Street entertainers

marionettes and jig dolls
gallery

examples of the little figures used by pipe and tabor players over the centuries to entertain the general public in town and country.

1851

	France France, Provence 18th century Italy
	1797 1804 1810
	1815 1820 1822
	1823 satire - 'Gentleman Dancing Master' 1826
	not known     newspaper cutting of court case - Star (London) - Saturday 15 November 1828 french 1829 satire 1830 Germany
	1835		1830-46 France
	1835 1840 Mary Evans Picture Library 1840 France, copy early Victorian Germany not known Victorian
	1820-60 France mid Victorian, Holland New York
	1824-83
	late 19th century France France Victorian lantern slide [detail]
	French oil painting 1890's statuette 1880-1910 Netherlands
	1993 Scotland	2010 Charlotte Waites North Carolina, USA	21st century New Zealand festival

 

 

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