Audience Collection

John Wesley, Methodist preacher, in action out of doors at a market cross. Date: 18th century

Amitabha, the Buddha of the Western Pure Land (Sukhavati), ca. 1700. Creator: Unknown
Amitabha, the Buddha of the Western Pure Land (Sukhavati), ca. 1700. Amitayus, the Buddha of Eternal Life

Hippy Bus at the Woodstock Music Festival 1969
Fans sitting on top of a painted bus at the Woodstock Music Festival, Bethel, New York, 15th-17th August 1969. The Festival was scheduled to end after " three days of peace

Cricket match at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Teatro San Carlo - Naples, Italy Date: circa 1903

Irish Dancers
A crowd watching girls performing traditional Irish dancing at Killybegs, County Donegal, Ireland

Test cricket match at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

The Farce by William Barribal
A young red-headed woman seated in a box at the theatre, feigns interest in what her older male companion has to say while secretly enjoying a kiss on the hand from a young, handsome beau. Date: 1917

Vasco da Gama in India
Portuguese Colonial History Series - Vasco da Gama has an audience with The King of Calicut (Kozhikode), the Samudiri (Zamorin) in May 1498

Judy Garland, American actress, singer and dancer, in concert at The Talk of the Town nightclub in London, where she has a five week residency, pictured Thursday 16th January 1969

Peppers Ghost Illusion
The Peppers Ghost illusion

Hollywood Bowl by night, Los Angeles, California, USA. 1930s

Actors on stage in the days of Shakespeare
Theatrical performance in the days of Shakespeare. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Science / Gillray Satire
New Discoveries in Pneumaticks! A satire on the Royal Institution: Thomas Young experiments on Hippisley, Humphry Davy at the bellows, Rumford by the door

The Count Basie Orchestra in concert at the Royal Festival Hall, London, 18 July 1980: Count Basie (piano), Cleveland Eaton (bass), Freddie Green (guitar), Gregg Field (drums)

Richard II interrupting a tournament
Richard II stopping a tournament between Thomas Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk, and Henry Bolingbroke, Duke of Hereford -- a scene which comes at the beginning of Shakespeares play

Circus scene. Illustration by G鲡rd Laplau (1938-2009)
Circus scene. Illustration by G鲡 rd Laplau (1938-2009). Naive art. Painting

Audience Of One
circa 1926: A solitary member of the public seated in front of a band stand, listening to the brass band. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Liszt conducting in Budapest
Franzi Liszt conducting his new Oratorio at Budapest, Hungary, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Chariot race in ancient Rome
Chariot race in the Circus Maximus of ancient Rome. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

The Red Moth by William Barribal
A showgirl in a fabulous stage costume with enormous butterfly wings plays to a theatre audience

Hogarth / Audience Laughs
The Laughing Audience

Oscar Peterson in concert at Colston Hall, Bristol, 1955. Artist: Denis Williams
Oscar Peterson in concert at Colston Hall, Bristol, 1955

Old Time Music Hall Show
The cast of the Old Time Music Hall show from the City Varieties in Leeds take a bow; the audience, dressed in Victorian and Edwardian costume, are part of the show Date: 1960s

DAVID DEVANT: POSTER c1910. English poster of magician David Devant, by John Hassall

Rome / Colosseum 1827
The four-storey structure had a moveable canopy, a safety net to protect the audience, a network of underground tunnels, and floors that could flood for mock sea battles!

Jenny Lind / 1850 Print
JENNY LIND Swedish soprano, known as The Swedish Nightingale and The Queen of Song, depicted exchanging her notes for gold

Village Cricket Match
An enthusiastic crowd gather to watch a cricket match on the village green, Bearstead, Kent, England

Archbishop Manning on Clerkenwell Green, London, 1872
Engraving showing Archbishop Manning administering the pledge, before a large audience on Clerkenwell Green, London, 1872

National Sporting Club
An impression of a Monday evening at the National Sporting Club, the home of the " noble art". Fair-haired fly weight is Dick Inkles.Key to people in audience, p.78 of

The Voice that filled the Albert Hall by H. M. Bateman
Illustration by H. M. Bateman showing a buxom, matronly singer hitting a high note in the Albert Hall. Her voice is so loud (or bad)

Theatregoing / Globe / C16Th
The Wooden O : Shakespeares summer theatre. Outside the first of the Globe theatres; the audience arriving at the playhouse

The couple who caught their last train 1926
Couple arriving late to the theatre, much to the annoyance of the seated audience. Date: 1926

Magician performing the cup and balls trick
Undated illustration, coloured, of a magician performing the cup and balls trick to a gathered audience, entitled " Tableaux de Paris: L Escamoteur, sur le boulevard

Social / Chat Noir 1908
The audience at the Chat Noir cabaret in Montmartre, Paris

Clog Dance / Toaduff
CLOG DANCING / ENGLISH STEP DANCE An audience watch a demonstration by Jackie Toaduff, at the York Summer Festival

Aeolian Hall, New York
Theatre, Aeolian Hall. Stage of Aeolian Hall; two men and a woman on stage, no audience

Sheffield Crowd, 1902
MITCHELL AND KENYON 606 SHEFFIELD 1902

Terry-Thomas in Privates Progress
Major Hitchcock is not amused at the cinema in a scene from John Boultings comedy

Audience of Darius I. Persian art
DARIUS I the Great (550 BC-486BC). Persian Emperor (522-486 BC) of the Achaemenid dynasty. Representation of the king on his throne during hearing with officers Medes. Treasury Hall of the palace

Tango craze: the Pope assesses the tango, 1913
Pope Pius X carefully watches as a couple perform the tango for him, so he can judge if the dance morally acceptable. The dance was deemed respectable for drawing room use

A Concert behind the Lines by Fortunino Matania
Somewhere in France - a concert behind the lines. A concert troupe or divisional entertainment company often made up of a mix of professional and amateur actors

Ancient Olympic Games
Racers cheered at the finish line in the Olympic Games, ancient Greece. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

The Earls Court Motor Show. London Visitors enter and exit the exhibition centre on Warwick Road, Earls Court, West London. Picture 15th October 1970

Illustration of Elizabethan theatre

Wealthy opera-goers, 1900
Upperclass family at the opera in their box seats, circa 1900. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a Louis Loeb illustration

Ancient Roman oil lamp with Circus Maximus scene
Ancient Roman lamp with a scene of a chariot race in the Circus Maximus. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Brian Jacks
World Champion for the arm dips, Brian Jacks gives a demonstration. Jacks was a British judoka who won Britains first medal at a world championship, taking a bronze in Salt Lake City in 1967

Olympics / 1912 / Fencing
Fencing final between Belgium (Anspach) and Great Britain (Seligman)

Late Arrivals by H. M. Bateman
Late arrivals at the theatre annoy everyone by laughing at the show and blocking the view of those who took their seats in good time in the process! Date: 1924

King Henry VI of England married to Margaret of Anjou at Titchfield Abbey, 23 April 1445. The mad king was 24 and the queen 15

Harriet Slater, MP for Stoke, addressing a Womens Co - Op Meeting. Harriet Slater CBE (nee Evans; 1903 to 12 October 1976) was a British Labour and Co-operative politician

The Count Basie Orchestra in concert, c1950s. Artist: Denis Williams
The Count Basie Orchestra in concert. Sonny Payne on the drums

Hush!, (The Concert), c1875. Artist: James Tissot
Hush!, (The Concert), c1875. From the Manchester Art Gallery collection

The New Standard Theatre, 1845
The New Standard Theatre in Shoreditch, London, showing an equestrian spectacle taking place on stage in 1845, the year that the theatre first opened

The William Morris Clarion van
A man stands on a Clarion van under a banner reading Socialism talking to a crowd of people congregated around him. One holds a bicycle and other bicycles are visible by the van

1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games at Cardiff Arms Park. July 1958

Crowd scenes at Concert, Manchester GMex Centre, England, 10th January 1987. Frankie Goes to Hollywood, European Tour 1987

Sonny Boy Williamson singing during the American Folk Blues Festival at the Birmingham Town Hall. 23rd October, 1965

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England, London, Stratford, Olympic games closing ceremony

The Count Basie Orchestra performing at the Royal Festival Hall, London, 18 July 1980

Louie Bellson and Buddy Rich at the International Drummers Association meeting at the Horseshoe pub, Tottenham Court Road, London, 1 November 1978

William Morris / Meeting
WILLIAM MORRIS Socialist meeting at Kelmscott House, home of the English writer, artist and socialist Date: 1834 - 1896

Puppet show seen from inside the box
Au Bon Marche - puppet show seen from inside the box - a man with two glove puppets. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Conjuror - Robert Houdin
Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin (1805-1871) the " conjuror" performing in front of a mid-nineteenth century French audience. Date: circa 1840

String quartet, 1872
Mr.L.Ries, Madame Norman-Neruda, Herr Straus and Signore Piatti performing at one of the Monday popular concerts at St Jamess Hall. Date: 1872

Michael Faraday Lecturing at the Royal Institution, London
Engraving showing Professor Michael Faraday (1791-1867) lecturing at the Royal Institution, to an audience including Prince Albert and two of his sons, 1856. Date: 16 February 1856

MILAN: LA SCALA, 1866. View of the interior of the Teatro alla Scala from the stage, Milan, Italy. Engraving, 1866

Austria, Vienna, Composer Franz Peter Schubert Plays Piano for his Friends in Vienna, lithograph
Austria - 19th century. Composer Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) plays piano for his friends in Vienna. Lithography

FRIEDRICH von SCHILLER (1759-1805). Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller. German poet and playwright. Reciting his work at the court of Weimar. Painting by Eduard Ender (1822-1883)

ANCIENT ROME: CHARIOT RACE. Chariot race in the Circus Maximus. Line engraving, 19th century, after a painting by Alexander von Wagner (1838-1919)

Liverpool Philharmonic Hall interior, 1849
The interior of the then-new Liverpool Philharmonic Concert Hall, at the time of the Liverpool Music Festival, 1849. The building was eventually replaced in 1939 after its predecessor burnt down in

Winston Churchill watching 47th Division at Lille, France
Winston Churchill as a War Office minister, sitting with others on a grandstand at Lille, France, watching the march past of the 47th (2nd London)

Beggars Opera / Hogarth
a burlesqued version of John Gays opera: several of the characters are wearing animal heads Date: 18th century

At the theatre / Ally Sloper
Ally Sloper visits his daughter behind the scenes at the theatre, although he oughtn t be standing there on stage right in front of the audience just as the curtain is rising

Tango teas at the Queens Theatre, London
The Latest Fashion : " Pour Passer le Temps." Tango teas at the Queens Theatre, London (on Shaftesbury Avenue), where the stalls have been removed and replaced by tables

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In the realm of human experiences, the concept of "audience" transcends time and boundaries. From the iconic Hippy Bus at the Woodstock Music Festival in 1969 to Amitabha, the Buddha of Sukhavati, we witness how diverse audiences have shaped history. Vasco da Gama's arrival in India drew a curious crowd eager to embrace new cultures and ideas. Sports enthusiasts unite as they cheer on their teams during thrilling Test cricket matches at Sydney Cricket Ground and Melbourne Cricket Ground in Australia. The rhythmic movements of Irish Dancers captivate an audience with their mesmerizing performances. Judy Garland's enchanting voice resonates through The Talk of the Town concert hall, leaving her adoring fans spellbound. In a world where individuality reigns supreme, some artists perform for an Audience Of One - pouring their hearts out to connect with that singular soul who understands them completely. The grandeur of Teatro San Carlo in Naples sets the stage for captivating dramas that transport audiences into different eras and realities. Centuries ago, actors performed on wooden stages during Shakespearean times, captivating crowds with tales that still resonate today. Beyond entertainment lies another facet: National Sporting Clubs bring together passionate supporters who create an electric atmosphere as they rally behind their favorite athletes or teams. Music knows no bounds; it unites people across continents. The Count Basie Orchestra's performance at London's Royal Festival Hall in 1980 showcased this universal language that can move even those who don't share a common tongue. Audiences throughout history have witnessed moments both profound and mundane; they have laughed together, cried together, celebrated victories and mourned losses side by side, and are not mere spectators but active participants shaping our collective narrative - reminding us that regardless of time or place, we are all connected through shared experiences as partakers in this grand theater called life.