Vanity Fair - Music, Opera, Theatre and Actors
Late 19th and early 20th century Vanity Fair caricatures featuring Gilbert and Sulivan, and stage actors.
Click on an image for a larger view.
Richard D'Oyly Carte
'Royal English Opera'
Spy
1891, very scarce.
£495.00
Arthur Sullivan
" English Music "
Gilbert and Sullivan
Ape
1874
£165.00
William Schenk Gilbert
"Patience"
Gilbert and Sullivan
Spy
1881
£515.00
Mr George Grossmith
"The Pinafore"
Lead Singer with D`Oyly Carte
Spy
1888
£145.00
Mr. C. Herbert Workman
"Through every passion ranging
ELF
1910
£68.00
George Edwardes
"The Guv'nor"
NIBS
26th April 1912
45.00
Gilbert and Sullivan - D'Oyly Carte Set
£POA
Sherlock Holmes
Mr William Gillette.
SPY
27th Feb 1907.
£540.00
Joseph Joachim (Violinist)
"The last of the classic school"
Spy
Jan 7th 1905
£55.00
Senor Pablo Martin Meliton Saraste
"Saraste"
Ape
May 25th 1889
£40.00
Mark Hambourg
"Impromptu"
Spy
April 29th 1908
£38.00
Mr. Henry Wood (Conductor)
"Queen's Hall"
Spy
April 17th 1907
£45.00
M. Lou Tellegen (Actor)
"Dorian Gray"
OWL
Sept 10th 1913
£85.00
Lord Gerald Fitz Gerald Cello Player
" a Wandering Minstrel "
1883
£55.00
Oscar Hammerstein
"Opera De Lux"
RAY
Nov 15th 1911
£60.00
Guiseppe Verdi
"Italian Music"
'T',
Feb 15th 1879
£185.00
Ignance Paderewski
"Easy Execution"
'T'
Dec 28th 1899
£80.00
Richard Wagner
The Music of the Future
SPY
May 19th 1877
£255.00
Senor Pietro Mascagni
The Intermezzo
WH
April 17th 1912
£45.00
Isidore de Lara
"A Great English Composer"
SPY
Dec. 23 1912
£45.00
Arthur Collins
"The Guv'nor"
WALLACE HESTER
Dec 29th 1910
£45.00
Mr. Laurence Irving
WH
Dec. 18th 1912
£55.00
Arthur Wing Pinero and George Bernard Shaw
Though it is...
Max
Feb 1st 1906
£45.00
H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh
"First Violin"
Ape
1874
£65.00
Alfred Butt
"The Palace"
HCO
21st Dec. 1912
£35.00
Jan Kubelik (Violinist)
"Kubelik"
Spy
May 7th 1903
£45.00
Mademoiselle Sarah Bernhardt
'T'
5th July 1879
£145.00
Mr. Oscar Asche
"Kismet"
ALICK P. F. RITCHIE
29TH Nov. 1912
£50.00
Corney Grain
'Corney Grain'
Spy
22nd Aug. 1885
£35.00
John Stainer
'Oxford Music'
Spy
29th Aug. 1891
£35.00
Joseph Hollman
'a Great Cellist'
CG
2nd Dec. 1897
£40.00
Eduard Strauss
'Eduard Strauss'
EBn
29th Aug. 1895
£50.00
Actor
Harry Tate
'The King's Jester'
WH
25th Sept. 1912
£55.00
Mr. Lewis Waller
" Romantic Drama "
Ape
Oct. 13th 1904
£65.00
H. G. Pelissier
Spy for The World
Nov. 11th 1910
£55.00
Madame Sarah Bernhardt.
'K' George Kruger Grey
1912
£125.00.
Noel Coward
Heroes and Heroines 1931
Max Beerbohm
£95.00
Ivy St. Hellier
Heroes and Heroines 1931
Max Beerbohm
£45.00
Georges Metaxa
Heroes and Heroines 1931
Max Beerbohm
£45.00
Miss Peggy Wood
Heroes and Heroines 1931
Max Beerbohm
£45.00
George Alexander
St James's
Max Beerbohm
Jan 20th 1909
£45.00
Charles Cochran
Heroes and Heroines 1931
Max Beerbohm
£45.00
Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree
EMU for The World
1910
£40.00
Henry Vincent Higgins
"Grand Opera"
Spy
16th June 1898
£35.00
Victor Maurell
"a Fine Baritone"
SPY
Oct 20th 1898
£35.00
Pietro Mascagni
"Cavalleria Rusticana"
Lib
Aug. 24th 1893
£40.00
Jean de Reszko
"Polish Tenor"
Spy
Aug. 8th 1891
£40.00
The Abbé Liszt
"the Abbé"
Spy
May 15th 1886
£95.00
August Manns
"Crystal Palace"
Spy
June 13th 1895
£40.00
Francois Charles Gounod
"Sentimental Music"
'T'
Feb. 1st 1879
£40.00
Luigi Arditi
"Il Bacio"
Ape
March 21st 1885
£40.00
Dr. Carl Muck
"Wagnerian Opera"
July 27th 1899
£35.00
George Denison Faber
'ex Opera'
STUFF
Feb. 8th 1900
£35.00
Charles Santley
"Student and Singer"
Spy
Feb. 27th 1902
£35.00
Alexander Campbell Mackenzie
"R.A.M."
Spy
Jan. 14th 1904
£35.00
Arthur Nikisch
"Nikisch"
OWL
28th May 1913
£35.00
Raymond Rose
"Opera in English"
Astz
1913
£35.00
Alfred Scott-Gatty
"The Minstrel Boy"
Spy
1st Dec. 1904
£88.00
Joseph Barnby
Albert Hall
Spy
Nov 1st 1894
£55.00
Signor Paulo Tosti
"For ever and ever"
Ape
Nov. 14th 1885
£35.00
Lionel Brough - Actor
"a fellow of Infinite Jest"
Spy
March 30th 1905
£35.00
Henry Irving - Actor
"The Bells"
Ape
Dec. 19th 1874
£40.00
Oswald Stoll
"The Coliseum"
Owl
Oct. 8th 1913
£35.00
Mr. Forbes-Robertson - Theatre
Alick P. F. Ritchie
June 4th 1913
£40.00
Montagu Pyke - Cinema
"Cinematographs"
May 17th 1911
£35.00
Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree
His Majesty's
5th April 1911
£35.00
Gerald Du Maurier - Theatre
Gerald
1907
£40.00
Signor Tommaso Salvini - Actor
Othello
1875
£40.00
Augustus Henry Glossop Harris
Drury Lane
1889
Spy
£45.00
Sir John Sims Reeves
The English Tenor
May 10th 1890
Spy
£40.00
Lieutenant and Bandmaster Daniel Godfrey
Dan Godfrey
Spy
March 10 1888
£40.00
Sir Julius Benedict
"Sweet Sounds"
Spy
Sept. 27th 1873
£35.00
Sir Michael Costa
Orchestration
July 6th 1872
Cecioni
£40.00
Edward Smyth Pigott
Examiner of Plays
PAL
16th Oct. 1886
£40.00
Frank Curzon
The Gaffer
1908
SPY
£45.00
Conductor
Thomas Beecham
From 'The World' magazine
Oct. 18th 1910
EMU
£95.00
Theatre
Harry Brodribb Irving
"H. B. Irving", From 'The World' magazine
Feb. 8th 1910
SPY
£45.00
Theatre
Cyril Maude
From 'The World' magazine
Feb. 21st 1911
Spy
£45.00
Mr. Charles Hawtrey
"Charles"
The World
c.1919
£38.00
Mr. Charles B. Cochran
"The Showman"
Bert Thomas
for 'The World'
c.1919
£38.00
Mr. Landon Ronald
"Guildhall Music"
Astz
1913
£45.00 scarce
Mr. Denis Eadie
'Mr. Eadie'
26th Feb. 1913
£40.00 scarce
Mr. Courtenay Foote
"The Man on the Film"
ASTZ
24th Dec. 1913
£40.00
Mr. Charles H. E. Brookfield
'He never attacks morality'
ALICK P. F. RITCHIE
1913
£40.00 scarce
Mr.John Hickory Wood
'Modern Pantomime'
Hester
5th Feb. 1913 scarce
£45.00 scarce
Lt. Col. Robert Inglis
WH
1913
£40.00 scarce