Professor Richard Codman lll's Punch & Judy booth
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Professor Richard Codman lll's Punch & Judy booth is a photographic by Waldo S. Lanchester, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This black-and-white photo shows Professor Richard Codman III on stage with his Punch & Judy booth outside Liverpool Lime Street station. Waldo S. Lanchester captured the scene between 1936 and 1951. The Codman family ran Punch & Judy shows for over a century. Richard Codman I started in 1868, passing the booth down through three generations. Look up Waldo S. Lanchester to see more of his puppetry work.
