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2006AU4487-01

Theatre programme for Aladdin, by Arthur Collins. London, England, 1909

2006AG9262-01

English Tourists at the Louvre, attributed to Philippe Jacques Linder. France, 19th century

2011FA0730-01

Signor Vestris as prince in the Grand Pantomime Ballet Ninnette a la Cour, by J. Thornthwaite, after James Roberts, pubished by Bells British Theatre. England, late 18th century

2010EK0888-01

Grand Christmas pantomime at the Surrey Theatre. Belfast, UK, 1878

2006AF3953-01

A candlestick in the shape of a fool or jester. Germany, 15th century

2006AH6156-01

Actor Fred Fitzroy as a Pantomime Cat, photo. UK, 1935

2006AH6253-01

A clown on a ring fence, by Dudley Hardy. England, early 20th century

2006BA0037-01

Caricature portrait of the music hall artiste Wilkie Bard, by George Cooke. England, early 20th century

2007BM8443-01

Frontcloth for a Sicilian puppet theatre. Sicily, Italy, 19th century

2010EE6253-01

Costume design for a Bohemian, by Richard Wynn Keen. England, 19th century

2010EE6257-01

Costume design for the role of Jack Robinson in Harlequin and The Flying Women of the Loadstone Island, by Richard Wynn Keen (1809-87). England, 1860

2010EE6265-01

Costume design for four knights, by Richard Wynn Keen, in the pantomime Harlequin Tom Thumb. England, 1860

2010EE6267-01

Costume design for Okriki, the Lapland Witch, played by Mr. Meagreson in Hop O'My Thumb and His Eleven Brothers, by Richard Wynn Keen. England, 19th century

2010EE6270-01

Costume design for a Turk, by Richard Wynn Keen, in the pantomime Old Mother Hubbard. England, 19th century

2010EE6272-01

Costume design for a Long Knight, by Richard Wynn Keen, in the pantomime Harlequin Tom Thumb. England, 1860

2010EE6279-01

Costume design for a grotesque mermaid, by Richard Wynn Keen, in the pantomime Harlequin and the Flying Women of the Loadstone Island. England, 1860

2010EE6281-01

Costume design for a Green Knight, by Richard Wynn Keen, in the pantomime Harlequin Tom Thumb. England, 1860

2010EE6305-01

Costume design for The Last Knight, by Richard Wynn Keen, in the pantomime Harlequin Tom Thumb. England, 1860

2010EE6309-01

Costume design for The Dark Knight, by Richard Wynn Keen, in the pantomime Harlequin Tom Thumb. England, 1860

2010EE6321-01

Costume design for a Short Knight, by Richard Wynn Keen, in the pantomime Harlequin Tom Thumb. England, 1860

2006AH6131-01

A street scene showing Westminster in Harlequin and Guy Fawkes. London, England, mid-19th century

2009CA5927-01

Inkwell, liner and cover. Europe, early 20th century

2010CX1295-01

Figure of Scowling Harlequin, by Johann Joachim Kändler. Meissen, Germany, 18th century

2010CX1301-01

Figure of Harlequin and Columbine, by Johann Joachim Kändler. Meissen, Germany, 18th century

2010CX1354-01

Figure of Harlequin, by Johann Joachim Kändler. Meissen, Germany, 18th century

2010CX1802-01

Figure of Harlequin and Columbine, by Johann Joachim Kändler. Meissen, Germany, 18th century

2006AH6152-01

West's Harlequin. England, early 20th century

2006AP8947-01

Music Cover from Not Really, by G.H. Banks. London, England, 1886

2006AP8634-01

Illustrated music cover for the Pantomime Quadrille, by Jullien

2006AP8943-01

Grimaldi & The Alpaca in the Popular Pantomime, by R. Ackermann. London, England, 1813

2006AP8844-01

The Betley Window. Staffordshire, England, 16th-17th century

2006BF2694-01

Pantomime at the Crystal Palace with H.Cole & Capt. Fowke, by Edward J.Poynter. England, 1864

2006AU7766-01

Costume design, by Leon Bakst, for Harlequin in The Sleeping Princess for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. Europe, 1921

2006AM6242-01

Old England, by Charles Knight. England, mid-19th century

2010EE6277-01

Costume design for Old Mother Hubband and her dog in the pantomime Little Jack Horner, by Richard Wynn Keen. England, 1873

2006AH5386-01

Mask from an italian commedia dell'arte. Italy, early 18th century

2006AH6128-01

Scene from Harlequin and Guy Fawkes showing the façade of the rocket factory. London, England, mid-19th century

2006AH6129-01

Explosives hidden in the crypt of the House of Lords. London, England, mid-19th century

2006AH6132-01

The capture of Guy Fawkes during the Gunpowder Plot, in Harlequin and Guy Fawkes. London, England, mid-19th century

2006AH6133-01

The conspirators in the Gunpowder Plot, featured in Harlequin and Guy Fawkes. London, England, mid-19th century