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  • A man holding a long arrow with two puppets (?) hanging from it. Watercolour by an Indian artist.
  • A man holding a spear with two puppets (?) hanging from one end, calls out to someone. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Puns, puppets of Shakespearian characters, fashions in bonnets, the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly, etc., representing Albert Smith's performance 'Ascent of Mont Blanc'. Lithograph after J.O. Parry, 185-.
  • Above, puppets representing Falstaff with Mrs Page and Mrs Ford in 'The merry wives of Windsor'; below, a derelict rural thatched cottage in Hungerford. Lithograph after John Orlando Parry.
  • Two men holding dangerous substances as if they were string-puppets (marionettes); representing the need for care with hazardous substances in the workplace. Colour lithograph for the Centrum Gezondeidsbevordering op de Werkplek, 200-.
  • Burma: a puppet show with musicians and audience. Gouache painting.
  • A young woman sits holding a puppet of Punchinello in her hand. Engraving.
  • A street entertainer performing a puppet show. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • A girl demonstrates a puppet to two boys in the gardens of a villa. Chromolithograph.
  • A puppet show inTripoli, Libya, and people playing musical instruments. Coloured aquatint with etching by Havell & Son, 1816.
  • Linqing, China: a crowd gathered around a stand to watch a puppet show with music. Engraving by G. Paterson after T. Allom.
  • Above, a man with a closed sack operates a string puppet; below, the man opens the sack to reveal children inside. Colour woodcut, 18--.
  • The Duke of Wellington holds up a puppet of Lord Brougham and pulls a string to operate his limbs. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1843.
  • The Midlothian campaign of 1879-1880; Benjamin Disraeli is playing with a puppet of Lord Dalkeith while Stafford Northcote is losing the money of the Tory exchequer; Gladstone and Rosebery in the background. Engraving by A. Mantrop, 1879/1880.
  • A young man plays a violin in front of a Punch and Judy stand with the puppeteer nearby. Engraving by Giovanni Volpato after Francesco Maggiotto.
  • The Midlothian campaign of 1879-1880: people are burning in a ballot box, Disraeli is kissing a Turk representing tyranny and crime, a Zulu warrior looks on, and broken puppet of Lord Dalkeith lies in the foreground. Engraving by A. Mantrop, 1879/1880.
  • A Chinese puppeteer standing on a stool, with a miniature stage balanced above him, body screened, except for feet, entertaining a boy in the street. Coloured stipple engraving by Dadley after Pu-Qua.
  • A man has two dancing dolls on a board, controlled by a string attached to his leg. Coloured etching.
  • Señor doctor: movilice sus articulaciones como un hilo, recobre la flexibilidad, agilidad y soltura de sus miembros reumaticos y adoloridos : prescribales confiado: Gentisato de Sodio Gabail / A. Rueff y Cia.
  • Señor doctor: movilice sus articulaciones como un hilo, recobre la flexibilidad, agilidad y soltura de sus miembros reumaticos y adoloridos : prescribales confiado: Gentisato de Sodio Gabail / A. Rueff y Cia.
  • Two Malay men and a woman sit and recline on the floor smoking opium. Wood-engraving, late 19th century.
  • Two Malay men and a woman sit and recline on the floor smoking opium. Wood-engraving, late 19th century.
  • A phrenologist and some society people in a parlour. Lithograph by H. Jannin after L.C. Bommier (?).
  • A phrenologist and some society people in a parlour. Lithograph by H. Jannin after L.C. Bommier (?).
  • A phrenologist and some society people in a parlour. Coloured lithograph by H. Jannin after L.C. Bommier (?).
  • The unique prescription for colds and flu : take Beecham's Powders for quick relief!.
  • The unique prescription for colds and flu : take Beecham's Powders for quick relief!.
  • Wonderland Whitechapel Road (next to St. Mary's Station) ... Easter Monday April 6th, 1896, and during the week ...
  • Wonderland Whitechapel Road (next to St. Mary's Station) ... Easter Monday April 6th, 1896, and during the week ...
  • Endo Mesopin ... : Potencia por almacenamiento, Endo Acon Adekon vitaminas hidrosolubles /cLaboratorios Endo de Mexico, S.A.