Puppets Collection (#7)

Mr Punch and Judy on a Christmas card -- he steals a goose from the poulterer (left) and brings it home for Judy to cook (right). Date: circa 1890s

Music cover, The Wedding of Punch and Judy by Joseph Engleman. 1936

Boy and girl watching Punch and Judy on a Valentines card
Boy and girl watching Punch and Judy on a comic Valentines card -- a vision of the future! Date: circa 1900s

Children & clown
Clown in white (Pierrot) suit showing puppets to young girl. Illustration from Delineator magazine October 1928. Artist anon. Date: 1928

Paris: Punch and Judy (colour litho)
3622001 Paris: Punch and Judy (colour litho) by Crane, Thomas (1808-59); Private Collection; (add.info.: Paris: Punch and Judy)

Le Theatre de Guignol (engraving)
3645575 Le Theatre de Guignol (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Le Theatre de Guignol. Illustration for Le Magasin Pittoresque (1870)

Tony Sarg in his garden, 1939 (gelatin silver photo)
3697818 Tony Sarg in his garden, 1939 (gelatin silver photo) by Beals, Jessie Tarbox (1871-1942); Collection of the New-York Historical Society, USA; (add.info.: Sarg, leaning on hoe in garden)

Travelling puppeteer (chromolitho)
731729 Travelling puppeteer (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Travelling puppeteer)

Clown Dog on Toy Drum, Christmas Card (chromolitho)
731431 Clown Dog on Toy Drum, Christmas Card (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Clown Dog on Toy Drum)

Punchinello Lancers (colour litho)
610802 Punchinello Lancers (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Punchinello Lancers.); Look and Learn / Peter Jackson Collection; English, out of copyright

Puppet Show in the Luxembourg Gardens, Paris (colour litho)
PER437835 Puppet Show in the Luxembourg Gardens, Paris (colour litho) by Barbut-Davray, Luc (1863-1926); Private Collection; (add.info.: Guignol du Luxembourg; ); French, out of copyright

Winter Forced to Go (Colour Litho)
2783581 Winter Forced to Go (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Winter forced to leave)

Christmas Games (engraving)
1620008 Christmas Games (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Christmas Games. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 21 December 1861)

A Sketch at Naples (engraving)
1589347 A Sketch at Naples (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Sketch at Naples. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 31 October 1874)

Naples (chromolitho)
3621662 Naples (chromolitho) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Naples. Illustration from Tochter-Album Unterhaltungen im hauslichen Kreise zur Bildung des Verstandes)

Judy urges Mr Punch to take the child, 1828 (engraving)
5320759 Judy urges Mr Punch to take the child, 1828 (engraving) by Cruikshank, George (1792-1878); Private Collection; (add.info)

Westminster Frolics, from The English Spy, pub. 1824 (hand coloured engraving)
3085930 Westminster Frolics, from The English Spy, pub. 1824 (hand coloured engraving) by Cruikshank, Isaac Robert (1789-1856); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; English, out of copyright

Polynesian children watching a puppet show (chromolitho)
2788857 Polynesian children watching a puppet show (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Polynesian children watching a puppet show)

Guignol and Gnafron, famous French puppets from a show from Lyon (colour litho)
2779695 Guignol and Gnafron, famous French puppets from a show from Lyon (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Guignol and Gnafron)

Horse racing with puppets has a certain vogue in the countryside around Berlin (colour litho)
2777980 Horse racing with puppets has a certain vogue in the countryside around Berlin (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info)

Dancing dolls or Les Marionettes a Londres (engraving)
585455 Dancing dolls or Les Marionettes a Londres (engraving) by Cruikshank, George (1792-1878); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dancing dolls or Les Marionettes a Londres)

The Puppet show I Pupazzi performing in front of Emperor Napoleon III (1808-73
CHT280130 The Puppet show I Pupazzi performing in front of Emperor Napoleon III (1808-73) Empress Eugenie (1826-1920) and Prince Eugene Louis Napoleon Bonaparte (1856-79) at the Tuileries

Cover of Le Petit Journal, 2 January 1892 (coloured engraving)
960276 Cover of Le Petit Journal, 2 January 1892 (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cover of Le Petit Journal, 2 January 1892)

Saint Genevieve (colour litho)
3094107 Saint Genevieve (colour litho) by Job, pseudonym for Onfray de Breville, Jacques (1858-1931); Private Collection; (add.info.: Saint Genevieve)

The Nuremburg Schembart Carnival (colour engraving)
CHT202138 The Nuremburg Schembart Carnival (colour engraving) by Meyer, Hans (1846-1919) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Punch in the Drawing Room, 1871 (engraving)
5320764 Punch in the Drawing Room, 1871 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: From The Graphic, 25 December 1871.); English, out of copyright

Wests New Pantomime Tricks, 1822 (engraving)
5320762 Wests New Pantomime Tricks, 1822 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: William Wests family worked at Covent Garden Theatre giving him the idea of a)

Puppet show (chromolitho)
974521 Puppet show (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Puppet show.); © Look and Learn

Battle of Austerlitz, an exhausted Napoleon (colour litho)
3091138 Battle of Austerlitz, an exhausted Napoleon (colour litho) by Job, pseudonym for Onfray de Breville, Jacques (1858-1931); Private Collection; (add.info.: Battle of Austerlitz)

The Dauphin at the Temple prison (colour litho)
3091131 The Dauphin at the Temple prison (colour litho) by Job, pseudonym for Onfray de Breville, Jacques (1858-1931); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Dauphin at the Temple prison)

Wooden puppets of a sailor and policeman (chromolitho)
961399 Wooden puppets of a sailor and policeman (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Wooden puppets of a sailor and policeman)

Punch and Judy show (coloured engraving)
981749 Punch and Judy show (coloured engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Punch and Judy show.); Look and Learn / Elgar Collection

The Burghers of Calais (colour litho)
3094119 The Burghers of Calais (colour litho) by Job, pseudonym for Onfray de Breville, Jacques (1858-1931); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Burghers of Calais)

Death of King Henry II (colour litho)
3094118 Death of King Henry II (colour litho) by Job, pseudonym for Onfray de Breville, Jacques (1858-1931); Private Collection; (add.info.: Death of King Henry II)

King Francis I at Fontainebleu, feeding fish with bread (colour litho)
3094117 King Francis I at Fontainebleu, feeding fish with bread (colour litho) by Job, pseudonym for Onfray de Breville, Jacques (1858-1931); Private Collection; (add.info)

Saint Louis (colour litho)
3094111 Saint Louis (colour litho) by Job, pseudonym for Onfray de Breville, Jacques (1858-1931); Private Collection; (add.info.: Saint Louis)

Barbarian from Gaul, cooking a bear (colour litho)
3094108 Barbarian from Gaul, cooking a bear (colour litho) by Job, pseudonym for Onfray de Breville, Jacques (1858-1931); Private Collection; (add.info.: Barbarian from Gaul, cooking a bear)

Jouons a L Histoire in illustrated lettering (colour litho)
3094100 Jouons a L Histoire in illustrated lettering (colour litho) by Job, pseudonym for Onfray de Breville, Jacques (1858-1931); Private Collection; (add.info)

Punch and Judy show (chromolitho)
3104979 Punch and Judy show (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Punch and Judy show.); Look and Learn / Valerie Jackson Harris Collection

Pitiful Christmas, children pushed against a showcase of Christmas toys in Berlin and wounded by broken glass
2815074 Pitiful Christmas, children pushed against a showcase of Christmas toys in Berlin and wounded by broken glass (colour litho) by Beltrame

Punch cartoon: More Official Censorship of Pantomime (engraving)
6034816 Punch cartoon: More Official Censorship of Pantomime (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Punch cartoon: More Official Censorship of Pantomime)

Day of the Dead figures, from Oaxaca (papier mache)
XBP229286 Day of the Dead figures, from Oaxaca (papier mache) by Mexican School; Private Collection; Photo eBoltin Picture Library; Mexican, out of copyright

Day of the Dead: Mariachi, from Oaxaca (papier mache)
XBP229283 Day of the Dead: Mariachi, from Oaxaca (papier mache) by Mexican School; Private Collection; Photo eBoltin Picture Library; Mexican, out of copyright

Day of the Dead figures as musicians (papier mache) (detail of 229287)
XBP229288 Day of the Dead figures as musicians (papier mache) (detail of 229287) by Mexican School; Private Collection; Photo eBoltin Picture Library; Mexican, out of copyright

Puppet show in Maurice Sands studio, 1870 (engraving) (b / w photo)
CHT280129 Puppet show in Maurice Sands studio, 1870 (engraving) (b/w photo) by Sand, Baron Dudevant Jean Francois Maurice (1823-89); Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee Carnavalet, Paris

Harem in an Egyptian house during the time of the caliphs (litho)
5997173 Harem in an Egyptian house during the time of the caliphs (litho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

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"Puppets: A Timeless Art Form Unveiling Endless Possibilities" Step into the enchanting world of puppets, where strings come alive and imagination knows no bounds. From the iconic Pelham puppets to the unforgettable characters brought to life by Fulton Mackay and Sprocket in Cornwall, this captivating art form has captured hearts for generations. Intriguing melodies fill the air as marionettes gracefully dance across a stage, their movements synchronized with music like the mesmerizing Two Marionettes Polka album cover. Meanwhile, Punch & Judy take center stage on bustling streets, entertaining crowds with their timeless antics that have delighted audiences since Hogarth's era on British stages. Even beloved comedians like Ken Dodd couldn't resist the allure of puppetry. In Diddy Village, he masterfully wielded props for his new children's show on BBC, bringing joy to young viewers through vibrant characters such as Punch, Toby, and Clown. Puppetry's reach extends beyond traditional performances; it has even found its place in film sets. Behind-the-scenes glimpses reveal Thunderbirds being filmed with meticulous attention to detail. The magic unfolds as strings are pulled and intricate mechanisms bring these heroic marionettes to life before our eyes. Yet amidst all the laughter and wonderment lies a darker tale - "Punch Throws Baby" - an anonymous masterpiece showcasing Mr. Punch's mischievous nature while challenging societal norms through satire. This controversial piece reminds us that puppetry is not only about entertainment but also serves as a powerful medium for social commentary. Through it all remains one constant: Mr. Punch alongside his loyal companions Judy and Baby continue to captivate audiences worldwide with their timeless charm and misadventures that transcend language barriers. So let us celebrate puppets – those magical beings who transport us into realms unknown – whether they're gracing our screens or taking center stage under bright lights.