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Marie Taglioni in “La Sylphide”
Alfred Edward Chalon (1780 - 1860)
John Samuelson Templeton
Marie Taglioni in “La Sylphide”
Alfred Edward Chalon (1780 - 1860)
The Relapse: Lory and Fashion (Act 4, Scene 4)
William Powell Frith (1819 - 1909)
Margaret (“Peg”) Hughes (d1719), Actress and Mistress of Prince Rupert [identity uncertain]
William Wissing (1656 - 1687)
As You Like It
Julian Trevelyan (1910 - 1988)
Richard III
David Freed (1936 - )
“Hamlet”: … that is the Question
Allen Jones (1937 - )
Dancing in Peckham (production still)
Gillian Wearing (1963 - )
Dancing in Peckham
Gillian Wearing (1963 - )
XXIV: Galla Dance of Triumph after Slaying a Buffulo
Johann Martin Bernatz (1802 - 1878)
Anton Muttenthaler (1820 - 1870)
A Scene in an Historical Play exhibited on the Chinese Stage
William Alexander (1767 - 1816)
James Heath (1757 - 1834)
‘Love’s Labour’s Lost’, Act IV, Scene 3
Thomas Stothard (1755 - 1834)
Whirling Dervishes
Amadeo Preziosi (1816 - 1882)
Dorothy Jordan (real name Dorothy Phillips) (1761-1816) actress
John Hoppner (1758 - 1810)
The Opening of Historical Buildings
Sir Osbert Lancaster (1908 - 1986)
“Hamlet”: … that is the Question
Allen Jones (1937 - )
“Macbeth”: Out, out brief candle!”
Ruskin Spear (1911 - 1990)
The Great Bear
Simon Patterson (1967 - )
Claire Bloom and Paul Scofield in “Hamlet”
Dame Laura Knight (1877 - 1970)
Scene from Marlowe’s ‘Dr Faustus’
Ithell Colquhoun (1906 - 1988)
“Henry IV Part 2”: Sir John Falstaff and Mr Justice Shallow recruiting in Gloucestershire
Brian Robb (1913 - 1979)
Sheldonian and Clarendon Building, Oxford
Thomas, jnr Malton (1748 - 1804)
Reproduction of image restricted by copyright
Design for the Investiture of the Prince of Wales, Caernarfon Castle: Design for Orchestra Staging and Canopy
Carl Toms (1927 - 1999)
Roman Ruins in a Landscape
unknown
The Tragic Actor
Ikeda Eisen (1790 - 1848)
Punch and Judy
Alistair Grant (1925 - 1997)
11: Couple Dancing II
Nicholas Garland (1935 - )
Procession Attending the Great National Petition of 3,317,702 to the House of Commons, 1842
British 19th century unknown
Piccadilly Circus
Julian Trevelyan (1910 - 1988)
Covent Garden Theatre
Thomas Rowlandson (1756 - 1827)
Auguste Charles Pugin (1762 - 1832)
An Election Ball
William, ("Paul Pry") Heath (1795 - 1840)
Marie Taglioni in “La Sylphide”
Alfred Edward Chalon (1780 - 1860)
Thomas Herbert Maguire (1821 - 1895)
1: Couple Dancing I / Introduction
Nicholas Garland (1935 - )
Rehearsal
Alexander S Campbell (1932 - )
Rome: The Forum in 1864
Salomon Corrodi (1810 - 1892)
Juggler
Alistair Grant (1925 - 1997)
Stage
Catherine Yass (1963 - )
Dancer
Jack Coutu (1924 - 2017)
Stage
Catherine Yass (1963 - )
New Covent Garden Theatre
Thomas Rowlandson (1756 - 1827)
Auguste Charles Pugin (1762 - 1832)
John Bluck
The Geisha Girl
Ikeda Eisen (1790 - 1848)
Albion
Chris Orr (1943 - )
Marie Taglioni in “La Sylphide”
Alfred Edward Chalon (1780 - 1860)
Edward Morton
Reproduction restricted: copyright holder unknown
Sorcerers in a Boat
Susan Hilton
Theatre Scene
Dame Laura Knight (1877 - 1970)
The Relapse: Hoyden and Nurse (Act 3, Scene 4)
William Powell Frith (1819 - 1909)
Mrs Gwynne and Mrs Bunbury in the Characters of “The Merry Wives of Windsor”
Daniel Gardner (c.1750 - 1805)
William Dickinson (1746 - 1823)
Menschen der Zeit
R B Kitaj (1932 - 2007)
13: “What’s Love Got to Do with It”
Nicholas Garland (1935 - )
Moguls and Starlets, Yellow Tent I
John Lessore (1939 - )
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