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Tales from the Collection: A Birthday Book surprise

Posted on April 9, 2022 by dblovell

Back in July 2020, I rashly announced on social media that I was in serious danger of knowing what I’d got, and where to find it…” How wrong I was! A casual comment about G&S Birthday Books sent me scurrying … Continue reading →

Posted in Tales from the Collection | Tagged Agnes M. Taylor, Agnes Wyatt, Alexander Watson, Alfred Ellis & Walery, Alice A. Wyatt, Alice Lorraine, Alice Pennington, Alice Werdermann, Arthur George Leigh, Arthur Marcel, autograph, Barraud, Birthday Book, C. W. Allers, cabinet photograph, carte de visite, Constance Arnott, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Dahlstrom, Daniel Smith Jeffery, Duncan Barrington Fleet, Edward William Burgess, Elsie Cameron, Emily Lindsay Gray, Esther Palliser, Frank Holt, Frank Tebbutt, Fred Billington, Frederick Fitzpatrick, George Thorne, George Willoughby, Geraldine Thompson, Gertrude Whyte, Gislaine Werdermann, Gondoliers, Gwendoline Thorne, Helen Sedger, Helier Le Maistre, Henry A. Lytton, Ida Lytton, Ivy Bonheur, J. Lawrence Gridley, James Matthews, Jessie Hudleston, Jessie Vince, Joseph Corrèze, Kate Forster, Kate Kavanagh, Kate Talby, Kitty Lofting, Lillian Webb, Lillie Pounds, Little Tich, Llewellyn Cadwaladr, Louie Henri, Louie Rene, Mabel Richmond-Brown, Margaret Cockburn, Marie Arnold, Marie Rochfort, Mary Duggan, Mary Morrison, May Roney, Mikado, Millie Marsden, Minnie Watts, Nancie Pounds, Nellie Bird Wyatt, Norah Maguire, P. W. Halton, Patience, Pattie Keates, postcard, Ralph Roberts, Rhoda Maitland, Richard Clarke, Ruby Pond, Ruddigore, Rutland Barrington, signature, The Happy Land, Tiny Murray, W. H. Montgomery, Walter H. Fisher, William Charles Reed, William Harold Poole, William Owen Jones, Yeomen of the Guard | 2 Comments

Tales from the Collection: A Grossmith Family Album

Posted on February 19, 2018 by dblovell

A recent communication about the G&S actor, George Grossmith, and the confusion that often ensues regarding his father, George Grossmith, and his son, also George Grossmith – all three, performers, encouraged me to look at my Grossmith family photographs and … Continue reading →

Posted in Cabinet photographs, Carte de visite photographs, Mikado, Photographs, Sorcerer, Tales from the Collection, Uncategorized | Tagged Alfred Bryan, Alfred Ellis, cabinet photograph, carte de visite, George Grossmith, Macready, photographs, poster, Thrupp, Weedon Grossmith, Whitlock | Leave a comment

Mr & Mrs George Grossmith Junr (II)

Posted on February 8, 2018 by dblovell

Carte de Visite of George Grossmith (II) & Mrs Emmeline Rosa Grossmith [née Noyce] by Robert W. Thrupp, Birmingham, c.1875.

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W.S. Gilbert

Posted on July 22, 2014 by dblovell

Carte de visite photograph of W.S. Gilbert, by Fradelle & Marshall, London, c.1870s.

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