maker, printmaker, 1774 - 1774, third quarter 18th century, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by

Oranje says goodbye to De Graaf van Egmond in Willebroek, 1567, Edouard Taurel, after Johann Wilhelm Kaiser (I), 1849 - 1851 print Meeting of Egmond, Mansfeld, Berty and Willem van Oranje in Willebroek before the Prince's departure to Germany, 1567. Netherlands paper steel engraving Willebroek

María Antonia de Nápoles (1784-1806). Princesa de Asturias como primera esposa de Fernando, Príncipe de Asturias (futuro rey Fernando VII). Muerte de la Princesa de Asturias el 21 de mayo de 1806 en el Palacio Real de Aranjuez a causa de la tuberculosis. Grabado. Historia del Levantamiento, Guerra y Revolución de España, por el Conde de Toreno. Madrid,1851.

Winter, Print made by John Simon, 1675-1755, French, after Nicolas Lancret, 1690-1743, French, 1758, Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, blued white, laid paper, Sheet: 10 3/8 × 14 1/4 inches (26.4 × 36.2 cm), Plate: 10 × 13 7/8 inches (25.4 × 35.2 cm), and Image: 9 3/8 × 13 13/16 inches (23.8 × 35.1 cm)

Drawing by Johann Peter Nepomuk Geiger in pencil and brush, with gray and black washes, depicting a poetic scene or composition.

Un jour de garde. Dated: 19th century. Medium: lithograph. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: HONORÉ DAUMIER.

Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge, 1841, illustration, 19th century

A Laputian Gentleman taking a walk - From Gulliver's Travels

Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British, Lismahago's Retaliation, undated. Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper.

A rich miser listens with an ear trumpet to a poor soldier in a Georgian parlour. Misanthrope Sir Simon and his brave crippled brother RIchard. Rich and Poor. Handcoloured wood engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from W. H. Harrisons The Humourist, a Companion for the Christmas Fireside, Rudolph Ackermann, 19 Strand, London, 1831.

Caricature of George Bubb Dodington and Sir Thomas Robinson, Paul Sandby RA, 1731-1809, British, ca. 1761, Watercolor and graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 14 1/8 x 9 1/4 inches (35.9 x 23.5 cm), caricature, column (architectural element), dog (animal), keys, men, obese, portrait, whip

Scene Ten from the Life of the Reverend Jean de la Barrière. Artist: Matthieu Elias (French, Peene 1658-1741 Dunkerque). Date: 1690. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Ventre affamé n'a pas d'orleilles. Dated: 19th century. Medium: lithograph. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: HONORÉ DAUMIER.

French Revolution. Paris. On 20 June 1792 the crowd attacked the Tuileries Palace, where King Louis XVI (1754-1793) was taking refuge. The mob forced the monarch to appear on the balcony, putting on Phrygian cap and drink to the health of the people, to which he agreed. Louis XVI drinking to the health of the nation. Drawing by Hippolyte de la Charlerie. Engraving by Jonnard. "History of the French Revolution". Volume I, 1876. Author: Hippolyte de la Charlerie (1827-1869). Belgian artist.

Carlos Luis de Borbón (Carlos Luis María Fernando de Borbón y Braganza) (1818-1861), count of Montemolin. Carlist pretender to the Spanish throne as Charles VI. Son of Carlos Maria Isidro de Borbón and Maria Francisca de Braganza. Braganza's pretender leaves. Illustration by Manuel Miranda. Engraving by Ortega. Panorama Español, Crónica Contemporánea. Madrid, 1842. Author: MANUEL MIRANDA. 19th century Spanish artist.

Hunter and a company in a ruin, Jacob Ernst Marcus, 1813 print A piping hunter and a company consisting of a gentleman and two ladies in a ruin. Amsterdam paper etching hunter. landscape with ruins (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage). index finger forwards, pointing, indicating

Alexandre Lacauchie. "Five men's costumes and two children's costumes". Drawing for "Le Progrès", July 1, 1851, n ° 19. Plume and brown ink, brown wash on lines with lead mine, white enhancement. White paper mounted on cardboard. Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris. 37821-9 High-browdy hat, man costume, drawing, brown ink, child, playing, progress, dog, habit, feather

Frontispiece, Revising for the Second Edition (Picturesque Beauties of Boswell, Part the Second). Artist: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London); After Samuel Collings (British, active 1784-95). Dimensions: Sheet: 10 7/16 × 11 5/16 in. (26.5 × 28.7 cm)Plate: 10 3/8 × 10 7/8 in. (26.3 × 27.7 cm). Publisher: E. Jackson (London). Series/Portfolio: Picturesque Beauties of Boswell. Subject: James Boswell (British, Edinburgh, Scotland 1740-1795); Alexander Macdonald , 1st Baron Macdonald of Slate (Scottish, ca. 1745-1795); Alexander Boswell, Lord Auchinleck (British, Auchinleck 1707-1782 Edinburgh). Date: June 15, 1786. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Boilers for boiling the cork bark, a cork stopper workshop, France, Illustration by Henri Valentin from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 651, Volume XXVI, August 18, 1855.

Lads Making Ready (Muchachos al avío) Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746-1828). Lads Making Ready (Muchachos al avío), 1797-1798. Etching, aquatint, and burin on laid paper, Sheet: 11 7/8 x 8 in. (30.2 x 20.3 cm). European Art 1797-1798

Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798-1863), Hamlet and Ophelia (Act III, Scene I), 1834-1843, lithograph

Buys, Jacobus, Netherlands, Vinkeles, Reinier (I), Treason of Count Rennenberg, concerning mayor Hildebrands, 1580, The treason of Rennenberg to mayor Hillebrands, 2 March 1580. The Count of Rennenberg, who has since gone over to the Spanish side, assures the city council of Groningen during a meal with the mayor Hillebrands of his loyalty to the States with a handshake., print, picture, history print, prints, pictures, Frederik Muller History plates, height 178 mm, width 110 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1741-06-19 - 1816-01-30, print maker, printmaker, 1791 - 1791, fourth quarter 18th century, paper, etching, etchings, 1724-11-19 - 1801-04-07, intermediary draughtsman

The King followed, holding the hand of the little Dauphin. Painting. Louis XVII (born Louis Charles, Duke of Normandy; 27 March 1785 - 8 June 1795) was the younger son of King Louis XVI of France and Queen Marie Antoinette. His older brother, Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France, died in June 1789, a little over a month before the start of the French Revolution

Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet (1792-1845). "Barbier hairdressers - Living God! ... Burn Voltaire". Print. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 55798-14 Barbier, hairdresser, man, wig maker, restoration, 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19 Center, Caricature, Toilet

The Elopement: Laetitia (Lydia) seduced from her Friends under a promise of Marriage, 1789), 1925. Artist: Unknown

Touching the gentlemen I s�avois bien that you would be contents. (IT)

George Shepheard, ca. 1770-1842, British, Three Men in a Room: Gilchrist Seated at a Table, Tom Adam standing, Seen from Behind, and Matt Haughton seated Legs Outspread and Arms Akimbo before a Fire, undated. Black ink, brown ink, graphite, and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

PRINCE CHARLES IN HIDING, 1872 engraving

Satiric vignette depicting a discussion between a white man and a black one, United States of America, drawing by Bertall (1820-1882) from a photograph, from The White Conquest, 1875, by William Hepworth Dixon (1821-1879), from Il Giro del mondo (World Tour), Journal of geography, travel and costumes, Volume V, Issue 14, March 8, 1877.

Engraving depicting a scene from Wilkie Collins' 'Moonstone' - Colonel John Herncastle kills the guardians of the Moonstone in Tipoo's armoury in order to steal the dagger with the stone in its handle. Illustrated by Francis Arthur Fraser (1846-1924) an English painter and cartoonist. Wilkie Collin's (1824-1889) an English novelist, playwright, and short story writer. Dated 19th century

Henry Blacker, a giant. Line engraving.

Raise the seat, polisons! Charles Joseph Travies of Villers, says Traviès (1804-1859). Press cartoon. "Raise the seat, polisons!". Board published in "caricature" of July 5, 1832. Lithography. Paris, House of Balzac.

Edelfelt, Albert, Two tarragon, 1897 - 1900, drawing, 26 cm x 28.5 cm, Albert Gustaf Aristides Edelfelt 1854 - 1905, Finnish painter. Painting in a naturalistic style and with a Realist approach to art. He lived in Finland

Maximilien Robespierre (1758-1794) Jacobin leader during French Revolution. France. Old 19th century engraved illustration from Histoire de la Revolution Francaise 1876 by Jules Michelet (1798-1874)

ASESINATO DELANTE DEL TRIBUNAL - GRABADO COLOREADO - SIGLO XX. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. France.

Renewal of the Triple Alliance of Germany, Austria and Italy, 1896. Artist: Henri Meyer

Frontenac refuses to surrender Quebec to the English

Prince Vasiliy Khovansky and jesters by Russian master State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow Early 19th cen. Oil on canvas 34x41 Russia Russian Painting of 19th cen. Genre Painting

Siege of round-house from Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson by Newell Convers Wyeth, oil on canvas, 1913, 1882-1945, USA, Pennsylvania, Chadds Ford, Brandywine River Museum

Do not disillusioned if she cried, sublime contempt and virtue, vintage engraving. Do not disillusioned if she cried, sublime contempt and virtue, vintage engraved illustration. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10656179

James Gwin, 1700-1769, De la Parade de Tierce, sur le Coup de Tierce, 1763. Gray wash, graphite, pen and gray ink and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream, laid paper, mounted on, moderately thick, moderately textured, cream, laid paper.

Five fools, Jan van der Bruggen, 1659 - 1740 print Interior with five fools, one of which sings or reads. Another shows a kind of skate to the man with a white cloth on the head. paper inn, coffee-house, public house, etc.. pipe ~ tobacco

The Farewell of Alexander I to Frederick William III and Luise at the Coffin of Frederick the Great in the Garrison Church at Potsdam on the Night of 3 to 4 November 1806, digital improved reproduction of an original print 1880, Germany, Europe

Reinado de Carlos IV de España. Manuel Godoy encarga a Juan Escóiquiz (1747-1820) la formación del futuro rey Fernando VII. Juan Escóiquiz, canónigo de Zaragoza, es nombrado preceptor del príncipe de Asturias. Grabado. Historia del Levantamiento, Guerra y Revolución de España, por el Conde de Toreno. Madrid,1851.

The Consultation, Mocking the Hundred Days, Napoleon, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Voyage a travers les populations empressées. Dated: 1834. Medium: lithograph. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: HONORÉ DAUMIER.

Monseigneur ... - Ca-ca! - Monseigneur ... - Pi-Pi! - Yes, my lord, we will do you that ... Captain. Charles Philipon (1806-1862). Press cartoon. "Monseigneur ... - Ca-ca! - Monseigneur ... - Pi-Pi! - Yes, Monseigneur, we will make you that ... Captain". Board published in "caricature" of September 15, 1831. Lithography. Paris, House of Balzac.

Honor pledge, painting by Matthias Schmid (1835-1923) Austrian painter. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Ilustración Artística 1882

Birth of Henri-Ferdinand-Dieudonn, print maker: anonymous, publisher: Jean Baptiste Genty, (mentioned on object), print maker: France, publisher: Paris, 1820 - 1825, paper, etching, h 250 mm × w 332 mm

In the restaurant; 1880-1900 (1880-00-00-1900-00-00);

Aloys Senefelder (1771 - 1834) - Prague-born German inventor of lithography, depicted in his workshop demonstrating his process

Brittany farmers share the royal cake, the Palets des Rois de Bretagne, family in a farmhouse parlor, 1855, woodcut, France, Europe

Singing hymns against alcoholism in an American saloon, United States of America, drawing by Emile Bayard (1837-1891) from a sketch by the author, from The White Conquest, 1875, by William Hepworth Dixon (1821-1879), from Il Giro del mondo (World Tour), Journal of geography, travel and costumes, Volume V, Issue 18, April 5, 1877.

Ayer's Sarsaparilla makes the weak strong. , Men, Sarsaparilla, 19th Century American Trade Cards

MESTIZAJE.- . "DE ESPAÑOL Y MORISCO SALE ALBINO" GRABADO DE JUAN DE LA CRUZ AÑO 1787.

Napoleon Bonaparte contemplating by Vasili Vasilyevich Vereshchagin, Oil on canvas, 1899-1900, 1842-1904, Russia, Moscow, State History Museum,

July - Summary Proceedings from George Cruikshank's Steel Etchings to The Comic Almanacks: 1835-1853. George Cruikshank (English, 1792-1878); published by Pickering & Chatto (English, 19th century). Date: 1839. Dimensions: 92 × 154 mm (primary support); 222 × 284 mm (secondary support). Steel etching in black on cream India paper, laid down on off-white card (chine collé). Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

'New Elgin Marbles', 1860. Artist: Unknown

Position de la Garde Italienne de L'Epée & Poignard, James Gwin, 1700-1769, 1763, Gray wash, graphite, pen and gray ink and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream, laid paper, mounted on, moderately thick, moderately textured, cream, laid paper, Contemporary drawn border: 10 3/4 × 15 15/16 inches (27.3 × 40.5 cm) and Sheet: 9 1/4 × 14 7/8 inches (23.5 × 37.8 cm)

Louis, a giant. Lithograph by M. Gauci, 1826.

Traditional in Germany around 1820, Tyrol, Oberes Inntal, digitally retouched reproduction of a template from about 1850, by Albert Kretschmer February 27, 1825 - 11th July 1891, German painter and costumeist 1f -4913856

The trial of Marie-Antoinette before the French Revolutionary Tribunal, 14th October, 1793, Paris. France, French Revolution 18th century. Old engraved illustration from Histoire de la Revolution Francaise 1845

Villejo and Martin rejected by Colombus, (15th century), 1920s. Artist: Unknown

Cromwell viewing the body of Charles I from painting by G. Cattermole engraved by L. Stocks

Two musicians with a flute and a bagpipe standing near a wall with a statue of saints with putti and a lantern, Street musicians near a statue of saints, print maker: Edouard Taurel, (mentioned on object), J. Martens, (mentioned on object), publisher: J.H. Laarman, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1871, paper, steel engraving, h 164 mm × w 100 mm

Friedrich Schiller and Christian Gottfried Koerner in Loschwitz. Historical illustration from Otto von Leixner: Illustrated history of German literature. Leipzig and Berlin 1880

Marie Antoinette being led to the guillotine, October 16, 1793. Marie Antoinette, 1755 -1793. Queen of France. By Christiaan Josi, after Cornelis van Cuylenburgh (II).

Bartering for bartering, hairstyle for crown, Paris for Montmedy, departure for Austria Barter for barter, hairstyle for Crown, Paris for Montmedy, departure for Austria ". Anonymous print.

Sacheverell cards, London, UK, 19th century engraving

Sailsman preparing fish by Mihaly Zichy, Watercolor on paper, 1850s, 1827-1906, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 11,5x7,4

A Study for 'Sir David Baird Discovering the Body of Tipu Sahib'. Sir David Wilkie (1785-1841). Pencil, black chalk and watercolour. Dated 1838. 40.6 x 27.2cm.

ENTREVISTA DE FERNANDO VII Y EL DUQUE DE ANGULEMA 3/AGO/1823. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN. DUQUE DE ANGULEMA. BORBON LUIS ANTONIO DUQUE DE ANGULEMA. LOUIS ANTOINE DE ANGOULEME. FERNANDO VII (1784-1833).

John Quidor, The Return of Rip Van Winkle, American, 1801-1881, 1849, oil on canvas

"Historia de las Escuadras de Cataluña, intercalada con la vida y hechos de los más célebres ladrones y bandoleros" (History of the Squadrons of Catalonia, interspersed with the life and facts of the most famous thieves and bandits). By José Ortega y Espinós (1815-1876). Barcelona, 1876. Engraving. Author: José Ortega y Espinós (1815-1876). Spanish writer and historian.

James Hutton, Scottish geologist, 1787 (1877). Artist: Unknown

Hudibras The Committee Engraved by C Mottram after Hogarth from The Works of Hogarth published London 1833, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Cartoon on the Voluntary Sacrifice for the Fatherland, Jacob Smies, 1774 - 1833, A sleeping man near a sacrificial coffin, covered with a large spider's web; a minister with orange coiffure flees. Two skeletons look on. On the coffin: Vrywillig Offer voor the Vaderland., draughtsman: Jacob Smies, 1774 - 1833, paper, brush, h 109 mm × w 161 mm

Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller was a German poet, philosopher, physician, historian and playwright, here in Loschwitz, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Europe

General Washington/ from the orginal picture inPhila.. Engraver: Unknown After (?): Gilbert Stuart, American, 1755-1828

Print of 'Étienne Marcel' by Lucien Stephen Mélingue (1841-1889) history painter French belonging to the movement academic. Dated 19th Century

Artist on the Decency, historical woodcut, circa 1870, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century print, exact original date unknown,...

Art versus Law David Gilmour Blythe (American, 1815-1865). Art versus Law, 1859-1860. Oil on canvas, frame: 32 7/8 × 29 × 2 5/8 in. (83.5 × 73.7 × 6.7 cm). According to its first owner, who acquired the work from David Gilmour Blythe, Art versus Law portray[ed a true incident in the life of the artist.” Blythe showed himself arriving, canvases and brushes in hand, at the door to the attic studio on which he owed rent, only to find it padlocked by his landlord and posted TO LET. ON GOOD SECURITY.” The artist, clearly lacking any security,” is dressed in tattered clothes and worn boots. On the barrel to his right and in the wood box at the left are broken and empty bottles, which suggest the cause of Blythe’s distressed situation. American Art 1859-1860

Henri IV and his principal advisers - D'Aubigne, Duplessis-Mornay, de Villeroy and Sully.

James Gwin, 1700-1769, Position pour le Garde en Tierce et le Coup de Tierce, 1763. Gray wash, graphite, pen and gray ink and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream, laid paper, mounted on, moderately thick, moderately textured, cream, laid paper.

Illustration of a republican gathering in Paris 1831

Bullfighters in the bullring, painting by Joaquín Agrasot Juan (1836-1914) was a Spanish painter, framed in the realistic genre and manners. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Ilustración Artística 1882

La Premiere auscultation. Félicien Victor Joseph Rops (Belgium, Namur, 1833-1898). Belgium, 1857. Prints; lithographs. Lithograph

The Rose and The Ring by William Makepeace Thackeray, woodcut, 1855, 1811-1863, Russia, Moscow, State Museum of A.S. Pushkin

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