Spectator Collection (#7)

The puppets (song), 19th century (Epinal print)
THT4305500 The puppets (song), 19th century (Epinal print); (add.info.: Chanson populaire "les marionnettes". Epinal print. Fin du XIXeme siecle.); © Jacques Marthelot

The art of description at Honore de Balzac: a theatre lodge, Madame de Bargeton, Lucien de Rubenpre
PCT4286665 The art of description at Honore de Balzac: a theatre lodge, Madame de Bargeton, Lucien de Rubenpre, the Marquise d'Espard - engraving by Celestin Nanteuil in the edition Houssiaux

France: crowd of spectators sitting watching the photographer perch on a scene and waiting for the start of the show
LUX4781669 France: crowd of spectators sitting watching the photographer perch on a scene and waiting for the start of the show

France: child's play at a fair, bag racing, 1900
LUX4781613 France: child's play at a fair, bag racing, 1900; (add.info.: France: child's play at a fair, bag racing, 1900); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

Algeria, Ain zeft: local population around an Arab dancer and a Europeen with accordeon, 1906
LUX4780189 Algeria, Ain zeft: local population around an Arab dancer and a Europeen with accordeon, 1906; (add.info.: Algeria)

France, Pays de la Loire, Maine-et-Loire (49), Saumur: performance of the Cadeau Noir in front of the cavalry school
LUX4777372 France, Pays de la Loire, Maine-et-Loire (49), Saumur: performance of the Cadeau Noir in front of the cavalry school with many spectators, 1900; (add.info.: France, Pays de la Loire)

France, Ile-de-France, Yvelines (78), Versailles: the park, animated scene in backlight, a day of great waters, 1900
LUX4776775 France, Ile-de-France, Yvelines (78), Versailles: the park, animated scene in backlight, a day of great waters, 1900; (add.info.: France, Ile-de-France, Yvelines (78)

France, Rhone-Alpes, Rhone (69), Lyon: Place Bellecour, children in a canoer framed by notables in top hat, 1895
LUX4773411 France, Rhone-Alpes, Rhone (69), Lyon: Place Bellecour, children in a canoer framed by notables in top hat, 1895; (add.info.: France, Rhone-Alpes, Rhone (69), Lyon: Place Bellecour

First World War: France, Postcard showing the dequeue of victory on July 14, 1919
LUX4741502 First World War: France, Postcard showing the dequeue of victory on July 14, 1919; (add.info.: First World War - War 14-18 (1914-1918) - World War I (WWI or WW1): France

Ascent of the balloon of Paul Jovis (died 1891) and Maurice Mallet (1821-1926) from the gas factory in La Villette
NWI4953937 Ascent of the balloon of Paul Jovis (died 1891) and Maurice Mallet (1821-1926) from the gas factory in La Villette, Paris (France), around 1880

A Midsummer Night's Dream, a play by William Shakespeare, England during the time of Shakespeare
NWI4956382 A Midsummer Night's Dream, a play by William Shakespeare, England during the time of Shakespeare. In the center, the character of Bottom with his donkey head

Women's lawn tennis tournament at Staten Island Cricket Club, New York (USA), circa 1870
NWI4961675 Women's lawn tennis tournament at Staten Island Cricket Club, New York (USA), circa 1870. Lithography and illustration 19th century.; (add.info)

France, Ile-de-France, Yvelines (78), Le Pecq: On the iron bridge that crosses the Seine of curious looks at racing
LUX4811202 France, Ile-de-France, Yvelines (78), Le Pecq: On the iron bridge that crosses the Seine of curious looks at racing boats, 1902; (add.info.: France, Ile-de-France, Yvelines (78)

France, Brittany, Finistere (29), Pointe du Raz (Audierne): On the square a fair with a street theatre, 1910
LUX4808816 France, Brittany, Finistere (29), Pointe du Raz (Audierne): On the square a fair with a street theatre, 1910; (add.info.: France, Brittany, Finistere (29)

France, Poitou-Charentes, Charente (16), Cognac: Fete in honour of Minister Barthoux's visit, 1907
LUX4815798 France, Poitou-Charentes, Charente (16), Cognac: Fete in honour of Minister Barthoux's visit, 1907; (add.info.: France, Poitou-Charentes, Charente (16)

Belgium, Ostend: Race field, three elegants attend a horse race in the stands, 1900
LUX4813203 Belgium, Ostend: Race field, three elegants attend a horse race in the stands, 1900; (add.info.: Belgium, Ostend: Race field, three elegants attend a horse race in the stands)

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Blere: theatre at the Chateau de Blere, 1885
LUX4806570 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Blere: theatre at the Chateau de Blere, 1885; (add.info.: France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Blere: theatre at the Chateau de Blere

France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): Place de la Concorde in Paris, defile from mid-careme, 1895
LUX4800914 France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): Place de la Concorde in Paris, defile from mid-careme, 1895; (add.info.: France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): Place de la Concorde in Paris

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: Place Jean Jaures, fete de la victoire, defile des firemen, 1918
LUX4799838 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: Place Jean Jaures, fete de la victoire, defile des firemen, 1918; (add.info.: France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: Place Jean Jaures

Spain, San Sebastian: Horses take the bull kills in the arena, 1920
LUX4807464 Spain, San Sebastian: Horses take the bull kills in the arena, 1920; (add.info.: Spain, San Sebastian: Horses take the bull kills in the arena, 1920); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

Spain, San Sebastian: In the arenes a bullfight, 1920
LUX4807449 Spain, San Sebastian: In the arenes a bullfight, 1920; (add.info.: Spain, San Sebastian: In the arenes a bullfight, 1920); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

Le Treport, Seine Maritime (76): A bourgeois family standing in its hippomobile car attends a horse race, 1900
LUX4728253 Le Treport, Seine Maritime (76): A bourgeois family standing in its hippomobile car attends a horse race, 1900; (add.info.: Le Treport)

France, Portrait of a Second Empire comedian named Delage, 1865
LUX4730879 France, Portrait of a Second Empire comedian named Delage, 1865; (add.info.: France, Portrait of a Second Empire comedian named Delage, 1865); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

Le Treport, Seine Maritime (76): On the embankment, obstacle race for children, 1900
LUX4728266 Le Treport, Seine Maritime (76): On the embankment, obstacle race for children, 1900; (add.info.: Le Treport, Seine Maritime (76): On the embankment, obstacle race for children

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: gymnastics feast at the velodrome with war representation: young soldiers
LUX4798017 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: gymnastics feast at the velodrome with war representation: young soldiers, 1915; (add.info.: France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37)

France, Centre, Loir-et-Cher (41), Pontlevoy: the great manoeuvres of the West
LUX4797624 France, Centre, Loir-et-Cher (41), Pontlevoy: the great manoeuvres of the West, a biplane lands in a field of the Tourangelle countryside, 1912; (add.info.: France, Centre)

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Beaumont la Ronce: the Beaumont family plays its own history at the Chateau de
LUX4797304 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Beaumont la Ronce: the Beaumont family plays its own history at the Chateau de Beaumont la Ronce, 1900; (add.info.: France, Centre)

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Beaumont la Ronce: the Beaumont family plays its own history at the Chateau de
LUX4797249 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Beaumont la Ronce: the Beaumont family plays its own history at the Chateau de Beaumont la Ronce, 1900; (add.info.: France, Centre)

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Beaumont la Ronce: the Beaumont family plays its own history at the Chateau de
LUX4797230 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Beaumont la Ronce: the Beaumont family plays its own history at the Chateau de Beaumont la Ronce, 1900; (add.info.: France, Centre)

A premiere, performance at the theatre in SYDNEY, Australia in 1796
JAB4121566 A premiere, performance at the theatre in SYDNEY, Australia in 1796.; (add.info.: A premiere, performance at the theatre in SYDNEY, Australia in 1796.); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis

France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): the hall of the opera view taken from the stage (Opera Le Peletier), 1870
LUX4711641 France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): the hall of the opera view taken from the stage (Opera Le Peletier), 1870; (add.info.: France, Ile-de-France)

Street entertainer using a baton to remove a coin from a woman's nose without touching her nose
FLO4677632 Street entertainer using a baton to remove a coin from a woman's nose without touching her nose. Audience of fashionable women in bonnets, shawls and dresses with frills

Savoyard boy with fife and drum makes his puppets dance in time to the music by moving his knees
FLO4677600 Savoyard boy with fife and drum makes his puppets dance in time to the music by moving his knees. Handcoloured engraving from Pierre de la Mesanger's Le Bon Genre, Paris

The King of the Ashanti (Ghana) welcomes an English mission led by Thomas Bowdich, 1817
FLO4620308 The King of the Ashanti (Ghana) welcomes an English mission led by Thomas Bowdich, 1817. Drummers and dancers with torches perform in front of nobles under parasols and flags

Jousting at a ring. Taken from Antoine de Pluvinel's L'Instruction du Roy en l'exercise de riding a horse
FLO4703010 Jousting at a ring. Taken from Antoine de Pluvinel's L'Instruction du Roy en l'exercise de riding a horse, 1668

A medieval tourney with cudgel, sword and lance. From an illustration in Georg Ruxner's Origins of the Tourney in
FLO4702983 A medieval tourney with cudgel, sword and lance. From an illustration in Georg Ruxner's Origins of the Tourney in the German Nation, 1532

Chinese costumes: a miller, with his pestle and the recipient to pound the rice
FLO4634306 Chinese costumes: a miller, with his pestle and the recipient to pound the rice, a beggar with a basket and a walking puppeteer

Tournament of Saint Inglevert, 1389, near Calais (France), or three French knights, marechal Jean II Le Meingre
FLO4630646 Tournament of Saint Inglevert, 1389, near Calais (France), or three French knights, marechal Jean II Le Meingre, dit Boucicaut (Boucicault) (1364-1421) with two chamberlans

France, Brittany, Finistere (29), Rumengol: May 1908, the forgiveness of the Trinity Our Lady All Remedy
LUX4784446 France, Brittany, Finistere (29), Rumengol: May 1908, the forgiveness of the Trinity Our Lady All Remedy, women cross the crowd with oriflames carrying the statue of Our Lady of All

France, Brittany, Finistere (29), Rumengol: May 1908, the forgiveness of the Trinity Notre Dame all redone
LUX4784342 France, Brittany, Finistere (29), Rumengol: May 1908, the forgiveness of the Trinity Notre Dame all redone, women cross the crowd with oriflames; (add.info.: France, Brittany)

Algeria, Ain Zeft: a party in the village, fantasia, 1904
LUX4788569 Algeria, Ain Zeft: a party in the village, fantasia, 1904; (add.info.: Algeria, Ain Zeft: a party in the village, fantasia, 1904); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

Egypt, Cairo: street scene, attraction, scounters around a storyteller, 1899
LUX4786503 Egypt, Cairo: street scene, attraction, scounters around a storyteller, 1899; (add.info.: Egypt, Cairo: street scene, attraction, scounters around a storyteller)

France, Pays de la Loire, Sarthe (72), Le Mans: During the week of Le Mans in June 1906, sports club
LUX4758925 France, Pays de la Loire, Sarthe (72), Le Mans: During the week of Le Mans in June 1906, sports club, start of the running, 1906; (add.info.: France, Pays de la Loire, Sarthe (72)

France, Pays de la Loire, Maine-et-Loire (49), Saumur: horse jumping, by soldiers in uniforms and kepi
LUX4757915 France, Pays de la Loire, Maine-et-Loire (49), Saumur: horse jumping, by soldiers in uniforms and kepi, in front of a crowd of spectators, 1920; (add.info.: France, Pays de la Loire)

France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): Tribune d'honneur du course d'Auteuil with the personalites of France
LUX4746843 France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): Tribune d'honneur du course d'Auteuil with the personalites of France and the colonies, 1897; (add.info.: France, Ile-de-France)

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: 31 May 1903, race car, Paris/Madrid, foot of the coast of Avenue Grammont
LUX4760171 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: 31 May 1903, race car, Paris/Madrid, foot of the coast of Avenue Grammont, exit of Tours, 1903 - crew Werner, Mercedes

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: 31 May 1903, Paris/Madrid car race, foot of the coast of Avenue Grammont
LUX4760295 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: 31 May 1903, Paris/Madrid car race, foot of the coast of Avenue Grammont, exit of Tours, 1903 - crew Jarrott

Greece, La Chania, Crete: French theatre with armees, repetition of the show gives for the national party, 1906
LUX4764823 Greece, La Chania, Crete: French theatre with armees, repetition of the show gives for the national party, 1906; (add.info.: Greece, La Chania, Crete: French theatre with armees)

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"The Spectator: Witnessing History Unfold Through the Eyes of Onlookers" The Orrery by Joseph Wright: A group of mesmerized spectators gaze upon a mechanical model of the solar system, marveling at the wonders of science and human ingenuity. Augusta National Golf Club House, 1943: Eager fans gather around the clubhouse, eagerly awaiting their favorite golfers as they compete in one of the most prestigious tournaments in the world. WORLD SERIES, 1955: In a nail-biting moment captured forever, Sandy Amoros soars through Yankee Stadium's left field to catch Yogi Berra's deep fly ball during Game 7, leaving spectators breathless with anticipation. Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc committing self-immolation in Saigon: Shocked onlookers witness an act of profound protest against injustice as this brave monk sets himself ablaze to shed light on President Ngo Dinh Diem's mistreatment of protestors. The Airpump by Joseph Wright: With fascination and curiosity etched on their faces, observers gather around an air pump experiment that symbolizes mankind's relentless pursuit of knowledge and scientific discovery. CLEVELAND: JACOBS FIELD - A sea of passionate baseball enthusiasts fills Jacobs Field; their collective cheers echoing through time as they support their beloved Cleveland Indians with unwavering loyalty. Churchill Downs horse racing at Kentucky Derby: Amidst thunderous hooves pounding against turf tracks at Churchill Downs, spectators hold their breaths while witnessing majestic horses galloping towards glory during America's greatest horse race event. Arthur Ashe triumphs over Jimmy Connors at Wimbledon finals in 1975: Captured mid-match point, ardent tennis fans watch intently as American legend Arthur Ashe defeats his opponent with grace and skill during a historic Wimbledon final match that will be remembered for years to come. Medieval jousting tournament.