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  • A street entertainer making a bear perform. Gouache painting on mica by an Indian artist.
  • A street entertainer holding his performing poodle on a leash. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.
  • Two men entertain the deaf and dumb in sign language at the Freemason's Tavern. Wood engraving.
  • Couples entertain one another and refreshments are served by a boy. Engraving by G. Volpato after F. Maggiotto.
  • Entertainment ephemera. Box 1.
  • Men and women are sitting around a table as a bard entertains them. Etching by R. Pranker after H. Gravelot.
  • A Chinese entertainer spinning hats in the air with the assistance of a girl. Painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
  • Chinese sword-swallower and entertainer swinging a rope with cast metal weights attached to it. Painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
  • A street entertainer makes two monkeys on a lead, dance to music as part of an act. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • A street entertainer makes two sloth bears on a lead, dance to music as part of an act. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • A chicken family in traditional Japanese dress entertain a rabbit in western dress: new year ornaments hang from the top left. Colour woodcut, 1870s.
  • Poster advertising the entertainment of the Davenport Brothers.
  • The twelth night entertainment in Hanwell Lunatic Asylum.
  • Nancy Nevinson, actress, 'Will entertain" : with Betty Lawrence at the piano at London Lighthouse on Sunday December 15th at 7.30 pm' / London Lighthouse.
  • Nancy Nevinson, actress, 'Will entertain" : with Betty Lawrence at the piano at London Lighthouse on Sunday December 15th at 7.30 pm' / London Lighthouse.
  • A group of itinerant perfomers on stage at a market, attempting to sell some medicines as well as entertain. Engraving by F.A. David after K. Dujardin.
  • Krishna (?) sitting on a swing with two women, as two maidservants fan them while others get refreshments and play music to entertain them. Gouache painting by an Indian painter.
  • Guy's Hospital, Southwark: Christmas entertainments. Process print by Meisenbach after H. Johnson, 1888.
  • Sir Harry Lauder, the Scottish entertainer, at a prosthesis stand at a Daily Mail exhibition, Olympia, 1921: one man with an arm prosthesis lights his pipe, a second demonstrates the equipment. Photograph, 1921.
  • A soldier plays a drum as a man with a chained bear with its arms held back by an umbrella is making it dance to entertain the crowd. Lithograph by Benjamin Roubaud, 1833.
  • Cow-pock inoculation : The following facts are laid before the public for the encouragement of those, who entertain any doubt respecting the efficacy and success of vaccine inoculation ... / [John Theodore Archibald Reed].
  • Cow-pock inoculation : The following facts are laid before the public for the encouragement of those, who entertain any doubt respecting the efficacy and success of vaccine inoculation ... / [John Theodore Archibald Reed].
  • Cow-pock inoculation : The following facts are laid before the public for the encouragement of those, who entertain any doubt respecting the efficacy and success of vaccine inoculation ... / [John Theodore Archibald Reed].
  • The dance of death: Death entertains a crowd in front of a tavern by showing that a crown weighs as much or as little as a pipe. Woodcut by Schmidt after Alfred Rethel, 1848.
  • Cow-pock inoculation : The following facts are laid before the public for the encouragement of those, who entertain any doubt respecting the efficacy and success of vaccine inoculation ... / [John Theodore Archibald Reed].
  • Musicians play their instruments as a dancer entertains a crowd of people gathered under an awning and on the steps of a large building. Etching by St. Aubin et de Laungy after J.B. Le Prince.
  • [Undated handbill advertising an unparalleled programme of holiday entertainments at Alexandra Palace on Boxing Day].
  • [Undated handbill advertising an unparalleled programme of holiday entertainments at Alexandra Palace on Boxing Day].
  • A party with music and actors entertaining the company. Oil painting attributed to Hendrick Goovaerts, ca. 1710.
  • A party with music and actors entertaining the company. Oil painting attributed to Hendrick Goovaerts, ca. 1710.