Singing Gallery

Group photo, Jubilee Singers of Fisk University, USA

Group photo of the Jubilee Singers of Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. They were an African-American a cappella ensemble who toured and performed to raise money for their college which was in danger of closing due to lack of funds. The singers pictured here are: Maggie Porter, E.W. Watkins, H.D. Alexander, F.J. Loudin, Thomas Rutling, Jennie Jackson, Mabel Lewis, Ella Sheppard, Maggie Carnes and America W. Robinson. Date: 1870s

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Portraits of Victorian royalty, politicians and entertainers

In Vanity Fair -- portraits of Victorian royalty, politicians, entertainers and others, on a stage and below. Top row, left to right: Lord Salisbury and William Gladstone (on canvas), Leslie Ward (sketching), Louis Pasteur (with rabbits), Pablo Sarasate (violinist), Sims Reeves (singing), George Grossmith, Henry Irving (on canvas), Arthur Cecil, John Hare (smoking), Beerbohm Tree, Augustus Harris (in box office), W H Smith (seated). Bottom row, left to right: James Weatherby, Sir Robert Jardine, Lord Hartington, Major Egerton (with monocle), Edmund Tattersall, Prince George of Wales, Duke of Orleans, Duke of Connaught, Dr Tanner, T P O'Connor, Mr Justice Smith. Date: 1890

© Mary Evans Picture Library

Gracie Fields Home and Orphanage, Peacehaven, Sussex

Children and staff stand in front of the orphanage and children's home at Peacehaven in East Sussex. The home was opened in 1933 by the singing star Gracie Fields to care for the children of parents in the theatrical profession. She continued to support the home both financially and through personal visits

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