Performance Collection (page 97)

Mdlle Rosati, 1848. Artist: Alexandre de Valentini
Mdlle Rosati, 1848. Carolina Rosati (1826-1905), Italian ballet dancer. From The Connoisseur Vol. XX. [Otto Limited, London, 1908]

Portrait of Sebastian de Morra, c1645, (1902). Artist: Diego Velasquez
Portrait of Sebastian de Morra, c1645. From The Connoisseur Vol. IV [Otto Limited, London, 1902.]

Columbine, c 1900-1930, (1925). Artist: Harry Clarke
Columbine. After a pen Drawing By Harry Clarke (1889-1931). From The Studio Volume 89 [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1925]

Curtain Up On Mr. Therm, 1951. An advert for The Gas Coucil. From a guide to the Festival of Britain, 1951

Josquin des Prez, Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance. A print from Les Musiciens Celebres, Lucien Mazenod, Paris, 1948

Francesco Landino playing a portative organ, 1325 - 1397
Francesco Landino (c1325 or 1335 - 1397) playing a portative organ, 1325 - 1397. Landino was an Italian composer, organist, singer, poet and instrument maker

Hans Sachs, German meistersinger (mastersinger), poet, playwright and shoemaker, 1623. Artist: L Kilina
Hans Sachs, German meistersinger (mastersinger), poet, playwright and shoemaker, 1623. A print from Les Musiciens Celebres, Lucien Mazenod, Paris, 1948

Marlene Dietrich (1901-1992), 1920s. She was a German-American actress and singer

The Palace Review, late 19th or early 20th century. Some of the chorus who will be seen on Monday, September 25

Music at Home, 1872 (1891). Artist: George du Maurier
Music at Home, 1872 (1891). Study of an amateur comic singer struggling with an unsympathising audience. A print from Society Pictures, drawn by George du Maurier, selected from Punch, Volume I

Tiphaine, French actress, late 19th or early 20th century(?)

Eva Kelly and GP Huntley, British actors, c1907. Artist: Rotary Photo
Eva Kelly and GP Huntley, British actors, c1907. Kelly as Gretchen and Huntley as Mr Hook in the musical comedy Miss Hook of Holland

Rosina Filippi and Sari Petrass, actresses, c1912(?). Artist: Rotary Photo
Rosina Filippi and Sari Petrass, actresses, c1912(?). Rosina Filippi as Julesa and Sari Petrass as Ilona in Gipsy Love

Miss Coralie Blythe as Mitzi, c1908. Artist: Philco Publishing Company
Coralie Blythe, British actress, c1908. Postcard posted in 1908. Coralie Blythe as Mitzi in The Girls of Gottenberg, a musical written by George Grossmith, Jr and LE Berman

Carrie Moore, Australian actress, c1900s(?). Artist: Rotary Photo
Carrie Moore, Australian actress, c1900s(?). Carrie Moore (1882-1956) as the Shadow Girl

Edith Wynne Matthison, British actress, c1907. Artist: Rotary Photo
Edith Wynne Matthison, British actress, c1907. Postcard posted in 1907. Edith Wynne Mathison (1875-1955) in Everyman

Constance Drever, British actress, c1907. Artist: Rotary Photo
Constance Drever, British actress, c1907. Constance Drever (1880-1948) in the title role in the musical Amasis

Ivy Millais and Marie Leonhard, actresses, c1900s(?). Artist: Foulsham and Banfield
Ivy Millais and Marie Leonhard, actresses, c1900s(?). Ivy Millais as Stephanus and Marie Leonhard as Marcia in The Sign of the Cross

Jessie Millward, British actress, c1906. Artist: Foulsham and Banfield
Jessie Millward, British actress, c1906. Postcard posted in 1906. Jessie Millward as Lady Manners, in The School for Husbands

Crissy Bell, British actress, c1900s(?). Artist: Philco Publishing Company
Crissy Bell, British actress, c1900s(?). Crissy Bell in The Beauty of Bath, a musical comedy by Seymour Hicks and Cosmo Hamilton

Marie Leonhard, actress, c1900s(?). Artist: Foulsham and Banfield
Marie Leonhard, actress, c1900s(?). Marie Leonhard as Marcia in The Sign of the Cross. Written in 1895, the play is a four-act historical tragedy by Wilson Barrett

Women dancers performing, Sierra Leone, 20th century

Garrick and his Wife, 1757 (19th century). Artist: H Bourne
Garrick and his Wife, 1757 (19th century). David Garrick (1717-1779) was the most popular actor of his time. He was also a playwright

Raree show at Lin-sin-choo, China, c1843. Artist: G Paterson
Raree show at Lin-sin-choo, China, c1843

Zemire and Azor, comic opera, 1771 (1882-1884). Written by Andre Gretry, it was first performed at Fontainebleau on 9th November 1771 and at the Comedie-Italienne, Paris, on 16th December 1771

Girl performing a fan dance, Japan, 1904. A print from Japan, its History, Arts and Literature, Volume V, by Captain F Brinkley, TC and EC Jack, 34 Henrietta Street, London WC2 and Edinburgh, 1904

Seigni Joan, rue de Petit Chastelet, France, 14th century (1882-1884). Artist: J Ettling
Seigni Joan, rue de Petit Chastelet, 14th century (1882-1884). A jester entertaining a crowd on a street outside a butchers shop

Francois Fratellini, French circus clown, 1938. Fratellini (1879-1951) was one of the three Fratellini brothers, who were instrumental in the boom in popularity enjoyed by the circus in France after

Aristide Bruant, French cabaret singer, comedian and nightclub owner, 1901. Bruant (1851-1925) was a friend of the artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and featured on a famous poster by the artist

Jean Paul Habans ( Paulus ), French, 1905
Jean Paul Habans ( Paulus ) in 1905, (1860-1920). Paulus (1845-1908) was one of the biggest stars of the cafe-concert in France in the late 19th and early 20th century

David Garrick, 18th century English actor, 1912. Painted on glass. Garrick (1717-1779) was the most popular actor of his time

Louise Contat and Joseph Dazincourt, French actors, 1784 (1912). Cut whilst the Marriage de Figaro by Pierre Beaumarchais, the play for wich they are most famous, was being performed

Guard of honour for the visit of the Prince of Wales. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Guard of honour for the visit of the Prince of Wales. Stereoscopic card detail

Jeanne Julia Bartet, French actress, 1901. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1860-1925, 9th album, Editions MD, Paris

Illustration from Francis Quarles Emblems, 1895. Emblems was a work by the English poet Francis Quarles, first published in 1635

Miss Constance Collier in One Summers Day, 1899. A print from The Magazine of Art, Cassell and Company, Limited, 1899

A scene from The Babes in the Wood, at Covent Garden Theatre, London, 1875. Artist: David Henry Friston
A scene from The Babes in the Wood, at Covent Garden Theatre, London, 1875. A print from The Illustrated London News, 9th January 1875

A scene from Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp, at Drury Lane Theatre, London, 1875. Artist: David Henry Friston
A scene from Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp, at Drury Lane Theatre, London, 1875. A print from The Illustrated London News, 9th January 1875

Front Page of The Illustrated London News, 1887. Queen Victoria watching a circus performance at Olympia, West Kensington, London. 1887 marked the Queens Golden Jubilee

Scene from the pantomime The Forty Thieves at Dury Lane Theatre, London, 1887. A print from The Illustrated London News, 1st January 1887

A dance or theatre group, c1900-1929(?). Artist: Jerome Ltd
A dance or theatre group, c1900-1929(?). Postcard

The duel, scene from act I of The Breed of the Treshams by John Rutherford, 20th century

Watching a free show on Theatre Street, looking north to Asakusa Tower, Tokyo, Japan, 1904. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Japanese theatre scene

Charlotte Wiehe, 1901. Artist: Charles Reutlinger
Charlotte Wiehe, 1901. Marie Charlotte Wiehe-Bereny (1865-1947), Danish actor and singer. Illustration from The Process Year Book, A Review of the Illustrated Arts published by AW Penrose & Co

Johnston Forbes-Robertson (1853-1937) and Mrs Patrick Campbell (1865-1940), 1899-1900. Artist: W&D Downey
Johnston Forbes-Robertson (1853-1937) and Mrs Patrick Campbell (1865-1940), 1899-1900. From Celebrities of the Stage, edited by Boyle Lawrence, published by George Newnes Limited (London, 1899-1900)

A bell busker, London, 1926-1927. Artist: McLeish
A bell busker, London, 1926-1927. From Wonderful London, volume II, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London, 1926-1927)

Masked dancers, Tibet, 1936. Artist: Ewing Galloway
Masked dancers, Tibet, 1936. Traditional Buddhist dance performed by monks. From Peoples of the World in Pictures, edited by Harold Wheeler, published by Odhams Press Ltd (London, 1936)

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