Vintage Theatrical Illustrations

Colorful artistic depictions related to historic theatrical productions, highlighting performers and stage elements from the late 19th and early 20th century.

BEATRICE LILLIE (Lady Peel) British revue actress with Peter Haddon and Gertrude Lawrence in 1927 Date: 1898 -

Color illustration by an anonymous artist depicting Harlekin as a lute player on a blank poster, produced around 1900.

Cartel de la obra musical 'Florodora. When I leave town!', 1901, producida por John C. Fisher and Thomas W. Ryley. Institut del Teatre de Barcelona. Author: ARCHIE GUNN.

A female dancer accompanied by guitars and singers who also keep the rhythm by clapping. Date: 1909

Einar Nerman's (1888-1983) artistic and vibrant depiction of the Play 'What Every Woman Knows' - at The Apollo Theatre, London (from left to right) Mr Henry Vibart as Alec Wilye, Miss Hilda Trevelyan as Maggie Wilye, Mr M Godfrey Tearle as John Shand and Lady Tree as the Comtesse De La Briere. Date: 1923

An actress in a skimpy stage costume and jaunty head dress introduces herself to a theatre audience at the beginning of a show or revue. 1926

Trianon, 80, Bd Rochechouart, Ball, Concert Georges Henri Jean Isidore Meunier (1873-1922). Printing Chaix. Trianon, 80, Bd Rochechouart, Ball, concert. Poster. Lithograph Color, 1897.

Palace-Theater, Old Skating, White Street, Les Rammy Anonymous. "Palace-theater, former skating, white street, the rammy". Color lithography. 1880-1900.

A women singing on stage hits the high note, and her dentures come flying out. 1930

Dancer in the limelight on a theatre stage. Date: 1930

BEATRICE LILLIE (Lady Peel) British revue actress with Peter Haddon and Gertrude Lawrence in 1927 Date: 1898 -

Cancan Dancer.

American actress and dancer, Louise Brown 'glorified' by Mr Florenz Ziegfeld in the Ziegfeld Follies pictured as Kitty Brown in 'The Girl Friend', a musical comedy which came to London from New York in 1927. Date: 1927

Jose Collins and Kingsley Lark, with Alfred Wellesley and Billy Leonard in 'The Last Waltz' 1920s

Advert for Huntley and Palmers biscuits, 1930. Artist: Unknown

Portada del semanario El Gato Negro, tomo II, número once, editada en Barcelona, septiembre de 1898. Author: Joaquín Diéguez Díaz.

Choubrac, Alfred (N.1853-12-30-D.1902-07-24), Theater of the Gaite/ La Poupee (title inscribed (letter)), 1896. Color lithography. Carnavalet museum, history of Paris.

Illustration from a French, satirical magazine showing the theme of adultery

A Parisian woman in male attire, at a dance hall. Date: 1902

Cafe-Concert of IncoHerences, 16 bis rue Fontaine Jos� Roy. Printing Charles Verneau. Coffee-concert of inconsistencies, 16 bis rue Fontaine. Poster. Color Lithography, 1888.

Possee with announcement of masked ball in Casino of Paris with portraits of Cha-U-kao and Yvette Guilbert, V. Michel, after Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1892 print A poster with announcement of masked ball in Casino of Paris with different participants in the party. There are two women in the foreground, on the left the CHA-U-KAO clown and on the right actress Yvette Guilbert. At the back left are two portraits of men: the man with hat is Alphonse Toulouse-Lautrec and the big head with Confetti is a self-portrait of the artist. Bottom left is the text Les Redoutes du Casino de Paris Nouveau Confetti. paper masquerade, masked ball Paris

Poster for the show "Rosa d'or". Color lithography. 1880-1900. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Poster, Scene costume, dance, woman, color lithography, gold rosa, show

Reproduction of 3 parts of the composition from the artistic program of the Parisian cabaret La Scala Album E. Maindron Les Programmes Illustres des Theatres et Cafes Concerts. Menus, Cartes d'Invitation, petites estum, etc. unknown, Maindron, Ernest (1838 1908)

Magic poster - "Asra" The Mystery of the Air

Magic poster - The Great Raymond and Company - The Weird Witches Cabinet

Magician with devils, assistant, goose and rabbit. Posters. 1900. Billy Rose Theatre Division

c.1910 Sheet Music, Hula girls dancing for a man in a suit.

The Sandow Trocadero Vaudevilles. Window cards, Prints. 1894. Billy Rose Theatre Division

Absinthinette, hygienic, portable, instant cools Emile stool; Printing Delanchy & Cie. "Abssthinette, hygienic, portable, snapshot refreshments". Poster. Color lithography. 1895.

A scene in a Parisian night club. Date: 1927

Movie poster The Poem of Dances: Maya Plisetskaya, Anonymous

Front cover illustration featuring a ballerina, harlequin and clown performing a rather dramatic scene with a sword on stage. The harlequin protects the helpless princess ballerina from the advances of the clown, who steps out menacingly from the red theatre curtains. Date: 1932

Poster for the magazine Le Chat Noir; Lire Le Chat Noir. A woman with a hat, reading in an episode of Le Chat Noir.

Sebastian Simonet, Negro Minstrel, c 1936 Negro Minstrel

A lady and three attendant males in a theatre box Date: 1908

Poster for La Pantomime. Chéret, Jules (1836-1932), French painter and lithographer who became a master of Belle Époque poster art. He has been called the father of the modern poster.

España. Catalunya. Publicidad. Cartel de Grandes bailes de máscaras en el teatro Olympia, Barcelona. Año 1915.

Malaga Grandes Fiestas, Spain

Elderly roues and their young friends at the Moulin Rouge Date: circa 1901

An elaborately dressed man embarks on a velocipede ride, to the amazement of a lady spectator. Date: circa 1820

An expressionist photograph capturing the spirit of the 1920s with a charleston dancer, and a black saxophone player capturing the atmosphere of jazz admirably. Date: 1928

Postcard of Dwarfs Dancing. ca. 1924, Attired in evening wear, Daisy, Grace, and Harry dance.

'Cartoon of the Danish-American tenor Lauritz Melchior and the Swedish soprano Gota Ljunberg as Kundry in ''Parsifal'', opera by Richard Wagner, at Covent Garden, London, 1927.'

Magician with devils, assistant, goose, and rabbit., 1890 - 1915 ., Newport, KY. Publisher, Donaldson Litho Co. Magicians, Posters., 76.2 x 5.2 cm

Album Tangoville-sur-Mer - Two couples: Mauritius de Rothschild Dance with a Greek woman "Terpsichore and Apollo; Mr. Fischoff Dance with an unknown or it's easy to guess the jocona SEM (Georges Goursat, said 1863-1934) / j. SAUD�. "Album Tangoville-sur-Mer - Two couples: Mauritius de Rothschild Dance with a Greek woman" Terpsichore and Apollo; Mr. Fischoff dances with an unknown where it is easy to guess the joconde ". Lithograph in color.

Magic poster - Kellar Presenting His Latest and Greatest Wonder "Gone"

BETTY BALFOUR in CHAMPAGNE (1928), directed by ALFRED HITCHCOCK.

Magic poster - Adelaide Herrmann and Company

Emile Levy. Folies-Rambuteau, the 2 sisters Morris albinos, dancers, singers & instrumentalists. Poster. Color lithography. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Poster, Parisian cabaret, singer, dancer, folies-regulator, instrumentalist, color lithography, sister, violin, violinist

A girl dances with ribbons on an advertisement for the Brighton Carnival. Date: 1920s

Album Tangoville-sur-Mer -L'impressario Gabriel Astrund Dance with Nijinsky under the Legende "The Spring Massacre", a Jokey strives to dance "El Tango" and a gueuune looking to dance with Frederic Madezzo SEM (Georges Goursat, says - 1863-1934) / Saud� Jean. "Album Tangoville-sur-Mer -L'impressario Gabriel Astruc Dance with Nijinsky under the legend" The Spring Massacre ", a jockey strives to dance" El Tango "and a guenon looking to dance with Fr�d�ric Madezzo". Color lithography.

Souvenir book for Better Times. 1922 - 1923. text. Ephemera, Librettos, Postcards. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theater , New York (State) , New York, Theater , Production and direction, Burnside, R. H. (Robert Hubberthorne), 1873-1952. Better times, Hubbell, Raymond, 1879-1954. Better times

THE LADY EVE (1941), directed by PRESTON STURGES.

NEW YORK NIGHTS (1929), directed by LEWIS MILESTONE.

Phllips Climation, successor to The Great Dayton Show, Magic & Mesmer

A color poster from around 1900 depicting a costumed couple on bicycles, showing figures, costumes, and composition.

Title Page of the Score for Strauss' "Salome" 1905 Artist Unknown Collection of Archiv for Kunst & Geschichte, Berlin, Germany

A couple dancing to popular songs of the day such as 'Schade, dass man per Telefon nicht kussen kann' ('What a shame you can't kiss over the phone'). Date: 1940

Eileen Sharp as Ata, the native girl, and Henry Ainley as Charles Strickland, in Somerset Maugham's 'The Moon And Sixpence'. Although and excellent play, the story failed to intrigue the public and it finished its run early at the New Theatre. 1925

Morrison's production of the new romantic melo-drama, The privateer by Harrison Grey Fiske, circa 1897

The cover of the sheet music for 'Rastus Surely Loves Me,' published in 1899 by Rogers Bros. Music Publishing Co. in New York. The title features prominently, along with additional titles and phrases indicating themes of love and pride. The sheet music is formatted for a four-page layout, measuring 37 cm in height. The content reflects aspects of African American culture, including cakewalk dance and man-woman relationships

Advertisement in The Moving Picture World for the American film serial The Grip of Evil (1916)

London's most popular partners, Miss Leonora Hughes and Mr Maurice, giving an exhibition dance during supper at the Piccadilly Hotel. Date: 1920

Anonymous, Theater of the Gaite/ Rosa-Josepha (registered title (letter)), 1880. Color lithography. Carnavalet museum, history of Paris.

The Actor Asao Tamejuro I as Drunken Gotobei in the Play Yoshitsune Koshigoe Jo, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Ninth Month, 1790 1785-1795 Japan. Color woodblock print; hosoban . Katsukawa Shun'ei

A colour illustration for the front cover of The Sketch, depicting a shy lading hiding from a gentleman who wants to dance with her. Date: 30/11/1955

Alcohol is the Anesthesia, Quotes

Colored lithograph by an anonymous artist depicting a major European concert in a large café-restaurant in Brussels around 1890.

Theater des Variettes, Paris walking, Germaine Welsh Reutlinger, Leopold. "Theater des Variettes, Paris walking, Germaine Gallois". Photography tramed and color lithography. EN1897.

A color illustration from 1904 by Jules Alexandre Grün depicting scenes at Bal Tabarin, highlighting interior, dancers, and social atmosphere.

The Chelsea Arts Ball, held annually at the Albert Hall, London 'the gayest and most characteristic of our English artists' revels' Date: 1913

Early American chorus , Dancers. The Massachusetts WPA Federal Art Project Photograph Collection

Cartel promocional de Mary Santpere Hernáez (1917-1992), actriz de teatro cómico catalana. B33457.

LOIE FULLER (Mary Louise Fuller) American dancer doing her Serpentine Dance Date: 1862 - 1928

Front cover illustration for The Sketch's Coronation Festivities number. It shows a woman in a typical 1950s party dress surrounded by balloons and streamers.

People Dancing Gaily.

Marguerite Cornille, French music hall singer, late 19th century. Artist: Unknown

Color print by Mihály Biró around 1910 advertising SO cigarette paper, showing product and branding elements.

Onoto pens - it's going to be a great Christmas ! Date: 1919

Theater of the gaiety, Miss Anna Kenn Anonymous. "Theater of La Gaîté, Miss Anna Kenn". Lithograph, 1880-1900.

Affiche pour les Folies-Bergère, "la Loïe Fuller".. Chéret, Jules, 1836-1932. text. Prints, Posters. 1897. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection

Magic poster - Mme Maudeena Heller, In Her Mesmeric Trance Portrayals

An impression of one of the many formal Society balls in a big London mansion during the Season showing an ambassador approaching two ladies (possibly with his dance card) and couples dancing under the light of a chandelier. Date: 1928

Cinderella at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Theatre - British

Playbill from the 1921 Ziegfeld Follies - Note this says this is from the Upstairs Theatre. There were 2 theatres with 2 different shows of Ziegfeld Follies at the Amsterdam Theatre - upstairs and downstairs.

Gaiety Dancers, Dance

Sevilla - Saints Week Fair, Spain

The Sunday journal, funniest thing you'll ever read! , Musicians, Pipes Musical instruments, Periodicals

Divan Japonais, by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1892-93, French Post-Impressionist print, lithograph. This poster advertised the nightclub, with two of his favorite Montmartre performers, Yvette Guilbert and Jane Avril. Avril is seated in center with Edouar (BSLOC_2017_5_66)

The Cadenza, Vol. 10, no. 10. text. Periodicals. 1904-06. Music Division. Banjo, Guitar, Mandolin

Folies-Bergere, Choubrac, Alfred.

An actress stands by a theatre curtain, terrified to go on stage, a phobia personified by a menacing shadowy figure behind her. Date: 1927

Emile Levy. Folies-Bergère, Lore-ley & James, aquatic exercises. Poster. Color lithography. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Artist, poster, Parisian cabaret, folies-bergere, color lithography, aquatic number

España. Catalunya. Publicidad. Cartel de cava Calixtus, de San Sadurní de Noya. Año 1930. Author: Josep Alumà Sans.

His Cuban Sweetheart. Posters. 1893 - 1924. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Cuba, Castanets, Flamenco

Guitar and Mandolin, 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.. Guitar and Mandolin, 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.)

Cuban rhumba dance team at Ybor City, Tampa, Florida , Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

THE RED SHOES (1948), directed by EMERIC PRESSBURGER.

Partitura musical de "Just a Baby's Prayer at Twilight", de M. K. Jerome, editada en Paris, 1920.

Gamble a nickle sic ... Black & White.. text. Posters. 1895 - 1917. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Posters, American

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