Audience Collection

Amitabha, the Buddha of the Western Pure Land (Sukhavati), ca. 1700. Creator: Unknown
Amitabha, the Buddha of the Western Pure Land (Sukhavati), ca. 1700. Amitayus, the Buddha of Eternal Life

The Count Basie Orchestra in concert at the Royal Festival Hall, London, 18 July 1980: Count Basie (piano), Cleveland Eaton (bass), Freddie Green (guitar), Gregg Field (drums)

Oscar Peterson in concert at Colston Hall, Bristol, 1955. Artist: Denis Williams
Oscar Peterson in concert at Colston Hall, Bristol, 1955

Louie Bellson and Buddy Rich at the International Drummers Association meeting at the Horseshoe pub, Tottenham Court Road, London, 1 November 1978

The Count Basie Orchestra in concert, c1950s. Artist: Denis Williams
The Count Basie Orchestra in concert. Sonny Payne on the drums

The Count Basie Orchestra performing at the Royal Festival Hall, London, 18 July 1980

Hush!, (The Concert), c1875. Artist: James Tissot
Hush!, (The Concert), c1875. From the Manchester Art Gallery collection

Introducing Georges Carpentier, 1921. Creator: George Wesley Bellows
Introducing Georges Carpentier, 1921

A band in Hyde Park, London, c1901 (1901). From Living London, Vol. 1, edited by George R. Sims. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1901]

Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Sweden:...at the Theatre Royal, Stockholm..., 1864. Creator: Unknown
Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Sweden:...at the Theatre Royal, Stockholm - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864. The future King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra in Scandinavia

Opening of the Crystal Palace at Amsterdam for the Exhibition of Arts and Industry, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Opening of the Crystal Palace at Amsterdam for the Exhibition of Arts and Industry, 1864. 'The fashion set by England, in 1851, of erecting a Crystal Palace

The British Association at Bath: Sir Charles Lyell delivering the presidential address..., 1864. Creator: Unknown
The British Association at Bath: Sir Charles Lyell delivering the presidential address in the theatre, 1864. 'The New Theatre Royal...was erected...upon the site of the former theatre

Une reine se préparant a une grande tirade, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Une reine se preparant a une grande tirade, 19th century. Dramatic Sketches - A queen preparing for a great tirade

Tokugawa Ienobu, 1875. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Tokugawa Ienobu, 1875. Series: Brief Account of the Rulers of the Tokugawa Clan. A Messenger from Korea in Audience with Tokugawa Ienobu

Physionomies de spectateurs de la Porte St-Martin... 1852. Creator: Honore Daumier
Physionomies de spectateurs de la Porte St-Martin... 1852. Physionomies de spectateurs de la Porte-St.-Martin pendant une represantation de Richard III

The Coloured Opera Troupe at the Oxford Street Gallery, 1858. Creator: Unknown
The Coloured Opera Troupe at the Oxford Street Gallery, 1858. Black entertainers in London. Eight minstrels, with "features of jet"...combine musically, vocally and instrumentally

The Educated Mules at the Alhambra Palace, 1858. Creator: Unknown
The Educated Mules at the Alhambra Palace, 1858. American circus in London: Messrs. Howes and Cushing's "educated" mules, Barney and Pete who...must have had

The Queen's Visit to Leeds - the Town Clerk reading the Address to Her Majesty in the Townhall, 1858. Queen Victoria visits the newly-opened town hall at Leeds in Yorkshire

Meeting of Charity Schoolchildren at the Crystal Palace, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Meeting of Charity Schoolchildren at the Crystal Palace, 1858. The children of the various London Charity Schools, to the number of above five thousand...were conveyed to the Crystal Palace by

The Prince's Voyage Home from India: life on board the Serapis: an Evening Entertainment...1876. Creator: Unknown
The Prince's Voyage Home from India: life on board the Serapis: an Evening Entertainment, from a sketch by an officer of the Serapis, 1876

Music-Hall Scene. Creator: Gosta von Hennigs
Music-Hall Scene, Unknown date

The Heavenly Audience of Shiva and Parvati (image 1 of 3), between c1830 and c1850. Creator: Unknown
The Heavenly Audience of Shiva and Parvati (image 1 of 3), between c1830 and c1850

Dancing Girls at a Court, c1850. Creator: Unknown
Dancing Girls at a Court, c1850

The Queen at the Concert in the Royal Albert Hall, 1876. Creator: C.R
The Queen at the Concert in the Royal Albert Hall, 1876. Queen Victoria...entered the Royal box punctually at four o'clock, the immense assemblage rising to receive her with all due respect

Improvement of the Morals, 1786. Creator: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Improvement of the Morals, 1786

Sukadeva Reciting the Bhagavata Purana (Ancient Stories of the Lord)... between 1750 and 1775. Creator: Unknown
Sukadeva Reciting the Bhagavata Purana (Ancient Stories of the Lord) to Savant Singh (Reigned 1748-1757), between 1750 and 1775

First audience of a British minister with the Tycoon of Japan at Jeddo... 1860. Creator: Unknown
First audience of a British minister with the Tycoon of Japan at Jeddo [ie Eddo] - from a sketch by S. J. Gower, 1860. Mr

The Prince of Wales seeing a Dance of Wild Hillmen at Calcutta, 1876. Creator: Unknown
The Prince of Wales seeing a Dance of Wild Hillmen at Calcutta, 1876. The future King Edward VII is entertained during a royal visit to India. From "Illustrated London News", 1876

Tokugawa Iemitsu Receiving Lords in Audience, 1875. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Tokugawa Iemitsu Receiving Lords in Audience, 1875. From Brief Account of the Rulers of the Tokugawa Clan

Ise Shrine Festival, between 1767 and 1770. Creator: Utagawa Toyoharu
Ise Shrine Festival, between 1767 and 1770

Compiled Album from Four Series: A Mirror of Famous Generals of Japan... between 1876 and 1882
Compiled Album from Four Series: A Mirror of Famous Generals of Japan; Comic Pictures of Famous Places in Civilizing Tokyo; Twenty-four Accomplishments in Imperial Japan; Twenty-four Hours in

Tawara Toda Hidesato in Audience with the Emperor, 1880. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Tawara Toda Hidesato in Audience with the Emperor, 1880. From A Mirror of Great Warriors of Japan

Actor as Musashibo Benkei in Kanjincho, 1879. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Actor as Musashibo Benkei in Kanjincho, 1879. From News from the Kabuki Theater

Sur la scène/Dans les coulisses, 1853. Creator: Honore Daumier
Sur la scene/Dans les coulisses, 1853. On Stage/Behind the Scenes. (In the wings, an actor, dressed as a Roman, exchanges something with another man (the theatre manager?). From Croquis Parisiens

(Le parterre de l'Odéon.) L'auteur!... 1844. Creator: Honore Daumier
(Le parterre de l'Odeon.) L'auteur!... 1844.... l'auteur!... l'auteur! - Messieurs, votre impatience va etre satisfaite...vous desirez connaitre l'auteur de l'ouvrage

Une Représentation au théâtre de Bordeaux, 1871. Creator: Honore Daumier
Une Representation au theatre de Bordeaux, 1871. A performance at the theatre of Bordeaux. L'ennuyeux, c'est qu'on ne voie pas le souffleur'

Décadence du drame en 1866, 1866. Creator: Honore Daumier
Decadence du drame en 1866, 1866. - En v'la un bon jobard, il croit que toutes ce rengaines la sont arrivees! - Mais tas d'imbeciles...vous ne voyez donc pas que c'est l'auteur

Voyons madame, un peu de courage... 1858. Creator: Honore Daumier
Voyons madame, un peu de courage... 1858. Voyons madame, un peu de courage...Une reine ne doit pas trembler comme ca...rappelez-vous donc que vous etes une reine et que vous allez dire des vers du

Le Banc des Amateurs, 1852. Creator: Honore Daumier
Le Banc des Amateurs, 1852. Vue prise a l'opera. The Theatre-Lovers Seats. Scene at the opera. Series: Les Parisiens en 1852, no. 3; Periodical: Le Charivari, 15 January 1852

De l'utilité d'une famille pour une cantatrice, 1857. Creator: Honore Daumier
De l'utilite d'une famille pour une cantatrice, 1857. On the usefulness of a family to a singer. (The singer's relations hold bouquets ready to throw on stage)

La Sortie, 1855. Creator: Honore Daumier
La Sortie, 1855. La Sortie. - Decidement l'inventeur qui a le plus mon admiration, c'est ce lui qui a invente l'air!'. The exit

Le triomphe du sucre d'orge, 1855. Creator: Honore Daumier
Le triomphe du sucre d'orge, 1855. Vue prise aux Folies nouvelles. (The triumph of barley sugar. - View taken at the new Folies). From Le Charivari, 7 April 1855

Dans une salle de spectacle, 1854. Creator: Honore Daumier
Dans une salle de spectacle, 1854. Scene in a theatre. From Paris l'ete, no. 2

Messrs. Gibson and Bright at the Free-Trade Hall, Manchester, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Messrs. Gibson and Bright at the Free-Trade Hall, Manchester, 1858. A soiree for...the Right Hon. T. M. Gibson, M.P. for Ashton-under- Lyne, and Mr. John Bright, M.P

Les Spectateurs de l'orchestre, 1864. Creator: Honore Daumier
Les Spectateurs de l'orchestre, 1864. Il y a de jolies jambes...tous satisfaits! Audience in the front stalls. There are some lovely legs...everyone's happy

Monsieur, ils ne sont que cinq.. 1864. Creator: Honore Daumier
Monsieur, ils ne sont que cinq.. 1864. - Monsieur, ils ne sont que cinq, il y a une sixieme place...en vous penchant beaucoup vous pourrez voir un peu'

Rowing competition, 1829-1879. Creator: Ary Pleijsier
Rowing competition, 1829-1879. Spectators watch from a grandstand with Dutch flags and from sloops in the water

'The shadow show; A Cruise to Soo-chow, 1875. Creator: Lindley, Augustus Frederick
The shadow show; A Cruise to Soo-chow, 1875. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London]

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