Entertainer Collection (#24)

Jihei of Kamiya Eloping with Koharu of Kinokuniya, early 1800s. Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro
Jihei of Kamiya Eloping with Koharu of Kinokuniya, early 1800s

Geisha... ca. 1800. Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro
" Geisha" from the series Three Amusements of Contemporary Beauties (Tosei bijin san yu: Geigi), ca. 1800

Jihei of Kamiya Eloping with the Geisha Koharu of Kinokuniya... ca. 1798-99
Jihei of Kamiya Eloping with the Geisha Koharu of Kinokuniya, from the series " True Feelings Compared: The Founts of Love" (Jitsu kurabe iro no Minakami), ca. 1798-99

Dancers of Tachibana Street, 1742-1815. Creator: Torii Kiyonaga
Dancers of Tachibana Street, 1742-1815

Geisha of the Tachibana Street, ca. 1786. Creator: Torii Kiyonaga
Geisha of the Tachibana Street, ca. 1786

Banquet Scene, Wall Painting, Tomb of Nebamun, Thebes, 18th Dynasty. A sensual celebration of new life, British Museum, London

A Clown Training a Magpie, late 17th or 18th century. Artist: Alessandro Magnasco
A Clown Training a Magpie, late 17th or 18th century. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

The Musicians, late 17th or 18th century. Artist: Giacomo Francesco Cipper
The Musicians, late 17th or 18th century. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Conjurers, 16th century. Artist: Dosso Dossi
Conjurers, 16th century. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

La Clownesse in the Moulin Rouge, 1897. Artist: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
La Clownesse in the Moulin Rouge, 1897. Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri, de (1864-1901). Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Bruant in Ambassadeurs, 1892. Artist: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Bruant in Ambassadeurs, 1892. Poster. Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri, de (1864-1901). Found in the collection of the State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Igor Ilyinsky, Russian actor, 1924. Ilyinsky (1901-1987) in a production of Alexander Ostrovskys play The Forest, at the Meyerhold Theatre, Moscow

Theatre troupe, 1900s. Artist: Pyotr Petrovich Pavlov
Theatre troupe, 1900s. Found in the collection of the State Museum of History, Moscow

The Anglo-Japanese Alliance, 1902. Artist: Yrondy
The Anglo-Japanese Alliance, 1902. The alliance was agreed in 1902 and was to run for five years and be renewable. It was intended to counter the presumed menace posed to each power by Russia

The young savage of Saint-Ouen, Paris, 1898. Artist: Henri Meyer
The young savage of Saint-Ouen, Paris, 1898. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 27th November 1898

Float for the fatted ox festival, Palais de l Industrie, Paris, 1897. Artist: Henri Meyer
Float for the fatted ox festival, Palais de l Industrie, Paris, 1897. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 28th February 1897

Mid-Lent celebrations, Paris, 1896. Artist: F Meaulle
Mid-Lent celebrations, Paris, 1896. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 22nd March 1896

Dance of Almee, c1873-1937. Artist: Paul Louis Bouchard
Dance of Almee, c1873-1937

The Travelling Circus, c1870s. Artist: Frenzeny and Tavernier
The Travelling Circus, c1870s. Up until the 1870s, the circus travelled in wagons. Illustration from Adventures of America, 1857-1900, by John A Kouwenhoven, published by Harper & Brothers

The Fiddler of the Village, 1845. Artist: Ludwig Richter
The Fiddler of the Village, 1845

A Musical Party in a Courtyard, 1677. Artist: Hendrick de Keyser
A Musical Party in a Courtyard, 1677. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

A Popular Singer, 19th century. Artist: Jean Pierre Norblin
A Popular Singer, 19th century

Bayaderes Dancing, 1828. Artist: Marlet et Cie
Bayaderes Dancing, 1828. A lithograph from L Inde Francais, 1828. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Female dancer (bayadere), 1828. Artist: Marlet et Cie
Female dancer (bayadere), 1828. A lithograph from L Inde Francais, 1828. From the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Bull fight in a village, 1812-1814. Artist: Francisco Goya
Bull fight in a village, 1812-1814. Located in the collection at, Academy San Fernando, Madrid

The Stilts, c1785. Artist: Francisco Goya
The Stilts, c1785. Located in the collection at, Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain

Corner of a Cafe Concert, Detail, 1878-1880. Artist: Edouard Manet
Corner of a Cafe Concert, Detail, 1878-1880. Located in the collection at, The National Gallery, London

Corner of a Cafe Concert, 1878-1880. Artist: Edouard Manet
Corner of a Cafe Concert, 1878-1880. Located in the collection at The National Gallery, London

Portrait of Miss May Belfort, 1895. Artist: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Portrait of Miss May Belfort, 1895. From a private collection

Les Bayaderes, 1838. Representation of the dress worn by a group of five Hindu temple dancers, also known as The Dancing Priestesses of Pondicherry, accompanied by three male musicians

Le Cirque ( The Circus ), 1891. Artist: Georges-Pierre Seurat
Le Cirque ( The Circus ), 1891. This picture was exhibited in 1891 at the 7th Salon des Independants in Paris. During the exhibition Seurat died. From the Musee d Orsay, Paris

Marriage A-la-Mode: 4. The Toilette, 1743. Artist: William Hogarth
Marriage A-la-Mode: 4. The Toilette, 1743. The wife is in her boudoir talking with counsellor Silvertongue. She is now a countess and a mother but she is neglecting her child

Venus and the Lute Player, c1565-1570. Artist: Titian
Venus and the Lute Player, c1565-1570. From the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

The Mystery of the Revenge of Jesus Christ, detail, c1630. From the Museum of the Abbey of St Remi, Reims, France

Puppet Show, Marlet
Puppet show, Marlet. From the Musee Carnavalet, Paris

Scene at Kabuki Theatre, 19th century. From a private collection

The Actor, Bando Mitsugoro, 1844. Artist: Utagawa Kunisada
The Actor, Bando Mitsugoro, 1844. From a private collection

Theatre Scene, 1844. Artist: Utagawa Kunisada
Theatre Scene, 1844. From a private collection

A Geisha Reading a Book, 19th century. Artist: Kikukawa Eizan
A Geisha Reading a Book, 19th century. From the Birmingham City Museum & Art Gallery

Study, 18th century. Artist: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Study, 18th century. From the collection of the Museum of Fine Art, Budapest, Hungary

Farceurs, 1670. French and Italian characters from the Comedia del Arte. The Captain is 5th from left, Harlequin 6th from left

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1759 (1906). Mozarts (1756-1791) first attempt, at the age of three, to play the piano. In the doorway his sister Nannerl and his father Leopold look

Mozart at the age of seven in front of Empress Maria Theresa, 1763. (1906). Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) playing his violin in front of the Empress of Austria

The Snake Charmers, 1870. Artist: Mariano Jose Maria Bernardo Fortuny y Carbo
The Snake Charmers, 1870. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Egyptian funerary slab of Diedkhonsu Soefankh, a musician of Amon. He plays his harp before Re-Harakated. From the Louvres collection

Jenny Lind, the Swedish Nightingale, on the US mail boat Atlantic, Liverpool, August 1850. Opera singer Jenny lind, being given an enthusiastic send-off on her journey to America

Adenet le Roi, King of the Minstrels, 13th century. Adenet le Roi (c1240-c1300), French poet and musician, reciting the Roman de Cleomades to Blanche of Castile (1188-1252)

The Entrance to the Tea Rooms, c1886-1908. Artist: Mizuno Toshikata
The Entrance to the Tea Rooms, c1886-1908. A geisha kneels before a shrine in a courtyard (left), while a second geisha places a pair of shoes on the ground

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