Irving Collection (#9)

IRVING: RIP VAN WINKLE. The American actor, Joseph Jefferson in the title role of Dion Boucicaults dramatised version of Washington Irvings Rip van Winkle at the Adelphi Theatre, London, England

LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW. Illustration from Washington Irvings The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Wood engraving, late 19th century, after George Henry Boughton

IRVING: RIP VAN WINKLE. / nWood engraving of Washington Irvings Rip van Winkle
IRVING: RIP VAN WINKLE. /nWood engraving of Washington Irvings Rip van Winkle, late 19th century, after George Henry Boughton

LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW. Reciting for their amusement all of the epitaphs on the tombstone. Illustration from Washington Irvings The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

IRVING: SLEEPY HOLLOW. Spare the rod and spoil the child. Illustration from Washington Irvings The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Engraving, late 19th century, after George Henry Boughton

IRVING: RIP VAN WINKLE. Rip Van Winkle meets the dwarfs in the Catskill Mountains. Wood engraving, American, 1876, depicting a scene from the Washington Irving story first published in 1819

JOSEPH JEFFERSON (1829-1905). American actor. Jefferson in his most famous role, Rip Van Winkle. Wood engraving, 1890

IRVING: RIP VAN WINKLE. And preferred making friends among the rising generation, with whom he soon grew into great favor

WASHINGTON IRVING (1783-1859). American author. Colored engraving, 19th century

IRVING: RIP VAN WINKLE. Wood engraving, late 19th century, after George Henry Boughton, for the book by Washington Irving

IRVING: RIP VAN WINKLE. Wood engraving of Washington Irvings Rip van Winkle, late 19th century, after George Henry Boughton

DARLEY: DUTCH FUR TRADERS. Dutch settlers in New Amsterdam trading fabrics and trinkets for furs. Wood engraving, after Felix O.C

IRVING: SLEEPY HOLLOW. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Wood engraving, late 19th century, after George Henry Boughton

Sunnyside, home of Washington Irving Sunnyside, home of Wash
Sunnyside, home of Washington Irving. Date c1903

Sunny side: the residence of the late Washington Irving near Tarrytown, N.Y. Date between 1856 and 1907

Washington Irving and his literary friends at Sunnyside. Date 1864. Southern District of N.Y

Washington Irving

Our great authors. A literary party at the home of Washington Irving. Date c1865

Albertina Vitak and Chester Hale - Dancers
Albertina Vitak (1907-?) and Chester Hale (1899-?) - Dancers, performing in The Music Box Revue written by Irving Berlin, performed at the Palace Theatre Date: 1923

Irving / Rip / Koatskill Mtn
Rip encounters the odd inhabitants of the Koatskill Mountains. Date: First published: 1819

Irving / Rips Return
Rips return to the village. Date: First published: 1819

TEA TASTER
Miss Margaret Irving, pictured in her London tasting office, was the only woman tea taster in Britain and an authority in London as a connoisseur of all blends of tea. Date: circa 1930

Irving / Rip Van Winkle
The village boys troop after Rip, their hero. Date: First published: 1819

BERLIN: RAGTIME BAND, 1911. Sheet music cover of Irving Berlins Alexanders Ragtime Band, 1911

IRVING BERLIN (1888-1989). Originally Israel Baline. American (Russian born) songwriter. Photographed c1930

IRVINGs HOME: SUNNYSIDE. Sunnyside, the home of Washington Irving at Tarrytown, New York. Lithograph, c1860, by Currier & Ives

BERLIN: SONG SHEET, 1909. American sheet music cover of Irving Berlins My Wifes Gone to the Country, 1909

HENRY B. IRVING (1870-1919). English actor. Original carte-de-visite photograph by Napoleon Sarony, taken c1890 during one of Sir Henrys American tours

MANDY: SONG SHEET, 1919. Sheet music cover of Irving Berlins Mandy, one of the musical numbers featured in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1919

SONG SHEET, 1921 American sheet-music cover, for All By Myself, by Irving Berlin, 1921

NORTHWEST INDIANS, 1922. Native Americans (probably Umatilla) stand beside tepees on the Columbia River. Photographed in 1922 by Ralph Irving Gifford

BERLIN: RAGTIME BAND. American sheet music cover for Alexanders Ragtime Band by Irving Berlin, from a republication accompanying the 1938 release of the motion picture of the same name

BERLIN: SHEET MUSIC COVER. American sheet music cover, c1942, for the song A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody, an Irving Berlin composition of 1919 that was included in the score of the 1936 film The

Rosie Dolly and friends at the Palm Beach, 1934
Rosie Dolly (left : Mrs Irving Netcher), Norma Talmadge (right) with Irving Netcher (left) and George Jessel (Normas fiancee) taken at Palm Beach January 1934. Date: 1934

Rosie Dolly - Marion Davies benefit soiree
Left to right Rene Torres, Irving Netcher, Mrs Skeets Gallagher, Eddie Sutherland, unknown male and Rosie Dolly at Marion Davies benefit soiree, New York, June 1934 1934

Rosie Dolly and Irving Netcher in Paris en route for New York to be married by Mayor James J. Walker, a close personal friend, March 1932 1932

The Dolly Sisters arrive in New York
Jenny Dolly (left), Irving Netcher (centre) and Rosie Dolly (right) arrive in New York on the liner Majestic from Paris, April 1935 1935

Rosie Dolly arriving in court for film suit

British Ballad, Fair Helen of Kirconnell
FAIR HELEN (Helen of Kirconnell - Kirconnel - Kirkconnel) British ballad of Scottish origin telling the tragic tale of Helen Irving (Fair Helen of Kirkconnel) daughter of the Laird of Kirkconnel

Paderewski rehearsing Moonlight Sonata by Laurence Irving
Painting depicting the virtuoso Polish pianist, Paderewski, in the film studio at Denham, rehearsing Beethovens Moonlight Sonata for the film of the same name

Mr. and Mrs. Irving Berlin, 1926
Photograph showing Irving Berlin (1888-1989), the American musician and composer, and his wife, formerly Miss Ellen Mackay, arriving in England on their honeymoon, 1929

Irving Berlins Family, 1930
Photograph showing Irving Berlin (1888-1989), the American composer, with his wife (formerly Miss Ellen Mackay) and daughter, Mary Ellen, in 1930

Henry Irving as Shylock
SIR HENRY IRVING Eminent English actor in the roll of Shylock in Shakespeares The Merchant of Venice

Henry Irving as Wolsey
SIR HENRY IRVING Eminent English actor in the roll of Wolsey in Shakespeares King Henry VIII

Photo, Edward German
EDWARD GERMAN English composer, violinist and theatre conductor, with musical passage from the incidental music of Irvings production of Henry VIII

Henry Irving Portrait
Sir Henry Irving, English Victorian actor-manager

Edward Irving(Jones)
EDWARD IRVING Scottish clergyman. Founder of the Irvingites

Edward Irving(Rogers)
EDWARD IRVING Founder of Irvingites. Cross eyed Scottish clergy

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