Ariel Gallery

Cartoon, Mr Punch painting a portrait of Shakespeare

Cartoon -- Don't you think it is just a little out of drawing, Mr Burnand? Showing Francis Cowley Burnand (1836-1917) as Mr Punch, painting a portrait of Shakespeare, a comment on Burnand's burlesque fairy drama, Ariel, based on The Tempest, in production at the Gaiety Theatre, London.
1883

© Mary Evans Picture Library

13, 1880s, 1883, Ariel, Art, Artist, Bryan, Burlesque, Burnand, Cartoon, Comedy, Comment, Cowley, Drama, Easel, Entertainment, Entracte, Fairy, Francis, Gaiety, Humour, Jokes, London, Mr, October, Painting, Palette, Portrait, Production, Punch, Puns, Puppet, Satire, Shakespeare, Stage, Tempest, Theatre, Victorian

Race Won at the Belfast Regatta, by the Ariel, John McCracke

Race Won 19 June 1829, at the Belfast Regatta, by the Ariel, John McCracken, Esq. against the Crusader, Sir Stephen May, and the Zoe, Marquis of Donegall. Nicholl, Andrew 1804 - 1886. Date: 1829

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1829, Andrew, Ariel, Belfast, Crusader, Donegall, Drawing, Esq, Irish, John, June, Marquis, Mccracken, Nicholl, Paper, Race, Regatta, Sir, Stephen, Watercolour, Won, Zoe

West end looking east, Fore Street, Probus. 1900s

A donkey and cart carrying postman pauses to pose with others for the photograph. The workshop with the bicycle and two men standing outside, has a sign hanging above the bicycle. This reads "Ariel Cycles & Motors". The older bearded man leans against a four wheeled cart that has has been dismantled to undergo some repairs. The front of a small shop can be seen in the cottage over the Postman's right shoulder. Photographer: Samuel John Govier

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