Pell, Gilbert W.(--)

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Born / Died

Participation details - 5
Troupe Affiliation - 7
Events Naming Person - 212
Songs & Acts - 17
Bibliographic Sources - 120
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Biographical Overview

Birth Date: exactly
Death Date: exactly (Died December 21, 1872 in Liverpooll)

Notes

Troupe(s): Ethiopian Serenaders, Dumbolton’s Serenaders, Soloist



Role: Bones Player, Clown, Manager



Info: Gilbert W. Pelham was among the most famous of the early blackface minstrels, and had a particularly successful career in Britain. He was a child performer in blackface with his brother Richard (one of the Virginia Minstrels), and toured with the Boston Minstrels and the American Ethiopian Serenaders in the mid-1840s, when he reportedly performed for U.S. President Tyler in Washington. He traveled to Britain late in 1845 with The Ethiopian Serenaders--a troupe that achieved enormous success with a full year's run at the St James Theatre, and in private concerts for the aristocracy (including Queen Victoria). He returned to the United States in 1847, but returned to England with a second version of the Serenaders in 1848, repeating his success with runs at Vauxhall Gardens and throughout England and Scotland. He appears to have remained in Britain, or at least returned to it repeatedly, for the rest of his career. He died in Liverpool in 1872.



Please see the 'Bibliographic Sources' link at right for a complete listing of materials (both primary and secondary) from which the above information was compiled.

Participation details

  • Vocalist
  • Clown
  • Bone Castanet Player
  • Minstrel
  • Manager

Troupe Affiliation

Troupe Name Event # of events
Dumbolton's Serenaders (1852) Minstrel 1
Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) Minstrel 117
Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49) Minstrel 51
Ethiopian Serenaders (1849-50) Minstrel 10
Ethiopian Serenaders (1850) Minstrel 6
Ethiopian Serenaders (1851) Minstrel 23
Pell, G.W. Minstrel 4

Events Naming Person

Event Date Location Troupe
Minstrel Show 1852-1852 Strand Theatre, London London (city-county) Dumbolton's Serenaders (1852)
Minstrel Show 1846-1846 Hanover Square Rooms, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1846-1846 Hanover Square Rooms, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Variety 1846-1846 Pavilion Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1846-1846 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Concert 1846-1846 Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1846-1846 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1846-1846 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1846-1846 Gloucester House, Piccadilly, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1846-1846 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Dramatic 1846-1846 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1846-1846 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1846-1846 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1846-1846 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1846-1846 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1846-1846 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1846-1846 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1846-1846 Crosby Hall, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Variety 1846-1846 Drury Lane Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1846-1846 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1846-1846 Crosby Hall, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1846-1846 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1846-1846 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1846-1846 Crosby Hall, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1846-1846 Sadler's Wells, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1846-1846 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1846-1846 Sussex Hall, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1846-1846 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1846-1846 Hall, The, Reading Berkshire Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1846-1846 Chiswick House, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1846-1846 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1846-1846 Royal British Institution, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1846-1846 Horns, The, Kennington, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1846-1846 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1846-1846 Horns, The, Kennington, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1846-1846 Green Man, Blackheath, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1846-1846 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1846-1846 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1846-1846 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1846-1846 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Dramatic 1846-1846 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1846-1846 Sussex Hall, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1846-1846 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1846-1846 Sussex Hall, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1846-1846 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1846-1846 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Dramatic 1846-1846 London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1846-1846 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Variety 1846-1846 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1846-1846 Newburgh Rooms, Cannon Place, Brighton Sussex Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1846-1846 Portsmouth Hampshire Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Dramatic 1846-1846 Theatre Royal, Bristol, Bristol Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1846-1846 Birmingham Warwickshire Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Dramatic 1846-1846 Theatre Royal, Bristol, Bristol Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1846-1846 Royal Liver Theatre, Liverpool Lancashire Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1846-1846 Royal Liver Theatre, Liverpool Lancashire Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1846-1846 Royal Liver Theatre, Liverpool Lancashire Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1846-1846 Music Hall, Abbey-Street, Dublin Dublin Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1846-1846 Free Trade Hall, Manchester Lancashire Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1846-1846 Arundel Castle, Arundel Sussex Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1846-1846 Newburgh Rooms, Cannon Place, Brighton Sussex Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1846-1846 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1846-1846 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1846-1847 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1847-1847 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1847-1847 Crosby Hall, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1847-1847 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1847-1847 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1847-1847 Crosby Hall, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1847-1847 Greenwich Kent Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1847-1847 Crosby Hall, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1847-1847 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1847-1847 Horns, The, Kennington, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1847-1847 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1847-1847 Albion Hall, Hammersmith, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1847-1847 Albion Hall, Hammersmith, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1847-1847 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1847-1847 Crosby Hall, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1847-1847 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1847-1847 Crosby Hall, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1847-1847 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1847-1847 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1847-1847 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1847-1847 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1847-1847 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Variety 1847-1847 Drury Lane Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1847-1847 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Concert 1847-1847 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1847-1847 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1847-1847 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1847-1847 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1847-1847 Horns, The, Kennington, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1847-1847 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1847-1847 Crosby Hall, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1847-1847 King's Arms Assembly Rooms, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1847-1847 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1847-1847 Town Hall, Oxford, Oxford Oxfordshire Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1847-1847 London Bridge Hotel, Southwark, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1847-1847 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1847-1847 Lecture Hall, Greenwich, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1847-1847 Manor House, Hackney, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1847-1847 Sussex Hall, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1847-1847 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1847-1847 Horns, The, Kennington, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1847-1847 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1847-1847 Crosby Hall, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Concert 1847-1847 Sadler's Wells, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1847-1847 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Variety 1847-1847 Grecian Saloon, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1847-1847 Town Hall, Oxford, Oxford Oxfordshire Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1847-1847 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Variety 1847-1847 Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1847-1847 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1847-1847 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1847-1847 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Variety 1847-1847 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1847-1847 St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Minstrel Show 1847-1847 Mechanics' Institute, Nottingham Nottinghamshire Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Variety 1848-1848 Vauxhall Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety 1848-1848 Vauxhall Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety 1848-1848 Vauxhall Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety 1848-1848 Vauxhall Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety 1848-1848 Vauxhall Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety 1848-1848 Vauxhall Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1848-1848 Newburgh Rooms, Cannon Place, Brighton Sussex Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety 1848-1848 Vauxhall Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1848-1848 Newburgh Rooms, Cannon Place, Brighton Sussex Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1848-1848 Newburgh Rooms, Cannon Place, Brighton Sussex Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety 1848-1848 Vauxhall Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1848-1848 Newburgh Rooms, Cannon Place, Brighton Sussex Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety 1848-1848 Vauxhall Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety 1848-1848 Vauxhall Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety 1848-1848 Vauxhall Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety 1848-1848 Vauxhall Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety 1848-1848 Vauxhall Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety 1848-1848 Vauxhall Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety 1848-1848 Vauxhall Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety 1848-1848 Vauxhall Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Dramatic 1848-1848 Theatre Royal, Bristol, Bristol Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety 1848-1848 Vauxhall Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1848-1848 Theatre Royal, Bristol, Bristol Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1848-1848 Free Trade Hall, Manchester Lancashire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1848-1848 Free Trade Hall, Manchester Lancashire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1848-1848 Music Hall, Sheffield, Sheffield Yorkshire: West Riding Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1848-1848 Theatre Royal, Williamson Square, Liverpool Lancashire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1848-1848 Theatre Royal, Williamson Square, Liverpool Lancashire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1848-1848 Theatre Royal, Williamson Square, Liverpool Lancashire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1848-1848 Theatre Royal, Williamson Square, Liverpool Lancashire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1848-1848 Theatre Royal, Williamson Square, Liverpool Lancashire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1848-1848 Theatre Royal, Williamson Square, Liverpool Lancashire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1848-1848 Theatre Royal, Birmingham, Birmingham Warwickshire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1848-1848 Theatre Royal, Birmingham, Birmingham Warwickshire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1848-1848 Theatre Royal, Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton Staffordshire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1848-1848 Theatre Royal, Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton Staffordshire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1849-1849 Concert Hall, Liverpool Lancashire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1849-1849 Concert Hall, Liverpool Lancashire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1849-1849 Music Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne (city-county) in Northumberlan Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1849-1849 Liverpool Lancashire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1849-1849 Music Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne (city-county) in Northumberlan Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1849-1849 Theatre Royal, Birmingham, Birmingham Warwickshire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1849-1849 Theatre Royal, Birmingham, Birmingham Warwickshire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1849-1849 Royal Surrey Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Dramatic 1849-1849 Royal Surrey Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Dramatic 1849-1849 Royal Surrey Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Dramatic 1849-1849 Royal Surrey Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1849-1849 Store Street Music Hall, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1849-1849 Sadler's Wells, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1849-1849 Sadler's Wells, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1849-1849 Sadler's Wells, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Dramatic 1849-1849 Edinburgh Adelphi Theatre, Edinburgh Edinburgh Ethiopian Serenaders (1849-50)
Dramatic 1849-1849 Edinburgh Adelphi Theatre, Edinburgh Edinburgh Ethiopian Serenaders (1849-50)
Dramatic 1849-1849 Edinburgh Adelphi Theatre, Edinburgh Edinburgh Ethiopian Serenaders (1849-50)
Dramatic 1849-1849 Corn Exchange, Stirling, Stirling Stirling Ethiopian Serenaders (1849-50)
Dramatic 1849-1849 Corn Exchange, Stirling, Stirling Stirling Ethiopian Serenaders (1849-50)
Dramatic 1849-1849 Theatre Royal, Perth, Perth Perth Ethiopian Serenaders (1849-50)
Dramatic 1849-1849 Theatre Royal, Perth, Perth Perth Ethiopian Serenaders (1849-50)
Dramatic 1849-1849 Theatre Royal, Perth, Perth Perth Ethiopian Serenaders (1849-50)
Minstrel Show 1849-1849 Theatre Royal, Dundee, Dundee Forfar Ethiopian Serenaders (1849-50)
Minstrel Show 1849-1849 Theatre Royal, Dundee, Dundee Forfar Ethiopian Serenaders (1849-50)
Minstrel Show 1850-1850 Plymouth Devon Ethiopian Serenaders (1850)
Variety 1850-1850 Royal Surrey Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1850)
Variety 1850-1850 Royal Surrey Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1850)
Variety 1850-1850 Royal Surrey Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1850)
Minstrel Show 1850-1850 Newburgh Rooms, Cannon Place, Brighton Sussex Ethiopian Serenaders (1850)
Minstrel Show 1850-1850 Newburgh Rooms, Cannon Place, Brighton Sussex Ethiopian Serenaders (1850)
Variety 1851-1851 Royal Standard Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1851)
Variety 1851-1851 Cremorne Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1851)
Variety 1851-1851 Cremorne Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1851)
Variety 1851-1851 Cremorne Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1851)
Variety 1851-1851 Cremorne Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1851)
Variety 1851-1851 Cremorne Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1851)
Variety 1851-1851 Cremorne Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1851)
Variety 1851-1851 Cremorne Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1851)
Variety 1851-1851 Cremorne Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1851)
Variety 1851-1851 Cremorne Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1851)
Variety 1851-1851 Cremorne Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1851)
Variety 1851-1851 Cremorne Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1851)
Variety 1851-1851 Garrick's Head, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1851)
Variety 1851-1851 Garrick's Head, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1851)
Variety 1851-1851 Cremorne Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1851)
Variety 1851-1851 Cremorne Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1851)
Variety 1851-1851 Cremorne Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1851)
Variety 1851-1851 Cremorne Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1851)
Variety 1851-1851 Garrick's Head, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1851)
Variety 1851-1851 Cremorne Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1851)
Variety 1851-1851 Cremorne Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1851)
Variety 1851-1851 Garrick's Head, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1851)
Variety 1851-1851 Cremorne Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1851)
Dramatic 1851-1851 Olympic Theatre, London London (city-county) Pell, G.W.
Dramatic 1851-1851 Lyceum Theatre, London London (city-county) Pell, G.W.
Dramatic 1851-1852 Lyceum Theatre, London London (city-county) Pell, G.W.
Variety 1852-1852 Bristol and Clifton Zoological Gardens, Bristol Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Pell, G.W.

Songs & Acts

Number of songs and acts found: 17
Title Type Number of Events Found
1 Lucy Long Song 2 event(s)
2 Old Dan Tucker Song 1 event(s)
3 Duet - Accordion and Bones Instrumental 5 event(s)
4 Overture Song 1 event(s)
5 I Seen Her at de Window Song 7 event(s)
6 Railroad Travelling Song 4 event(s)
7 Plantation Dance, (Original) Dance 1 event(s)
8 Duet - Banjo and Bones Instrumental 18 event(s)
9 Fare-you-well, Ladies Song 1 event(s)
10 Marriage Festival Dance Dance 1 event(s)
11 My Dear Lucinda Song 1 event(s)
12 Old Joe Song 13 event(s)
13 Old King Crow Song 7 event(s)
14 Solo Song 2 event(s)
15 Mr. Brown Song 1 event(s)
16 White Folks, I am going to Sing Song 1 event(s)
17 Prince of Happy Land, The Play 1 event(s)

Bibliographic Sources

  • Albion (Liverpool) November 27, 1848: 2: 6.
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  • Albion (Liverpool) October 30, 1848: 2: 6.
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  • Albion (Liverpool) December 4, 1848: 3: 3.
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  • Albion (Liverpool) November 13, 1848: 1: 1.
    Info in Record:
    • moniker
    • performance history
    Document Scan
  • Albion (Liverpool) November 13, 1848: 3: 2.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review,
    • moniker
    Document Scan
  • Albion (Liverpool) February 12, 1849: 1: 1.
    Info in Record:
    • moniker
    Document Scan
  • Albion (Liverpool) February 5, 1849: 1: 1.
    Info in Record:
    • moniker
    Document Scan
  • Bell's Life in London January 25, 1846: 3:3.
  • Bell’s Life in London and Sporting Chronicle August 27, 1848: 3: 1.
    Info in Record:
    • acts
    • description/review
    Document Scan
  • Bell’s Life in London and Sporting Chronicle June 25, 1848: 2: 1.
    Info in Record:
    • moniker
    Document Scan
  • Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle July 2, 1848: 3: 3.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review,
    • moniker
    Document Scan
  • Bell’s Weekly Newspaper (London) August 27, 1848: 5: 6.
    Info in Record:
    • moniker
    • performance history
  • Bell's Weekly Newspaper (London) September 3, 1848: 5: 6.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review
  • Birmingham & General Advertiser March 22, 1849: 47:6.
    Info in Record:
    • acts
    • moniker
    • performance history
    Document Scan
  • Birmingham & General Advertiser March 22, 1849: 47:6.
    Info in Record:
    • acts
    • moniker
    • performance history
    Document Scan
  • Birmingham & General Advertiser March 22, 1849: 47: 6 (2nd relevant ad).
    Info in Record:
    • moniker
    Document Scan
  • Birmingham Journal December 16, 1848: 5:3.
    Info in Record:
    • moniker
    Document Scan
  • Birmingham Journal December 23, 1848: 1: 1.
    Info in Record:
    • moniker
    • performance history
    Document Scan
  • Birmingham Journal and Commercial Advertiser December 16, 1848: 1: 1 (1st ad in column).
    Info in Record:
    • acts
    Document Scan
  • Birmingham Journal and Commercial Advertiser December 16, 1848: 1: 1 (1st ad in column).
    Info in Record:
    • acts
    Document Scan
  • Birmingham Journal and Commercial Advertiser December 16, 1848: 1: 1.
    Info in Record:
    • acts
    Document Scan
  • Birmingham Journal and Commercial Advertiser December 16, 1848: 1: 1.
    Info in Record:
    • acts
    Document Scan
  • Britannia (London) June 10, 1848: 375.
    Info in Record:
    • moniker
    • performance history
    Document Scan
  • Britannia (London) June 24, 1848: ?.
    Info in Record:
    • moniker
    Document Scan
  • Britannia (London) July 1, 1848: ?.
    Info in Record:
    • moniker
    Document Scan
  • T. Allston Brown’s Burnt Cork Biography Online. 09/04/2008 (http://www.circushistory.org/Cork/BurntCork4.htm)
  • Constitutional & Perthshire Agricultural & General Advertiser September 12, 1849: 1: 3.
    Info in Record:
    • moniker
    • performance history
    Document Scan
  • Constitutional & Perthshire Agricultural & General Advertiser September 19, 1849: 1: 2.
    Info in Record:
    • moniker
    Document Scan
  • Court Gazette and Fashionable Guide (London) February 14, 1846: ?.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review

    **Note: Pell’s name is not given specifically. Rather, the review just refers to the “bone player.”

    Document Scan
  • Era (London) April 30, 1848: 11:4.
    Document Image
  • Era (London) May 26, 1850: 12: 3.
    Info in Record:
    • acts
    • moniker
    • performance history
  • Era (London) March 14, 1847: 11:2.
    Document Image
  • Era (London) May 3, 1846: 5:4.
    Document Image
  • Era (London) February 9, 1851: 11: 2-3.
    Document Image, Part 1
  • Era (London) August 27, 1848: 11:1.
    Document Image
  • Era (London) February 9, 1851: 11: 2-3.
    Part 2
  • Era (London) November 5, 1848: 11: 4.
  • Era (London) December 21, 1851: 12:2.
    Document Image
  • Era (London) May 20, 1849: 1: 2.
    Info in Record:
    • moniker
  • Era (London) November 7, 1847: 1:2.
    Document Image
  • Era (London) March 31, 1850: 12: 4.
    Info in Record:
    • acts
    • description/review
    • moniker
  • Era (London) June 25, 1848: 1.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review
    • moniker
  • Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library Minstrelsy Folder, Unidentified Clipping
    Document Scan, part 1
  • Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library Minstrelsy Folder, Unidentified Clipping
    Document Scan, part 2
  • Harvard Theatre Collection, Vauxhall Microfilm v.7, Unidentified Clipping (dated 27.8.48): 132 (1st article on LS).
    Info in Record:
    • acts
    • description/review
  • Harvard Theatre Collection, Vauxhall Microfilm v.7, Unidentified Clipping (dated Sept. 1, 48): 132 (1st article on RS).
    Info in Record:
    • acts
    • description/review
    Document Scan
  • Harvard Theatre Collection, Vauxhall Microfilm v.7, Unidentified Clipping (dated 18.6.48): 137 (1st article on LS).
    Info in Record:
    • description/review,
    • performance history
    Document Scan
  • Harvard Theatre Collection, Vauxhall Microfilm v.7, Unidentified Clipping : page not numbered .
    Document Scan
  • Harvard Theatre Collection, Vauxhall Microfilm v7, Unidentified Clipping
    Info in Record:
    • biography
    • description/review
    Document Scan, Part 1
  • Harvard Theatre Collection, Vauxhall Microfilm v7, Unidentified Clipping
    Info in Record:
    • biography
    • description/review
    Document Scan, Part 2
  • Illustrated London News July 1, 1848: 420: 1.
    Info in Record:
    • moniker
  • Illustrated London News August 12, 1848: 90: 3.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review
    • moniker
  • John Bull (London) January 24, 1846: 58.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review
    Document Scan
  • John Johnson Collection, Bodleian Library, University of Oxford Playbill
    Info in Record:
    • acts
    Document Scan
  • John Johnson Collection, Bodleian Library, University of Oxford Playbill
    Info in Record:
    • acts
    Document Scan
  • Ladies' Newspaper (London) September 2, 1848: ?.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review
    Document Scan
  • Literary Gazette (London) June 24, 1848: ?.
  • Liverpool Chronicle and General Advertiser November 11, 1848: 1: 1.
    Info in Record:
    • moniker
    • performance history
  • Liverpool Journal November 11, 1848: 4: 6.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review
    • moniker
  • Liverpool Mail November 18, 1848: 2: 5.
    Info in Record:
    • moniker
  • Liverpool Mercury November 10, 1848: 6: 5.
    Info in Record:
    • moniker

      (“the celebrated ‘boneist’”)
  • Liverpool Mercury January 26, 1849: 1: 1.
    Info in Record:
    • moniker
    Document Scan
  • Liverpool Standard October 24, 1848: 5: 6.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review
  • Liverpool Standard November 14, 1848: 5: 4.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review
  • Lloyd’s Weekly London Newspaper August 27, 1848: 8: 3.
    Info in Record:
    • acts
    • description/review
  • Manchester Courier & Lancashire General Advertiser October 18, 1848: 5: 3.
    Info in Record:
    • ***Note: Pell not given by name - assumed from listing as "bones"
    • acts
    • moniker
    Document Scan, Part 1
  • Manchester Courier & Lancashire General Advertiser October 18, 1848: 5: 3.
    Info in Record:
    • ***Note: Pell not given by name - assumed from listing as "bones"
    • acts
    • moniker
    Part 2
  • Manchester Courier, and Lancashire General Advertiser October 21, 1848: 5: 4.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review
    • moniker
  • Manchester Examiner October 17, 1848: 4: 5.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review
    • moniker
    Document Scan
  • Manchester Examiner October 10, 1848: 1: 1.
    Info in Record:
    • moniker
    • performance history
    Document Scan
  • Manchester Examiner October 21, 1848: 5: 1.
    Info in Record:
    • acts
    • description/review
    Document Scan
  • Manchester Guardian October 28, 1848: 7: 3.
    Info in Record:
    • moniker
  • Manchester Guardian October 28, 1848: 6: 3.
    Info in Record:
      moniker
    • performance history
  • Manchester Guardian October 14, 1848: 1: 6 - 2nd relevant ad.
    Info in Record:
    • moniker
    • performance history
    Document Scan
  • Manchester Guardian October 18, 1848: 5: 4.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review
    • performance history
    Document Scan, Part 1
  • Manchester Guardian October 18, 1848: 5: 4.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review
    • performance history
    Part 2
  • Midland Counties Herald, Birmingham and General Advertiser December 21, 1848: 203: 7.
    Info in Record:
    • acts
  • Midland Counties Herald, Birmingham and General Advertiser December 21, 1848: 203: 7.
    Info in Record:
    • moniker
    • performance history
  • Morning Advertiser (London) June 27, 1848: ?.
    Info in Record:
    • moniker
    Document Scan
  • Morning Advertiser (London) June 20, 1848: ?.
    Info in Record:
    • acts
    • description/review
    Document Scan
  • Morning Chronicle (London) August 23, 1848: 5.
    Info in Record:
    • acts
    • description/review
    Document Scan
  • Morning Chronicle (London) January 20, 1846: 5.
    Info in Record:
    • note: Pell not named specifically, but just referred to as “the bone executant”
    • acts
    • description/review
    • moniker
    Document Scan, Part 1
  • Morning Chronicle (London) January 20, 1846: 5.
    Info in Record:
    • note: Pell not named specifically, but just referred to as “the bone executant”
    • acts
    • description/review
    • moniker
    Document Scan, Part 2
  • Morning Chronicle (London) January 20, 1846: 5.
    Info in Record:
    • note: Pell not named specifically, but just referred to as “the bone executant”
    • acts
    • description/review
    • moniker
    Document Scan, Part 3
  • Morning Chronicle (London) January 20, 1846: 5.
    Info in Record:
    • note: Pell not named specifically, but just referred to as “the bone executant”
    • acts
    • description/review
    • moniker
    Document Scan, Part 4
  • Morning Chronicle (London) June 22, 1848: 1.
    Info in Record:
    • moniker

      ("the renowned Pell, the bone player");
    • performance history

      ("late of the St. James's Theatre")
    Document Scan
  • Morning Chronicle (London) February 9, 1846: 4.
    Info in Record:
    • acts
    Document Scan
  • Morning Chronicle (London) February 11, 1846: 5.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review
    Document Scan
  • Morning Chronicle (London) July 7, 1848: 7.
    Info in Record:
    • moniker

      ("the celebrated bone player")
    Document Scan
  • Morning Chronicle (London) June 27, 1848: 4.
    Info in Record:
    • moniker

      ("the celebrated bone player")
    Document Scan
  • Morning Chronicle (London) July 3, 1848: 1: 1.
    Info in Record:
    • moniker

      ("the celebrated bone player")
  • Morning Chronicle (London) June 26, 1848: 1.
    Info in Record:
    • moniker

      ("the celebrated bone player")
    Document Scan
  • Morning Chronicle (London) June 29, 1848: 1.
    Info in Record:
    • moniker

      ("the celebrated Bone Player")
    Document Scan
  • New York Clipper "2"
  • New York Clipper October 7, 1876
    Info in Record:
    • biography
    • description/review
    Document Scan
  • “The Old Time Minstrel". New York Times May 9, 1897
  • News of the World (London) September 3, 1848: 5.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review
    Document Scan
  • News of the World (London) August 27, 1848: ?.
    Info in Record:
    • moniker
    Document Scan
  • Observer (London) June 11, 1848: ?.
    Info in Record:
    • **Note: all info as in June 10 listing in Britannia (London)
    • moniker
    • performance history
    Document Scan
  • Observer (London) June 18, 1848: 1.
    Document Scan
  • Observer (London) May 16, 1847: 1: 1.
    Info in Record:

      description/review
    Document Scan
  • Observer (London) May 30, 1847: 1.
    Info in Record:

      description/review
  • Observer (London) July 2, 1848: 1: 1.
    Info in Record:
    • moniker

      ("the celebrated bone-player")
    Document Scan
  • Observer (London) June 6, 1847: 1: 1.
    Info in Record:

      description/review
    Document Scan
  • Observer (London) June 20, 1847: 1: 1.
    Info in Record:

      description/review
    Document Scan
  • Observer (London) June 25, 1848: 1: 1.
    Info in Record:
    • moniker

      ("the celebrated bone player")
    Document Scan
  • Observer (London) June 27, 1847: 1: 1.
    Info in Record:

      acts

      description/review
    Document Scan
  • Observer (London) July 23, 1848: 1: 1.
    Document Scan
  • Plymouth and Devonport Weekly Journal March 21, 1850: 5: 4.
    Info in Record:
    • acts
    • description/review
    • moniker
  • Plymouth Times no date listed : 3: 1.
    Info in Record:
    • moniker

      (“‘the original bones’”)
  • Plymouth, Devonport and Stonehouse Herald March 16, 1850: 5: 1.
    Info in Record:
    • moniker

      (“‘the original Bones’”)
  • Puppet Show no. 54; March 17, 1849: box titled "Close of the Public Gardens".
    Info in Record:
    • imagery
    • other (humourous ‘speculation’ about what Juba, etc. are doing since the close of the season)
  • Scotsman, or Edinburgh Political and Literary Journal August 29, 1849: 3: 3.
    Info in Record:
    • moniker
  • Sheffield & Rotherham Independent October 28, 1848: 4: 6.
    Info in Record:
    • acts
    Document Scan, Part 1
  • Sheffield & Rotherham Independent October 28, 1848: 4: 6.
    Info in Record:
    • acts
    Part 2
  • Sheffield Times October 28, 1848: 4: 6.
    Info in Record:
    • moniker
    • performance history
    Document Scan, Part 1
  • Sheffield Times October 28, 1848: 4: 6.
    Info in Record:
    • moniker
    • performance history
    Part 2
  • Sheffield Times November 11, 1848: 8: 3.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review
    Document Scan
  • Standard (London) June 13, 1848: ?.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review
    • moniker
    Document Scan
  • Stirling Journal and Advertiser August 31, 1849: 3: 4.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review
    Document Scan, Part 1
  • Stirling Journal and Advertiser August 31, 1849: 3: 4.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review
    Part 2
  • Stirling Journal and Morning Advertiser August 31, 1849: 1: 2.
    Info in Record:
    • all info as in August 30 ad in Stirling Observer (p1)
    • acts
    • moniker
    • performer endorsement
    Document Scan, Part 1
  • Stirling Journal and Morning Advertiser August 31, 1849: 1: 2.
    Info in Record:
    • all info as in August 30 ad in Stirling Observer (p1)
    • acts
    • moniker
    • performer endorsement
    Part 2
  • Stirling Observer August 30, 1849: 4: 5.
    Info in Record:
    • moniker
    • performance history
    Document Scan, Part 1
  • Stirling Observer August 30, 1849: 4: 5.
    Info in Record:
    • moniker
    • performance history
    Part 2
  • Stirling Observer August 30, 1849: 1: 2.
    Info in Record:
    • acts
    • moniker
    • performer endorsement
    Document Scan, Part 1
  • Stirling Observer August 30, 1849: 1: 2.
    Info in Record:
    • acts
    • moniker
    • performer endorsement
    Part 2
  • Stirling Observer September 6, 1849: 1: 2.
    Info in Record:
    • acts
    • moniker
    • performer endorsement
    Document Scan, Part 1
  • Stirling Observer September 6, 1849: 1: 2.
    Info in Record:
    • acts
    • moniker
    • performer endorsement
    Part 2
  • Stirling Observer September 6, 1849: 4: 4.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review
    Document Scan
  • Theatrical Journal (London) October 20, 1852: 330:2.
    Document Scan, Part 1
  • Theatrical Journal (London) October 20, 1852: 330:2.
    Document Scan, Part 2
  • Theatrical Journal (London) June 7, 1849: 179.
    Info in Record:
    • description/review
    • moniker
    • performance history
  • Theatrical Journal (London) January 31, 1846: 39:2-40:1.
    Document Image, Part 1
  • Theatrical Journal (London) January 31, 1846: 39:2-40:1.
    Part 2
  • Times (London) June 21, 1848: ?.
    Info in Record:
    • moniker

      ("the renowned Pell, the bone player");
    • performance history

      ("late of the St. James's Theatre")
    Document Scan
  • Times (London) June 27, 1848: ?.
    Info in Record:
    • moniker

      ("the celebrated bone player")
    Document Scan
  • Weekly Chronicle (London) August 26, 1848: 7.
    Document Scan
  • Weekly Dispatch (London) June 25, 1848: ?.
    Info in Record:
    • moniker

      ("the celebrated bone player")
    Document Scan
  • Weekly Dispatch (London) July 2, 1848: ?.
    Document Scan
  • Wolverhampton Chronicle December 27, 1848: 3: 3.