Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants

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Author

Head, James H., -1869

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E-text prepared by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier, Linda Cantoni, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

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PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections

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Family recreation

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eBook-No.

19724

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19724

Release Date

November 6, 2006

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Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.HOME PASTIMES; — OR — TABLEAUX VIVANTS. — BY
2. 2.J. H. HEAD. — Contents — TO
3. 3.This Work — IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED, — BY THE AUTHOR. — PREFACE. — CONTENTS. — INTRODUCTION. — The Tableau Vivant.
4. 4.THE WREATH OF BEAUTY. — Ten Female Figures.
5. 5.THE MARBLE MAIDEN. — Three Female and Eleven Male Figures.
6. 6.VENUS RISING FROM THE SEA. — One Female Figure.
7. 7.RECEPTION OF QUEEN VICTORIA AT CHERBOURG. — Ten Female and Twenty Male Figures.
8. 8.SCENE FROM THE OPERA OF "SAPPHO." — Eleven Female and Ten Male Figures.
9. 9.FLORA AND THE FAIRIES. — Eight Female Figures.
10. 10.THE SPECTRE BRIDE. — Twelve Female and Twelve Male Figures.
11. 11.MUSIC, PAINTING, AND SCULPTURE. — Three Female Figures.
12. 12.BUST OF PROSERPINE. — One Female Figure.
13. 13.NAPOLEON AND HIS OLD GUARD AT WATERLOO. — Forty Male Figures.
14. 14.THE DANCING GIRL IN REPOSE. — Three Female Figures.
15. 15.WASHINGTON'S ENTRANCE INTO PORTSMOUTH. — Ten Female and Thirty-two Male Figures.
16. 16.FAME. — Three Female and Nine Male Figures.
17. 17.FAITH. — Seven Female Figures.
18. 18.SPIRIT OF RELIGION. — Six Female and Three Male Figures.
19. 19.THE POET AND THE GODDESS OF POETRY. — One Female and One Male Figure.
20. 20.DEATH OF EDITH. — Three Female and Two Male Figures.
21. 21.ABOU BEN ADHEM AND THE ANGEL. — One Female and One Male Figure.
22. 22.HIAWATHA AND HIS BRIDE'S ARRIVAL HOME. — One Male and Two Female Figures.
23. 23.DAVID PLAYING BEFORE SAUL. — Six Female and Eight Male Figures.
24. 24.LIBERTY. — Seven Female and Six Male Figures.
25. 25.PAGANISM AND CHRISTIANITY. — Two Female and Two Male Figures.
26. 26.SECOND SCENE OF PAGANISM AND CHRISTIANITY. — One Male and Two Female Figures.
27. 27.THE FAIRIES' DANCE. — Ten Female and Eight Male Figures.
28. 28.BUST OF PRAYER. — One Female Figure.
29. 29.MORNING WELCOMED BY THE STARS. — Twenty-one Female Figures.
30. 30.THE STATUE VASE. — One Female Figure.
31. 31.SPIRIT OF CHIVALRY. — Nine Male and Five Female Figures.
32. 32.HAIDEE AND DON JUAN IN THE CAVE. — One Male and Two Female Figures.
33. 33.POVERTY. — Three Female and Two Male Figures.
34. 34.DEATH OF MINNEHAHA. — One Male and Two Female Figures.
35. 35.THE MOTHER'S LAST PRAYER. — One Female and One Male Figure.
36. 36.LOUIS XVI. AND HIS FAMILY. — Three Female and Four Male Figures.
37. 37.DRESSING THE BRIDE. — Three Female Figures.
38. 38.HOPE, FAITH, CHARITY, AND LOVE. — Hope. — Faith. — Charity. — Love. — Four Female Figures.
39. 39.THE DEATH OF GENERAL WARREN. — Twenty-five Male Figures.
40. 40.PORTRAIT OF PRINCE ALBERT. — One Male Figure.
41. 41.THE RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL SON. — Four Male Figures.
42. 42.SINGLE BLESSEDNESS. — One Male Figure.
43. 43.MARRIAGE BLISS. — One Male and Two Female Figures.
44. 44.THE SLEEPING MAIDEN. — One Female Figure.
45. 45.NIGHT AND DAY. — Two Female Figures.
46. 46.THE FIREMEN IN REPOSE. — Ten Male Figures.
47. 47.THE ALARM. — Twelve Male Figures.
48. 48.AT THE FIRE. — One Female and Thirteen Male Figures.
49. 49.ETHAN ALLEN AT TICONDEROGA. — One Female and Eleven Male Figures.
50. 50.THE GYPSY FORTUNE TELLER. — Two Female Figures.
51. 51.PEACE. — Eight Male and Twelve Female Figures.
52. 52.WAR. — Twenty Male and Six Female Figures.
53. 53.THE RESCUE. — One Female and Eight Male Figures.
54. 54.SOLOMON'S JUDGMENT. — Three Male and Two Female Figures.
55. 55.THE BRIDAL PRAYER. — One Female Figure.
56. 56.THE GUITAR LESSON. — One Female and One Male Figure.
57. 57.ROGER WILLIAMS PREACHING TO THE INDIANS. — Two Female and Eight Male Figures.
58. 58.CROSSING THE LINE. — Ten Male Figures.
59. 59.THE WEDDING. — One Female and Two Male Figures.
60. 60.HIAWATHA SAILING. — Two Female and Two Male Figures.
61. 61.THE VILLAGE STILE. — One Female and One Male Figure.
62. 62.FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE IN THE CRIMEA. — One Female and Three Male Figures.
63. 63.THE FIREMAN'S STATUE. — One Male and Six Female Figures.
64. 64.JOAN OF ARC AT THE SIEGE OF ORLEANS. — One Female and Thirty Male Figures.
65. 65.THE PARTING. — One Male and Two Female Figures.
66. 66.HAGAR AND ISHMAEL IN THE WILDERNESS. — One Female and One Male Figure.
67. 67.THE FIGHT FOR THE STANDARD. — Twelve Male Figures.
68. 68.JONATHAN'S VISIT TO HIS CITY COUSINS. — One Female and One Male Figure.
69. 69.THE THREE GRACES. — Three Female Figures.
70. 70.THE GUARDIAN ANGEL. — One Female and One Male Figure.
71. 71.THE PYRAMID OF BEAUTY. — Fifteen Female Figures.
72. 72.CORONATION OF QUEEN VICTORIA. — Twenty Male and Ten Female Figures.
73. 73.THE BRIGANDS. — One Female and Five Male Figures.
74. 74.DEATH OF SIR JOHN MOORE. — Twenty Male Figures.
75. 75.THE FIREMAN'S RESCUE. — Two Female and Eight Male Figures.
76. 76.CATHARINE DOUGLASS BARRING THE DOOR WITH HER ARM. — One Female and Six Male Figures.
77. 77.THE MASQUERADE BALL. — Ten Female and Twelve Male Figures.
78. 78.IRISH COURTSHIP. — One Female and One Male Figure.
79. 79.THE FAIRIES' OFFERING TO THE QUEEN OF MAY. — Twenty Female Figures.
80. 80.BELSHAZZAR'S FEAST. — Seven Female and Eight Male Figures.
81. 81.THE VALENTINE. — Two Female and Two Male Figures.
82. 82.THE FAIRIES' RAINBOW BRIDGE. — Three Male Figures.
83. 83.LITTLE EVA AND UNCLE TOM. — One Female and One Male Figure.
84. 84.LOVE TRIUMPHANT. — One Female and Two Male Figures.
85. 85.THE BANDITTI. — Two Female and Eight Male Figures.
86. 86.PORTRAIT OF LOUIS NAPOLEON. — One Male Figure.
87. 87.THE RETURN FROM THE VINTAGE. — One Female and Four Male Figures.
88. 88.LOVERS GOING TO THE WELL. — One Male and One Female Figure.
89. 89.THE ITALIAN FLOWER VASE. — Three Female Figures.
90. 90.PORTRAIT OF THE MADONNA. — One Female Figure.
91. 91.THE SHOEMAKER IN LOVE. — One Male and Two Female Figures.
92. 92.PRINCE CHARLES EDWARD AFTER THE BATTLE OF CULLODEN. — One Female and Six Male Figures.
93. 93.THE FLOWER GIRL. — Flowers . — One Female Figure.
94. 94.PRESENTATION OF FIREMAN'S TRUMPET. — Eleven Male and Eleven Female Figures.
95. 95.THE PAINTER'S STUDIO. — One Female and One Male Figure.
96. 96.PORTRAIT OF GABRIELLE. — One Female Figure.
97. 97.THE ELOPEMENT. — One Male and Two Female Figures.
98. 98.FIREMAN'S COAT OF ARMS. — Two Female Figures.
99. 99.THE SOLDIER'S FAREWELL. — Three Female and Three Male Figures.
100. 100.IKE PARTINGTON'S GHOST. — One Female and One Male Figure.
101. 101.THE PEASANT FAMILY IN REPOSE. — Two Female and Three Male Figures.
102. 102.THE SOLDIER'S RETURN. — Three Female and Four Male Figures. — NOTES AND EXPLANATIONS. — FOR PREPARING A BRILLIANT RED FIRE. — GREEN FIRE. — PURPLE FIRE. — WHITISH-BLUE FIRE. — YELLOW FIRE. — COLORED LIGHTS. — TO PRODUCE A MISTY OR VANISHING APPEARANCE TO A TABLEAU. — TO PRODUCE SOUNDS LIKE FALLING RAIN. — TO PRODUCE SOUNDS LIKE DISTANT FIRING OF ARTILLERY. — TO PRODUCE SOUND TO RESEMBLE THUNDER. — TO IMITATE THE FIRE ALARM BELL. — DISTANT FIRING OF MUSKETRY. — MAGIC LIGHTNING. — TO STAIN THE FLESH A COPPER COLOR. — TO MAKE WRINKLES. — FLESH WOUNDS, &c. — THEATRICAL INCANTATIONS. — LIGHTS AND SHADES.
103. 103.ART RECREATIONS: — BEING — A COMPLETE GUIDE TO — BY — MADAME L.B. URBINO, PROF. HENRY DAY, AND OTHERS. — WITH VALUABLE RECEIPTS FOR PREPARING MATERIALS.
104. 104.Splendidly Illustrated.

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