Orchestra Pit Collection

Cartoon from Puck, between 1880 and 1889. Creators: Joseph Keppler, Bernhard Gillam
Cartoon from Puck, between 1880 and 1889

Divan Japonais, between 1892 and 1893. Creator: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Divan Japonais, between 1892 and 1893

Princesse Schouwburg in The Hague during the performance of Othello, 1874-1927. Creator: Johan Antonie de Jonge
Princesse Schouwburg in The Hague during the performance of Othello, 1874-1927. The stage and part of the auditorium

Interior of the Soldiers Theatre at Mourmelon-le-Grand, Chalons Camp... 1860. Creator: Unknown
Interior of the Soldiers Theatre at Mourmelon-le-Grand, Chalons Camp, [France] - from a drawing by M. Beauce, 1860. This theatre, built of wood, and in the most unpretending style

Plate 6 for Oliver Goldsmith's The Vicar of Wakefield, 1776. Creator: Daniel Berger
Plate 6 for Oliver Goldsmith's The Vicar of Wakefield, 1776

View of the fire on the stage of the Schouwburg in Amsterdam on 11 May 1772, (1772-1799). Creator: Anon
View of the fire on the stage of the Schouwburg in Amsterdam on 11 May 1772, (1772-1799). Blazing curtain on the right side of the stage. The actors, the musicians and the audience are in panic

Grand Fete and Theatrical Representation at the Hotel de Ville, Paris, in honour of the Peace Plenip Creator: Unknown
Grand Fete and Theatrical Representation at the Hotel de Ville, Paris, in honour of the Peace Plenipotentiaries, 1856....a brilliant spectacle, from 1500 to 2000 persons being present

Le danseur qui se pique d'avoir conservé... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Le danseur qui se pique d'avoir conserve... 19th century. [Male dancer in a tutu]. The dancer who regrets having maintained the wonderful traditions of Vestris

The ground floor box, at the Theatre des Varieties, 1883. Creator: Jean Beraud
The ground floor box, at the Theatre des Varieties, 1883

Belgians At Keith Theater, 1919. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Belgians At Keith Theater, 1919. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Belgians At Keith Theater, Washington DC, 1919. Soldiers in uniform on stage with dog-carts. Cart on left appears to be carrying a mounted machine gun

Interior of the Grand Opera-House, at Paris, 1854. Creator: Edmund Evans
Interior of the Grand Opera-House, at Paris, 1854. The aspect of the Salle on first entering strikes principally from its extreme gorgeousness and brilliancy. It seems one gigantic mass of gold

Decoration of the Hall of Spectacles, 1745. Creator: Charles Nicolas Cochin
Decoration of the Hall of Spectacles, 1745

Proscenium arch, the Tivoli Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, 1925. Chicagos Tivoli Theatre was a cinema opened in 1921. It closed in 1963 and was demolished soon afterwards

Comedy-Ballet of Marionettes, III, 1894. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
Comedy-Ballet of Marionettes, III, 1894. Figures on stage, with cymbals player, piper, conductor and drummer in the orchestra pit. From The Yellow Book, Vol. I

Rehearsal of the Pasdeloup Orchestra at the Cirque d Hiver, c. 1879. Orchestra conducted by Jules-Etienne Pasdeloup, Paris

The Seconda Macchina for the Chinea of 1761: A Magnificent Theater, 1761

Les grands concerts de l opera, 1895. Creator: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Les grands concerts de l opera, 1895

The Laughing Audience, December 1733. Creator: William Hogarth
The Laughing Audience, December 1733

The Laughing Audience, ca. 1800. Creator: Dent
The Laughing Audience, ca. 1800

The Laughing Audience, December 1733. December 1733. Creator: William Hogarth
The Laughing Audience, December 1733

Divan Japonais, 1892-93. 1892-93. Creator: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Divan Japonais, 1892-93. Jane Avril sits with Edouard Dujardin, with Yvette Guilbert on stage

The Stage. George Primrose as Horatio, from The Vicar of Wakefield"
The Stage. George Primrose as " Horatio, " from " The Vicar of Wakefield", May 1, 1817

The Laughing Audience, 1733, (1830s). Creator: Unknown
The Laughing Audience, 1733, (1830s). Scene in a theatre: men and women flirting (above), and the audience reacts to the play (below). Metal spikes separate them from the orchestra pit. [Jones & Co

John Grouse and Mother Goose, Sung by Mr Emery of Covent Garden, 1808
John Grouse and Mother Goose, Sung by Mr Emery of Covent Garden, pub. 1808 (hand coloured engraving)

Elephantine Performances, pub. C. 1854 (hand coloured etching)

Marriage Feast of Sir Henry Unton, c1596, (1903). From the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London. From Social England, Volume III, edited by H.D. Traill, D.C.L. and J. S. Mann, M.A

Orchestra Muscians, c1872. Artist: Edgar Degas
Orchestra Muscians, c1872. Painting held at the Staedel Museum, Frankfurt am Main. From Die Meister Des XX. Jahrhunderts I. [Verlag E. A. Seemann, Leipzig, 1935]

The Waterloo Chamber, Windsor Castle, Fitted as a theatre for the State Plays of 1891, c1891, (1901). Queen Victoria (1819-1901)

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