Opera-going public posters & prints

Stalls at the Opera, published in 'The Graphic', 1870 English School

Tristan and Isolde by Richard Wagner. Illustration to the premiere, 1865, 1865 Anonymous

Figureheads of old fighting ships, Grosvenor Road, London Whiffin

Cover of the Libretto of opera Tosca by Giacomo Puccini, 1899 Anonymous

Breathing Spaces for London, Clissold Park, Stoke Newington, Open to the Public on Sundays Anonymous

La Traviata: first edition of the original version, 1854 Anonymous

Set design for opera Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi. Paris, Théâtre-Lyrique, 21.04.1865, 1865 Anonymous

The two bridges at Blackfriars, London Anonymous

Set design for opera Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi. Paris, Théâtre-Lyrique, 21.04.1865, 1865 Anonymous

Opera Otello by Giuseppe Verdi at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, November 26, 1887, 1887 Anonymous

Scene from the New Opera La Basoche at the Royal English Opera, Act I Anonymous

Enrico Tamberlik as Otello in opera Otello by Giuseppe Verdi, 1868-1870 Anonymous

The first Opera House (King's Theatre), Haymarket, Westminster, London William Capon

The Opera A W Huffam

Opera Otello by Giuseppe Verdi at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, November 26, 1887, 1887 Anonymous

Public Dinners George Cruikshank

Ludwig and Malvina Schnorr von Carolsfeld as Tristan and Isolde, 1865 Anonymous

Mr Joseph Maas English School

A labourer reads a book in a library Anonymous

'HMS Pinafore' comic opera, Trinity, Isle of Man Manx Press Pictures

'The Flask' ale house, Highgate Village, London McLeish

Premiere Poster for the opera Les Vêpres siciliennes by Giuseppe Verdi in Théâtre impérial de lOpér Anonymous

Composers of Opera Bouffe: M. Charles Lecocq, M.F.R. Hervé Anonymous

La clemenza di Tito. The first edition of the vocal score, 1795 Anonymous

Premiere of the opera Walküre, act III, at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 1899 Anonymous

Public Characters Anonymous

The Landing of Senesino Anonymous

Newgate Prison, London Anonymous

The Doves Inn, Chiswick, London Anonymous

A bus driver, London Anonymous

Distribution of the Maundy Money by Yeomen Warders, Tower of London Anonymous

Public characters Thomas Rowlandson

Trial of William Palmer, at the Central Criminal Court, May 1856, for Poisoning John Parsons Cook, at Rugeley English School

The Imperial Public Library Anonymous

A woman tram-conductor, Chile Brown & Dawson

Lenox, Massachusetts John Warner (after) Barber