Performers Collection (page 3)

The Swedish Minstrels, at St. James's Hall, 1858. Creator: Smyth
The Swedish Minstrels, at St. James's Hall, 1858. The Swedish singers are represented as wearing the costumes peculiar to the peasantry of the principal provinces of their country...The most

Scene from the Ballet of "La Bresilienne" at the Royal Italian Opera House, Covent Garden, 1858
Scene from the Ballet of "La Bresilienne" at the Royal Italian Opera House, Covent Garden, [London], 1858. This pretty little ballet...has sustained its character well throughout

The Sisters Marchisio, as "Semiramide" and "Arsace", at the Grand Opera, Paris, 1860. Singers...in Rossini's most gorgeous opera...Mdlle

The Pantomime at Drury Lane: "Whittington and his Cat", 1876. Creator: David Henry Friston
The Pantomime at Drury Lane: "Whittington and his Cat", 1876. London stage production. The Illustration we give of the Drury Lane pantomime shows at once the group of the Vokes family

Two Dancers, late 19th-early 20th century. Creator: Edgar Degas
Two Dancers, late 19th-early 20th century

Lama Dance at Jummoo, performed before the Prince of Wales...1876. Creator: W. H. O
Lama Dance at Jummoo, performed before the Prince of Wales, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876....a weird terrible performance of Lamas from Thibet...[there were] four large brazen

Performers at the Villa of Belgatchia, Calcutta, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Performers at the Villa of Belgatchia, Calcutta, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876. Among the feats...was the ingenious musician, Baboo Rally Prosonno Bannerjee

The Concert at Tre Byttor (The Three Barrels tavern in Stockholm's Djurgården Park)... 1860
The Concert at Tre Byttor (The Three Barrels tavern in Stockholm's Djurgarden Park). Scene from Fredman's Epistle 51, Movitz blaste en Concert ("Movitz blew a concert"), 1860

The Pantomime at Covent-Garden: "Cinderella - the Butterfly's Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast", 1876. London stage production....Mr

The Prince of Wales seeing a Dance of Wild Hillmen at Calcutta, 1876. Creator: Unknown
The Prince of Wales seeing a Dance of Wild Hillmen at Calcutta, 1876. The future King Edward VII is entertained during a royal visit to India. From "Illustrated London News", 1876

Danses de la haute école - Poses d'une école... 1853. Creator: Honore Daumier
Danses de la haute ecole - Poses d'une ecole... 1853. Danses de la haute ecole. Poses d'une ecole encore plus elevee. (High school dances. Poses from an even higher school)

Three performers on stage, 1875-1934. Creator: Isaac Lazerus Israels
Three performers on stage, 1875-1934. Conductor in the orchestra pit

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

Hindoo Dance - from a native drawing, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Hindoo Dance - from a native drawing, 1857. Devotees outside a temple in India. The dancing takes place in the open air, and behind may be seen the peculiar architecture of a Hindoo temple

Scene from the Opera Guido et Ginevra, 1839. Creator: Johannes Bosboom
Scene from the Opera Guido et Ginevra, 1839. The third act; Opera performed in Paris, 1839. Design for a stage set

The royal family sitting under a canopy, watching dancers perform the opening ballet o... ca. 1700
The royal family sitting under a canopy, watching dancers perform the opening ballet of La Costanza d'Ulisse, ca. 1700

Open-air theatre performance, 1670-1698. Creator: Matthys Naiveu
Open-air theatre performance, 1670-1698

Joanna Cornelia Ziesenis-Wattier and Geertruida Jacoba Grevelink-Hilverdink... 1800-1813. Creator: Louis Moritz
Joanna Cornelia Ziesenis-Wattier and Geertruida Jacoba Grevelink-Hilverdink in "Iphigenia" by Jean Racine, 1800-1813

The poet crowned by two apes at the feast of the animals, 1623. Creator: Workshop of Roelant Savery
The poet crowned by two apes at the feast of the animals, 1623

A Man Dancing with a Dog, c.1655-c.1665. Creator: Hendrick Bogaert
A Man Dancing with a Dog, c.1655-c.1665. (Formerly attributed to Francois Verwilt)

The Statue Scene from "The Winter's Tale", at the Princess Theatre, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Statue Scene from "The Winter's Tale", at the Princess Theatre, 1856. London stage production. The revival continues its unprecedented success, and if possible

Prime Donne at Her Majesty's Theatre: Albertini, Alboni and Piccolomini, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Prime Donne at Her Majesty's Theatre: Albertini, Alboni and Piccolomini, 1856. Italian opera singers. Marietta Alboni

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

The Royal Italian Opera, Lyceum, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Royal Italian Opera, Lyceum, 1856. London stage production. The opera was the "Trovatore, "...The gipsy Azucena, the real heroine of the piece, was personated by Mdlle

"The Parish Beadle" - painted by Sir David Wilkie, R.A. - from the National Gallery, 1856. Creator: Unknown
"The Parish Beadle" - painted by Sir David Wilkie, R.A. - from the National Gallery, 1856. Engraving of a painting

Nos saltimbanques, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Nos saltimbanques, 19th century. Our acrobats

Je viens prévenir le roi Agamemnon... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Je viens prevenir le roi Agamemnon... 19th century. Dramatic sketches - I come to warn King Agamemnon

Sidewalk performance or carnival performance, Cliff Dwellers, between 1896 and 1911. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Sidewalk performance or carnival performance, Cliff Dwellers, between 1896 and 1911. Crowds at an attraction featuring Native Americans

Sidewalk performance or carnival performance, Cliff Dwellers, between 1896 and 1911. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Sidewalk performance or carnival performance, Cliff Dwellers, between 1896 and 1911. An attraction featuring Native Americans

La princesse, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
La princesse, 19th century. Dramatic sketches - The Princess

Scenes from the play called the Yellow Jacket by George C. Hazelton and Benrimo, 1913. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Scenes from the play called the Yellow Jacket by George C. Hazelton and Benrimo, 1913. The yellow jacket; a Chinese play done in a Chinese manner, in three acts

Ruth St. Denis dancers, between 1910 and 1935. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Ruth St. Denis dancers, between 1910 and 1935

Ruth St. Denis dancers, between 1910 and 1935. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Ruth St. Denis dancers, between 1910 and 1935

Ruth St. Denis dancers, between 1910 and 1935. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Ruth St. Denis dancers, between 1910 and 1935

Ruth St. Denis dancers, between 1910 and 1935. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Ruth St. Denis dancers, between 1910 and 1935

Ruth St. Denis dancers, between 1910 and 1935. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Ruth St. Denis dancers, between 1910 and 1935

Ruth St. Denis dancers, between 1910 and 1935. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Ruth St. Denis dancers, between 1910 and 1935

Ruth St. Denis dancers, between 1910 and 1935. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Ruth St. Denis dancers, between 1910 and 1935

Ruth St. Denis dancers, between 1910 and 1935. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Ruth St. Denis dancers, between 1910 and 1935

Ayant éprouvé le besoin de se rafraichir avec... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Ayant eprouve le besoin de se rafraichir avec... 19th century. Summer sketch - having felt the need to refresh themselves with a little tragedy

Adieu!... A la grâce de dieu... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Adieu!... A la grace de dieu... 19th century. The Musicians of Paris - Farewell!... to God's grace

Two Actors Peeking through a Theater Curtain while Others Prepare the Footlights. Creator: Johann Esaias Nilson
Two Actors Peeking through a Theater Curtain while Others Prepare the Footlights

Les entr'actes de la bataille.-- "Manon" au Theatre du Front, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Les entr'actes de la bataille.-- "Manon" au Theatre du Front. 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII

Italian Comedians Taking Their Bows, c. 1718. Creator: Jean-Antoine Watteau
Italian Comedians Taking Their Bows, c. 1718

Mossieu la directeur, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Mossieu la directeur, 19th century. Dramatic sketches - Mr. Director

Les comédiens de société, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Les comediens de societe, 19th century. Society actors

The Kitchen Clock, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. The Kitchen Clock, between 1910 and 1920
The Kitchen Clock, between 1910 and 1920. USA. Children dressed as kitchen utensils

The Kitchen Clock, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. The Kitchen Clock, between 1910 and 1920
The Kitchen Clock, between 1910 and 1920. USA. Children dressed as kitchen utensils

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