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2.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints +157
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image and text
- Abstract:
- Bust length portrait of Buffalo Bill; wearing a suit with a wide-brimmed hat; includes facsimile signature
- Description:
- Title from caption below image and partially taken from facsimile of signature.
- Publisher:
- W.J. Morgan & Co.
- Subject (Name):
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917
- Subject (Topic):
- Entertainers
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Buffalo Bill : yours truly W.F. Cody, "Buffalo Bill"
3.
- Creator:
- Gear, J. W. (John William), 1806-1866, lithographer
- Published / Created:
- [1833?]
- Call Number:
- 833.00.00.03
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- C. H. Simpson Esquire
- Description:
- Title from caption below image.
- Publisher:
- Published by J.W. Gear, 166 Strand, near the Strand Theatre & sold at Vauxhall Gardens and W. Day Lithr. to the King, 17 Gate St. Lin. Inn Fds
- Subject (Geographic):
- England, London., and Vauxhall Gardens (London, England),
- Subject (Name):
- Simpson, Christopher Herbert, 1770-1835,
- Subject (Topic):
- Masters of ceremonies and Entertainers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > C.H. Simpson Esqre thirty six years master of the ceremonies at the Royal Gardens, Vauxhaull / [graphic]
4.
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, artist
- Published / Created:
- August 20th, 1833.
- Call Number:
- 833.08.20.01
- Collection Title:
- Multi-title collection including Christopher Herbert Simpson collection, and 2 other(s).
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- At Vauxhall Gardens, the Master of Ceremonies, C.H. Simpson greets a man in uniform as fashionable visitors look on. Projected in the background is a view of his colossal likeness, in variegated lamps, taken in the Gardens on the 19th of August (the ...
- Description:
- Title from caption below image.
- Publisher:
- Published by W. Kidd, 14 Chandos Stt. West Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Simpson, Christopher Herbert, 1770-1835, and Vauxhall Gardens (London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Masters of ceremonies and Entertainers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > C.H. Simpson, Esqr. M.C.R.G.V for upwards of 36 years with a distant view of his colossal likeness in variegated lamps / [graphic]
5.
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [probably before 1820s]
- Call Number:
- 820.00.00.120
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of Hans Buling from a Delft plate, full-length, slightly turned to the left, a paper in one hand and holding the chain of a small monkey dressed in clothes with the other, dressed in petticoat breeches and a doublet with a ruff about his nec...
- Alternative Title:
- Hans Buling, an itinerant medicine vendor, dressed in theatrical costume while selling his wares, assisted by another costumed person and a monkey. Engraving by I.R. Cruikshank after a Delft plate by B.S., 1750
- Description:
- Title from item.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Buling, Hans,
- Subject (Topic):
- Quacks and quackery, Entertainers, Impostors and imposture, Monkeys, Performing arts, Theater, Costume, and Playing cards
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Hans Buling, a mountebank of great notoriety who frequently exhibited in Covent Garden. From a Delft plate on the back of which are the initials B.S. 1750
6.
- Creator:
- Thomas Houseworth & Co.
- Published / Created:
- ca. 1870-1880.
- Call Number:
- WA Photos 387
- Image Count:
- 2
- Abstract:
- Studio portraits of entertainers created by Thomas Houseworth & Co. that comprise a portion of the Houseworth's Celebrities, ca. 1870-1880. Images include female burlesque actresses and dancers Viola Clifton, Lizzie McCall, Lulu Mortimer, and Mabel S...
- Description:
- Letterpress captions on mounts.
- Subject (Name):
- Clifton, Viola., Houseworth, Thomas, 1829-1915., McCall, Lizzie., Melville, Emelie., Mortimer, Lulu., Orrin, Edward W., Santley, Mabel., and Thomas Houseworth & Co.
- Subject (Topic):
- Acrobats, Actresses, Burlesque (Theater), Dancers, Entertainers, and Singers
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Houseworth's Celebrities
7.
- Creator:
- Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [29 December 1859] and [1859]
- Call Number:
- Print00982
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item.
- Publisher:
- Mon. Martinet, 172, r. Rivoli et 41, r. Vivienne and Lith. Destouches--Paris
- Subject (Topic):
- Magnetic healing, Quacks and quackery, Hypnotism, Entertainers, Staring, and Rings
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Le diamant magnétiseur. "Le nouveau divertissement des soirées ..." / [graphic]
8.
- Published / Created:
- [early 20th century?]
- Call Number:
- Maidment Un58 no. 41 Box 6
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Scene at a fair, with two musical entertainers on a low stage to the left, one holding bells and with additional bells attached to his shoes and hat. A couple in rural dress to the right of the stage look on, a dog next to them. Two boys watch from th...
- Description:
- Title from text on sign within image.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Fairs, Stages (Platforms), Entertainers, Bells, Spectators, Dogs, and Exhibit booths
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The best booth in the fair [graphic].
9.
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [30 January 1811]
- Call Number:
- 811.01.30.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The illustrated panel shows Bartholomew Fair in chaos. In the commotion, a Punch and Judy theatre is in the process of being knocked over."--Victoria & Albert Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from letterpress text printed beneath impression at the Victoria & Albert Museum.
- Publisher:
- Published Jany. 30, 1811, by Laurie & Whittle, 53, Fleet Street, London
- Subject (Topic):
- Fairs, Stages (Platforms), Entertainers, Crowds, and Dogs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Bartholomew Fair] [graphic].
10.
- Creator:
- Bacote, Dora, 1905- compiler
- Published / Created:
- circa 1923-1960.
- Call Number:
- JWJ MSS 273
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 8
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Circa 300 photographs compiled by Dora Bacote, circa 1923-1960. Images document Bacote’s family and friends living in New York City and New Jersey. Also includes circa 50 photographs of African American entertainers who performed at the Cotton Club in...
- Description:
- Dora Bacote (1905-) was an African American singer who performed at the Cotton Club in the 1930s. Bacote is listed as a cast member in the 1934 Broadway play "Africana".
- Subject (Geographic):
- New York (State), New York, New Jersey, United States, and New York (N.Y.)
- Subject (Name):
- Alvis, Hayes, 1907-1972, Anderson, Ivie, Andrews, Avis, Bacote, Dora, 1905-, Banks, Billy, -1967, Beane, Reginald, Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994, Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974, Horne, Lena, Kahloah, McDaniel, Floyd, Sissle, Noble, 1889-1975, Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964., Washington, George Dewey, Waters, Ethel, 1896-1977, Whitman, Ernest, Cotton Club., Mills Blue Rhythm Band, and Nicholas Brothers
- Subject (Topic):
- African American entertainers, African American musicians, African American singers, African American women, African Americans, Entertainers, Musicians, and Singers
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Photographs relating to Dora Bacote].