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Themes
- 20th century drama and theatre (1)
- Childhood and children's literature (2)
- Comedies (1)
- Context (2)
- Country (4)
- Deception drama and misunderstanding (2)
- Ethnicity and identity (1)
- Exploring identity (1)
- Fin de siecle (1)
- Gender and sexuality (6)
- Gender sexuality courtship and marriage (3)
- Georgian society (17)
- Global Shakespeare (1)
- Interpretations of Madness (1)
- Language and ideas (1)
- Language word play and text (2)
- London (1)
- Magic illusion and the supernatural (2)
- Poetry (1)
- Politeness sensibility and sentimentalism (6)
- Politics and religion (3)
- Popular culture (53)
- Power and politics (4)
- Reading and print culture (2)
- Renaissance writers (1)
- Rise of the novel (4)
- Romanticism (3)
- Satire and humour (6)
- Science and nature (2)
- Technology and science (2)
- The Gothic (6)
- The middle classes (1)
- The novel 1780 to 1832 (3)
- The novel 1832 to 1880 (22)
- Theatre and entertainment (20)
- Town and city (9)
- Tragedies (4)
- Transforming topography (5)
- Travel colonialism and slavery (1)
Creator
- Arthur Sullivan (1)
- Augustus Pugin (4)
- Canaletto (1)
- Charles Knight [notes on the play] (1)
- Charles d'Albert (1)
- Charles Dickens (2)
- Charles Grignon (1)
- F Jukes (1)
- G Scharf [illustrator] (1)
- George Henry Harlow (1)
- George Cruikshank (1)
- George Cruikshank [illustrator] (1)
- George Scharf (1)
- Giovanni Antonio Canal, known as Canaletto (1)
- H M Milner (1)
- Hablot Knight Browne [illustrator] (1)
- J K Meadows (1)
- J R Planché (1)
- John Absolon (1)
- John Forster [compiler] (4)
- Junior Democritus (1)
- Leman Thomas Rede (1)
- Louise Jopling [artist] (1)
- Meyer Lutz (1)
- Nathaniel Parr (1)
- Richard Brinsley Peake (1)
- Richard Henry (1)
- Royal Assembly Room Weston super Mare (1)
- Rudolph Ackermann (5)
- Shakespeare Society (1)
- The Royal Pavilion Theatre (1)
- The Theatre Royal, Adelphi (2)
- The Theatre Royal, St James (1)
- Thomas Rowlandson (4)
- Unknown (25)
- V Green (1)
- W H Pyne (4)
- William Combe (4)
- William Hogarth (2)
- William Shakespeare (1)
Date
- 1735 (1)
- 1744 (1)
- 1745 (1)
- 1751 (2)
- 1752 (1)
- 1759 (1)
- 1784 (1)
- 1788 (1)
- 1789 (2)
- 1790 (1)
- 1791 (1)
- 1792 (1)
- 1793 (1)
- 1805 (2)
- 1808 (4)
- 1809 (4)
- 1810 (4)
- 1814 (1)
- 1820 (1)
- 1823 (2)
- 1824 (2)
- 1825 (1)
- 1834 (1)
- 1836 (2)
- 1838 (12)
- 1839 (7)
- 1840 (2)
- 1845 (1)
- 1847 (1)
- 1852 (1)
- 1853 (2)
- 1855 (1)
- 1877 (1)
- 1881 (1)
- 1883 (1)
- 1888 (1)
- 1906 (1)
- 1907 (1)
- 1908 (1)
- 1909 (1)
- 1910 (1)
Publisher
Language
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A Perspective View of Vaux Hall Gardens
Print, ImageThe history of Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens can be traced back to the mid 17th century, when (as the New Spring Gardens) th...
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A Representation of Mr Lunardi's Balloon, as exhib...
Print, Image Created date: estimated 1784‘Balloonomania’ swept Britain in the last quarter of the 18th century, thanks largely to the exploits of the early aeron...
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A view of the canal, Chinese Building, Rotundo, &c...
Etching, Engraving, ViewPleasure gardens were the great melting pots of 18th-century society and centres for public entertainment. First opened...
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'Astley's', from Charles Dickens's Sketches by Boz
Book, Illustration, ImageSketches by Boz, a collection of short articles and stories about London, established the early reputation of Charles Di...
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Authentic Memoirs of that Wonderful Phenomenon, th...
Book, Illustration, ImageMemoirs of the juvenile actor styled as 'The Infant Roscius'.
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Circus poster: Astley's: Monday, Sept. 24 and duri...
Advertisement, Ephemera, Poster, Illustration, ImageThis vivid poster for Astley’s Circus in Westminster demonstrates the typical range of circus entertainments on offer in...
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Circus poster: Full Grown Living Tiger
Advertisement, Ephemera, Poster, Illustration, ImageThis poster is for the retirement benefit gala of Andrew Hunt, the trainer of an elephant called Lenox in Isaac Van Ambu...
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Circus poster: Living Lions at Astley's
Advertisement, Ephemera, Poster, Illustration, ImageThis vivid poster for Astley’s Circus in Westminster demonstrates the typical range of circus entertainments on offer in...
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Circus poster: Mazeppa!
Advertisement, Ephemera, Poster, Illustration, ImageAstley’s Circus was the brainchild of equestrian trainer and trick rider Philip Astley (1742-1814), hence the heavy reli...
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Circus poster: Mlle. Pauline Lafayette on the Tigh...
Advertisement, Ephemera, Poster, Illustration, ImageSaloon theatres were, as the name implies, theatres attached to public houses. The Albert Saloon in Britannia Fields was...
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Circus poster: Mr Van Amburgh's Living Lions!
Advertisement, Ephemera, Poster, Illustration, ImageThis vivid poster for Astley’s Circus in Westminster demonstrates the typical range of circus entertainments on offer in...
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Circus poster: Second Week of Van Amburgh's
Advertisement, Ephemera, Poster, Illustration, ImageThis vivid poster for Astley’s Circus in Westminster demonstrates the typical range of circus entertainments on offer in...
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Circus poster: The living lions
Advertisement, Ephemera, Poster, Illustration, ImageThis vivid poster for Astley’s Circus in Westminster demonstrates the typical range of circus entertainments on offer in...
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Circus poster: Van Amburgh, New Feats with the Ben...
Advertisement, Ephemera, Poster, Illustration, ImageThis lively poster for Astley’s Circus in Westminster puts the emphasis on the circus’s new star performer, American ani...
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Circus poster: Van Amburgh's Wonderful Colossal Li...
Advertisement, Ephemera, Poster, Illustration, ImageThe centrepiece of this performance at Astley’s Circus, Westminster, is a dramatic restaging of the tournament scene fro...
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