The photograph is signed: To the Davenport Troupe. In purity’s name Billy Bennett. Bennett (1887 – 1942) was a British comedian who specialised in parodies of dramatic monologues and was billed as ‘Almost a Gentleman’.
Other Ephemera
This section includes all types of ephemera other than Posters & Showcards and Programmes & Handbills.
The collection is particularly rich in ephemera relating to the Davenports, the Maskelynes and Will Goldston.
Davenports often used the trade mark Davenport demon in their illustrations. The advertisement is from the 1930s period.
The photographs were taken circa 1900. In the collection we also have a similar photographic print in a photographer’s mount which bears the name Hawker & Son, Newbury. The Maskelynes had a second home in Bucklebury near Newbury.
The photograph is by Paget Studio, 116 Gt Portland St, London.
The photograph is by Paget Studio, 116 Gt Portland St, London.
Zoe’s debut at the Egyptian Hall was on 21 May 1877. A date on the back of the review suggests the newspaper was from June 1877.
The date January 1878 has been written on the top of this item.
Zoe’s debut at the Egyptian Hall was on 21 May 1877. The newspaper is therefore probably from May or June 1877.
The item is dated in ink 11 July 1880. The focus of the review is mechanical music.
This cutting is from The Era, dated in ink 14 November 1880. It includes a useful review of the new sketch ‘The Temptations of Good St. Anthony.