Vintage Theatrical Art

Illustrated 19th-century trade cards depicting whimsical characters and theatrical scenes, combining humor and artistry in vibrant colors and playful designs.

Series Genrebilder 5 (1873 to 1878) (Paris) Children dressed as clowns with a Liebig glass, clown jumps headfirst into a Liebig pot, Liebig picture, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a collectors picture from c. 1900

Alice in Wonderland, Alice meets the Duchess, her cook and a screaming baby. Date: early 20th century

Colour engraving depicting Devils pouring gold coins from hat into woman's apron and boy's hat. Dated 1870

La Petite Mademoiselle, 2eme acte, scene VIIIeme , Adults, Theatrical productions, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Happy New Year, from the New Years 1890 series (N227) issued by Kinney Bros. 1889-90 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company Trade cards from the "New Years 1890 Cards" series (N227), a set of 50 cards issued in 1889-90 to promote Kinney Tobacco Company.. Happy New Year, from the New Years 1890 series (N227) issued by Kinney Bros.. 1889-90. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

Postcard - Birmingham Bred, 1905. Satirical Cartoon Of Joseph Chamberlain as a Circus Acrobat. .

Serie Musikinstrument, Tambourin und Kastagnetten in Spanien / Series musical instrument, tambourine and castanets in Spain, Liebigbild, digital improved reproduction of a collectible image from the Liebig company, estimated from 1900, pd / digital restaurierte Reproduktion eines Sammelbildes von ca 1900, gemeinfrei, genaues Datum unbekannt.

Bones and Banjo, from the Musical Instruments series (N121) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco 1888 Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. Trade cards from the "Musical Instruments" series (N121), issued in an unnumbered set of 25 cards in 1888 by W. Duke Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco. The series incorporates the 50 images of the N82 set, including two images on each card.. Bones and Banjo, from the Musical Instruments series (N121) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco. 1888. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. (New York and Durham, N.C.)

Only a mouse , Fear

Tales for Little People, Book Cover

Picture series Riddles, syllable riddles, the balladeer plays his mandolin in front of a tavern and is invited for a glass of wine, digitally restored reproduction of a collector's picture from about 1900

Pulcinelluzza, originally a figure of the southern Italian and Neapolitan folk theatre, digitally restored reproduction of a public domain collector's picture from ca 1900, Liebig picture series Maskenbilder V, (1893)

Poster Advertising Patin Bicyclette Road Skates invented by Charles Choubersky, "Patin-Bicyclette, Richard-Choubersky", 1896

The exhibition for laughter, by Gill./the steam crane.

James Pyles Pearline -- that's you. James Pyles Pearline -- that's you

Picture series Cinderella, la matrigna la fa andare al ballo, her stepmother forces her to go to the ball, Cinderella, a well-known 17th century fairy tale by Giambattista Basile, digitally restored reproduction of a collectors picture from c. 1900

Jack runs off with the Giant's harp in Jack and the Beanstalk

Brook's spool cotton. Brook's machine cotton. , Older people, Men, Thread, Cotton, Sewing equipment & supplies, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Everybody happy while using 'Fairbank's soaps' , People, Cats, Household soap, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Book illustration, Die Geschichte von den schwarzen Buben, The Story of the Inky Boys, Der Struwwelpeter, Shaggy Peter, Dr. Heinrich Hoffmann, 1876

"Tourists" - "Oh! There is nothing like music to pass the time away.". "Tourists" - "Oh! There is nothing like music to pass the time away."

Bilderserie Nationaltänze: holländischer Bauerntanz / Picture series national dances: dutch peasant dance, digital improved reproduction of a collectible image from the Liebig company, estimated from 1900, pd / digital restaurierte Reproduktion eines Sammelbildes von ca 1900, gemeinfrei.

Series Genre Pictures VI, Paris, 1878, Ascent of a Hot-Air Balloon, Liebig picture, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a collectors picture from c. 1900

Little Jack Horner sat in a corner, eating a Christmas pie.. Illustrations. 1890 - 1899. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Nursery rhymes, Boys, Interiors, Stools, Eating & drinking, Dogs, Ruffs, Pies, Obesity, Gluttony

Save money on all your purchases by patronizing Frear's Troy Bazaar. , Children, Butterflies, Dry goods stores, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Sterling Pianos , Girls, Musical instruments, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Series Opera Theatre Old Berlin, Homecoming, Entry of the Troops Returning from France on 16 June 1871, digitally restored reproduction of a collector's picture from c. 1900, Liebig collector's picture, exact date unknown

The redhead moon / third year - N ° 105 / Sunday 8 December1878 / Theater of La Gaîté - Chonchon (Miss Schneider in the grace of God), by Gill.

Bassoon and Clarinet, from the Musical Instruments series (N121) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco 1888 Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. Trade cards from the "Musical Instruments" series (N121), issued in an unnumbered set of 25 cards in 1888 by W. Duke Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco. The series incorporates the 50 images of the N82 set, including two images on each card.. Bassoon and Clarinet, from the Musical Instruments series (N121) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco. 1888. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. (New York and Durham, N.C.)

Series of horse dressage in the circus, obstacle race, woman jumps over a clown with her horse, digitally restored reproduction of a Liebig collector's picture from c. 1900

Anglo-Saxon men dancing to trumpet and horn, 8th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London, 1876.

A Joyful Christmas Postcard. ca. 1890-1925, A Joyful Christmas Postcard

Silvius, a shepherd in Shakespeare's As You Like It, is handing a message to Rosalind, Duke Frederick's daughter.

Bilderserie Kinder als Artisten im Zirkus / Picture series children as artists in circus, digital improved reproduction of a collectible image from the Liebig company, estimated from 1900, pd / digital restaurierte Reproduktion eines Sammelbildes von ca 1900, gemeinfrei.

Picture series Calendar 1, 1887, November, Le sagittaire, Sagittarius, Astronomy, Zodiac, Horoscope, digitally restored reproduction of a collectors picture from ca 1900

Picture series Childrens Scenes II, Children playing Punch and Judy, digitally restored reproduction of a collectors picture from c. 1900

Wishing You a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, from the New Years 1890 series (N227) issued by Kinney Bros. 1889-90 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company Trade cards from the "New Years 1890 Cards" series (N227), a set of 50 cards issued in 1889-90 to promote Kinney Tobacco Company.. Wishing You a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, from the New Years 1890 series (N227) issued by Kinney Bros.. 1889-90. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

Uncle Sam supplying the world with Berry Bros. hard oil finish. , Men, Oils & fats, Uncle Sam Symbolic character, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Series Genre Pictures 3 (1873 to 1878) (Paris) Rider stops in front of an obstacle made of Liebig glasses, Don Quixote and the windmills, Liebig picture, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a collectors picture from c. 1900

The Tale of Dick Whittington lantern slides, colour slides

Sterling Pianos. Sterling Pianos

Children playing in their nursery: performing at and attending the theatre. Chromolithograph after E. Lees after A. Havers, 1890.

Puck Magazine: The Original Political Dude Out-Duded, Puck Magazine

Picture series musical instruments, bagpipes from Scotland, Liebig picture, digitally improved reproduction of a collector's picture from ca 1900, public domain reproduction of a collector's picture from ca 1900

Social dancing in cartoons and caricatures. Barnard, Frederick, 1846-1896. Prints, Illustrations. 1800 - 1931. Jerome Robbins Dance Division. Sunday, Billy, 1862-1935 , Caricatures and cartoons, Ballroom dancing, Quadrille (Dance), Dance , Caricatures and cartoons

A B C ; A B K. Danish nursery rhyme.. Illustrations. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Nursery rhymes, Winter, Falling, Accidents, Children playing in snow

Uncle Sam supplying the world with Berry Bros. hard oil finish.. Uncle Sam supplying the world with Berry Bros. hard oil finish.

Picture series Four Gnomes in the Forest, Paris, 1878, opening the lid of a Liebigtopf, Liebig picture, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a collectors picture from c. 1900

She's got him now boys! That Le Page's Glue is stronger than iron! I've found a way at last, dear George, to make you stick at home evenings. , Adults, Glue, 19th Century American Trade Cards

J. & P. Coats best six cord spool cotton. Gulliver and the Lilliputians.. J. & P. Coats best six cord spool cotton. Gulliver and the Lilliputians.

Alice in Wonderland -- Alice finds a key on a table in the Hall of Tears. Date: early 20th century

Tarjetón publicitario de anchoas del Port de la Selva (Girona).

Ten of Hearts, A Reel, from Harlequin Cards, 2nd Series (N220) issued by Kinney Bros. 1889 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company Playing cards issued as trade cards from the "Harlequin Cards, 2nd Series" (N220), issued in 1889 to promote Kinney Tobacco Company.. Ten of Hearts, A Reel, from Harlequin Cards, 2nd Series (N220) issued by Kinney Bros.. 1889. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

Seven of Diamonds, Scenes in the Circus, from Harlequin Cards, 2nd Series (N220) issued by Kinney Bros. 1889 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company Playing cards issued as trade cards from the "Harlequin Cards, 2nd Series" (N220), issued in 1889 to promote Kinney Tobacco Company.. Seven of Diamonds, Scenes in the Circus, from Harlequin Cards, 2nd Series (N220) issued by Kinney Bros.. 1889. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

Catalunya. Invitación al baile de carnaval de la sociedad Gran Teatro del Liceo. Barcelona, año 1873.

Solar Tip shoes , Children, Fairies, Shoes, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Cyrene.. Cyrene.

Picture series Travelling young musicans, children as musicians, Venice, Italy / Bilderserie Fahrende Spielleutchen, Kinder als Musikanten, Venedig, Italien, Liebigbild, digital improved reproduction of a collectible image from the Liebig company, estimated from 1900, pd / digital verbesserte Reproduktion eines Sammelbildes von ca 1900, gemeinfrei.

In the theatre, digitally restored reproduction of a public domain collective picture from ca 1900, Liebig picture series Carnival of Venice, Italy (1892)

Bilderserie Kinder als Artisten im Zirkus / Picture series children as artists in circus, digital improved reproduction of a collectible image from the Liebig company, estimated from 1900, pd / digital restaurierte Reproduktion eines Sammelbildes von ca 1900, gemeinfrei.

Clark's Mile-End Spool Cotton. Clark's Mile-End Spool Cotton

Picture series Little Thumbelina, The Ogre, Man-eater at Table Says I Smell Human Flesh, Little Thumbelina is a fairy tale by Charles Perrault, digitally restored reproduction of a collectors picture from c. 1900

Harp and Accordion, from the Musical Instruments series (N121) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco 1888 Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. Trade cards from the "Musical Instruments" series (N121), issued in an unnumbered set of 25 cards in 1888 by W. Duke Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco. The series incorporates the 50 images of the N82 set, including two images on each card.. Harp and Accordion, from the Musical Instruments series (N121) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco. 1888. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. (New York and Durham, N.C.)

Picture series national dances: Bolero, Spain, Europe

Barry's Tricopherous - The Riding Game, Medical - Dermatolgy

Sub-officer, Sir John Falstaff, Falstaff to the page, boy tell him I'm deaf, digitally restored reproduction of a public domain collector's picture from ca 1900, Liebig picture series Falstaff, Henry IV, (1893)

Series The Fairy Tale of Frau Holle 6, digitally restored reproduction of a collector's picture from ca 1900

"Our Drummer's solid tune.". "Our Drummer's solid tune."

Picture series Cinderella, Cenerentola perde la sua pantofola, loses her shoe, Cinderella, a well-known 17th century fairy tale by Giambattista Basile, digitally restored reproduction of a collectors picture from c. 1900

Advert for Lifebuoy Soap

Picture series once and now, music of the past, music of the present, digitally restored reproduction of a collectors picture from ca 1900

Advertising postcard for Philips Lightbulbs of Eindhoven, Holland. Date: 1910

Tarjeta postal. Promoción de Cultuta Musical Popular. Teatro de títeres. Años 1920. Author: Pere Torné Esquius.

Father Christmas pulls a cracker with some chidlren in front of a Christmas tree Date: 1922

Yon Yonson, "Phwat a noice husband that swede would make!". Yon Yonson, "Phwat a noice husband that swede would make!"

Picture series national dances: La Taratella, Italy, Europe

Look Mamma! How nicely I have mended this with Major's Cement. Look Mamma! How nicely I have mended this with Major's Cement

French postcard for Chocolate Suchard, dated circa 1900, showing young men diving into the sea

Postcard of Boys Running from Halloween Costume. ca. 1899-1915, Postcard of Boys Running from Halloween Costume

French postcard of 1900 depicting a British policeman arresting a boy set against a five pound banknote

Unselfish love, Vintage Film Posters

Picture series national dances: Scottish sword dance

The Pingree composite shoe for every day of the year. A shoe with a record. Three dollar per pair.. The Pingree composite shoe for every day of the year. A shoe with a record. Three dollar per pair.

Picture series Aladdin with the magic lamp, 1883, Paris, Aladdin sends the gifts to the court, Liebig picture, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a collectors picture from c. 1900

Series Genre Pictures VI, Paris, 1878, Liebigtopf im Osterei, Liebig picture, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a collectors picture from c. 1900

Where is the Kapellmeister , digitally restored reproduction of a public domain collective picture from ca 1900, Liebig picture series Vexierbilder XIII (1893)

A Jolly Halloween - Wife Jack o Lantern stuffs husband Jack o Lantern into tub of water, while black cat looks through window

Musical instrument series, elegant lady playing the harp, digitally restored reproduction of a collector's picture from ca 1900, Liebig collector's picture, exact date unknown

Genrebilder VI series, Paris, 1878, demonstration with a magic lantern, projector, picture projector, Liebig picture, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a collectors picture from c. 1900

A Gambling Scene in the Land of Manana Postcard. ca. 1905-1930, A Gambling Scene in the Land of Manana Postcard

Dozier-Weyl Cracker Co. St. Louis. Polly wanta cracker You bet, it's a very cold day when I can't eat Royal Snowflake , Baked products, Parrots, Women, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Why do the children watch the skies when the stars peep out as the sunset dies What is the secret the shadows hold What is the legend the stars unfold Hold to the light where no shadow bars, and read the answers in the stars. Hood's Vegetable Pills , Children, Patent medicines, 19th Century American Trade Cards

French Balloon Circus Poster, Aviation

Home run. , People, Police, Baking powder, 19th Century American Trade Cards

We-uns of Tennessee by Lee Arthur. | Library of Congress

'Miss Priscilla Finneyfrock' - Miss Finneyfrock shortened to Finny, was forty and gushing and skinny. She was mashed on old rubble, saved the lovers from trouble, then married at last like a ninny. , Women, Theatrical productions, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Mustang Liniment Trade Card. ca. 1890, Mustang Liniment Trade Card

Clark's Mile-End 36 Spool Cotton , Men, Drums Musical instruments, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Sheet Music La fin d'une bordée by Louis Valona and Léopold Gangloff, performed by Mévisto. Dimensions: 27.5 cm x 17.7 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.

'Hamlet Rossiter Sudds' - Hamlet Ludds was considered Byronic, and a weakness he had which was chronic, every girl he adored, of his sweet accord, and his love making wasn't platonic. , Women, Theatrical productions, 19th Century American Trade Cards

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