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Subject Entertainers Material Type Photographs Level [40] File

1. 1784.a.20(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.20(19)
Title:
Le joueur d'orgue. Photographer: Rousset, Ildefonse
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of an organ-grinder, his wife and numerous children, posed in a garden.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1866
Extent:
1 item

2. 1787.d.7, 2(32)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 2(32)
Title:
Actors, ancient marriage costume. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Full-length portrait of two actors, a man and a woman, in costume, seen from the front.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

3. 1787.d.7, 2(33)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 2(33)
Title:
Actors, ancient marriage costume. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Full-length portrait of the pair of actors seen in print 32, here photographed from behind.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

4. 1787.d.7, 2(34)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 2(34)
Title:
Ancient costume [Chinese actors]. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Full-length portrait of a male actor, in costume.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

5. 1787.d.7, 2(35)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 2(35)
Title:
Ancient costumes [Chinese actors]. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Full-length portrait of a male actor, in costume.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

6. 1787.d.7, 4(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 4(27)
Title:
A Pekingese peep-show. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Street scene, with a group gathered round a peep-show apparatus: 'The peep-show also ... enjoys a large share of public favour. It is fitted with a series of lenses in front, through which the eye of the spectator beholds the wonders of the world. For...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1872
Extent:
1 item

7. 10804.f.6(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
10804.f.6(21)
Title:
Charles Kean, Esq., F.S.A, Photographer: Maull and Polyblank
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Three-quarter length full-face portrait of Charles John Kean (1811-1868), second son of Edmund Kean and himself a successful actor. With biographical notice by Edward Walford. Part issued January 1858 and date stamped by British Museum 30 January 1858. Exhibited: Pho...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

8. 10804.f.6(33)

Reference (shelfmark):
10804.f.6(33)
Title:
J. B. Buckstone, Esq. Photographer: Maull and Polyblank
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Three-quarter length full-face portrait, seated at a desk writing, of the comedian, comic writer and actor-manager John Baldwin Buckstone (1802-1879). With biographical notice by Edward Walford. Part issued January 1859 and date stamped by British Museum 2 February 1...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1859
Extent:
1 item

9. L.R.404.k.10(44)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.404.k.10(44)
Title:
Theatrical performance. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Group portrait of actors in a 'scene from an historical play dealing with ancient times entitled 'Gosho Guruma,' literally 'The Imperial Cart.' The figure in white standing upon the cart represents the Mikado of the time. The Japanese theatre is the o...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

10. Maps C.21.f.12(184)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps C.21.f.12(184)
Title:
Grand Rope Ascension, Niagara Falls. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Distant view of an unidentified tightrope walker crossing the Niagara River Gorge, with the falls in the background. Stereo half, arched top.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item