Vintage Theatre Illustrations

Artistic depictions of theatrical performances featuring caricatured characters, humor, and playful interactions. The style is colorful with a vintage aesthetic.

FRANCE French people buying tickets for the Loterie Nationale Date: circa 1946

JACK HULBERT British actor and comedian with his wife Cicely Courtneidge in 'By the Way' 1925

Dr O'Grady Arrives Nerman of the Play by Canon Hannay, the inclusion of lifelike interpretations of the acting cast by Nerman, (from left to right) Miss Helen Ferrers as lady Rothconnell, Sir Charles Hawtrey as Dr O'Grady putting down Kerrigan, played by mr Arthur Sinclair, behind the Doctor is Sybil Mainwaring played by Miss Margaret Bannerman, and Miss Marie O'Neil as Mrs Kerrigan Date:

Album Tangoville-sur-Mer - I like the dance but not the one! ... Two men aged the Count Napoleon Gourgeaud and Jacques Hennessy Desaboves look at three couples dancing. Gentlemen Maurice Ephrussi, Baron E. de Rothschild and Count Bernard de Valon dance with unknown women SEM (Georges Goursat, says - 1863-1934) / Saud� Jean. "Album Tangoville-sur-Mer - I like the dance but not that one! ... Two older men Count Napoleon Gourgeaud and Jacques Hennessy disillusioned Look at three couples dancing. Messrs. Maurice Ephrussi, Baron E. de Rothschild and Count Bernard de Valon dance with unknown women ". Color lithography.

Color poster from before 1899 depicting a laundry girl, showing figure, clothing, activity, and setting on a printed sheet.

Maid and shoe cleaner dancing to entertain the guests who are waiting to use the bathroom. One of a series specially drawn for The Sketch by Joyce Dennys. Date: 1928

Bergere madness, every night, the greatest giant of the world Anonymous. "Bergere Folies, every night, the greatest giant of the world". Color lithography. Between 1880.

A colored illustration by Julius Klinger around 1910 depicting the film 'He knows how to help' produced by Messter-Film in Berlin, showing actors and scene composition.

In L'Assiette au Beurre satirical magazine; Black and white satirical drawn image from the edition entitled "Long Live England". A large man looks over his shoulders at two ballet dancers

The Lady: 'Would you be so kind as to show me how to pick out winners with a pin' This cartoon was specially drawn for The Sketch by Bert Thomas. Date: 1928

FRANCE French people buying tickets for the Loterie Nationale Date: circa 1946

Frank Merriwell in Arizona or the Mystery Mine Poster, circa 1910

An apothecary is standing by the door of his shop and is watching two policemen bring him a man injured in a road accident. Colour lithograph after D.E. Galanis, 1903.

An impression of the casino at Monte Carlo by Clark Fay. Glamorous socialites playing at the roulette table. Date: 9th December 1936

Vanity Fair: Theatre; 'From Eton to the Stage', Mr. Charles Hawtrey, May 21, 1892, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1892, Chromolithograph

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Vanity Fair: Theatre; 'A Spelling Bee', Mr. John Laurence Toole, July 29, 1876, 1876. Chromolithograph.

Couple arriving late to the theatre, much to the annoyance of the seated audience. Date: 1926

In Front Of The Cinema, Grosz, George (1893-1959/German)

This color print by Ernst Deutsch-Dryden, created in 1911, depicts The Bodyguard, a comedy in three acts by Franz Molnár, showing the stage, actors, and theatrical scene at the New Theater, Frankfurt a.M.

Album Tangoville-sur-Mer - "The Flamengo dance", the francois Flameng painter looks at the actress Jacqueline Forzane dancing with an invisible rider; It's the beautiful Jacqueline and his ordinary painter francois SEM (Georges Goursat, says - 1863-1934) / Saud� Jean. "Album Tangoville-sur-Mer -" The Flamengo dance ", the painter Fran�ois Flameng looks at Actress Jacqueline Forzane dancing with an invisible rider, he is the beautiful Jacqueline and his ordinary painter Fran�ois". Color lithography.

The little Paduan patriot, from Heart, by Edmondo De Amicis, drawing

Wiener Wäschermädel and Fiaker in dance - hand drawing in postcard format, sent as a postcard, inserted into a collection album

Movie poster Cafe Fanconi, Stenberg, Vladimir Avgustovich (1899-1982)

Sons and Lovers, Book Cover

Men read the newspaper in a cafe, Henri Gabriel Ibels, 1892 - 1893 print Design for the programs of the theater performances La Belle Au Bois Rêvant, Mariage d'Argent and Ahasvère (8th Spectacle). Paris paper newspaper, news-sheet. reading. inn, coffee-house, public house, etc.

Vintage Soviet Union Poster, early 20th Century: Tour of the troupe of "human-like" dogs: Burlak: Artist-zoopsychologist Ilya Mikhailovich Burlak. circa 1920s

White Album, Roux Cachet: Jacques Faure, Tristan Bernard, Constant Say, the Marquis de Saint-Sauveur and another masculine character at the bar SEM (1863-1934). "White album, Roux character: Jacques Faure, Tristan Bernard, Constant Say, the Marquis de Saint-Sauveur and another masculine character at the bar". Lithograph in color, 1901.

Movie poster Cafe Fanconi, Stenberg, Vladimir Avgustovich (1899-1982)

KNVB photo collection. Caricature from a Swiss newspaper concerning the Dutch national team.Switserland - the Netherlands (6-3), played on November 2, 1930 on the Sportplatz Letzigrund in Zurich .. November 2, 1930. Sportplatz Letzigrund, Zurich

Row of Nude Showgirls, "Nude Culture" (Nachtkultur), Illustration by Eduard Thony in German Weekly Magazine, Simplicissimus, 1926

Album Monte Carlo (2eme series): The Marche in La Roulette SEM (1863-1934). "Album Monte Carlo (2nd series): walking at roulette atrium". Lithograph in color, 1901.

Cover Of Country Gentleman Agricultural Magazine From The Early 20th Century. .

Illustrated poem with people making merry in the pub entitled "Fin-de-siecle". Extract from the "In the streets: Songs and Monologues" of Aristide Bruant (1851-1925), illustrated by Steinlen.

Leonetto Cappiello/ French Poster. Mossant 1938.

Couple dancing on ice, not aware of the hazard ahead of them Date: 1930

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864-1901), Les grands concerts de l'opera, 1895, 6-color photomechanical process

Karandash - Mikhail Nikolayevich Rumyantsev, Yefimov, Boris Yefimovich (*1900)

French satirical Illustration, showing a run on the bank as panicked savers demand their cash. 1908

From a series of drawings entitled 'Scenes from Shanghai Nightlife' portraying the the 'anything goes' atmosphere and indulgence amidst poverty that characterised Old Shanghai and which would soon be brought to an abrupt end by Japanese invasion (1937) and Communist revolution (1949).

Portada de la revista infantil Páginas vividas. Madrid, año 1947. Author: José Peñarroya Peñarroya.

Edwardian British postcard satirising freemasons. Circa 1908. Freemasonry or Masonry consists of fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local fraternities of stonemasons, which from the end of the fourteenth century

Color poster depicting Harry Randall, showing performance details, costume, and expressive gestures, created before 1899.

Satirical illustration depicting men in black conical hats resembling ministers of the church offering pills to a sick woman in bed. The container of pills is labelled "Pills to reform the state"; signed Plus.

Saucy dancer, wearing only balloons, following a police raid: "You can't pin anything on me!" Date: late 1930s

Magic poster - "Ah! He's Here, Glad I Came"

The Rays in their howling success, A hot old time, 2nd edition by George Cohan, 1878-1942. Published 1898.

Plutocrat, Cartoon

Album Tangoville-sur-Mer - Count Louis de l'Aigle challenges Mr. Martell, is the tango Lysis deint dance only something that does not look like tango SEM (Georges Goursat, says - 1863-1934) / Saud Jean. "Album Tangoville-sur-Mer - Count Louis de l'Aigle challenges Mr. Martell, it's the tango Lysis deint dance something that does not look like Tango". Color lithography.

The Work of Ronald Searle: "This Sparklin' lemonade, me dear." (From the Male Approach; eight varieties on an eternal theme). June 21, 1950.

Portada de la revista satírica-humorística nº 13 Cu-Cut editada en Barcelona en 1902.

A group of snooty and arrogant looking theatre goers sit in a box, chomp chocolates and look disdainfully down upon the stage and audience below. 1926

The phonograph. The phonograph

Stand Back, Children's Literature

Advert for Dunlop tyres, 1938. Artist: Unknown

This 1937 adveritisement represents a 'moga' or 'modern girl' as envisaged in Japan in the 1930s. Taken from the Weekly Asahi (Rising Sun), the beauty seen here can not be other than a platinum blonde as in the Hollywood movies, representing a contemporaneous enthusiasm for the West and its standards. 'Moga' モガ is a Japanese term for modern girl from the 1920s (mobo モボ is the male term for modern boy) appeared in the Taishô period 大正時代 Taishou jidai ; July 1912 to December 1926. This Japanese model followed the Western fashion and lifestyle to the early 1930s, from the garçonne in France or the flapper in US, like the kallege ladki in India, the neue Fraue in Germany, or the modeng xiaojie in China. The first women’s magazine, 'Josei' 女性 - Woman, edited from 1922 to 1928 years, became compelling readingfor young Japanese women fond of new ideas and Western modernism.

Portada del semanario infantil Pichi, editado en Madrid, año 1932.

Royal Lilliputians, the only novelty in sight it is to laugh. c1900.

French satirical Illustration, showing Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau discussing with his security chiefs the ban on demonstrations. 1908

'His Favourite Hymn', early 20th century. Creator: Albert Engstrom.

Magic poster - Flakson

The humble Argentine origins of the tango are contrasted with the wealthy London set that have taken it up in 1913, as a result of the tango craze. 1913

Three children in fancy dress - Pierrot, Pierrette and La Rose - and three more soberly dressed ladies. Date: 1932

Magic poster - Alexander Crystal Seer - Knows Sees Tells All Claude Alexander Conlin (1880-1954)

HAROLD LLOYD in HOT WATER (1924), directed by FRED NEWMEYER.

French satirical Illustration, depicting gambling in France. 1907. roulette at a casino

Cartoon of Man Posing with Model. ca. 1933, Chicago, Illinois, USA, GET A TOUCH OF HOLLYWOOD. GREETINGS FROM CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR 1933.

The big farce comedy, Hello Bill by Frank J. Hallo & Marie Madison : a whole lot of fun - in 3 hours, 1900

A couple listen to jazz over a rather fraught dinner. The dog, cat and pet bird screech while the music blares out of the gramophone. Date: 1929

Gentleman in a private theatre box who couldn't find a match, kindly receives a light from a hot poker by a clown on the stage. Date: 1930

A color lithograph titled 'Magnate-crême' by Imre Földes, created around 1910. The artwork reflects the early 20th-century Hungarian poster art movement.

Ruijs de Beerenbrouck as Charlie Chaplin, Patricq Kroon, 1923 drawing Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck as Charlie Chaplin with a large scissor with 'censorship' standing in front of a cinema. Following his draft cinema law for film inspection in 1923. Design for a political cartoon. Netherlands paper. ink. pencil pen / brush prime minister. clown. tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: scissors. cinema, movie-house. censorship. political caricatures and satires

'Be Good! And if you can't, be CAREFUL...!'. A warning on passion going too far! Date: 1907

D'Oyly Carte Opera Company (Asian Costume), Opera & Operettas

DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE (1931), directed by ROUBEN MAMOULIAN.

Arriving at a fashionable party in the garden of a modern-style house, doubtless the scene of a Christie crime... Date: 1934

Intimes Theater, Guitar

Magic poster - Thurston The Great Magician

Cartoon, Rigadin film. Two men outside a cinema talk about the need for moral and comforting films, rather than frivolous comedies such as the one advertised, with the comedian Charles Prince Seigneur (1872-1933) in his screen persona of Rigadin. Date: 1917

Movie poster Danger Ahead, Stenberg, Vladimir Avgustovich (1899-1982)

African American banjo player, by Calvert Lithographing Co., Detroit, c1890. Print shows an African American man playing a banjo and singing.

The New World, 3rd Serie Related for Parisian Life - Four Characters at Casino SEM (1863-1934). The New World, 3rd series relating to Parisian life - Four characters at the casino. Color lithography.

Lithograph showing Aunt Jemima and a man dancing in a room of a house, while children look on through a window with shocked expressions

Sea Wolf, Book Cover

Poster for Mother Goose, advertising a pantomime. Date: circa 1930s

Children's Theatre, 1948. From Selected Works of New Year's Prints, Feng Zhen (*1931)

An impression of a Monday evening at the National Sporting Club, the home of the "noble art". Fair-haired fly weight is Dick Inkles.Key to people in audience, p.78 of Date: 1920

The Bootlegger's Rushin' Bizness at all Hours of the Clock Postcard. The Bootlegger's Rushin' Bizness at all Hours of the Clock Postcard

Magic poster - The Mysterious Hand of Raymond

GRIFF Music hall entertainer Date: early 20th century

CARLTON-BROWNE OF THE F. O. (1959), directed by ROY BOULTING.

Cover Of Country Gentleman Agricultural Magazine From The Early 20th Century. .

Heart o' the hills'. Motion picture lobby card for 'Heart o' the hills' shows a sullen Mary Pickford, surrounded by grandpa, Fred Huntley and others watching her holdings hands with a handsome young man, possibly Fred Warren; an unhappy Harold Goodwin stands behind Pickford.

Program booklet for U.S. Navy Night. text. Programs, Advertisements. 1917-11-04. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theater , New York (State) , New York, Theater , Production and direction

The comedy novelty, Ole Olson poster circa 1890.

Juggler (Il Giocoliere) by Donghi, Antonio (1897-1963)/ Private Collection/ 1936/ Italy/ Oil on canvas/ Magic realism/ 116x86,5/ Genre

Tugboat Romeo, Vintage Film Posters

GERALD-WILTON / THE / BROTHERS / EXCENTRIC / BURLESQUE (registered title (letter)) Anonymous, Gerald-Wilton / The / Brothers / Excentric / Burlesque (title registered (letter)), 1880. Color lithography. Carnavalet Museum, History of Paris.

'VICE VERSA' by F Anstey (real name Thomas Anstey Guthrie) ; the book tells of a father and son who change places thanks to a magical stone Date: 1882

Folies-Bergere, Giant Chang, Chinese, every night at 8am. 1/2 Jacobi. "Folies-Bergere, Giant Chang, Chinese, every night at 8am. 1/2". Color lithography. EN1891.

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