Entertaining Collection

Cricket for the Middle-Aged (litho)
5217819 Cricket for the Middle-Aged (litho) by Robinson, William Heath (1872-1944); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cricket for the Middle-Aged)

Black man eating a large watermelon (coloured photo)
6000022 Black man eating a large watermelon (coloured photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Black man eating a large watermelon)

Fragment of wall painting from the tomb of Nebamun, Thebes, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, c1350 BC. Though a standard subject for a Theban tomb painting, this banquet scene is one of the finest examples

Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) cubs playing, Vosges, France, May

Drunk Warrior and Court Jester, Italian painting of 19th century. Artist: Casimiro Tomba
Drunk Warrior and Court Jester, Italian painting of 19th century. Tomba, Casimiro (1857-1929). Found in the collection of the M. Kroshitsky Art Museum, Sevastopol

Nun Swivels Hula Hoop On Hips
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: October 18, 1958. Benedictine Sisters at the Christ King Convent in Oklahoma City try their hand at the hula hoop craze that is sweeping the country

The Party by Muriel Dawson
A little girl in a pink dress entertains her toys with a tea party in her playroom

Hurdy-Gurdy Man 1867
Victorian hurdy-gurdy man entertaining children

Decorated elephant, Rajasthan, India

Christmas cracker box label
Label for a box of Batgers crackers depicting three performing monkeys, one balancing with a parasol, another playing the ukelele and a third banginga drum

2024 Notting Hill Carnival

Woman providing shocking evidence in court (chromolitho)
5996131 Woman providing shocking evidence in court (chromolitho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Woman providing shocking evidence in court)

Defendant in court misunderstanding a question from the judge about challenging the composition of the jury
5999949 Defendant in court misunderstanding a question from the judge about challenging the composition of the jury (colour litho) by English School

Josephine Baker singing to British Factory Workers
Josephine Baker (1906-1975) singing to British Factory Workers for ENSA (The Entertainments National Service Association) in July 1951, her first visit to England since the end of WW2. Date: 1951

Biddy The Tubman Stonham - Hastings, East Sussex
Biddy " The Tubman" Stonham - Hastings, East Sussex - Acrobat and Seaside Entertainer (1910s - 1930s)

Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn Observed by Queen Catherine, 1870. Artist: Marcus Stone
Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn Observed by Queen Catherine, 1870. Painting by Marcus Stone (1840-1921), British history painter

A Concert behind the Lines by Fortunino Matania
Somewhere in France - a concert behind the lines

A Christmas Story, by C. Rebel Stanton

Feasting in the Middle Ages by Pauline Baynes
A detailed scene depicting a medieval feast with a jester and performing monkeys entertaining diners while they are served exotic looking roast birds (heron and peacock). 1958

The Petomane, illustration for Paris qui rit from Le Ventomane
CHT213063 The Petomane, illustration for Paris qui rit from Le Ventomane, monologue comique by E

Victoria Palace Theatre playbill
Front and back page of a promotional booklet for the Victoria Palace Theatre, London for the week commencing December 19th, 1927

Ballet de Papa ChrysanthAeeme, 1892 (oil on cardboard)
XIR901508 Ballet de Papa ChrysanthAeAšme, 1892 (oil on cardboard) by Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901); Musee Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi

Advert for Wrights coal tar soap, 1914. A print from the Illustrated London News, 13th June 1914

Asprey non-spill drink sets and trolleys advertisement, 1935
Advertisement for a variety of cocktail trays and trolleys from the luxury brand, Asprey, in chrome and glass, all of which have the nifty advantage of never spilling your drinks

Reading The Tatler in Gallipoli, WW1
A Topping Tonic after taking Turkish Trenches - some officers of the gallant Lancashire Fusiliers enjoying a short respite with an old and valued friend

Tango teas at the Queens Theatre, London
The Latest Fashion : " Pour Passer le Temps." Tango teas at the Queens Theatre, London (on Shaftesbury Avenue)

St Crispins Day (engraving)
5997810 St Crispins Day (engraving) by Cruikshank, George (1792-1878); Private Collection; (add.info.: St Crispins Day)

Marmottes administratives. Illustration for Le Pele-Mele, 1906 (colour litho)
3101415 Marmottes administratives. Illustration for Le Pele-Mele, 1906 (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Marmottes administratives)

Where theres a will, theres a way: short man standing on a pile of books to kiss a much taller woman (colour litho)
5999970 Where theres a will, theres a way: short man standing on a pile of books to kiss a much taller woman (colour litho) by English School

Menu illustration: Mustard (colour litho)
6029942 Menu illustration: Mustard (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mustard. Menu illustration published by Marcus Ward, late 19th century)

I Dreamt I Slept At Madame Tussauds (engraving)
5997847 I Dreamt I Slept At Madame Tussauds (engraving) by Cruikshank, George (1792-1878); Private Collection; (add.info.: I Dreamt I Slept At Madame Tussaud s)

Firefighters in costume for an entertaining evening
Men and women in costume for an entertaining evening at Stoke Newington Fire Station, 17 March 1920. Date: 1920

Himba women perform the otjiunda dance, stamping their feet, clapping and chanting while one of them gyrates in the centre of the circle

Politicians: Member of Parliament asleep on the banches of the House of Commons (chromolitho)
LLM5217469 Politicians: Member of Parliament asleep on the banches of the House of Commons (chromolitho) by English School

Dance of nautch girls before the Prince of Wales at the native entertainment at the Villa of Belgatchia in Calcutta, India. Date: 1876

Sindbad the Sailor entertains Sindbad the Landsman Date: 1914

Royal Visit to France - King & Queen leaving Quai D'Orsay
The evening of 20 July 1938 and King George VI and Queen Elizabeth leave the Quai D'Orsay Palace for the British Embassy where they entertained the President and Mme

Rosy-cheeked infant sucking on a dummy Date: 1916

Kathakali dancer performing

Roman de la Rose, The Dance in the Garden of Pleasure, Guillaume de Lorris, 13th century

Musical performance at the imperial court, Middle Ages, France, Europe

Street performance, Middle Ages, Paris, France, Europe

A man with a magic lantern on his back, France, 17th century, Europe

2024 Notting Hill Carnival

A pair of over-exuberant dancers entertaining the audience. Date: 1929

Design for the Presentation of Salmon from the River Rhine garnished with Crayfish
CHT245001 Design for the Presentation of Salmon from the River Rhine garnished with Crayfish, illustration from a Hungarian cookery book on French cooking, c.1880 (colour litho) by Hungarian School

A father playing with his child, about 1873-1883. Creator: Shinichi Suzuki I
A father playing with his child, about 1873-1883. A man making faces in a frame while a woman lifts a paper screen. A child sits across from the reclining man

Very tall woman bending over to kiss a short man (chromolitho)
5996003 Very tall woman bending over to kiss a short man (chromolitho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Very tall woman bending over to kiss a short man)

Doctor asking a naked man to cough during a medical examination (colour litho)
5217487 Doctor asking a naked man to cough during a medical examination (colour litho) by Noble

Stralauer Festwiese 1937
Großer Spaß für die Kleinen: eine Aufführung in einem Kasperltheater auf der Festwiese in Berlin Stralau, Deutschland 1930er Jahre

A dancing girl, 1856 (colour litho)
BL250987 A dancing girl, 1856 (colour litho) by Indian School, (19th century); British Library, London, UK; (add.info.: Kuharwa dance or the Karoa dance;); From the British Library archive

Add 19766 fol.342 Dal listening to musicians, from the Kharvarnama, 1686 (vellum)
BL251441 Add 19766 fol.342 Dal listening to musicians, from the Kharvarnama, 1686 (vellum) by Persian School, (17th century); British Library, London, UK; (add.info.: Dal)

Add.12228 fol.222v A Queen listens to music
BL251413 Add.12228 fol.222v A Queen listens to music, from the Roman du Roy Meliadus de Leonnoys, c.1352 (vellum) by Italian School, (14th century); British Library, London

Harley 4375 f.171v, Two knights battling with with pollaxes
BL5944862 Harley 4375 f.171v, Two knights battling with with pollaxes, from Valerius Maximus, c.1473-80 (vellum) by French School, (15th century); British Library, London

PAT METHENY performs with his trio at the MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL - CALIFORNIA

Elderly Japanese Ryukyuan women playing gateball, a Japanese version of croquet, Kurima Island, Okinawa, Japan

French Coquette Entertaining Three Men
(Original Caption) French "coquette" entertains three men in her quarters. Photo ca. 1900

Marian Veryl Singing For Ww I Soldiers
(Original Caption) Marian Veryl Singing for soldiers at Fort Hamilton, LI 1917

Eleanor Roosevelt Watches Banjo Players
(Original Caption) 8/12/1933-White Top Mountain, Virginia- Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt is shown with the group of Virginia "Ridge Runners" who entertained her

Stars Leaving to Entertain Troops During World WAr II
(Original Caption) 10/31/1941-New York, NY: Taking off from Mitchell field, New York, in a U.S

Laurel And Hardy Entertaining Troops
(Original Caption) 2/17/1942-British Guiana: Stan Laurel, left, and Oliver Hardy entertaining troops in British Guiana

Irving Berlin and Marlene Dietrich
(Original Caption) 10/14/1967-Italy: It's 1944 somewhere in Italy. Dressed in Army garb are two of the people who spent a great deal of their time entertaining U.S

Marlene Dietrich with GIs
(Original Caption) 2/9/1945-Bushbach, Germany: Marlene Dietrich, German born movie star wraps her mouth around a G.I. sandwich, proffered by Pvt. Ira Rithenberg, (left), Brooklyn, NY, while Pvt

Bedouin Entertains Friends At Tent
(Original Caption) Abqaiq, Al Hasa, Saudi Arabia-: A Bedouin man entertaining friends in his tent in the desert near Abqaiq

Tibetan Dancers Entertain Chinese Troops
Tibetan dancers entertain Chinese Red Army troops in Lhasa in 1952, within view of the Dalai Lama's Potala Palace

Marilyn Monroe Entertain Troops
(Original Caption) 1954...Marilyn Monroe entertaining U.S. troops in South Korea. She is showing her left profile in this full length photograph

Marilyn Monroe Entertains Korean Troops
(Original Caption) 2/19/54-Korea: Actress Marilyn Monroe entertains U.S. troops in Korea

Actress Ann-Margret Entertaining Troops
It's entertainment time for 20, 000 GI's in Long Binh, South Vietnam on December 23

Diana Ross Squats Atop Disc Jockey Booth at Studio 54
Singer Diana Ross, squatting atop disc jockey booth in Studio 54, entertains merrymakers at farewell party for co-owners Steve Rubell (lower right, in sweater) and his partner

Pair of Great crested grebes (Podiceps cristatus) performing the weed dance during courtship, The Netherlands, Europe. March

A group of amused London children gather round to watch a traditional Punch and Judy, show on a street corner in New Oxford Street entertained by Mr. J Bland. Date: late 1890s

The Circus Rider, 1865 (oil on panel)
KSL266743 The Circus Rider, 1865 (oil on panel) by Handwerk, Johann Jakob Eduard (1824-83); 19.5x26.5 cm; Neue Galerie, Kassel

Hostelry Life, 1865 (oil on canvas)
KSL266747 Hostelry Life, 1865 (oil on canvas) by Wille, August Levin von (1829-87); 100x73 cm; Neue Galerie, Kassel, Germany; (add.info.: Wirthausleben;); © Hessen Kassel Heritage

Cross-dressing: couple visiting a mixed baths and exchanging clothes (colour litho)
5996108 Cross-dressing: couple visiting a mixed baths and exchanging clothes (colour litho) by English School

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"Unleashing the Joy: From Playful Fox Cubs to Hula Hoop-Swiveling Nuns, a Whirlwind of Entertainment Unfolds. " Step into the enchanting world of entertainment as red fox cubs frolic in the picturesque Vosges region of France. Their playful antics bring smiles and laughter to all who witness their carefree joy. Transport yourself back in time with an Italian painting from the 19th century, where a Drunk Warrior and Court Jester take center stage. The artist, Casimiro Tomba, skillfully captures the essence of merriment and revelry. Join "The Party" depicted by Muriel Dawson's artwork, where vibrant colors and lively characters come alive. This masterpiece invites you to immerse yourself in a celebration filled with music, dance, and endless amusement. Marvel at the Hurdy-Gurdy Man of 1867 as he enchants passersby with his melodic tunes. His instrument weaves a magical spell that transports listeners to another realm brimming with delight. Witness an unexpected twist as a nun effortlessly swivels a hula hoop on her hips. Her graceful movements defy expectations while showcasing that even those devoted to spirituality can embrace moments of pure fun. Prepare for awe-inspiring grandeur as you encounter a decorated elephant adorned in regal attire. Its majestic presence captivates audiences during festive processions or cultural celebrations around the world. Delve into nostalgia through vintage Christmas cracker box labels that evoke memories of cheerful gatherings filled with laughter and surprises waiting to be unraveled. Challenge stereotypes as you appreciate diversity through a colored photograph capturing a black man enjoying slices of watermelon—a reminder that simple pleasures transcend boundaries when shared together. Immerse yourself in history's melodies as Josephine Baker sings her heart out to British factory workers—an extraordinary moment bridging cultures through music's universal language. Discover Biddy The Tubman Stonham, a remarkable entertainer from Hastings, East Sussex.