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Portrait of Frances Abington (nee Barton)
Image | 1783 | Portraits of ActorsHalf-length. Wearing headdress with plumes.
George Alexander Stevens speaking the epilogue to the Disquisition in the Haymarket
Image | 1780 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, standing, holding hat. With text: "Propitious hear thy Votary in distress, O make his troubles or sensations less!"
Elizabeth Pope, when Miss Younge, speaking the epilogue to "The Runaway"
Image | 1780 | Portraits of Actors- and let me govern him."
Portrait of John Philip Kemble
Image | 1783 | Portraits of ActorsHalf-length portrait, profile.
Ann Brunton Merry as Cordelia in "King Lear"
Image | 1785 | Portraits of ActorsPortrait, bust, wearing headdress with feathers, large mass of hair, some trailing about shoulders.
Portrait of Frances Abington (nee Barton)
Image | 1779 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length. Hands clasped, wearing dress with rose embellishments and ruffles. With text: "Oh that dear Sparta! Their Women had a Noble Magna Charta."
Thomas Weston as Scrub in the prologue "Scrub's Trip to The Jubilee"
Image | 1780 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, standing. With text: "The procession 'twas said wou'd have been a fine Train, But could not move forward. _ oh, la! for the Rain."
Lavinia Fenton as Polly Peachum in "Beggar's Opera"
Image | 1807 | Portraits of ActorsAlmost half-length portrait, wearing lace head-covering and collar.
William Powell speaking the prologue to the anniversay of His Majesty's Birthday
Image | 1780 | Portraits of Actorscoat, waistcoat, sword. With text: "The Monarch's pow'r upholds the peoples right, and liberty and loyalty unite."

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Portrait of Frances Abington (nee Barton)

George Alexander Stevens speaking the epilogue to the Disquisition in the Haymarket

Elizabeth Pope, when Miss Younge, speaking the epilogue to "The Runaway"

Portrait of John Philip Kemble

Ann Brunton Merry as Cordelia in "King Lear"

Portrait of Frances Abington (nee Barton)

Thomas Weston as Scrub in the prologue "Scrub's Trip to The Jubilee"

Lavinia Fenton as Polly Peachum in "Beggar's Opera"

William Powell speaking the prologue to the anniversay of His Majesty's Birthday

Portrait of Frances Abington (nee Barton)

George Alexander Stevens speaking the epilogue to the Disquisition in the Haymarket

Elizabeth Pope, when Miss Younge, speaking the epilogue to "The Runaway"

Portrait of John Philip Kemble

Ann Brunton Merry as Cordelia in "King Lear"

Portrait of Frances Abington (nee Barton)

Thomas Weston as Scrub in the prologue "Scrub's Trip to The Jubilee"

Lavinia Fenton as Polly Peachum in "Beggar's Opera"

William Powell speaking the prologue to the anniversay of His Majesty's Birthday