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  • A member of the Elvio Comedy Trio in drag. Photographic postcard, ca. 1905-1910.
  • A member of the Elvio Comedy Trio in drag. Photographic postcard, ca. 1905-1910.
  • "Dare Derek", a light comedy artist. Process print, 1922.
  • "Dare Derek", a light comedy artist. Process print, 1922.
  • "Little Nickoli" : the smallest comedy mystic man in the world.
  • "Little Nickoli" : the smallest comedy mystic man in the world.
  • Episodes in Dante's Divine comedy. Etchings by B. Pinelli, 1824-1826.
  • A monster representing the miscegenated state of the theatre, combining tragedy, comedy, and pantomime. Coloured etching by S. De Wilde, 1807, after "Sylvester Scrutiny".
  • On the stage of the Drury Lane Theatre, Comedy is hanged, Tragedy is stabbed, and Sheridan the playwright lies dead drunk as the theatre is given over to animal entertainments. Coloured etching by S. De Wilde, 1808.
  • The days lengthen : by one hour and thirty-one minutes : hetero friendly comedy : Tristan Bates Theatre, 1a Tower Street London WC2 ...
  • The days lengthen : by one hour and thirty-one minutes : hetero friendly comedy : Tristan Bates Theatre, 1a Tower Street London WC2 ...
  • A hospital ward in the Comèdie Francaise set up during a war, doctors and nurses tend the soldiers. Photograph.
  • Comédie-Française, Paris: a corridor used as a hospital in the Franco-Prussian War showing nurses treating patients. Photograph by Fiorillo after A. Brouillet, 1870.
  • Comédie-Française, Paris: a corridor used as a hospital in the Franco-Prussian War showing nurses treating patients. Photograph by Fiorillo after A. Brouillet, 1870.
  • Surgical instruments for the treatment of urinary diseases. Photographic facsimile reproduction, 1914.
  • Surgical instruments, including cartilage forceps. Photographic facsimile reproduction, 1914.
  • J. Baillie, A Series of Plays: in which it
  • Two Commedia dell'arte street entertainers performing together. Etching by J. Callot.
  • Montpellier, France: the medical school. Photographic postcard, ca. 1940.
  • Two Commedia dell'arte street entertainers using a clyster as part of their performance. Etching by J. Callot.
  • Two Commedia dell'arte street entertainers using a clyster as part of their performance. Etching after J. Callot.
  • Two Commedia dell'arte street musicians performing together. Etching by J. Callot.
  • Two Commedia dell'arte street entertainers using a clyster as part of their performance. Etching by J. Callot.
  • An amateur actor in drag, holding flowers and a parasol, poses in front of delicately painted backdrop. Photographic postcard, 191-.
  • An amateur actor in drag, holding flowers and a parasol, poses in front of delicately painted backdrop. Photographic postcard, 191-.
  • Hogarth painting the comic muse. Etching after W. Hogarth.
  • Fred Barnes. Photographic postcard by Fielding, 19--.
  • Fred Barnes. Photographic postcard by Fielding, 19--.
  • Julian Eltinge in drag. Process print, ca. 1916.
  • Julian Eltinge in drag. Process print, ca. 1916.