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Mary Ann Povey as Jessica in "The Merchant of Venice"

Laura Keene as Portia in "The Merchant of Venice"

Charles Farley as Gratiano with another actor playing Shylock in a scene from "The Merchant of Venice"

William Charles Macready as Shylock in "The Merchant of Venice"

John Baldwin Buckstone as Launcelot Gobbo in the "The Merchant of Venice"

Lancelot

Prince of Aragon

Maid

Laura Keene as Portia in "The Merchant of Venice"

Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson as Shylock in "The Merchant of Venice"

Balthazar

Scene Rendering

Nerissa

Jessica

Portia: Trial Scene

Prince of Aragon

Sir Henry Irving as Shylock in "The Merchant of Venice"

Scene Rendering

Scene Rendering

Unknown sketch

Scene Rendering

Clerk of the Court

Nerissa

Bassanio

Nerissa

Sarah Smith (married name Bartley) as Portia in a scene from "The Merchant of Venice"

Edwin Forrest as Shylock in "The Merchant of Venice"

Charles Macklin as Shylock in "The Merchant of Venice" and Joseph George Holman as Richard III in "Richard III"

John E. Owens as Launcelot Gobbo in "The Merchant of Venice"

Sarah West (nee Cooke) as Portia in "The Merchant of Venice"

Jessica

Tubal

Prince of Aragon

Scene Rendering

Maid

Page Boy

Jessica

Shylock

Edmund Kean as Shylock in "The Merchant of Venice"

Prince of Morocco

Mary Ann Povey as Jessica in "The Merchant of Venice"
Image | 1820 | Portraits of ActorsHalf-length portrait, wearing jewels.
Laura Keene as Portia in "The Merchant of Venice"
Image | 1859 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, pointing to caskets on table.
Charles Farley as Gratiano with another actor playing Shylock in a scene from "The Merchant of Venice"
Image | 1816 | Portraits of ActorsScene with two characters. With text: "Beg that thou mayst have to hang thyself." Act IV, Scene 1.
William Charles Macready as Shylock in "The Merchant of Venice"
Image | 1879 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, with long beard, wearing cap and an overcoat with fur collar and cuffs. Exterior setting with buildings and canal in background.
John Baldwin Buckstone as Launcelot Gobbo in the "The Merchant of Venice"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length. Outdoor setting, looking at right hand, counting.
Lancelot
Image | 1967 | Motley Collection of Theatre and Costume Design
Prince of Aragon
Image | 1967 | Motley Collection of Theatre and Costume Design
Maid
Image | 1967 | Motley Collection of Theatre and Costume Design
Laura Keene as Portia in "The Merchant of Venice"
Image | 1859 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, pointing to caskets on table. With text: "Away then, I am locked in one of them, if you love me, you will find me out". Act III, Scene 2.
Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson as Shylock in "The Merchant of Venice"
Image | 1906 | Portraits of Actorslong beard.
Balthazar
Image | 1967 | Motley Collection of Theatre and Costume Design
Scene Rendering
Image | 1967 | Motley Collection of Theatre and Costume Design
Nerissa
Image | 1967 | Motley Collection of Theatre and Costume Design
Jessica
Image | 1967 | Motley Collection of Theatre and Costume Design
Portia: Trial Scene
Image | 1967 | Motley Collection of Theatre and Costume Design
Prince of Aragon
Image | 1938 | Motley Collection of Theatre and Costume Design
Sir Henry Irving as Shylock in "The Merchant of Venice"
Image | 1888 | Portraits of Actorsholding stick in right hand.
Scene Rendering
Image | 1967 | Motley Collection of Theatre and Costume Design
Scene Rendering
Image | 1967 | Motley Collection of Theatre and Costume Design
Unknown sketch
Image | 1932 | Motley Collection of Theatre and Costume Design
Scene Rendering
Image | 1967 | Motley Collection of Theatre and Costume Design
Clerk of the Court
Image | 1932 | Motley Collection of Theatre and Costume Design
Nerissa
Image | 1938 | Motley Collection of Theatre and Costume Design
Bassanio
Image | 1967 | Motley Collection of Theatre and Costume Design
Nerissa
Image | 1967 | Motley Collection of Theatre and Costume Design
Sarah Smith (married name Bartley) as Portia in a scene from "The Merchant of Venice"
Image | 1806 | Portraits of ActorsScene with several other characters. With text: Bassanio-- "Thy plainess moves me more than eloquence."
Edwin Forrest as Shylock in "The Merchant of Venice"
Image | Portraits of Actorsleaning on stick.
Charles Macklin as Shylock in "The Merchant of Venice" and Joseph George Holman as Richard III in "Richard III"
Image | Portraits of Actorsfrom line drawings.
John E. Owens as Launcelot Gobbo in "The Merchant of Venice"
Image | 1859 | Portraits of Actorsarchitectural background.
Sarah West (nee Cooke) as Portia in "The Merchant of Venice"
Image | 1825 | Portraits of ActorsThree-quarter-length portrait, wearing many strings of pearls, holding book.
Jessica
Image | 1967 | Motley Collection of Theatre and Costume Design
Tubal
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1967 | Motley Collection of Theatre and Costume Design
Prince of Aragon
Image | 1938 | Motley Collection of Theatre and Costume Design
Scene Rendering
Image | 1967 | Motley Collection of Theatre and Costume Design
Maid
Image | 1967 | Motley Collection of Theatre and Costume Design
Page Boy
Image | 1967 | Motley Collection of Theatre and Costume Design
Jessica
Image | 1967 | Motley Collection of Theatre and Costume Design
Shylock
Image | 1967 | Motley Collection of Theatre and Costume Design
Edmund Kean as Shylock in "The Merchant of Venice"
Image | Portraits of ActorsHalf-length portrait, arms crossed, knife in right hand.
Prince of Morocco
Image | 1967 | Motley Collection of Theatre and Costume Design