Theatrical Portraits

A series of theatrical portraits and lithographs showcasing historical and traditional costumes, capturing the essence of various characters and cultural motifs.

John Henderson as Don John in Beaumont and Fletcher's "The Chances.". . John Henderson (1747-1785) was a British stage actor who appeared most notably as Iago in Othello and Falstaff in the "Merry Wives" and "Henry IV.". . Engraving by Thornthwaite from a portrait by J. Roberts in "Bell's British Theatre" 1777.

John Henderson as Don John in Beaumont and Fletcher's "The Chances.". . John Henderson (1747-1785) was a British stage actor who appeared most notably as Iago in Othello and Falstaff in the "Merry Wives" and "Henry IV.". . Engraving by Thornthwaite from a portrait by J. Roberts in "Bell's British Theatre" 1777.

Proletarians as an antique collector, From the series Remembrance = Images , Aus , Vienna October days , by , Zampis, Anton Zampis -, Lithographer, Johann Höfelich -, Printer, Witzendorf, publisher

A Serressaner, Carl Anton Goebel also Göbel -, Lithographer, Johann Rauh -, printer

General Franciszek Morawski. Sokołowski, Jakub (1784-1837), painter

Bertinazzi, Carlo Antonio.

Le Garibaldien', Paris Commune, 1871. Cartoon from a series titled Types de la Commune. The Paris Commune was established when the citizens of Paris, many of them armed National Guards, rebelled against the policies of the conservative government formed after the end of the Franco-Prussian War. The left-wing regime of the Commune held sway in Paris for two months until government troops retook the city in bloody fighting in May 1871. The events of the Commune were an inspiration to Karl Marx as well as later communist leaders including Lenin, Trotsky and Mao. From a private collection.

Paul Gavarni, The Poacher, c. 1855, pen and reddish-brown ink and blue-gray wash on paper.

Man with sword and spear topped with a star. Watson, Stewart, active 1843-1847. 1840. Watson, Stewart, active 1843-1847. Drawings. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Costume , Italy, Grand tours (Education), Daggers & swords, Spears, Men , Clothing & dress

Richard, heart of ... hare. (IT)

A man in a white dhoti with a green belt and a red hat., 1780 - 1858. Occupations India. Watercolor gouache on mica., 107 x 70 mm

'Le Capitaine Rodomont' A character from 'La Reconnue' by Remi Belleau. Date: 1564

Ah the Cruchon - The Leve Mask Ah the Cruchon - the mask raised ". Print. Paris, Carnavalet museum.

John Bunyan 1628-1688 author of 'The Pilgrim's Progress'. Engraved by H .Balding from the statue by J.E. Boehm, c.1876

Hombre Baskir, de la región de los Urales, en Rusia. Grabado en color de 1805.

John W Kelleher, Shop Figure, c 1939 Shop Figure

Grenadier des gardes de Louis XV, tableau anonyme de l'époque, au Musée de Versailles. Dessin inédit, de A. Bachelin.. Jacquemin, Raphaël, 1821-1881. Deltre, Auguste, 1822-1907. Prints, Illustrations. 1869. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Clothing and dress , France, Costume , France, Military officers , France , 1700-1799

Depicts the X. Exhibition in Hodonín in 1913 by Joža Uprka, rendered in color, showing exhibition space, artworks, and visitors.

Chevalier joutant (1508). Bas-relief de Michault Columb. Musée de Louvre. XVIe siècle, costumes militaires, France.. Jacquemin, Raphaël, 1821-1881. Deltre, Auguste, 1822-1907. Prints, Illustrations. 1869. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Clothing and dress , France, Costume , France, Jousting, knights , France , 1500-1599

Schembart Buch, Schembard Büch, Anonymous, 16th century, Leaves 2r-4r: historical account of the civic festival of the Nuremberg Schembartlauf. Watercolors of 64 Schembartlaüfe or runners for the years 1449-1539, each with a heraldic device and described on the facing leaf; watercolors of 20 floats named Hölle, or Hell.

Jerzy Dragon, according to the Museum in Dijon - two general cars and sketches of details; Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884); 1830-1884 (1830-00-00-1884-00-00);Dijon (France), Jerzy (Saint- -A 303), Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884), Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884)-collections, Lesser, Wiktor Stanisław Zygmunt (Baron-1853-1935), Lesser , Wiktor Stanisław Zygmunt (Baron - 1853-1935) - collection, gift (provenance), knights, dragons, clothing, men's clothing, museum collections, armor

A beggar dressed in ragged clothes walks on crutches begging for scraps. Coloured lithograph by E. Hull, 1825.

unknown artist, Vanity Fair: Royalty; 'Il Re Galantoumo', Victor Emanuel, January 29, 1870, 1870. Chromolithograph.

Flower fairy of Good King Henry, Chenopodium bonus-henricus, as Henry VIII in wreath, cape and hose. Chromolithograph after an illustration by Walter Crane from A Flower Wedding, Cassell, London, 1905.

Costume Design for a Cavalier () in Blue and Burgundy with Feathered Cap and Sword. Artist: Charles Bianchini (French, Lyons 1860-1905 Paris). Dimensions: 12 5/16 x 9 7/16 in. (31.3 x 24.0 cm). Date: n.d.. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Moreau Role de Comtois in ... Ms. Svign (Title Acted) | The small dramatic gallery, n? (dummy title)

Eugene Croe, Cigar Store Figure, c 1936 Cigar Store Figure

Bliżej Kultury Norblin, Jan Piotr (1745 1830)

Falstaff, by William Heath. Gift of Archdeacon F.H.D. Smythe, 1957.

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Bliej Kultury Stanis Awski, Jan (1860 1907)

Watercolor and cover color painting by Lucas van Valckenborch the Elder depicting a trumpeter, dated 1578-1579.

Photo production of a drawing, representing a portrait of Amanda Lindner as Jeanne d'Arc; That MEININGER VON C. W. Allers. .

This copper engraving by Meister FVB, circa 1480-1500, depicts a Turkish warrior, showing figure, posture, attire, weapons, and composition.

Charles Lee, Esq.. 1775 - 1890. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Paris - Annex Office Building, United States photographs Related to Embassies, Consulates, and Other Overseas Buildings

Mr. T. P. Cooke as Roderick Dhu, 1824 - 1829. This theatrical portrait is part of Hodgson's Theatrical Portraits series. The image was published by Hodgson & Co in London. The portrait measures 24 x 19.2 cm, depicting actor T. P. Cooke, who lived from 1786 to 1864

Wallenstein (Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Waldstein) with Johannes Kepler's telescope depicted by Johann Peter Nepomuk Geiger in watercolor from 1849-1856, showing figures, telescope, and architectural elements.

Chinese Tiger of War or Infantry soldier, 18th century. In striped uniform with ears on hood, scimitar, wicker-work shield. In the background a military post with Imperial yellow flag. Soldat d'infanterie. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by William Alexander from J-B. Eyries La Chine: Costumes, Moeurs et Usages des Chinois,China: Costumes, Manners and Mores of the Chinese, Librairie de Gide Fils, Paris, 1822. Jean-Baptiste Eyries(1767-1846) was aFrenchgeographer, author and translator.

A republican beau, a picture of Paris for 1794, Cruikshank, Isaac, 1756-1811, artist, engraving, 1794, a man, a sansculotte, in ragged red, white, and blue stripe clothing, he holds a spiked club in one hand, wears pistols in his belt on which is written War Eternal War and he has a dead infant stuffed into a pocket. In the near background is a guillotine replacing the crucifix, which lies on the ground, on an altar labeled This is our God and in the distance several bodies hang from a gibbet

Figurehead: "Henry Clay". Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 36 x 28.1 cm (14 3/16 x 11 1/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Mina Lowry.

Clown. Artist: Charles DeForest Fredricks (American, 1823-1894). Dimensions: Image: 8 1/16 × 6 13/16 in. (20.5 × 17.3 cm)Mount: 13 5/16 × 10 1/2 in. (33.8 × 26.7 cm). Date: ca. 1860.Fredricks operated one of the most successful photographic studios in New York City, at 585 and 587 Broadway. Beginning in 1854 and for more than thirty years, its painted sign hailed it as a "Photographic Temple of Art." Fredricks specialized in portraiture, producing large-format and cartes-de-visite likenesses of politicians, Civil War generals, celebrities, and actors, including Lincoln's assassin,John Wilkes Booth. This light-hearted photograph depicts a costumed figure--possibly a character from the commedia dell'arte--striking a gallant pose in a dramatic composition that emphasizes the theatrical nature of studio portraiture. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Herald of Old Bavaria, Herold der altbavarische. He wears an armorial tunic with the silver and blue lozenges of Bavaria, and holds an escutcheon with Palatine lion and Bavarian arms. Chromolithograph from Otto Watzelberger's Beitraege zum Formenschatz der Heraldik (Contributions to the Vocabulary of Heraldry), Theodor Ackermann, Munich, 1900. Otto Watzelberger was Secretary of the Koeniglich Bayerischen Haus-Ritter-Ordens vom heiligen Georg (Royal Bavarian House Equestrian Order of Saint George).

Door Keeper, from the Occupations for Women series (N166) for Old Judge and Dogs Head Cigarettes 1887 Issued by Goodwin & Company The "Occupations for Women" series of trading cards (N166) was issued by Goodwin & Company in 1887 to promote Old Judge and Dogs Head Cigarettes. The Metropolitan Museum of Art owns all 50 cards in the series, as well as three duplicate cards.. Door Keeper, from the Occupations for Women series (N166) for Old Judge and Dogs Head Cigarettes 400724

Schembart Buch, Schembard Büch, Anonymous, 16th century, Leaves 2r-4r: historical account of the civic festival of the Nuremberg Schembartlauf. Watercolors of 64 Schembartlaüfe or runners for the years 1449-1539, each with a heraldic device and described on the facing leaf; watercolors of 20 floats named Hölle, or Hell.

3e acte - Ruy Blas Louis Candid Boulanger (1806-1867). 3rd Act - Ruy Blas. Watercolor on paper. 1838. Paris, House of Victor Hugo.

Georg II., King of England Elector of Hannover.

A Venetian gondolier of the 16th century, from a picture by Carpaccio (most gondolieri were doubtless older and less dishy !) Date: 1506

Figurehead: Davy Crockett. Dated: 1938. Dimensions: overall: 64.2 x 47.1 cm (25 1/4 x 18 9/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Ethel Dougan.

A Moorish Soldier before a Sunlit Wall, 1878, watercolor over graphite on wove paper, sheet: 53.3 × 3.3 cm (21 × 1 5/16 in.), Giuseppe Signorini (artist) Italian, 1857 - 1932

Heinrich Ebeling -, painter, Franz Largajoli -, photographer

Austrian herald, Herold des Osterreich. He wears a peacock crest and armorial tunic and holds an escutcheon with the coat of arms of Austria. Chromolithograph from Otto Watzelberger's Beitraege zum Formenschatz der Heraldik (Contributions to the Vocabulary of Heraldry), Theodor Ackermann, Munich, 1900. Otto Watzelberger was Secretary of the Koeniglich Bayerischen Haus-Ritter-Ordens vom heiligen Georg (Royal Bavarian House Equestrian Order of Saint George).

Bass opera singer Bessin as Dickson in the pastiche opera Robert Bruce by Gioachino Rossini, Academie Royale de Musique, 1846. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Alexandre Lacauchie from Victor Dollet's Galerie Dramatique: Costumes des Theatres de Paris, Paris, 1846.

Sapper. Witkiewicz, Stanisław (1851-1915), draughtsman, cartoonist

Cartoon of the various members of the Provisional Government of Belgium in 1830. Charles Rogier as Delegate of Mutiny, depicted as a dwarf with long hair and a large feathered hat, reading a document. With eight-line verse, Cartoon on Charles Rogier, c. 1830 Ch. Rogier / Delegate of Mutiny Members of the Provisional Government of Belgium in 1830 as dwarfs (series title), print maker: Albertus Verhoesen, (mentioned on object), E.L. Glinderman, (mentioned on object), Netherlands, 1830, paper, h 268 mm × w 188 mm

Guillaume Lemay, captain of the 26 Archers du Roi of King Louis XI of France. Handcoloured lithograph after his tombstone in Saint-Pierre-des-Arcis church in Roger de Gaignieres' portfolio VII 38 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historiques de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852.

George Constantine, Figurehead, c 1939 Figurehead

Loudon, Gideon Ernst Freiherr.

Knave of Tethers, from The Cloisters Playing Cards ca. 1475-80 South Netherlandish The Cloisters set of fifty-two cards constitutes the only known complete deck of illuminated ordinary playing cards (as opposed to tarot cards) from the fifteenth century. There are four suits, each consisting of a king, queen, knave, and ten pip cards. The suit symbols, based on equipment associated with the hunt, are hunting horns, dog collars, hound tethers, and game nooses. The value of the pip cards is indicated by appropriate repetitions of the suit symbol. The figures, which appear to be based on Franco-Flemish models, were drawn in a bold, free, and engaging, if somewhat unrefined, hand. Their exaggerated and sometimes anachronistic costumes suggest a lampoon of extravagant Burgundian court fashions. Although some period card games are named, it is not known how they were played. Almost all card games did, however, involve some form of gambling. The condition of the set indicates that the cards w

Parrocel, Charles, Parijs, Wille, Johann Georg, Soldier leaning on a cannon, Paris, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 196 mm, width 145 mm, German, 1715-11-05 - 1808-04-05, print maker, 1753 - 1753, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, French, 1688-05-06 - 1752-05-25

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Vanity Fair: Royalty; 'He endowed Persia with a National Debt', Nassar-ed-din, The Shah of Persia, July 5, 1873, 1873. Chromolithograph.

Black and white trumpeters playing a fanfare, 16th century. They wear plumed caps and pink tunics, with fleurs-de-lys fanon or pennant hanging from the bugle. From a tapestry depicting the meeting of Francis I and Henry VIII of England at the Field of the Cloth of Gold 1520 in the possession of de Monbrison. France, Trompettes de Joutes. Handcolored lithograph after an illustration by Edmond Lechevallier-Chevignard from Georges Duplessis's Costumes historiques des XVIe, XVIIe et XVIIIe siecles (Historical costumes of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries), Paris, 1867. Edmond Lechevallier-Chevignard was an artist, book illustrator, and interior designer.

Leporello, Wiener Type - Schusterbub, Heck -, Publishing House, Verlag G, Freytag , Berndt, later Kartogr, Institution G, Freytag , Berndt -, Lithography Institute, Ladislaus Eugen Petrovits Petrowitsch -, Artist

Joseph Farkas as a Hungarian dance artist special picture of the picture for the theater newspaper, Andreas Geiger -, Copper Engraver, after, Johann Christian Schoeller -, artist

Dancing Doll. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 28.1 x 22.6 cm (11 1/16 x 8 7/8 in.). Medium: watercolor, gouache, pen and ink, and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Mina Lowry.

late 19th century, French chromolithograph, depicting a 16th century, noble

Jean Alexandre Francois Delaistre as Rapalo in Lucio, or Le Chateau de Valenza, by Paul Henri Foucher and Jules-Edouard Alboize, Theatre de la Gaite, 1844. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Victor Dollet from Galerie Dramatique: Costumes des Theatres de Paris, Paris, 1844.

England (Igirusu). Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu); Japanese, 1826-1869. Date: 1860. Dimensions: . Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Ernest Augustus (1771-1851). King of Hanover (1837-1851). Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale. Portrait. Drawing by C. Legrand. Lithography by J. Donón. "Reyes Contemporáneos" (Contemporary Kings). Volume III. Published in Madrid, 1854. Author: Julio Donón. Spanish artist active from 1840 to 1880. Luis Carlos Legrand (fl. 1829-1858). Spanish draughtsman and lithographer.

Henry IV, King of England from 1399, (1932). Artist: Rosalind Thornycroft.

Siena, sketches for The Appearances/Entries of the Nicchio, Chiocciola, Lupa and Tortuca Quarters, 19th Century, 1851-1853,

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A., 1897, A Herald, costume sketch for Henry Irvings Planned Production of King Richard II, Pastel, charcoal, Blue wove, 38.3 × 26.2 cm (15 1/16 × 10 5/16 in.), Made in United States, American, 19th century, Works on Paper - Drawings and Watercolors

Red Jacket (Sagoyewatha). Date/Period: 1868. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 813 mm (32 in); Width: 559 mm (22 in). Author: Thomas Hicks.

A portrait of Mr Punch. Date: 1828

Musketeer with a chalice - caricature. Witkiewicz, Stanisław (1851-1915), draughtsman, cartoonist

Vaandrig van het Genootschap tot Nut der Schutterij te Amsterdam, 1787. Vaandrig (title on object). Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 1787. Place: Amsterdam. Measurements: h 207 mm × w 138 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Portrait of Kenau Simonsz Hasselaar, 1573 copper (metal) engraving

Bliżej Kultury Wyczółkowski, Leon (1852 1936)

Bernard Westmacott, Whirligig, c 1936 Whirligig

Three Musketeers, Book Cover

Paris, Lemercier & Cie., 10th century armor for a horseman from the army of Hugo Capet, from the collection of the Musée d'Artillerie in Paris, recto - embossed, This print is part of a cover with 36 prints, a title page and a list of images., photomechanical print, photographs, photographically illustrated books, PHOTOGLYPTIE, LEMERCIER ET Cie, PARIS, height 253 mm, width 126 mm, photographer, 1877 - 1882, paper, papier, Woodburytypie, French, clichémaker

Mr. Lewis Polworth as Harlequin, 1844., 1844., London. Publisher, J. K. Green., 25.5 x 20.5 cm. Actors, Great Britain Polworth, Lewis

Schembart Buch, Schembard Büch, Anonymous, 16th century, Leaves 2r-4r: historical account of the civic festival of the Nuremberg Schembartlauf. Watercolors of 64 Schembartlaüfe or runners for the years 1449-1539, each with a heraldic device and described on the facing leaf; watercolors of 20 floats named Hölle, or Hell.

Josephine Lindley, Andiron (George Washington), c 1937 Andiron (George Washington)

Giovanni Paolo Bedini (1844-1924), Portrait of Luigi Comastri

Republican, Emilio Castelar and Adolphe Thiers try to climb George Washington from The Flea , Georges Lafosse -, Caricaturist

From a shopping call series, street sweeper, Franz Gerasch -, artist

Cast Iron Dobbie: Jockey. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 49.6 x 38.1 cm (19 1/2 x 15 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Dorothy Brennan.

Robert Roy MacGregor (1671-1734). Famous scottish folk hero and outlaw. Colored engraving.

Joseph Middleton Jopling, 1831-1884, British, Vanity Fair - Artists. 'The Grosvernor Gallery, Coutts, Lindsay. 3 February 1883, 1883. Chromolithograph.

painting in Gouache depicting an Italian peasant in traditional costume. Circa 1850

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