Oscar Wilde, photography by Sarony
August 22, 2026 at 3:51 AM
Oscar Wilde, photography by Sarony
#ResistanceRoots
“Life under a good government is rarely dramatic; life under a bad government is always so.”
— Oscar Wilde
“Life under a good government is rarely dramatic; life under a bad government is always so.”
— Oscar Wilde
April 12, 2026 at 3:49 PM
#ResistanceRoots
“Life under a good government is rarely dramatic; life under a bad government is always so.”
— Oscar Wilde
“Life under a good government is rarely dramatic; life under a bad government is always so.”
— Oscar Wilde
Sarah Bernhardt (1821-1896) by Napoleón Sarony
January 30, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Sarah Bernhardt (1821-1896) by Napoleón Sarony
today's random theater photo:
Creston Clarke as Orsino in Twelfth Night, c. 1893, photo by Sarony
Creston Clarke as Orsino in Twelfth Night, c. 1893, photo by Sarony
May 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
today's random theater photo:
Creston Clarke as Orsino in Twelfth Night, c. 1893, photo by Sarony
Creston Clarke as Orsino in Twelfth Night, c. 1893, photo by Sarony
The model for Kirchner’s “Temptation” was said to be silent star and Ziegfeld favorite Olive Thomas. From the Sarony Stufio, 1915:
January 31, 2025 at 6:47 AM
The model for Kirchner’s “Temptation” was said to be silent star and Ziegfeld favorite Olive Thomas. From the Sarony Stufio, 1915:
October 7, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Drop something MUSICAL 🎤 🎸🖤🎺🎻
Vintage Sheet Music
Forty-Seven Ginger-Headed Sailors by Leslie Sarony
Montgomery And Company (1928)
Vintage Sheet Music
Forty-Seven Ginger-Headed Sailors by Leslie Sarony
Montgomery And Company (1928)
September 23, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Drop something MUSICAL 🎤 🎸🖤🎺🎻
Vintage Sheet Music
Forty-Seven Ginger-Headed Sailors by Leslie Sarony
Montgomery And Company (1928)
Vintage Sheet Music
Forty-Seven Ginger-Headed Sailors by Leslie Sarony
Montgomery And Company (1928)
Olive Thomas by the Sarony Studio, New York 1915. The popular model and Ziegfeld Follies star (as well as mistress to Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr.) would make her feature film debut in 1917. #botd
October 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Olive Thomas by the Sarony Studio, New York 1915. The popular model and Ziegfeld Follies star (as well as mistress to Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr.) would make her feature film debut in 1917. #botd
and selling a photographically fashioned body, particularly by the famous New York theatrical photographer, Napoleon Sarony, who boasted of having photographed two hundred thousand people,
July 29, 2026 at 6:41 PM
and selling a photographically fashioned body, particularly by the famous New York theatrical photographer, Napoleon Sarony, who boasted of having photographed two hundred thousand people,
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#Jollity #Farm. #Leslie #Sarony. #Jack #Hylton and his #orchestra. #Comedy #Funny #music.
#Jollity #Farm. #Leslie #Sarony. #Jack #Hylton and his #orchestra. #Comedy #Funny #music.
Jolity Farm Leslie Sarony with Jack Hylton & His Orchestra
YouTube video by bigkegshandy
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September 21, 2026 at 5:35 AM
August 8, 2026 at 6:53 AM
#LETSDOIT25
Day 2, song 2: Leslie Sarony - Ain't it Grand to be Blooming Well Dead (1932)
A macabre music hall ditty.
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Day 2, song 2: Leslie Sarony - Ain't it Grand to be Blooming Well Dead (1932)
A macabre music hall ditty.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcAi...
Leslie Sarony - Ain't it Grand to be Blooming Well Dead (1932)
YouTube video by VintageBritishComedy
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January 2, 2025 at 12:21 PM
#LETSDOIT25
Day 2, song 2: Leslie Sarony - Ain't it Grand to be Blooming Well Dead (1932)
A macabre music hall ditty.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcAi...
Day 2, song 2: Leslie Sarony - Ain't it Grand to be Blooming Well Dead (1932)
A macabre music hall ditty.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcAi...
Oscar Wilde by Napoleon Sarony, 1882 #iconomancy library.hrmtc.com/20...
November 5, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Oscar Wilde by Napoleon Sarony, 1882 #iconomancy library.hrmtc.com/20...
Oscar Wilde at 28, photographed by Napoleon Sarony in 1882.
July 29, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Oscar Wilde at 28, photographed by Napoleon Sarony in 1882.
January 14, 2025 at 7:17 AM
« Les enfants commencent par aimer leurs parents ;
en avançant en âge, ils les jugent ; parfois, ils leur pardonnent. »
Oscar Wilde
Le Portrait de Dorian Gray
en avançant en âge, ils les jugent ; parfois, ils leur pardonnent. »
Oscar Wilde
Le Portrait de Dorian Gray
July 29, 2026 at 1:07 PM
« Les enfants commencent par aimer leurs parents ;
en avançant en âge, ils les jugent ; parfois, ils leur pardonnent. »
Oscar Wilde
Le Portrait de Dorian Gray
en avançant en âge, ils les jugent ; parfois, ils leur pardonnent. »
Oscar Wilde
Le Portrait de Dorian Gray
Leslie Sarony, the undisputed king of the nonsense song was prolific on the subject of #FoodandDrink. He wrote catchy tunes about fish, cucumber, cheese, pubs, sausages, cake and LARD. In 1928 he gave us ‘Don’t Be Cruel to a Vegetbuel’. Listen here:
#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2025
#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2025
Leslie Sarony - Don't Be Cruel to a Vegetabuel / Don't Do That to the Poor Puss Cat (1928)
Leslie Sarony (born Leslie Legge Frye 22 January 1897 - 12 February 1985) was a British entertainer, singer and songwriter. Sarony was born in Surbiton, Surr...
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May 16, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Leslie Sarony, the undisputed king of the nonsense song was prolific on the subject of #FoodandDrink. He wrote catchy tunes about fish, cucumber, cheese, pubs, sausages, cake and LARD. In 1928 he gave us ‘Don’t Be Cruel to a Vegetbuel’. Listen here:
#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2025
#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2025
Lithographic printing stone for Australian Fossils, Plate 4, from vol. 10 of the "United States Exploring Expedition, During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842", prepared by Sarony & Major from illustrations by J. D. Dana. (Smithsonian; ID: 1999.0145.458; n2t.net/ark:/65665/n...). #FossilFriday
August 7, 2026 at 7:52 AM
Lithographic printing stone for Australian Fossils, Plate 4, from vol. 10 of the "United States Exploring Expedition, During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842", prepared by Sarony & Major from illustrations by J. D. Dana. (Smithsonian; ID: 1999.0145.458; n2t.net/ark:/65665/n...). #FossilFriday
Today’s date in presidents.
1/22/26
Images: White House Historical Association; Sarony/Public domain; Library of Congress.
1/22/26
Images: White House Historical Association; Sarony/Public domain; Library of Congress.
January 22, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Today’s date in presidents.
1/22/26
Images: White House Historical Association; Sarony/Public domain; Library of Congress.
1/22/26
Images: White House Historical Association; Sarony/Public domain; Library of Congress.
British Library to reinstate Oscar Wilde’s reader card 130 years after it was revoked
Pass to be presented to playwright’s grandson after original cancelled over conviction for gross indecency
By Dalya Alberge
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
At PG:
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho...
#books
Pass to be presented to playwright’s grandson after original cancelled over conviction for gross indecency
By Dalya Alberge
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
At PG:
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho...
#books
June 14, 2025 at 9:33 AM
British Library to reinstate Oscar Wilde’s reader card 130 years after it was revoked
Pass to be presented to playwright’s grandson after original cancelled over conviction for gross indecency
By Dalya Alberge
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
At PG:
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho...
#books
Pass to be presented to playwright’s grandson after original cancelled over conviction for gross indecency
By Dalya Alberge
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
At PG:
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho...
#books
Oliver Sarony is probably the best known of all of the Scarborough photographers. His studio on South Cliff was at one time the largest in Europe. This carbon print cabinet card with an unknown sitter illustrates why he was so well known.
#sarony #photography #carbonprint #photographichistory
#sarony #photography #carbonprint #photographichistory
November 17, 2024 at 10:13 AM
Oliver Sarony is probably the best known of all of the Scarborough photographers. His studio on South Cliff was at one time the largest in Europe. This carbon print cabinet card with an unknown sitter illustrates why he was so well known.
#sarony #photography #carbonprint #photographichistory
#sarony #photography #carbonprint #photographichistory
Jolity Farm Leslie Sarony with Jack Hylton & His Orchestra
YouTube video by bigkegshandy
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January 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Billie Burke (Mrs. Florenz Ziegfeld and Glinda the Good Witch in the 1939 Wizard of Oz)
Sarony Studio, NY 1905
Sarony Studio, NY 1905
June 5, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Billie Burke (Mrs. Florenz Ziegfeld and Glinda the Good Witch in the 1939 Wizard of Oz)
Sarony Studio, NY 1905
Sarony Studio, NY 1905