Puppet Collection

Muffin the Mule
Peter Thompson, producer of BBC televisions Childrens Hour, and Annette Mills with the popular puppet character Muffin the Mule at the National Television Fund Ball at the Dorchester Hotel in London

Punch and Judy Man (The) (1963)
A portrait of Tony Hancock as Wally Pinner the Punch and Judy Man with puppet

Rasputin Caricature
GRIGORI RASPUTIN caricatured as the sinister leader of Russias ruling house, looming over the puppet-like figures of Nicolas II and Alexandra

Puppet in kimono being manipulated by two bunraku puppeteers in black robes. Woodblock ukiyo-e print by Utagawa Kunisada II, Tokyo, 1850s

Fulton Mackay and Sprocket, filming in Cornwall
The actor Fulton Mackay (1922-1987) and Sprocket, filming the TV series Fraggle Rock at St Anthonys Lighthouse near Falmouth, Cornwall

Pelham puppets
Five puppets by the famous, puppet making family business, Pelham, in a stage setting contrived of cardboard painted with distemper mixed with Alabastine

Gran pops Shadow Show by Lawson Wood
Three little monkeys chuckle with glee as Gran pop, the orang utan character created by artist Lawson Wood entertains them with a shadow puppet show. Date: 1935

Music cover for Two Marionettes Polka, composed by May Ostlere. Two puppets (without strings!) are depicted dancing on a small stage, framed by red and gold curtains

Pinocchio, from the novel by Carlo Collodi. From Treasure no. 147

Mr Punch and the crocodile For commercial use please contact Photoslot at website:photoslot email: info@photoslot skype: photoslot

Water puppets, Hanoi, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Punch and Judy For commercial use please contact Photoslot at website:photoslot email: info@photoslot skype: photoslot

Jack in a box, smiling clown puppet popping out of red wooden box with arms extended to sides, front view

Rod Hull and Emu seen here attacking Ronnie Corbett as left to right Roy Castle, comedian Janet Brown, boxer Henry Cooper

Festival Stilt Dance and Dancers - Dalian, Manchukuo, China
Manchukuo - a puppet state of the Empire of Japan in Northeast China and Inner Mongolia from 1932 until 1945. It was founded as a republic, but in 1934 it became a constitutional monarchy

Pinocchio -- father in wheelchair
Pinocchio -- He constructed an elegant little wheel chair in which he could take his father out on fine days. Date: 1911

Wayang puppet theatre and Gamelan Orchestra - Java
Wayang - Javanese puppet theatre (sometimes the puppet itself is referred to as wayang). Performances of shadow puppet theatre are accompanied by a gamelan orchestra in Java (now Indonesia)

Sultan Mehmed V Reshad of Turkey with advisors / patriots
Sultan Mehmed V Reshad of Turkey (1844 - 1918) pictured with Niazi Bey, Enver Pasha, Chevket Pasha, Prince Sehzade Yusuf Izzeddin Effendi, Riza Bey

Record Sleeve, Pinky and Perky
78rpm Record Sleeve, Pinky and Perky, the sensational TV singing stars. 1958

Morecambe and Wise appeared at Coventry Theatre for four shows entitled " Eric and Ernie - Two of a Kind!" Back stage they were photographed with Arthur Worsley

Comedy star Terry Scott appeared at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle, in the pantomine Cinderella. 18th December, 1969

Punch and Judy show on the beach, Cornwall
Children watching a Punch and Judy show on the beach, Cornwall. Date: circa 1970s

John Mills took his two daughter Hayley and Juliet to see his sister Annette Mills and her " Muffin the Mule". 11th January 1951

Luciano Pavarotti. Creator: Dan Springer
Luciano Pavarotti

Puppet show seen from inside the box
Au Bon Marche - puppet show seen from inside the box - a man with two glove puppets. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Green dinosaur blow up inflatable toy, close up

INDIA, Rajasthan, Jaipur: Jaipur City Palace Complex, Indian Souvenir Puppets

Chinese Puppet Theatre
A street puppet show. The automaton figures are operated by a set of strings

ED SULLIVAN (1902-1974). Edward Vincent Sullivan. American newspaper columnist and entertainer. Kissing a puppet, The Italian Mouse, on The Ed Sullivan Show. Photograph, 1966

Indian Puppet Show for European Children
Kaut-pootlies, or Puppets exhibited by Native Jugglers, for the amusement of European children. (Plate 18 of 20). Date: 1813

New Years Day in Paris: The Little Stalls on the Boulevard, cover of Le
XIR116170 New Years Day in Paris: The Little Stalls on the Boulevard, cover of Le Petit Journal, 2nd January 1892 (coloured engraving) by Meyer, Henri (1844-99); Private Collection; French

Matrushka - St Nicholas and the recipients of his gifts
Matrushka Doll illustration with St Nicholas as the largest figure and the recipients of his Christmas gifts - a slowly diminishing (in size!) group of children Date: circa 1920s

Sultan Mehmed V Reshad of Turkey - Investiture Card
Sultan Mehmed V Reshad of Turkey (1844 - 1918). Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1909 until his death in 1918, Mehmed - original name Mehmed Resad - spent much of his life in seclusion until

Puppets, Tournai
TOURNAI, Belgium Traditional Guignol de la Maison Tournaisienne (puppet theatre)

Womens Rights / Superior
A woman plays with her puppet- like men

Man spins a traditional bull figure surrounded by fireworks, known as El Torito
A man spins a traditional bull figure surrounded by fireworks, known as " El Torito", during the annual San Juan de Dios celebrations in Tultepec

Keith Harris, ventriloquist and dummy, Orville the Duck, 8th June 1983

Wooden Pinocchio puppets on sale, Florence, Italy

Nepal, Pokhara, market, local crafts

Piazza Navona, christmas fair, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Traditional Indonesian Wayang Golek puppets, Kraton palace, Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia

Yoke the, traditional Burmese marionettes, on sale in the local market, Bagan, Mandalay region, Myanmar

Foggy Thoughts
Yasin Hasanian

French Christmas card showing girls with a candle on Christmas Eve, 1900
3665642 French Christmas card showing girls with a candle on Christmas Eve, 1900 by French School, (20th century); (add.info.: French Christmas card showing girls with a candle on Christmas Eve)

G for Guignol, 1908 (photo)
8713198 G for Guignol, 1908 (photo); 31, 5 x 25 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "To learn to read by Henri Manuel, published by the Librairie Felix Juven, Paris, 1908)

Children's Festival with puppet show (engraving)
UIG5414626 Children's Festival with puppet show (engraving); UIG

Cover of the first volume of Punch, 17 July 1841 (litho)
8675778 Cover of the first volume of Punch, 17 July 1841 (litho) by Henning, Archibald (d.1864); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cover of the first volume of Punch, 17 July 1841)

Mr Punch portrayed by different hands (litho)
8675782 Mr Punch portrayed by different hands (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mr Punch portrayed by different hands)

Letters and T: monkey, bellows, sigh, saw and drum, turtle, top, stool, c.1920 (print)
DUV4202592 Letters and T: monkey, bellows, sigh, saw and drum, turtle, top, stool, c.1920 (print); 16x24.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: ABC de Guignol by Griff (French illustrator)

Letter E and F (elephant, staircase, coin and postman, fork, rifle, whip), c.1920 (print)
DUV4202549 Letter E and F (elephant, staircase, coin and postman, fork, rifle, whip), c.1920 (print); 16x24.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: ABC de Guignol by Griff (French illustrator)

Letter E, F, G and H: Saint Eloi (Saint-Eloi, Eloi de Noyon, ca. 588-659)
DUV4204062 Letter E, F, G and H: Saint Eloi (Saint-Eloi, Eloi de Noyon, ca. 588-659), Fanfan la Tulip (character of the song written by Emile Debraux)

A child dressed like sailor and his sisters
3563341 A child dressed like sailor and his sisters; (add.info.: Trieste 1915 Photographer: Benque, Francesco, successor to Sebastianutti & Benque); Alinari Archives, Florence

Depiction of Vaccination. 19th century (engraving)
672839 Depiction of Vaccination. 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Vaccination is the administration of antigenic material (a vaccine)

Group portrait with a white bear, symbol of Cortina d'Ampezzo, Belluno
3568056 Group portrait with a white bear, symbol of Cortina d'Ampezzo, Belluno by Unknown photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: Cortina D'Ampezzo 1943 Photographer)

Satirical puppet with headdress with cross, made with potatoes and cutlery, Ethiopia
3571416 Satirical puppet with headdress with cross, made with potatoes and cutlery, Ethiopia by Unknown photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: Ethiopia 1936-1941 Photographer)

The words Echelle, Fagot, Guignol and Hymen, 1908 (photo)
8713195 The words Echelle, Fagot, Guignol and Hymen, 1908 (photo); 31, 5 x 25 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "To learn to read by Henri Manuel, published by the Librairie Felix Juven)

Children watching a Punch and Judy show on a London street, 1800s
NWI4759640 Children watching a Punch and Judy show on a London street, 1800s.; (add.info.: Children watching a Punch and Judy show on a London street, 1800s.); Photo © North Wind Pictures

Letter Q and R: discharge, keels, four, tail and rake, tap, rat, roses, wheel, c.1920 (print)
DUV4202585 Letter Q and R: discharge, keels, four, tail and rake, tap, rat, roses, wheel, c.1920 (print); 16x24.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: ABC de Guignol by Griff (French illustrator)

Letter A and B from ABC de Guignol by Griff, c.1920 (engraving)
DUV4202539 Letter A and B from ABC de Guignol by Griff, c.1920 (engraving); 16x24.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: ABC de Guignol by Griff (French illustrator), 8 pages Letter A and B (araignee)

Chinese itinerant toy seller and boys playing Jianzi by kicking a shuttlecock, Qing Dynasty
FLO4590451 Chinese itinerant toy seller and boys playing Jianzi by kicking a shuttlecock, Qing Dynasty. The toy man holds a bamboo stick with three small puppets

Travelling Theatre (Punch and Judy) on a bridge in Paris. Boy plays a woodwind instrument as audience
542930 Travelling Theatre (Punch and Judy) on a bridge in Paris. Boy plays a woodwind instrument as audience, mainly of women and children watch the performance

Puppet show in a school in Algeria, c.1830 (watercolour)
2068921 Puppet show in a school in Algeria, c.1830 (watercolour) by Leblanc, Theodore (1800-37); (add.info.: Puppet show in a school in Algeria)

Letter G and H: Guignol (puppet) and Hurluberlu getting bitten by a dog, beg 20th century (chromolithograph)
DUV4204086 Letter G and H: Guignol (puppet) and Hurluberlu getting bitten by a dog, beg 20th century (chromolithograph); 25x17.5 cm; (add.info.: Drolatic album (abecedary)

P for puppet (chromolitho)
8677330 P for puppet (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: P for puppet)

The Children's Coronation Fete in the Grounds of the HAC at Finsbury, behind the Scenes with the Marionettes (litho)
1040600 The Children's Coronation Fete in the Grounds of the HAC at Finsbury, behind the Scenes with the Marionettes (litho) by Salmon

French cartoon on the events of 1848 in Europe: two puppets, one of which seems to be a guignol of the Neapolitan
FGL5481111 French cartoon on the events of 1848 in Europe: two puppets, one of which seems to be a guignol of the Neapolitan theatre and the other is Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria, beat each other

Capital letters Plate in "Picturesque alphabet or New informative and picturesque alphabet", 1892 (engraving)
DUV4220444 Capital letters Plate in "Picturesque alphabet or New informative and picturesque alphabet", 1892 (engraving); 27x17.5 cm; (add.info)

Letter G: Guignol (puppet), beg 20th century (chromolithograph)
DUV4204084 Letter G: Guignol (puppet), beg 20th century (chromolithograph); 25x17.5 cm; (add.info.: Drolatic album (abecedary). Series number 4 in Albums-chromo on canvas

Letter X, Y and Z: xylophone and eyes then zouave, zebra, c.1920 (print)
DUV4202602 Letter X, Y and Z: xylophone and eyes then zouave, zebra, c.1920 (print); 16x24.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: ABC de Guignol by Griff (French illustrator)

Letter J, K and L (juggling, judge and kepi then moon, rabbit, lamp, spear), c.1920 (print)
DUV4202560 Letter J, K and L (juggling, judge and kepi then moon, rabbit, lamp, spear), c.1920 (print); 16x24.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: ABC de Guignol by Griff (French illustrator)

Les Marionnettes
Milena Seita

Tony Sarg and one of his dancing marionettes, 1928
Tony Sarg (regarded as Americas puppet master and one of his dancing marionettes, 1928 Date: 1928

Cartoon, Parnell with Gladstone and Salisbury
Cartoon, Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish Nationalist, with Gladstone and Salisbury as puppets, and Randolph Churchill looking over the top of a wall - Does Mr Parnell hope that in the next parliament

Chinese toy seller and boys playing Jianzi, Qing Dynasty
Chinese itinerant toy seller and boys playing Jianzi by kicking a shuttlecock, Qing Dynasty. The toy man holds a bamboo stick with three small puppets

Cat and kittens with a red umbrella on a postcard. Date: circa 1890s

George Younger, 1st Viscount Younger, politician
GEORGE YOUNGER 1st VISCOUNT YOUNGER (1851-1929) Politician

Rats! That renowned rodent Roland Rat has run into trouble again. His Ratmobile broke down outside the Liverpool Empire where he is to star in the panto Dick Whittington

A hostess for the children, thats 18 year old Bonita Shawe from Enfield. Thames Television the new London weekday programme company

Mr Derek De Cora, who is giving Punch and Judy shows at the Tyneside Summer Exhibition, gives a close up view of two of the puppets to two girls. Exhibition Park, Newcastle. 23rd August 1963

Rod Hull and Emu seen here on Clactons beaches before going on to perform at the end of the pier. 30th August 1973

Morecambe and Wise appeared at Coventry Theatre for four shows entitled " Eric and Ernie - Two of a Kind!" Back stage they were photographed with Arthur Worsley

Ventriloquist Ray Alan with puppet Lord Charles, meet London Strong Woman Joan Rhodes at the Magic Circle Festival, being held at the Scala Theatre in London October 1962

Sooty the TV puppet is to leave TV after the B. B. C. has decided to buy a continental
Sooty the TV puppet is to leave TV after the B.B.C. has decided to buy a continental puppet film in his place. The reason being that it will be cheaper

Colourful hand puppets for sale, Bukhara, Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan, Bukhara, Colourful hand puppets for sale

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"Puppetry: A Timeless Art Form Unveiling a World of Imagination" Step into the enchanting world of puppetry, where Muffin the Mule and Rasputin Caricature come to life through strings and skilled hands. From Pelham puppets to Fulton Mackay and Sprocket filming in Cornwall, this captivating art form has captured hearts for generations. Remember Mr Punch's mischievous encounters with the crocodile? Or perhaps you've heard the delightful melody of Two Marionettes Polka while admiring its music cover. The iconic film "Punch and Judy Man (The)" from 1963 still echoes in our memories, reminding us of the timeless charm that puppets possess. Who could forget Pinocchio, whose journey taught us valuable lessons about honesty and bravery? And let's not overlook water puppets gracefully gliding across serene ponds or Punch and Judy entertaining crowds on bustling beaches. Traveling eastward to Dalian, Manchukuo in China, witness Festival Stilt Dance as vibrant dancers bring ancient tales to life using intricately designed puppets. Meanwhile, Jack-in-a-box springs forth with an infectious smile from his red wooden box, showcasing the joyous nature of clown puppets. Puppets have transcended time and cultures; they are vessels for storytelling that ignite our imagination like no other medium can. Whether it be traditional marionettes or innovative creations, these characters hold a special place in our hearts as they weave their magic on stage or screen. So next time you encounter a puppet show or stumble upon a vintage puppet collection tucked away somewhere – take a moment to appreciate this extraordinary art form that has delighted audiences young and old throughout history. Let yourself be transported into a world where strings dance effortlessly between reality and fantasy - because behind every puppet lies an artist who breathes life into them with love and creativity.