Performer Collection (page 100)

Circus Sideshow, 1887-1888. Artist: Georges-Pierre Seurat
Circus Sideshow, 1887-1888. A parade, the free entertainment offered at the entrance of a traveling theatre, is intended to attract a crowd and encourage the sale of tickets

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

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

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

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

Two Actors in a Play, 1700-1705. Torii School, Japan. From a private collection

Actors as Sumurai, 18th century. Artist: Shunsho
Actors as Sumurai, 18th century

English Tea Party with the Prince of Conti at the Temple, 1766. Artist: Michel Barthelemy Ollivier
English Tea Party with the Prince of Conti at the Temple, 1766. The young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is seated at the clavichord at the left of the picture

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

Scene from Mozarts opera The Marriage of Figaro, 1786 (1905). The Marriage of Figaro (Le Nozze di Figaro), comic opera (opera buffa) with libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte (1749-1838) after Beaumarchais

Mozart listening to Allegris Miserere, 1771, (1906). On a visit to Rome when he was fourteen, Austrian composer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Poster for the opera The Magic Flute, 1791
Poster for the opera The Magic Flute, (Die Zauberflote), 1791. Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozarts (1756-1791) last opera, libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder (1751-1812)

Jeep Pack of playing cards from Belgium, 1940s

Roman mosaic of performers killing a leopard at a spectacle, 3rd century
Roman mosaic of a spectacle, showing members of the Telegenic Troop killing leopards, as a servant brings their pay. From Moknine, Tunisia, and now at Sousse Museum, 3rd century

Male Actor Playing a Woman, c1704-c1711. Artist: Torii Kiyonobu I
Male Actor Playing a Woman, c1704-c1711. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

A scene from Trial by Jury, 1875. Artist: David Henry Friston
A scene from Trial by Jury, 1875. First performed at Londons Royalty Theatre on 25 March 1875, Trial by Jury is a one act comic opera by Gilbert and Sullivan

Sea lion and ball at the Moscow Circus: in the background is Irina Sidorkina

Egyptian wall-painting of musicians at a banquet from the tomb of Nebamun at Thebes

Armoured knights jousting at a tournament, 12th century, c1820. The knight on far side has a shattered lance and is being unhorsed

Sarah Siddons, 18th century English tragic actress. Sarah Siddons (1755-1831) was the eldest child of the actor-manager Roger Kemble (1722-1802)

Louis Satchmo Armstrong (c1898-1971), American jazz trumpeter and singer. Armstrong was a major influence on the development of jazz as a popular form of music in the 1920s

Nell Gwynne, English comic actress and mistress of Charles II. Portrait of Nell (c1650-1687) who rose from selling oranges at the theatre, to being one of the kings favourite mistresses

Conjuror performing tricks, 1715. From an edition of Magia Naturalis by Gianbattista della Porta

Tarot card of the Fool, Jergot Tarot, 17th century. A tarot pack of 22 cards was used in fortune telling

Interior of the Swan Theatre, Bankside, London, 1596. Artist: Aernout van Buchel
Interior of the Swan Theatre, Bankside, London, 1596. The Swan theatre was built by Francis Langley in c1595. The last known mention of the theatre dates from 1632

Charles Dickens (1812-70) giving his last public reading at St Jamess Hall, London, 5 March 1870. He read extracts from A Christmas Carol and the trial scene from Pickwick Papers

Charles Dickens (1812-70), English novelist and journalist, July 1858
Charles Dickens (1812-70), English novelist and journalist. Dickens giving a public reading from his Dombey and Son, July 1858

Sarah Siddons, English actress, 1784. Artist: John Kay
Sarah Siddons, English actress, 1784. Mrs Siddons (born Sarah Kemble) (1755-1831) as Lady Randolph in John Homes tragedy Douglas at the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh, Scotland, June 1784

Theatre or Playhouse in the time of Elizabeth I
Artists reconstruction of a Theatre or Playhouse in the time of Elizabeth I, mid to late 16th century

Theatre de la Gaite, Niagara Falls, 1892. Artist: Henri Meyer
Theatre de la Gaite, Niagara Falls, 1892. A print from a supplement to the Le Petit Journal, 13th February 1892

La Goulue and Valentin le desosse, 1895. Artist: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Panneau pour la baraque de la Goulue a la Foire du Trone: Le Moulin Rouge. La Goulue (Louise Weber 1866-1929), et Valentin le desossee (Valentin the Boneless), 1895, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Enrico Caruso (1873-1921), Italian tenor. Caruso in the costume of Canio, the clown, a character in the Leoncavallo opera I Pagliacci

Florence Austral (1894-1968), Australian soprano. Florence Austral (real name Wilson) specialised in Wagnerian roles. Here she is seen in costume for the role of Brunnhilde in Wagners Die Walkure

Fernand Ansseau (1890-1972), Belgian operatic tenor, active 1913-1939. Ansseau as Don Jose in Bizets Carmen, based on the novel by Prosper Merimee

Georges Clemenceau juggling bags of English money, 1893. Artist: Henri Meyer
Georges Clemenceau juggling bags of English money, 1893. Scandal over funding of the Panama Canal; accused of falsely taking money to work for British interest

Dance of the Two Children, Hawaii, 19th century. Artist: Ellis
Dance of the Two Children, Hawaii, 19th century

Tom, Jerry and Logic at the Grand Carnival, 1821. Artist: George Cruikshank
Tom, Jerry and Logic at the Grand Carnival, 1821. Illustration for Life in London by Pierce Egan, 1821

Raimu, French actor, appearing in a performance of Marcel Pagnols play Cesar, c1936-1946. Raimu was the stage name of the French actor Jules Auguste Muraire (1883-1946)

Louise Edvina (1880-1940), Canadian soprano, c1911. Pictured in costume for the role of the courtesan in Jules Massenets Thais, a role she played in the London premiere at Covent Garden 1911

George Alexander (1858-1918), English theatrical actor-manager. Alexander as Orlando in Shakespeares As You Like It. Considered an avant-garde performer

Savoy Theatre, London, 1881. View of the interior of the Savoy Theatre with the house (not the stage) lit by Swan incandescent lamps

Au Clair de la Lune : the power of hypnosis, 1894. Artist: George du Maurier
Au Clair de la Lune : the power of hypnosis, 1894. Trilby the tone-deaf! Who couldn t tell a C from an F!! giving a concert under Svengalis hypnotic influence. From Trilby by George du Maurier

Print satirising Franz Anton Mesmer, 1784
Print satirising Mesmer, 1784. In 1779, soon after the publication of his treatise Memoire sur la decouverte de magnetism animal, Franz Anton Mesmer (1734-1815), the founder of Mesmerism

Roman Mosaic of Performer killing leopards in Spectacle, Tunisia, 3rd century

Russian Orthodox priests performing ceremony of naming the yacht of Grand Duke Alexis, 1891
Russian Orthodox priests performing ceremony of naming Strela, the yacht of Grand Duke Alexis, 1891. From Le Petit Journal, 11 October 1891

Fresco of the royal court of the Minoan palace at Knossos, 18th century BC
Fresco of the royal court of the Minoan palace at Knossos, watching a performance at the palace, 18th century BC

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