VICTORIAN THEATRE POSTERS, PLAYBILLS AND PROGRAMMES FOR SALE
VICTORIAN THEATRE PHOTOGRAPHS & VICTORIAN & EDWARDIAN PICTURES OF
ACTORS ETC.
Frank H.P. Crellin (also know as Frank H. Celli), a carte de visite
photograph of opera singer Frank H.P. Crellin by Alexander Brothers of Glasgow.
Signed by him in ink, 'yours very truly Frank F.P. Crellin to Desmond L. Ryal
Esq.' Ryan was composer and critic Desmond Lumley Ryan. Some age fading, good
condition.
Price £60 Ref. no. 1aa
El Nino Farini (later known as Lulu) as a child, the Great Farini (William
Hunt) and Mrs. Farini. A carte de visite photograph by Naudin of 124 Brompton
Road, London. A couple of marks, good condition.
Price £90 Ref. no. 1b
Charles Fechter and Harry Widdicomb, a carte de visite
of Charles Fechter as Hamlet and Harry Widdicomb as the grave digger by Adolphe
Beau. Rather faded, as is so often the case with Beau photographs, and a couple
of marks.
Price £20 Ref. no. 2b
Emily Soldene,
a carte de visite of actress and vocalist Emily Soldene in costume
by Fradelle & Marshall of Regent Street. A couple of marks, good condition.
Price £30 Ref. no. 3b
Jennifer Carnell, Mary Elizabeth Braddon and the
Victorian Theatre: Theatre Biographies
of the Victorian Managers, Actors, Dancers, Pantomime Performers, Music Hall
Artistes and Circus Performers who worked with Braddon between 1852 and 1860
(Sensation Press, 2016). 500 page paperback. For further
details click here.
£39.99 Ref. no. 4b
Pattie Oliver, a carte de visite photograph of Pattie
Oliver in costume by Camille Silvy of 38 Porchester Terrace, Bayswater, London.
Good condition.
Price £35 Ref. no. 5b
David Fisher, a carte de visite of actor David Fisher
by Camille Silvy of 38 Porchester Terrace, Bayswater, London.
Good condition.
Price £40 Ref. no. 6b
Walter Gordon, a carte de visite of actor and playwright
Walter Gordon by by Caldesi Blanford and Co. of London. A couple of marks,
good condition. A headshot from this picture illustrates a biography of Walter
Gordon in Mary Elizabeth Braddon and the Victorian Theatre.
Price £25 Ref. no. 7b
Walter Gordon, a carte de visite of actor and playwright
Walter Gordon by Fradelle & Leach of London. Autographed in ink on front
‘Yours very truly Walter Gordon'. There is a biographical entry for Gordon
in Mary Elizabeth Braddon and the Victorian Theatre. Very faded.
Price £25 Ref. no. 8b
Rosa Leclercq, a carte de visite
photograph of actress Rosa Leclercq by Camille Silvy of 38 Porchester Terrace,
Bayswater, London. Good condition.
Price £49 Ref. no. 9b
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Charles Kean, Stereoscopic photograph by the London
Stereoscopic Company of the Kean Testimonial silver designed by H.H. Armstead
and made by Hunt and Roskell and given to Charles Kean by fellow old Etonians.
It was exhibited at the International Exhibition of 1862. In the twentieth
century it was sadly broken up or melted down - though the inscribed plaque
does still survive... Good condition.
Price £25 Ref. no. 11b
James Sheridan Knowles, a carte de visite of Irish
actor and playwright James Sheridan Knowles by H.J. Whitlock of Birmingham.
Knowles died in 1862, not long after this picture must have been taken. Slight
fading to left upper side, good condition.
Price £20 Ref. no. 12b
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Joseph Mee Hubbard, a cabinet photo of gymnastics professor
Joseph Mee Hubbard (c.1846-1916) by J. Bradney Cooper of 82a New Street, Birmingham.
Autographed on front in ink ‘Faithfully Yours, Jos. M. Hubbard' and on
the reverse ‘In kindest remembrances of October 1st & 2nd 1885'.
He is shown in costume and wearing his medals for gymnastics. Joseph Hubbard
was born in Ibstock in Leicestershire and taught gymnastics in the Birmingham
area. He married Louisa Jane Playfair in 1878. Some fading and loss to bottom
left corner of the card (not affecting the photo). Scarce. Good condition.
Price £25 Ref. no. 14b
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Theatre Royal, Bristol, 31 December 1874. Poster for
Miss Marriott in the title role of Hamlet and her performances in The
Wife's Secret and Jeannie Deans. Performers: Miss Marriott, Mr.
Adams, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Ames, Miss Armytage, Mr. Arnold, Joanna Blake, Mr.
R. Cowell, Miss Emmerson, Mr. Fosbrooke, Miss Frayley, Miss Goodyer, Miss
Griffiths, Mr. L.F. Lewis, Kate Mandlebert, Ellen Mayne, Wyke Moore, Bella
Murdoch, Master Newcome, Mr. Osgood, Mr. Quick, Miss E. Rudd, Mr. Scudamore,
Mr. R. Smith, Mr. B. Tapping, Mr. Thurlow and George Titheradge. Manager James
Henry Chart. 30 inches by 10 inches. Quite a rare playbill with Miss Marriott
as Hamlet. Two 5 inch tears repaired with archival tape, a few edge chips.
£35 Ref. no. 16b
Henrietta Simms, a carte de visite sized photo of
Henrietta Simms which has been removed from its original card and mounted
on album paper and later removed from a Victorian album. Good condition.
Price £20 Ref.
no. 17b
E.A. Sothern (owner), Pierrepont Edwards and Lester
Wallack (authors), The Romance of A Poor Young Man (New York: Samuel
French). Paperback play owned by actor Edward Sothern with his ownership signature
on front cover. First performed in New York in 1860, Sothern starred in the
first London production. There are numerous stage directions, alterations
to dialogue and notes in ink, both within the text and on extra pages bound
in, presumably by Sothern's director or stage manager. Together with a carte
de visite photograph of Sothern by Elliott & Fry. The play has a small
ownership stamp from theatre collector Terence Rees. Covers grubby, good condition.
An interesting item for further research.
Price £35 Ref. no. 18b
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Henry Irving, printed postcard by an anonymous publisher
showing a picture of the last playbill for Henry Irving's last performance
before his death at the Theatre Royal, Bradford on 9 October 1905. Some creases
and marks.
Price £5 Ref. no. 20b
Vaudeville Theatre, programme for the Vaudeville Theatre
on the Strand, dated in pencil for 1875. Lessee and managers were David James
and Thomas Thorne. Plays performed were A Whirligig by Pelham Hardwicke,
Our Boys by Henry J. Byron and the farce A Fearful Fog by F.
Hay. Actors: J. Bernard, Kate Bishop, William Farren (also stage manager),
C.W. Garthorne, David James, Sophie Larkin, W. Lestocq, Cicely Richards, Amy
Roselle, Thomas Thorne, Nellie Walters, Charles Warner. Others: Arthur Nicholson
(conductor of band and musical director), D. McKay (acting manager). Full
side advert for Eugene Rimmel's perfumery on reverse. Small holes to spine
where once bound with other programmes. Good condition.
Price £15 Ref. no. 21b
Surrey Theatre, engraved print of the outside of the
Surrey Theatre, dating from about 1850. Mounted in a mat and so could be framed.
Price £15 Ref. no. 22b
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Madge Kendal and W.H. Kendal, large print of the Kendals
in Impulse, published on 21 July 1883. Three tears to edges and creasing to
corners.
Price £5 Ref. no. 24b
Florence Gerard, large print of Florence Gerard as
Mrs. George D'Alroy in Caste. By Jack. Published 1883. Corners creases
and paper a little grubby.
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Bella Pateman, a real photo postcard of Bella Pateman
and Julia Neilson. Autographed by Bella Pateman in ink 'Yours sincerely Bella
Pateman'. Photographer Ellis and Walery. Published by J. Beagles & co.
A little faded, good condition.
Price £25 Ref. no. 29b
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The Sisters Anderson, playbill for magicians and mind-readers
the Sisters Anderson, the daughters of the famous magician Professor Anderson,
in their Wonderland entertainment of Ancient of Modern Magic at the Athenaeum
Hall. Although the playbill does not name the town, it was Bristol in December
1872 at the Athenaeum Hall in Corn Street. 15 by 10 inches. A few marks, good
condition. For biographies of the sisters, see Mary Elizabeth Braddon and
the Victorian Theatre.
Price £150 Ref.
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William Rignold, a carte de visite photograph of actor
William Rignold by M. Allen and Co. of Dublin. It was taken in about 1863
when Rignold was in the company at the Theatre Royal, Dublin. The carte de
visite once belonged to the Rignold/Rignall family and is inscribed in pencil
on the reverse. '‘William Rignold (father of Marie & Dora Rignold)'.
Good condition.
Price £30 Ref. no. 32b
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Lionel Brough, a real photo postcard of Lionel Brough.
Autographed by Brough in ink 'Yours truly, Lionel Brough'. Good condition.
Photographer Lizzie Caswell Smith, Rapid Photo Company card. Good condition.
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Janette Steer, a cabinet photograph of Janette Steer
by R.E. Ruddock of Newcastle. Good condition.
Price £25 Ref. no. 41b
Mr. A. Andrews, a carte de visite of actor A. Andrews in costume by
Marcus Ward & Co. of Belfast. In pencil on reverse ‘A member of Warden's
coy.' Theatre manager J.F. Warden's company was at the Theatre Royal, Belfast
and this carte de visite once belonged to his family collection.
Price £45 Ref. no. 42b
Robert Loraine, a real photo postcard autographed in
ink on the front by actor and aviator Robert Loraine. Rotary photo postcard
showing him in the play The Man From the Sea. Name on reverse of the recipient
in ink Therese H. Viehoff (Therese Harriet Viehoff 1867-1950, a Manchester
schoolteacher). Good condition.
Price £15 Ref. no. 43b
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Rowley Cowper, printed postcard of ventriloquist Rowley
Cowper with his dummy. Posted by Cowper himself on 16 April with a handwritten
message by Cowper himself reading ‘Penge, S.E., Dear Will, Flo will catch
first train after 5 from Anerley. I will follow later. No time to look up
trains. Rowley'. Addressed to Will Rose, who was a plumber, at 33 Mount Street,
Dorking, Surrey. A little aging and marks, good condition.
Price £45 Ref. no. 45b
Sidney Gandy and Ethel Inglefield, a real photo postcard
of Sidney Gandy, his wife Miss Inglefield and his ventrilioquist dummy, who
had an act in the 1890s and 1900s with a musical society entertainment, and
they also performed as mind readers or 'thought transmission' as they called
it, magicians and Sidney was talented in the field ventriloquism. The Gandys
real names were William Gandy and Ethel Mary Inglefield and Ethel was the
daughter of Michael Inglefield, doorman at the House of Commons. Good condition.
William Gandy was born in Stratton, Hampshire and died after an accident when
he was thrown from a horse near Guildford in 1912. Rare. Good condition.
Price £45 Ref. no. 46b
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Berte Thomas, a signed cabinet photograph of actor
and playwright Berte Thomas in costume by Taber of Montgomery Street, San
Francisco. Autographed on front ‘Very affectionately yours Berte Thomas'.
Thomas was in America in 1898 when actor and playwright Leonard Outram named
him as the other man when he sued his wife for a divorce in London. Some age
speckling, good condition.
Price £35 Ref.
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Lucy Buckstone, a carte de visite photograph of Lucy
Buckstone by Fradelle and Marshall. She was the daughter of John Baldwin Buckstone.
Some fading, good condition.
Price £15 Ref. no. 51b
Karno, Cabinet photo of a man and woman by Higgins
of 79 Royal Avenue, Belfast. Inscribed in ink at top on the front ‘June
2nd 1900. With every good wish to Dear Agnes from Mrs Fred Karno'.Fading to
some of the ink. This is not related to the famous Fred Karno - The Karno
Trio who were at the in Belfast and at the Empire Palace Theatre in Dublin
in June 1900, when they were described as ‘champion ball punchers'. On
the reverse, in pencil, there are traces of rubbed out words, which read something
like:
'Please return to
Mr. H.O. Barry
3 Henry Street
Little Horton Lane'
Little Horton Lane was in Bradford, and a Mrs. Harris rented rooms to performers
at no. 13 in 1900.
Price £20 Ref. no. 52b
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Roger Livesey, An early signed photo from the 1930s
of theatre and film actor Roger Livesey. Roger Livesey found fame both on
the stage and in Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger films such as I Know
Where I'm Going and The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp. Roger Livesey was
the son of Edwardian actor Sam Livesey - a member of a long established provincial
Victorian and Edwardian theatre family. The autograph on the photo says ‘Best
wishes Roger Livesey' in ink. The photo measures just under 4½ inches
by just under 3½ inches, and so is smaller than a postcard. An ink
stamp on the reverse reads, ‘Repro by the Photo Repro Co., 14 Cecil Court,
W.C.2'; this company was at this address in the 1930s and presumably produced
pictures actors could use as headshots and for autographs. Very good condition.
Price £25 Ref. no. 54b
Caroline Heath, a carte de visite sized photo of Caroline
Heath (later Mrs. Wilson Barrett) which has been removed from its original
card and mounted on album paper and later removed from a Victorian album.
A couple of nicks to edges of photo, otherwise good condition.
Price £15 Ref. no. 55b
Stella Collas, a carte de visite photograph of the
great French actress Stella Collas as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet. It
was taken by the London Stereoscopic Company and is autographed by Stella
on the front of the photo. Written on the reverse in ink in one hand (probably
Collas's as it is in the same ink as the autograph) ‘London June 16th
1864', and in another hand ‘As Juliet - Romeo and Juliet'. Unfortunately
rather faded and aged.
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Bijou Theatre, Carlisle, an end of season programme
for the Bijou Theatre in Carlisle on 16 March 1868 and 17 March 1868. The
theatre was managed by actor manager W.E. Mills and the patrons for the evening
on 16 Mach were Captain Hill and the Officers of 70th Regiment and on the
17th Captain Saul and officers of the 2nd Cumberland Artillery Volunteers,
Captain Ferguson, Captain Dixon, Captain Mounsey and officers of the 1st Cumberland
Rifle Volunteers. Plays performed were She Would and He Wouldn't, H.T.
Craven's The Chimney Corner, The Boarding School, Tom Taylor's
Still Waters Run Deep, Joe the Buits; or, A Cumberland Lad and
The Area Belle.
Actors were: H. Courte (Henry Courte), Mrs. H. Courte, Miss A. Desmond, Miss
N. Desmond, Mille De Vere, W. Douglas, Miss E. Faucit Saville, Blanche Forde,
J.C. Fuell (stage name of John Christian Fugl), W. Holstead, C. Jackman, W.E.
Mills, Mrs. W.E. Mills, F. Monroe, T.G. Poulton, T. Sennett (Thomas Sennett),
Miss C. Vere.
Programme includes adverts for local businesses, a few theatrical news items
and an article about the end of the season.
Two separate sheets of paper, not bound together, as it seems they may have
been removed from a scrapbook or binding. Unusual format for a programme -
it is titled The Bijou Footlights.
Price £15 Ref. no. 67b
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Harry Paulton, a carte de visite photograph of Harry
Paulton by G. Williams of Holloway Road. Good condition.
Price £20 Ref. no. 70b
William Creswick, carte de visite of actor and Surrey
Theatre manager William Creswick by Fradelle and Marshall. Good condition.
Price £30 Ref. no. 71b
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Rachel Sanger, woodburytype photograph of Rachel Sanger.
Small format. A small headshot from this picture and a biography of Sanger
can be found in the book Mary Elizabeth Braddon and the Victorian Theatre.
Good condition.
Price £15 Ref. no. 73b
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Annie Cameron, a carte de visite photograph by the
London Stereoscopic Company. Autographed ‘Yours truly Annie Cameron'
on reverse in ink. Good condition.
Price £35 Ref. no. 76b
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Alfred Wigan, a carte de visite of Alfred Wigan by
Disderi of Paris and London. Autographed in Wigan's handwriting on the front
in the blank area ‘Alfred Wigan March 1870'. Some fading and ink marks
from when he placed it in a letter and posted it. Good condition.
Price £35 Ref. no. 79b
Edith Blande, a carte de visite of Edith Blande by
E.L. Eaton, 238 Farnham Street, Omaha, Nebraska. Autographed on the reverse
in ink, ‘From little Edith with all kind remembrances to Mr. F.W. Mowbray.'
Good condition.
Price £35 Ref. no. 80b
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Judith Sylvia, a carte de visite sized photograph of
French actress Judith Sylvia remounted on album paper. Some fading, good condition.
Price £15 Ref. no. 82b
Harry Stanwood, a carte de visite photograph of Harry
Stanwood by C.D. Fredricks of 587 Broadway, New York. Autographed on front
‘Very truly Harry Stanwood' and on the reverse ‘For my friend Billy
Emerson, with best wishes of H. Stanwood, Feb. 10. 1867'. Printed collector
stamp on reverse ‘From Frank Craven's Theatrical Library'. Frank Craven
(1875-1945) was an actor and playright and wrote the story for the Laurel
and Hardy classic Sons of the Desert. Some fading and a couple of marks.
Price £60 Ref. no. 83b
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George Honey, a carte de visite of George Honey in
costume by Mr. E. Glover of 41 Connaught Terrace, Hyde Park, London. A biography
of Honey appears in the book Mary Elizabeth Braddon and the Victorian Theatre.
Good condition.
Price £25 Ref. no. 85b
Adeline Cottrell, a carte de visite photograph published
by T.H. Lacy, Publisher of Dramatic Photographs. Taken in about 1861. Slightly
pale exposure on face, good condition.
Price £25 Ref. no. 86b
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Raymond Mander and Joe Mitchenson, The Lost Theatres of London (London:
Rupert Hart-Davis, 1968). Illustrated hardback. Ex library, sound reading
copy.
Price £20 Ref. no. 88b
Louisa Ruth Herbert, a carte de visite photograph of
Louisa Ruth Herbert by Heath and Beau. Taken in 1860 and she is wearing a
costume and dark wig for a play by F.C. Burnand. Herbert was an actress, theatre
manager and in the early 1860s was a model for Dante Gabriel Rossetti and
other artists. Some age marks, but good condition.
Price £25 Ref. no. 89b
Louisa Ruth Herbert, a carte de visite photograph of
Louisa Ruth Herbert by Southwell Brothers. Taken in about 1866. Herbert was
an actress, theatre manager and in the early 1860s was a model for Dante Gabriel
Rossetti and other artists. Faded.
Price £15 Ref. no. 90b
Louisa Ruth Herbert, a carte de visite photograph of
Louisa Ruth Herbert by Elliott & Fry. Taken in about 1877. A few marks
to image, good condition.
Price £25 Ref. no. 91b
Louisa Ruth Herbert, a carte de visite photograph of
a young Louisa Ruth Herbert by Heath and Beau. Taken in 1860 or 1861. She
is wearing a large crucifix. Slightly trimmed on bottom edge of card, a little
faded, but good condition.
Price £25 Ref. no. 92b
Louisa Ruth Herbert, a carte de visite photograph of
a young Louisa Ruth Herbert by Heath and Beau. Taken in about 1860. Dated
in pencil on reverse 30 April 1861. A little faded, and a couple of small
marks but good condition.
Price £25 Ref. no. 93b
Louisa Ruth Herbert, a carte de visite by unknown photographer
- the carte card is mounted on later brown album paper. She is dressed in
costume and wig in the role of Lady Teazle in The School for Scandal, a role
she played as actress/manager in about 1866. A newspaper caption from the
time of her death was added to the brown paper below and reads ‘Herbert
- Ruth, an English stage beauty of bygone days, died recently in London at
the age of 89. It was with Miss Herbert that Ellen Terry made her stage debut
at the age of 8.' Fading to image and a couple of creases, Herbert is posed
looking down,corner of white carte card chipped.
Price £15 Ref. no. 94b
Henry Sinclair, a a woodburytype carte de visite photograph
of Henry Sinclair, taken in about 1875. Mounted on card by an amateur. Good
condition. There is a biography of Sinclair in Mary Elizabeth Braddon and
the Victorian Theatre and a small headshot of this picture appears as
an illustration.
Price £15 no. 95b
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Lionel Rignold, a carte de visite of a young Lionel
Rignold by Hertz & Co., Lumb Lane, Westgate, Bradford. Autographed in
ink on reverse ‘From your loving nephew Lionel Rignold.' It once belonged
to the Rignold family. Age spotting to picture.
Price £35 Ref. no. 97b
George Rignold, 9 carte de visite photographs of actor
George Rignold. They once belonged to the Rignold family.
1. George Rignold cdv by the London Stereoscopic Company.
2. George Rignold cdv by Window & Grove.
3. George Rignold cdv by Window & Grove.
4. George Rignold cdv by the London Stereoscopic Company.
5. George Rigold as Amos Clark in Amos Clark by Watts Phillips at the
Queen's Theatre in 1872) by Fradelle & Marshall. Very faded.
6. Ditto. Faded & a small tear to bottom of card area.
7. George Rignold by Window & Grove.
8. George Rignold by H.J. Whitlock, 11 New Street, Birmingham.
9. carte de visite by W. Lawrence of Dublin of George Rignold in Clancarty
by Tom Taylor at the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin in early November 1874 with
Richard Younge's company. It shows Rignold, another man and two women in costume.
The actors in Younge's company at the time were: Miss Louise Willes, Miss
Latanu, Mrs. Clouston Foster, Miss Howard, Miss Harlow, Miss Marie Henderson,
Mr. George Rignold, Mr. Carlisle, Mr. C.W. Garthorne, Mr. Barrington, Mr.
Isaacson, Mr. Clouston Foster, Mr. Estcourt, Mr. F. Anson, Mr. Warren, Mr.
Rusden, Mr. H. Craven and Mr. Richard Younge. Top edge trimmed, some fading.
Price £45 Ref. no. 98b
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Mrs. Rogers, a carte de visite sized photograph which
has been removed from its original card and mounted on album paper and later
removed from a Victorian album. At the time the picture was taken she was
appearing at Sadler's Wells. Good condition.
Price £25 Ref. no. 100b
John Clarke, a carte de visite of John Clarke by J.R.
James's Photographic Gallery of Celebrities. An early portrait taken in about
1860. Autographed by Clarke on front as 'J. Clarke'. Some mottled fading to
background, good condition.
Price £80 Ref. no. 101b
John Clarke, a carte de visite of John Clarke by H.N.
King of Bath. Very good condition.
Price £35 Ref. no. 102b
Teresa Furtado, a carte de visite of Teresa Furtado
in costume by Elliott and Fry. The toddler clutching her dress may be the
daughter of Teresa Furtado and John Clarke. Very good condition.
Price £25 Ref. no. 103b
Elizabeth Philp, a carte de visite photograph of composer
Elizabeth Philp by Caldesi. Autographed by Philp in violet ink. Faded and
a few ink retouching marks showing in the hair.
Price £35 Ref. no. 104b
Leigh Murray, a carte de visite of actor Leigh Murray by J.R.
James, Galerie Photographique, 247 Upper Street, Islington, London. Inscribed
by Murray, presumably, in ink on front ‘With the original's Love! - (at
all Regards!!!):'. Bottom corners clipped and bottom edge trimmed. Good condition.
A small headshot of this portrait appears in the book Mary Elizabeth Braddon
and the Victorian Theatre.
Price £45 Ref. no. 105b
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Matthew Wilkinson, a printed play called My Turn
Next that belonged to Victorian actor Matt Wilkinson. An amateur
paper binding made from a package used to post a newspaper (with the remains
of an address to the Marionettes Exhibition, Sparrow Green, Wadhurst) and
sewn spine, perhaps made by Wilkinson himself. The cover has printed name
(probably cut from a playbill), his ownership stamp three times. The original
title page has been removed, perhaps to remove an earlier owner's details.
Inside there is Matt Wilkinson's ownership signature, stamps and the role
of Twitter is marked up by him. Matthew Henry Wilkinson (1858-1930) became
an actor in the 1880s. He was born in Staffordshire and he married actress
Sophie Jekyll Graham Newman, the widow of Tom Auther Sawdon, and who may have
acted as Sophia Fane. His daughter Violet (Violet Beatrice Wilkinson who acted
as Eileen O'Connor) also became an actress. Tatty but interesting.
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Arthur Wood and Fanny Josephs, a carte de visite of Arthur
Wood as Crabtree and Fanny Josephs as Lady Sneerwell in The School for
Scandal at the Prince of Wales Theatre. Photo by Window & Grove of
London. One edge slightly trimmed. Good condition. A headshot from this photo
and a biography of Arthur Wood appears in Mary Elizabeth Braddon and the
Victorian Theatre.
Price £45 Ref. no. 110b
Samuel Phelps, a carte de visite of Samuel Phelps by
Fradelle and Marshall of London. Good condition.
Price £20 Ref. no. 111b
John Henry Lunn, an original large pen and ink portrait
on card of actor Lionel Brough produced for the Tribune newspaper in about
1905. J.H. Lunn based his portrait on a photograph of Brough by Lizzie Caswall
Smith. John Henry Lunn (1864-1951) was born in York. When he became an artist
and illustrator he moved to Brixton. Good condition.
Price £45 Ref. no. 112b
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Gaiety Theatre and Opera House, Hastings, theatre programme
for 2 October 1882. Visiting company for 6 nights belonging to manager Alfred
Parry. The company performed Queen's Evidence by George Conquest and
Henry Petitt. The actors were: Walter Barton, Edith Courtenay, Mr. C. Denley,
Lillie Emmerson, Minnie Frances, Evelyn Grey, Fred Hart, Miss M. Palmer Alfred
Parry, Mr. T.M. Sinclair and Mr. J. Tyson. The owner of the theatre was G.
Gaze and the manager was Henry Turner. Programme contains local adverts and
announcements of forthcoming visiting theatre companies (Frederick Wood and
Miss Muncey, Mr. Carton, Mervyn Dallas and Adelaide Stanhope). Programme printed
by Ticehurst Brothers. A few small holes and chips to edges, one tear repaired
with archival tape.
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Adelaide Douglas Bligh Jones (later Tagart), a cabinet
photograph of Adelaide Douglas Bligh Jones (1877-1940), taken in 1898 by Studio
Karoly of Nottingham and autographed by her in her stage name of Aylmer at
Christmas (when she was appearing in pantomime in Cheltenham). She was born
in Kilburn in 1877, the daughter of Thomas Augustus Jones and Janet Jones.
Her father was a wine merchant for a time in Liverpool, and her mother was
born in Aberdeen. After her father's early death, Adelaide attended a boarding
school in London and then became an actress for a few years. She married Ernest
Ongley Tagart in 1902 and her son Gerald Ongley Tagart was born in 1903. Good
condition.
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Unknown Actor, a carte de visite sized photograph mounted
on card of an unidentified actor in costume. Good condition.
Price £10 Ref. no. 131b
SOLD Ref. no. 132b
Maude Percival, Billie Burke and James Blakeley in
The Schoolgirl. Printed postcard in the Theatrical Series by Davidson
Brothers Picture Postcards. Sheffield postmark Novemver 17 1903. Addressed
to Miss Frith, 175 Pitsmoor Road, Pitsmoor, Sheffield. Message 'yours faithfully
E. Flanagan Nov 17th 1903'. Coal merchant Thomas Frith lived at this address
with his daughters Ella and Nellie. Good condition.
Price £10 Ref. no. 133b
SOLD Ref. no. 134b
SOLD Ref. no. 135b
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SOLD Ref. 137b
William Calvert, Real photo postcard of William Calvert
in costume. Unposted. Photo by Dover Street Studios, published by J. Beagles
& Co. Good condition.
Price £10 Ref. no. 138b
SOLD Ref. no. 139b
Nelson Keys, an unusual pen and ink and watercolour
illustrated envelope sent to the actor Nelson Waite Keys in 1904 when he was
in The Orchid Company at the Theatre Royal, Bradford - as the company had
moved on, the address was changed to the Theatre Royal, Newcastle. London
postmark for 27 October 1904 and Newcastle postmark for 28 October 1904. Open
at top and bottom of envelope, no letter present. An interesting example of
an envelope with an original illustration. The illustration shows a military
looking man with a resemblance to Lord Kitchener, or perhaps intended to be
the character Keys acted in The Orchid.
Price £30 Ref. no. 140b
Thomas William Shafto Robertson, a pen and ink illustrated
envelope by Tom Robertson, the son of playwright and theatre manager T.W.
Robertson, on a Toole's Theatre envelope. The envelope was sent with a London
postmark on 29 October 1883 and has a Paddington postmark for 30 October.
It names the lessee as actor J.L. Toole and the managers as T.W. Robertson
and H. Bruce; the play being performed was Ours by T.W. Robertson. The illustration
shows a man holding a playbill which holds the address as ' "Bill of
Fare" M. Salaman Esq., 24 Sutherland Gardens, St. Peter's Park, W.. M.
Salaman was the journalist Charles Malcolm Salaman (1855-1940, who became
known as Malcolm Charles Salaman) who, at this time lived at this address
in Paddington with his mother Frances and composer father Charles Kensington
Salaman. Envelope (no letter present) mounted on album card, on the reverse
of which are the remains of another envelope. The sender of the envelope is
identified in ink on the album card as 'Tom Robertson, son of T.W. Robertson'.
Price £30 Ref. no. 141b
Clara Smith, visiting card and envelope of Mrs. Clara
Smith, Scientific Palmist, 18 Newton Street, Charing Cross. Small mark to
top right, good condition. It probably dates from the 1880s or 1890s.
Price £10 Ref. no. 142b
Lydia Dudley, a real photo postcard of music hall artiste
Lydia Dudley by the Speed Photo Co. Autographed on the front ‘Sincerely
yours, Lydia Dudley 9/1/07' and with a handwritten message, probably to her
family, from her on the reverse ‘Dear ?, kindly call for me this evening
hope all is well at home ? Expects us along. Have you a vacancy for this young
lady?' Lydia Dudley's real name was Lydia Dudley Scott and she was born in
Liverpool in 1877. She was the daughter of plumber and glazier William Scott
and landlady Ellen Jane Scott and her mother had theatrical boarders. She
had brothers George Thomas Scott, William Ellis Scott, Walter Scott, Joseph
Scott and Stanley Stuart Scott; Captain William Ellis Scott died in New York
in 1893. Good conditon.
Price £35 Ref.
no. 143b
SOLD Ref. no. 144b
Dame Peggy Ashcroft, An early signed photo of theatre
and film actress Peggy Ashcroft, taken when she was a young woman in the 1930s.
It is a real photo postcard and is signed Peggy Ashcroft in ink on the front,
and has a note from her on the reverse which reads, ‘Many thanks for
your very nice letter and the book, very sincerely Peggy Ashcroft'. The card
measures just under 5½ inches by 3½ inches. Image and autograph
are a little dark & slight bloom to image, otherwise good condition.
Price £12 Ref. no. 145b
SOLD Ref. no. 146b
SOLD Ref. no. 147b
Frederick Melville, three printed postcards from Frederick
Melville's east end melodrama The Bad Girl of the Family.
1. ‘The Abduction'.
2. ‘Aren't you going to kiss your wife?'
3. ‘How Would you like to be my housekeeper?'
Some aging, good condition.
Price £10 Ref. no. 148b
Harry Vernon Warner and Elsie Warner, cabinet photograph
of the two musician children by Edward Godwin of 63 Anerley Road, Crystal
Palace, London. Autographed in ink by both children as ‘H. Vernon Warner'
and ‘Elsie Warner' and dated 1901. Harry and Elsie gave concerts from
childhood and were the children of music teacher Harry Ernest Warner and Florence
Warner. They grew up in Richmond and their father played the church organ
in Kew. Harry Vernon Warner (1887-1973) played the piano and Elsie May Warner
(born 1891) played the violin. Good condition.
Price £35 Ref. no. 149b
SOLD Ref. no. 150b
SOLD Ref. no. 151b
Henry Neville, a woodburytype carte de visite of Henry
Neville as Pierre in The Two Orphans at the Olympic Theatre. It would
have been given away with a magazine in the 1870s and has been mounted on
card by an amateur. Identified in ink at bottom of card. Good condition.
Price £10 Ref. no. 152b
SOLD Ref. no. 153b
Unknown Actress, 1860s photograph that has been soaked
off from its carte de visite card. Top edge trimmed. An actress in a military
uniform holding a sword, posed against rocks and a scenic backdrop.
Price £10 Ref. no. 154b
SOLD Ref. no. 155b
SOLD Ref. no. 156b
Herman Vezin, Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Henry Neville and
Lionel Brough, real photo postcard of Vezin as Rowley, Tree as Sir Peter,
Neville as Sir Oliver Surface and Brough as Moses in The School for Scandal.
Published by J. Beagles & co., an interesting picture of the four Victorian
actors in about 1906. Good condition.
Price £10 Ref. no. 157b
SOLD Ref. no. 158b
Monsieur Jullien, a carte de visite sized photo of
composer and conductor Monsieur Julien which has been removed from its original
card and mounted on album paper and later removed from a Victorian album.
Taken in the early 1860s. A couple of tears to paper edges, good condition.
Price £10 Ref. no. 159b
SOLD Ref. no. 160b
SOLD Ref. no. 161b
SOLD Ref. no. 162b
Arthur Dacre and Amy Roselle, two signed cabinet photographs
by W. & D. Downey of 57 & 61 Ebury Street, London. Autographed in
ink on front ‘Always yours Arthur Dacre' and ‘Always yours Amy Roselle-Dacre'.
Good condition.
Price £150 Ref. no. 163b
SOLD Ref. no. 164b
Edith Stuart, a carte de visite sized photo of actress
Edith Stuart which has been removed from its original card and mounted on
album paper and later removed from a Victorian album. Taken in the early 1860s.
Some age mottling to background, still sharp and clear on face and figure.
Price £15 Ref. no. 165b
Cicely Nott, a carte de visite of vocalist and actress
Cicely Nott by Elliott & Fry and Fry of London. Autographed in ink on
reverse ‘yours sincerely Cicely Nott'. A small headshot from this picture
and a biography of Nott can be found in the book Mary Elizabeth Braddon
and the Victorian Theatre.
Price £60 Ref. 166b
Edith Blanche, Autographed cabinet photograph of Edith
Blanche by Fergus of Greenock and Millport, Scotland. Blanche is dressed in
costume for pantomime and the picture was taken in 1899. Signed in ink on
the front ‘Sincerely yours Edith Blanche Jan 99'. Daughter of Cicely
Nott. Good condition.
Price £35 Ref. no. 167b
Ada Blanche, real photo postcard by Rotary of Ada Blanche.
Photo by Foulsham & Banfield. Written in ink on reverse 'born 1868 1898
Drury Lane etc.' Good condition.
Price £5 Ref. no. 168b
Henry Gartside Neville, carte de visite by the London
Stereoscopic Company in the 1870s. Good condition.
Price £12 Ref. no. 169b
SOLD Ref. no. 170b
SOLD Ref. no. 171b
SOLD Ref. no. 172b
SOLD Ref. no. 173b
SOLD Ref. no. 174b
Robert Loraine, A. Vane-Tempest, Miss Gladys Gaynor, Mr.
Arthur Lewis and Nina Boucucault, real photo postcard of actor and aviator
Robert Loraine, A. Vane-Tempest, Miss Gladys Gaynor, Mr. Arthur Lewis and
Nina Boucucault in The Man From the Sea. A little marked on blank reverse,
good condition.
Price £8 Ref. no. 175b
Gabrielle Ray, two real photo postcards of Gabrielle
Ray - one a studio pose, the second an articial snow scene. The first was
sent with a message (no stamp present, though) to a Mr. Jim Borthwich (? probably
should read Bewick as there was a family of this name at this address) of
13 Woodbine Street in Gateshead. Light creasing to first image, good condition.
Price £8 Ref. no. 176b
SOLD Ref. no. 177b
SOLD Ref. no. 178b
SOLD Ref. no. 179b
Kate Saxon, a carte de visite sized photo of Kate Saxon
which has been removed from its original card and mounted on album paper and
later removed from a Victorian album. Taken in the early 1860s. Good condition.
Price £15 Ref. no. 180b
William Redmund, a woodburytype carte de visite of
William Redmund published by Figaro in its Gallery of Celebrities in the 1870s.
Nick to bottom edge of photo area, otherwise good condition.
Price £15 Ref. no. 181b
SOLD Ref. no. 182b
Carlotta Addison, a carte de visite photograph of Carlotta
Addison by Window and Grove. Autographed by Addison in ink. Good condition.
Price £35 Ref. no. 183b
Fanny Addison, two carte de visites of Fanny Addison
by Horatio King of Bath. Both are aged and marked. Poor condition. A headshot
from one, together with a biography of Addison, appears in the book Mary
Elizabeth Braddon and the Victorian Theatre.
Ref. no. 184b Price £15
Billie Burke and Farren Soutar, two real photo postcards
of Billie Burke and Farren Soutar in The Belle of Mayfair. The first
Posted in 1907 to Miss M. Freestone, 3 Goldington Crescent, St. Pancras and
the second Posted in 1907 Blackpool to Miss M. Booth, 70 Lytham Road, Blackpool
(this was Mary Alice Booth, a shop assistant at this address to her father
Alfred Ernest Booth). Good condition.
Price £8 Ref. no. 185b
SOLD Ref. no. 186b
Lewis Waller, real photo postcard of Lewis Waller in
military costume as Arthur Conan Doyle's Brigadier Gerard. Posted to Miss
F. Muir, 97 Roxburgh Street, Walton, Liverpool in 1906 with a message from
Walter Muir to his sister Florence Muir. Slight creasing to edges, good condition.
Price £10 Ref. no. 187b
SOLD Ref. no. 188b
Marie Bancroft and Lin Rayne, carte de visite of Lin
Rayne and Marie Bancroft in The School for Scandal as Sir Benjamin
Backbite and Lady Teazle at the Prince of Wales's Theatre. Photographer Window
and Grove. A small headshot from this picture and a biography of Lin Rayne
can be found in the book Mary Elizabeth Braddon and the Victorian Theatre.
Very good condition.
Price £35 Ref. no. 189b
SOLD Ref. no. 190b Price £45
C. Hayden Coffin, two real photo postcards of C. Hayden
Coffin. Photos by Hana. The first published by Rotary and posted in Brighton
in 1906 to Miss C. Wheatly, 7 Cannon Place, Brighton (this was Caroline Wheatley,
resident at this address with her parents Jacob - a bath chair proprietor
- and Emily Wheatley). The second published by Rotary and posted in Ramsgate
in 1905 to Lilian Thompson, 1 Elms Villa, The Elms, Ramsgate. Creasing to
both cards, light to the first and heavy to the second and a heavy postmark
to second.
Price £5 Ref. no. 191b
The Follies, real photo postcard by Hana of music hall
artistes or concert part troupe The Follies dressed in pierrot costumes. Good
condition.
Price £5 Ref. no. 192b
The Gaieties, two real photo postcards by Hana of variety
artistes and concert party performers The Gaieties. The first is autographed
by each member of the act: Charles Conyers, Beatrice Jeffreys, Percy R. Watson
(Percy Rupert Wilson), Ruby Wilson, Wilson James and Lois Barker. The second
postcard is of Ruby Wilson alone. Good condition.
Price £25 Ref. no. 193b
SOLD Ref. no. 194b
SOLD Ref. no. 195b
Carte de visite of an unknown young actress or actor in costume
with sword and false moustache by an unknown photographer. An early picture
as a stand (to keep the subject still) can be seen behind. Good condition.
Price £15 Ref. no. 196b
SOLD Ref. no. 197b
SOLD Ref. no. 198b
Gus Sharland, A large 1920s photograph of theatre,
London Palladium and film actor Gus Sharland in costume as a soldier
with medals by Hana Studios of London. The reverse reads in ink handwriting,
‘Return to Gus Sharland. Palladium.' The photograph measures just over
8 inches by 6 inches. Condition: Ink mark to top left, tiny corner crease
top left. Good condition.
Price £10 Ref. no. 199b
SOLD Ref. no. 200b
SOLD Ref. no. 201b
SOLD Ref. no. 202b
SOLD Ref. no. 203b
SOLD Ref. no. 204b
SOLD Ref. no. 205b
SOLD Ref. no. 206b
SOLD Ref. no. 207b
SOLD Ref. no. 208b
Adeline Billington, carte de visite of Adeline Billington
in a double exposure pose, showing her character young and old, in the 1865
production of Rip Van Winkle at the Adelphi Theatre. The photographer
was W. Walker & Sons. Good condition.
Ref. no. 209b Price £25
SOLD Ref. no. 210b
SOLD Ref. no. 211b
Mrs. John Wood, a woodburytype carte de visite of actress
Mrs. John Wood. It would have been given away with a magazine in the 1870s
and has been mounted on card by an amateur. Identified in ink at bottom of
card. Good condition.
Price £20 Ref. no. 212b
SOLD Ref. no. 213b
SOLD Ref. no. 214b
SOLD Ref. no. 215b
Sydney Fairbrother, real photo postcard of Sydney Fairbrother
in later life, probably the 1930s. Photograph by Cyril Stanborough. Autographed
in ink on the front ‘Sydney Fairbrother'. Good condition.
Price £25 Ref. no. 216b
Albert Valchera and Sydney Fairbrother, real photo
postcard of child actor Albert Valchera and actress Sydney Fairbrother in
The Beauty of Bath in 1906. Photo by Foulsham & Banfield. Good
condition.
Price £5 Ref. no. 217b
Clara Rousby, a carte de visite of Clara Rousby by
W. & D. Downey. Good condition.
Price £15 Ref. no. 218b
SOLD Ref. no. 219b
SOLD Ref. no. 220b
SOLD Ref. no. 221b
SOLD Ref. no. 222b
SOLD Ref. no. 223b
SOLD Ref. no. 224b
SOLD Ref. no. 225b
SOLD Ref. no. 226b
SOLD Ref. no. 227b
SOLD Ref. no. 228b
SOLD Ref. no. 229b
Alma Murray, real photo postcard of Alma Murray in
The Prodigal Son by an unknown photographer. Autographed in
ink on the front: ‘Yours truly Alma Murray Dec 1st 06'. The Prodigal
Son was performed in 1906 at the Camden Theatre. Good condition.
Price £25 Ref. no. 230b
Leigh Murray, a portrait of Leigh Murray. One of a
series of fine engravings of actors published in 1850 (undated) and which
could be bought in a portfolio and volume form. This is a very high quality
engraving with a photographic quality. Foxing to border, otherwise good condition.
Price £9 Ref. no. 231b
Leigh Murray and Fanny Stirling, Leigh Murray as Orlando
and Fanny Stirling as Rosalind in As You Like It. One of a series of fine
engravings of actors published in 1850 (undated) and which could be bought
in a portfolio and volume form. Foxing to edges (not affecting central engraving)
and loss to bottom left corner.
Price £9 Ref. no. 232b
Jenny Marston and Frederick Robinson, Jenny Marston
and Frederick Robinson as Florizel and Perdita in The Winter's Tale.
One of a series of fine engravings of actors published in 1850 (undated) and
which could be bought in a portfolio and volume form. There is a biographical
entry for Jenny Marston in Mary Elizabeth Braddon and the Victorian Theatre.
Light foxing to edges, good condition.
Price £9 Ref. no. 233b
Miss Woolgar (Mrs. Alfred Mellon), Miss Woolgar (Mrs.
Alfred Mellon) as Rosalind in As You Like It. One of a series of fine engravings
of actors published in 1850 (undated) and which could be bought in a portfolio
and volume form. Light foxing to edges, good condition.
Price £9 Ref. no. 234b
Madame Celeste, Madame Celeste as Princess Katherine
in Henry V. One of a series of fine engravings of actors published
in 1850 (undated) and which could be bought in a portfolio and volume form.
Light foxing to edges, good condition.
Price £9 Ref. no. 235b
George Bennett, George Bennett as King Henry the Eighth.
One of a series of fine engravings of actors published in 1850 (undated) and
which could be bought in a portfolio and volume form. Good condition.
Price £9 Ref. no. 236b
SOLD Ref. no. 237b
Mr. Atkins and Miss Cross, Mr. Atkins and Miss Cross
as Grumio and Curtis in The Taming of the Shrew. One of a series of
fine engravings of actors published in 1850 (undated) and which could be bought
in a portfolio and volume form. Good condition.
Price £9 Ref. no. 238b
Barry Sullivan, Barry Sullivan as Hamlet. One of a
series of fine engravings of actors published in 1850 (undated) and which
could be bought in a portfolio and volume form. Good condition.
Price £9 Ref. no. 239b
Henry Betty, Henry Betty as Faulconbridge in King John.
One of a series of fine engravings of actors published in 1850 (undated) and
which could be bought in a portfolio and volume form. Good condition.
Price £9 Ref. no. 240b
Charles Pitt, Charles Pitt as Gloster in Henry VI.
One of a series of fine engravings of actors published in 1850 (undated) and
which could be bought in a portfolio and volume form. Good condition.
Price £9 Ref. no. 241b
J.W. Wallack, J.W. Wallack as Gloster in Richard III.
One of a series of fine engravings of actors published in 1850 (undated) and
which could be bought in a portfolio and volume form. Light foxing to edges,
good condition.
Price £9 Ref. no. 242b
Miss Cooper, Miss Cooper as Helena in A Midsummer
Night's Dream. One of a series of fine engravings of actors published
in 1850 (undated) and which could be bought in a portfolio and volume form.
Light foxing to edges, good condition.
Price £9 Ref. no. 243b
George Vandenhoff, George Vandenhoff as Coriolanus.
One of a series of fine engravings of actors published in 1850 (undated) and
which could be bought in a portfolio and volume form. Light foxing on left
hand side - not affecting main image.
Price £9 Ref. no. 244b
William Macready, William Macready as Richard II. One
of a series of fine engravings of actors published in 1850 (undated) and which
could be bought in a portfolio and volume form. Good condition.
Price £9 Ref. no. 245b
William Macready, William Macready as Henry IV. One
of a series of fine engravings of actors published in 1850 (undated) and which
could be bought in a portfolio and volume form. Good condition.
Price £9 Ref. no. 246b
William Macready and E.L. Davenport, William Macready
as Cassius and E.L. Davenport as Brutus in Julius Caesar. One of a series
of fine engravings of actors published in 1850 (undated) and which could be
bought in a portfolio and volume form. Good condition.
Price £9 Ref. no. 247b
George Bennett, George Bennett as Hubert in King John.
One of a series of fine engravings of actors published in 1850 (undated) and
which could be bought in a portfolio and volume form. Good condition.
Price £9 Ref. no. 248b
George Bennett, George Bennett as Apemantus in Timon
of Athens. One of a series of fine engravings of actors published in 1850
(undated) and which could be bought in a portfolio and volume form. Good condition.
Price £9 Ref. no. 249b
Henry Compton, a portrait of Henry Compton. One of
a series of fine engravings of actors published in 1850 (undated) and which
could be bought in a portfolio and volume form. This is a very high quality
engraving with a photographic quality. Good condition.
Price £9 Ref. no. 250b
Henry Compton, Henry Compton as Launce in Two Gentleman
of Verona. One of a series of fine engravings of actors published in 1850
(undated) and which could be bought in a portfolio and volume form. Foxing
to edges.
Price £9 Ref. no. 251b
Mary Amelia Warner, Mary Amelia Warner as Hermione
in The Winter's Tale. One of a series of fine engravings of actors
published in 1850 (undated) and which could be bought in a portfolio and volume
form. Good condition.
Price £9 Ref. no. 252b
William Creswick, William Creswick as Coriolanus. One
of a series of fine engravings of actors published in 1850 (undated) and which
could be bought in a portfolio and volume form. Foxing and a large corner
crease to bottom left.
Price £9 Ref. no. 253b
William Creswick, William Creswick as Hotspur in Henry
IV. One of a series of fine engravings of actors published in 1850 (undated)
and which could be bought in a portfolio and volume form. Good conditon.
Price £9 Ref. no. 254b
Julia Harland and Miss Conquest, Julia Harland as Puck
and Miss Conquest as Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream. One of a
series of fine engravings of actors published in 1850 (undated) and which
could be bought in a portfolio and volume form. Good condition.
Price £9 Ref. no. 255b
Isabella Glyn, Isabella Glyn as Constance in King John.
One of a series of fine engravings of actors published in 1850 (undated) and
which could be bought in a portfolio and volume form. Very light foxing to
edges, good condition.
Price £9 Ref. no. 256b
Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Mrs. Fitzwilliam as Mrs. Page in
The Merry Wives of Windsor. One of a series of fine engravings of actors
published in 1850 (undated) and which could be bought in a portfolio and volume
form. Very light foxing to edges, good condition.
Price £9 Ref. no. 257b
The Play Pictorial : With Which is Incorporated The Play,
The Play Souvenir, The Stage Souvenir (London: 1907). No. 54, Vol. 9,
with interesting contents and adverts. Main play Antony and Cleopatra.
Pictures of actors include: Constance Collier, Herbert Beerbohm Tree (including
an extra presentation plate in colour), Hilda Moore, Robert Atkins, Edward
Ouston, Basil Gill, Norman Forbes, J. Fisher White, Charles Quartermain, Maud
Cressall, Julian L'Estrange, Lyn Harding, Bruce Joy, Frances Laughton, Miss
Wharton, Miss Vincent, J. Cooke Beresford, A. Corney Grain, S. Yates Southgate,
Herbert Grimwood, Hugh C. Buckler, Robert Atkins, Alfred Goddard, Alice Crawford,
Hugh C. Buckler.
Front cover detatched, back cover missing, reading copy.
Price £8 Ref. no. 258b
The Play Pictorial : With Which is Incorporated The Play,
The Play Souvenir, The Stage Souvenir (London: 1907). No. 55, Vol. 9,
with interesting contents and adverts. Main play When Knights were Bold.
Pictures include: James Welch, Audrey Ford, Guy Lane, Daisy Cordell, Charles
Weir, Henry J. Ford, Arthur Grenville, Enid Sass, H. Ford, Arthur Grenville,
Emma Gwynne, Gordon Tomkins, George Tully, Annie Chippendale, Leopold Profeit,
Estelle Winwood, and Vivienne West.
Front cover detatched, back cover missing, reading copy.
Price £8 Ref. no. 259b
The Play Pictorial : With Which is Incorporated The Play,
The Play Souvenir, The Stage Souvenir (London: 1907). No. 60, Vol. 10,
in the original wrappers with interesting contents and adverts. Main play
The Truth. Pictures include: Marie Tempest, Sybil Carlisle, Grace Lane,
Allan Aynesworth, Dawson Milward, Rosina Filippi, Dion Boucicault. Other articles,
'A Mendacious Heroine' by B.W. Findon, 'Chiffons at the Comedy' by Louise
Heilgers. 2 inch tear to one advert page. Good condition.
Price £12 Ref. no. Ref. no. 260b
The Play Pictorial : With Which is Incorporated The Play,
The Play Souvenir, The Stage Souvenir (London: 1914). No. 139, Vol. 23,
in the original wrappers with interesting contents and adverts. Main play
Who's the Lady? by Jose G. Levy. Pictures include: Jean Alwyn, Farren
Soutar, Weedon Grossmith, Jose G. Levy, Louis Meyer, Mr. E. Dagnall, Ernest
Holway, Mr. H.E. Maule, Max Leeds, Fay Compton, Millie Hylton, Charles Troode,
Sophie Gould, Minnie Terry, Frank Collins, Arthur Hatherton, Fred Eastman.
Articles include, Editorial by B.W. Findon, Le Monde ou l'on s'amuse par le
Flaneur, Who's the Lady? by Jose G. Levy, Plays of the Month, Answers
to Correspondents. Very good condition.
Price £12 Ref. no. 261b
The Play Pictorial : With Which is Incorporated The Play,
The Play Souvenir, The Stage Souvenir (London: 1914). No. 141, Vol. 23,
in the original wrappers with interesting contents and adverts. Main play
Within the Law by Bayard Veiller. Pictures include: Edyth Goodall,
Mr. E. Lyall Swete, Mabel Burnege, Mr. J.V. Bryant, Francis Chamier, Frederick
Ross, Leon M. Lion, Mabel Russell, Eille Norwood, Charles Garry, Stuart Musgrave,
James Berry, Mabel Russell. Articles include Editorial by B.W. Findon, Modes
of Mayfair, Within the Law by Bayard Veiller adapted by Frederick Fenn and
Arthur Wimperis, Beauty Shopping Made Easy by Helena Rubinstein, Plays of
the Month, Answers to Correspondents. Very good condition.
Price £12 Ref. no. 262b
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