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Sir Henry Irving as Shylock in "The Merchant of Venice"
Image | 1888 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, wearing cap, sash and cloak
Margaret Mather as Juliana in "The Honeymoon"
Image | 1887 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, standing in a room holding a fan.
Annie Pixley as M'liss in "M'liss"
Image | 1888 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, wearing patched and torn dress.
Wilson Barrett as Claudian in "Claudian"
Image | 1888 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length. Wearing tunic, boots
John Brougham as Sir Lucius O'Trigger in "The Rivals"
Image | 1888 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length. Wearing tall hat, coat and boots with tassles.
Junius Brutus Booth as Richard III
Image | 1887 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length. Wearing robe with ermine trim, boots
Adelaide Neilson as Juilet in "Romeo and Juliet"
Image | 1888 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, view of back of gown.
Stuart Robson as Slender in "The Merry Wives of Windsor"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, wearing short breeches, doublet made of heavily textured fabric.
William Warren Jr. as Herr Weigel in "My Son"
Image | 1888 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, standing, wearing plaid trousers, short jacket.
Charles Wyndham as David Garrick in "David Garrick"
Image | 1888 | Portraits of ActorsThree-quarter-length portrait, seated, wearing ruffled cuffs and neckcloth, long coat
Robert Downing as Marc Antony in "Julius Caesar"
Image | 1889 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length. Wearing tunic and cross-garters
Ada Rehan as Mrs. Ford and Virginia Dreher (Jennie Cummings) as Mistress Page in a scene from "The Merry Wives of Windsor"
Image | 1888 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait. Standing, backs to each other, reading paper
Lily (Lillie) Langtry (nee Le Breton) as Pauline in "The Lady of Lyons"
Image | 1887 | Portraits of ActorsNearly three-quarter-length portrait.
Minnie Palmer as Tina in "My Sweetheart"
Image | 1890 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, wearing large hat.
Edward Askew Sothern as Lord Dundreary in "Our American Cousin"
Image | 1888 | Portraits of ActorsThree-quarter-length portrait, wearing striped cravat and holding handkerchief.
Lotta Crabtree as the Marchioness in "The Old Curiosity Shop"
Image | 1888 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length. Wearing bonnet, holding up skirt with both hands.
William H. Crane as Falstaff
Image | 1889 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length. Wearing coat with fur trim
Charles Fisher as Sir Peter Teazle in "The School for Scandal"
Image | 1888 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, seated on balustrade, holding snuff-box, wearing coat embroidered with flower design.
Edmund Kean as Richard III in "Richard III"
Image | 1888 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, wearing embroidered robe, hat with ermine trim, jockey boots with spurs
Portrait of Adelina Patti
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, wearing petticoat with long train.
John Lester Wallack as Benedick in "Much Ado About Nothing"
Image | 1888 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, seated on a bench in a garden.
Denman Thompson as Joshua Whitcomb in "The Old Homestead"
Image | 1889 | Portraits of ActorsThree-quarter-length portrait, wearing hat, vest, plaid coat.
Agnes Booth as Mrs. Ralston in "Jim the Penman"
Image | 1890 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length. Seated, hands holding papers in lap.
Edwin Booth as Richelieu
Image | 1887 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length. Wearing heavy, long robe. With text: "Act IV, Scene II." From the painting by John Collier.
Elizabeth Bowers (nee Crocker) as Queen Elizabeth
Image | 1888 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length. Seated at table in large Gothic chair, wearing crown, long cape with ermine trim
John Sleeper Clarke as Bob Acres in "The Rivals"
Image | 1888 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length. Wearing embroidered coat and waistcoat
Malvina Florence as Mrs. General Gilfory in "The Mighty Dollar"
Image | 1887 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, standing
William J. Florence as Sir Lucius O'Trigger in "The Rivals"
Image | 1889 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, holding gloves, stick
Maggie Mitchell as Fanchon in "Fanchon"
Image | 1890 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, outdoors, wearing apron.
George Alexander as Faust in "Faust"
Image | 1888 | Portraits of ActorsThree-quarter-length, seated. Wearing ornamented suit with pouch and dagger.
Sir Squire Bancroft as Triplet in "Masks and Faces"
Image | 1888 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length. Standing, face to right, pointing to portrait on a chair, roll of paper under left arm.
Elizabeth Bowers (nee Crocker) as Lady Macbeth in "Macbeth"
Image | 1887 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length. Wearing long robe with circular design embroidered on trim.
James Lewis as Professor Zantippi Babbit and Anne Jane Gilbert (nee Hartley) as Mrs. Zantippi Babbit in "A Night Off"
Image | 1888 | Portraits of ActorsThree-quarter-length portrait, Mrs. Babbit seated in a chair holding an open book, Professor standing behind her.
Joseph Jefferson as Bob Acres in "The Rivals"
Image | 1889 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, standing in room wearing tall hat, coat, shiny boots.
John Henderson as Macbeth in "Macbeth"
Image | 1888 | Portraits of ActorsThree-quarter-length portrait, standing, looking at the three witches, hat in right hand, sword under left arm.
James Lewis as Professor Zantippi Babbitt and Mrs. G. H. Gilbert (Ann Hartley) as Mrs. Babbitt in a scene from "A Night Off"
Image | 1888 | Portraits of ActorsScene from the play with Mrs. Babbitt seated holding an open book, Professor Babbitt standing back of her.
James E. Murdoch as the Stranger in "The Stranger"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, holding book.
Helena Modjeska as Mary Stuart in "Mary Stuart"
Image | 1888 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait.
William E. Sheridan as King Louis XI in "Louis XI"
Image | 1888 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, in a room, wearing cap and short robe with fur trim.
Portrait of James William Wallack in character
Image | 1889 | Portraits of ActorsHalf-length portrait.

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