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John Moody as Teague and William Parsons as Obadiah in a scene from "The Committee"
Image | 1776 | Portraits of ActorsScene from the play, in a room with Teague supporting Obadiah. With text: Obad: "Good Mr. Teague give me some more sack."
Ann Pitt as Lady Wishfort in a scene from "The Way of the World"
Image | 1776 | Portraits of ActorsScene from the play with a maid filling Lady Wishfort's cup. With text: "Come fill fill-"
Elizabeth Pope, when Miss Younge, speaking the epilogue to "The Runaway"
Image | 1780 | Portraits of Actors- and let me govern him."
Priscilla Kemble (nee Hopkins) as Miss Peggy in "The Country Wife"
Image | 1777 | Portraits of Actorsportraits on wall in background. With text: "Now wrap it up just like t'other_so_". Act IV, Scene 2.
William Parsons as Vellum and Jane Pope as Abigail in a scene from "The Drummer"
Image | 1777 | Portraits of ActorsThe two characters in a room, with pictures on the wall, table, chairs. With text: Vel. - "It is indeed but a little Toy."
John Palmer as Christmas in prologue to "A Christmas Tale"
Image | 1779 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, adorned with sprigs of holly. With text: "Minc'd Pies, by way of belt, my Breast divides, And a large Carving Knife adorns my side."
John Dunstall as Dominick in "The Spanish Fryar"
Image | 1776 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, standing, holding an open box, cane under right arm. "The Spanish Fryer." With text: "They are the spoils of the wicked & the Church, endows you with 'em." Act IV, Scene 1.
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!"
Sarah Siddons (nee Kemble) as Isabella and Henry Siddons as her child in a scene from "Isabella"
Image | 1783 | Portraits of ActorsScene from the play with Isabella standing in a room with her son lying on floor, writing. With text: "Why must I think, when no thought gives me comfort."
George Mattocks as Lord Aimworth and Elizabeth H. Bannister as Patty in a scene from "The Maid of the Mill"
Image | 1782 | Portraits of ActorsScene from the play with the two characters standing together in a room. With text: Patty: "Cease, oh cease, to overwhelm me."
Mary Bulkley (nee Wilford) as Epilogue to "She Stoops to Conquer"
Image | 1780 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length. Wearing hat and dress with ruffled collar, sleeves. With text: "I hope as how to give you Satisfaction."
Mary Ann Yates (nee Graham) as Jane Shore in "Jane Shore"
Image | 1776 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, standing, leaning against a doorway. With text: "Why should I wander? Stray further on, for I can die ev'n here!"
Mary Ann Yates (nee Graham) as Medea in "Medea"
Image | 1777 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, standing, supported by two women. With text: "What spark of wisdom in my breast remains? All is extinguished there _ Oh! Jason! Jason!"
Elizabeth Hartley (nee White) as Marcia in "Cato"
Image | 1777 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, standing, face in profile, hands clasped. Text: "O ye immortal Powers that guard the just, watch round his Couch,and soften his re'pose." Act V, Scene 3.
Frances Abington (nee Barton) as Lady Harriet in "The Funeral"
Image | 1780 | Portraits of Actorsholding open fan. With text: "I can as ingeniously as I should then, acknowledge that I have been in an Error?" Act II. Sc. 2
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."
William Thomas Lewis as Douglas in "Douglas"
Image | 1777 | Portraits of Actorsbow in right hand, shield in left arm, drapery and balustrade in background. With text "My name in Norval."
Samuel Foote as Doctor Squintum in "Epilogue to the Minor"
Image | 1779 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, standing, right hand upraised, left hand pointing down. With text: "You'll all be cramm'd into the Pit and crowd the house for Satan's benefit."
Mary Ann Yates (nee Graham) speaking the epilogue to "The Earl of Warwick"
Image | 1779 | Portraits of Actorsholding fan. With text: "Now parry Margaret if you can."
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."
Samuel Foote as Mrs. Cole in "The Minor"
Image | 1777 | Portraits of ActorsScene from the play with Foote dressed in women's attire seated between two men. With text: "My thoughts are fix'd upon a better place. What, I suppose Mr. Loader, you will be for your old friend the black-eyed Girl." Act I.
Charles Dubellamy as Young Meadows and Anne Brown Cargill as Rosetta in a scene from "Love in a Village"
Image | 1784 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait. Standing in forest. Scene from Act I, Scene 3.
Thomas King as Perez in "Rule a Wife and Have a Wife"
Image | 1776 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, seated at table with candle. With text: "Never return to mine own House again. We're lodged here in the miserablest dog-hole. The Inhabitants we have are two starved Rats". Act III, Scene 1.
William Thomas Lewis as Hippolitus in "Phaedra and Hippolitus"
Image | 1776 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, wearing doublet with embroidery and hat. With text "Ha! Amazement strikes me: Where will this end!"
Richard Wilson as Old Mirabel in "The Inconstant"
Image | 1777 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, standing in a room, holding up cane.
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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