Varietes Collection

Mlle. Larcena as Manuelita in "Pepito" at the Theatre des Varietes
5855459 Mlle. Larcena as Manuelita in "Pepito" at the Theatre des Varietes; (add.info.: Mlle. Larcena as Manuelita in "Pepito" at the Theatre des Varietes)

Art. Entertainment. The Gay Parisienne, musical theatre by E. Rousden. Poster by Hyland Elis, England, 1894. (poster)
3434535 Art. Entertainment. The Gay Parisienne, musical theatre by E. Rousden. Poster by Hyland Elis, England, 1894. (poster); (add.info.: Art. Spectacle. The Gay Parisienne, comedie musicale de E)

English actor Jean Baptiste Emmanuel Marie Legrand (1782-1854) as Lesec in La Merchant de Goujons by Francis
FLO4562860 English actor Jean Baptiste Emmanuel Marie Legrand (1782-1854) as Lesec in La Merchant de Goujons by Francis and Dartois at the Theatre des Varietes, 1821

English actor Charles Edme Vernet (1789-1848) as the Comte Derfort in L'Ennui at the Varietes
FLO4562804 English actor Charles Edme Vernet (1789-1848) as the Comte Derfort in L'Ennui at the Varietes. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Charles Malo's Almanach des Spectacles by K

Art. Entertaiment. The singer Eugenie Buffet at the cabaret La Cigale, Paris
3434490 Art. Entertaiment. The singer Eugenie Buffet at the cabaret La Cigale, Paris. Poster by Luc Metivet, France, c.1895 (poster); (add.info.: Art. Spectacle. Coll. Part. Art. Entertaiment)

Art. Entertainment. Le Carillon, cabaret in Paris. Poster by Grun, France, c.1895 (poster)
3434489 Art. Entertainment. Le Carillon, cabaret in Paris. Poster by Grun, France, c.1895 (poster); (add.info.: Art. Spectacle. Coll. Part. Art. Entertainment. Le Carillon, cabaret in Paris)

Art. Entertainment. The Cenacle (cabaret in Bruxelles). Poster by Victor Mignot, Belgium, c.1890 (poster)
3434527 Art. Entertainment. The Cenacle (cabaret in Bruxelles). Poster by Victor Mignot, Belgium, c.1890 (poster); (add.info.: Art. Spectacle. Coll. Part. Art. Entertainment)

Music. Hop O' my Thumb. Cover for a score by Boutet de Monvel, France, 1896. (poster)
3434488 Music. Hop O' my Thumb. Cover for a score by Boutet de Monvel, France, 1896. (poster); (add.info.: Coll. Part. Music. Hop O' my Thumb)

Mistinguett. (engraving, 1924)
5975838 Mistinguett. (engraving, 1924); Private Collection; (add.info.: Article 1. Show. French singer Mistinguett. Sheet music cover: Fleur d'amour, by Jose Padilla, France)

Art. Entertainment. Decadent' concert in Paris. Poster by Jules Alexandre Grun, France, c.1890 (poster)
3434457 Art. Entertainment. Decadent' concert in Paris. Poster by Jules Alexandre Grun, France, c.1890 (poster); (add.info.: Art. Spectacle. Bonne societe se pressant au Decadent's Concert)

Art. Entertainment. The incoherent arts. Poster for a parisian exposition, France, c.1890 (poster)
3434495 Art. Entertainment. The incoherent arts. Poster for a parisian exposition, France, c.1890 (poster); (add.info.: Art. Spectacle. Exposition des Arts Incoherents a l'Olympia, Paris. Coll)

Art. Entertainment. The shadows, show at the Alcazar d'Ete, Paris. Poster, France, 1874. (poster)
3434618 Art. Entertainment. The shadows, show at the Alcazar d'Ete, Paris. Poster, France, 1874. (poster); (add.info.: Art. Spectacle. Coll. Part. Art. Entertainment)

Art. Entertainment. Cancan dancer. Poster by A. Morrow for the magazine: Illustrated Bits, England, c.1890 (poster)
3434536 Art. Entertainment. Cancan dancer. Poster by A. Morrow for the magazine: Illustrated Bits, England, c.1890 (poster); (add.info.: Art. Spectacle. Coll. Part. Art. Entertainment. Cancan dancer)

Mlle Scriwaneck in costume as Satan in "Les Enfers de Paris."
5855450 Mlle Scriwaneck in costume as Satan in "Les Enfers de Paris."; (add.info.: Mlle. Scriwaneck in costume as Satan in "Les Enfers de Paris" at Theatre des Varietes)

Food and Beverage. Muscle Man. Armour extract of meat. Poster, France, c.1890 (poster)
3434467 Food and Beverage. Muscle Man. Armour extract of meat. Poster, France, c.1890 (poster); (add.info.: Coll. Part. Food and Beverage. Muscle Man. Armour extract of meat)

Art. Entertainment. Clowns. Jacquot Shoe Polish. Poster by Lefevre, France, 1894. (poster)
3434460 Art. Entertainment. Clowns. Jacquot Shoe Polish. Poster by Lefevre, France, 1894. (poster); (add.info.: Art. Spectacle. Coll. Part. Art. Entertainment. Clowns. Jacquot Shoe Polish)

English actress Miss Francoise Flore Corvee (1790-1853) as Marielle in Coin de Rue at the Varietes
FLO4562802 English actress Miss Francoise Flore Corvee (1790-1853) as Marielle in Coin de Rue at the Varietes. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Charles Malo's Almanach des Spectacles by K

Hortense Schneider, French soprano, in her dressing room
Hortense Schneider (1833-1920), French soprano, best known for her roles in Offenbach's operettas. Seen here in her dressing room at the Theatre des Varietes. Date: 1867

Art. Entertainment. A trip to Chinatown, musical play by Charles Hoyt. Poster by Berggarstaff, England, c
3434537 Art. Entertainment. A trip to Chinatown, musical play by Charles Hoyt. Poster by Berggarstaff, England, c.1891-1895 (poster) by Beggarstaff, J. & W. (fl.1894-99); (add.info.: Art. Spectacle)

Art. Entertainment. Spectacle promenade de l horloge. Cabaret in Paris
3434624 Art. Entertainment. Spectacle promenade de l horloge. Cabaret in Paris. Affiche by Jules Cheret, France, c.1875 (poster) by Cheret, Jules (1836-1932); (add.info.: Art. Spectacle)

Art. Entertainment. Valentino, Masquerade Ball in Paris
3434605 Art. Entertainment. Valentino, Masquerade Ball in Paris. Poster by Jules Cheret, France, c.1870 (poster) by Cheret, Jules (1836-1932); (add.info.: Art. Spectacle)

Art. Entertainment. The music of the future by the Bozza s
3434597 Art. Entertainment. The music of the future by the Bozza s. Poster by Jules Cheret for a show at the Folies Bergeres, Paris, c.1880 (poster) by Cheret, Jules (1836-1932); (add.info.: Art)

Entertainment. Dance. Cancan dancer. Poster by H. A. Thomas for a show at the Little
3434555 Entertainment. Dance. Cancan dancer. Poster by H.A. Thomas for a show at the Little Christopher Theatre, New York, USA, c.1895 (poster) by Thomas, H.A. (fl.1878); (add.info.: Spectacle)

Art. Entertainment. Masquerade ball at the Opera of Paris for the carnival
3434482 Art. Entertainment. Masquerade ball at the Opera of Paris for the carnival. Poster by Jules Cheret, France, 1894. (poster) by Cheret, Jules (1836-1932); (add.info.: Art. Spectacle. Coll)

Art. Entertainment. Pariss parties. Bal at the Opera de Paris
3434465 Art. Entertainment. Pariss parties. Bal at the Opera de Paris. poster by Eugene Grasset, France, 1886. (poster) by Grasset, Eugene (1841-1917); (add.info.: Art. Spectacle. Coll. Part. Art)

Music. Dance. The dancer Loie Fuller at the Folies Bergeres, Paris
3434461 Music. Dance. The dancer Loie Fuller at the Folies Bergeres, Paris. Poster by Jules Cheret, France, 1897 (poster) by Cheret, Jules (1836-1932); (add.info.: Coll. Part. Music. Dance)

Street scene with Morris Column, Paris
Street scene in Paris with Morris Column. Date: circa 1930s

Woman and child in front of the Fountain of Leda, 1799
Woman and child in front of the Fountain of Leda, Fontaine de Leda, in the Rue du Regard, Paris, Year VII, 1799. (Designed by Francois-Jean Bralle and built in 1807)

Fashionable woman in front of the Theatre des Varietes, Boulevard Montmartre, Year VII, 1799. (Built in 1807). She wears bonnet, fichu, high-waisted robe and long-sleeved gloves

Perrier as Dupont in Le Celibataire et l Homme marie
Perrier as Dupont, l Homme marie, in Le Celibataire et l Homme marie by Alexis-Jacques-Marie Wafflard at the Odeon, 1822. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Charles Malos Almanach des Spectacles

Hugues Bouffe in the vaudeville Le Chevalier de Grignon by Melesville (Anne Honore Joseph Duveyrier) and Jean Francois Alfred Bayard, Theatre des Varietes, 1844

Madame Thibaut in the vaudeville Le Chevalier de Grignon by Melesville (Anne Honore Joseph Duveyrier) and Jean Francois Alfred Bayard, Theatre des Varietes, 1844

Mlle. Pauline Anais as Mariana in Les Sirenes, Theatre des Varietes, 1844. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Louis Lasalle from Victor Dollets Galerie Dramatique

Mlle Valence in the vaudeville piece Marjolaine, Theatre des Varietes, 1844. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Victor Dollet from Victor Dollets Galerie Dramatique

Delphine Marquet as Louise in La Baronne de Blignac, 1846
French actress Delphine Marquet as Louise in La Baronne de Blignac by Dumanoir and Nyon, Theatre des Varietes, 1846. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Alexandre Lacauchie from Victor

Pauline Virginie Dejazet as Indiana in Indiana
French actress Pauline Virginie Dejazet as Indiana in Indiana Charlemagne, by Dumanoir and Bayard, Theatre des Varietes, 1846

French actress Mlle Chavigny as Carline in Gentil Bernard, ou L Art d aimer, by Philippe-Francois Dumanoir and Clairville, Theatre des Varietes, 1846

Marie Julie Elizabeth Pitron as Fanchon in
French actress Marie Julie Elizabeth Pitron as the grisette Fanchon in Gentil Bernard, ou L Art d aimer, by Philippe-Francois Dumanoir and Clairville, Theatre des Varietes, 1846

Madame Paul Ernest as the Marquise in Gentil Bernard, 1846
French actress Madame Paul Ernest as the Marquise in Gentil Bernard, ou L Art d aimer, by Philippe-Francois Dumanoir and Clairville, Theatre des Varietes, 1846

Pauline Virginie Dejazet as Gentil Bernard
French actress Pauline Virginie Dejazet as Gentil Bernard, ou L Art d aimer, by Philippe-Francois Dumanoir and Clairville, Theatre des Varietes, 1846

Mlle Dejazet and Madame Bressant in Gentil Bernard, 1846
French actress Pauline Virginie Dejazet in drag as Gentil Bernard and Elisabeth Augustine Dupont or Madame Bressant as Claudine in Gentil Bernard, ou L Art d aimer

Judith Julie Bernat as Mlle Salle in Gentil Bernard, 1846
Mlle. Judith or Judith Julie Bernat as Mlle Salle in Gentil Bernard by Dumanoir and Clairville, Theatre des Varietes, 1846

Elisabeth Bressant as Nini Pompon in Les Deux
Mme. Elisabeth Augustine Bressant as Nini Pompon in les Deux Compagnons du Tour de France by Lockroy and Wailly, Theatre des Varietes, 1845

Mlle. Pauline Virginie Dejazet in La Gardeuse de Dindons by Dartois and Bieville, Theatre des Varietes, 1845. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Alexandre Lacauchie from Victor Dollets

Mlle. Volet as Cesarine in Les Deux Pierrots, 1845
Mlle. Volet as Cesarine in Les Deux Pierrots by Bayard, Theatre des Varietes, 1845. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Alexandre Lacauchie from Victor Dollets Galerie Dramatique

Pierre-Cheri Lafont in the role of Rafaello in A Fairy Tale (Un Conte de Fee) by Leuven/Lherie, Theatre des Varietes, 1845

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Step into the world of "varietes" and be transported to a bygone era of glamour, talent, and enchantment. In her opulent dressing room, Hortense Schneider, the renowned French soprano, prepares to captivate audiences with her mesmerizing voice. Meanwhile, a vibrant poster advertising La Goulue at the iconic Moulin Rouge catches your eye - promising an unforgettable night filled with exhilarating performances. As you delve deeper into this captivating realm of entertainment, an engraving of Josephine Baker from 1927 reveals her magnetic presence on stage. Her electrifying performances continue to leave spectators in awe even today. The allure continues with a musical play set in Chinatown during the late 19th century; its poster transports you back in time to experience the exotic melodies and colorful costumes that once graced English theaters. Josephine Baker makes another appearance through a black-and-white photograph taken between 1925-1930. Her elegance and charisma shine through as she becomes synonymous with entertainment excellence. A stunning poster by Jules Cheret showcases the excitement of a bal at the Moulin Rouge in Paris during 1896 - where music, dance, and revelry intertwine seamlessly. The spectacle promenade de l'horloge invites you to indulge in cabaret delights within Parisian walls while Valentino's Masquerade Ball promises mystery and intrigue beyond imagination. The Bozza siblings transport us further into the future with their innovative music compositions that push boundaries and redefine entertainment. A cancan dancer depicted on yet another exquisite poster reminds us of how dance has always been an integral part culture - showcasing gracefulness intertwined with audacity. And what better way to celebrate than attending masquerade balls at both Opera de Paris and various venues throughout Paris? These grand events epitomize extravagance as guests don masks for nights filled with enchantment. In this world of varietes, art and entertainment seamlessly merge to create an experience that transcends time.