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Thomas Sheridan as Cato in "Cato"

David Ross as Essex in "The Earl of Essex"

James Russell as Lingo in "The Agreeable Surprise"

Samuel Thomas Russell as Jerry Sneak in "The Mayor of Garratt"

Mrs. Rock as Viletta in "She Would and She Would Not"

John Reeve as Bob Acres in "The Rivals"

Portrait of John Sims Reeves

Portrait of William Abbot

Portrait of Frances Abington (nee Barton)

Frances Abington (nee Barton) as Estifania in "Rule a Wife and Have a Wife"

Frances Abington (nee Barton) as Phillis in "Conscious Lovers"

Frances Abington (nee Barton) as Thalia and Lord Shelburne as Malagrida

James Aickin as Horatio in "The Fair Penitent"

Elizabeth Atkins (nee Warrell) as Selima in "Selima and Azor"

Robert Baddeley as Petulant in "The Way of the World"

Portrait of Mrs. Frances Bettesworth Alsop

Portrait of John Bannister

Portrait of Maria Theresa Kemble (nee DeCamp)

Maria Theresa Kemble (nee DeCamp) as Foible in "The Way of the World"

Maria Theresa Kemble (nee DeCamp) as Hypolita in a scene from "She Would and She Would Not"

Maria Theresa Kemble (nee DeCamp) as Polly in "The Beggar's Opera"

Priscilla Kemble (nee Hopkins) as Miss Notable in "The Lady's Last Stake"

Portrait of Roger Kemble

Twin portraits of Jane Lessingham and an unidentified man

Charles Lee Lewes as Mercury in "A Hospital for Fools"

Charles Lee Lewes as Young Wilding in "The Lyar"

John Philip Kemble as Hamlet in "Hamlet"

John Philip Kemble as King Charles in "King Charles I"

John Philip Kemble as the Prince in "Edward the Black Prince"

John Philip Kemble as Evander in "The Grecian Daughter"

Edward Knight as Jerry Blossom in "Hit or Miss"

James Sheridan Knowles as Master Walter in "The Hunchback"

Maria Lovell (nee Maria Anne Lacy) as Belvidera in "Venice Preserved"

John Lee as Aboan and William Powell as Oroonoko in a scene from "Oroonoko"

Thomas Sheridan as Cato in "Cato"
Image | 1776 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, holding book, standing in front of table, dagger. With text: "My Bane and Antidote are both before me."
David Ross as Essex in "The Earl of Essex"
Image | 1776 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, wearing cape. With text: "Am I not your General? and was I not so by Virtue of this Staff?"
James Russell as Lingo in "The Agreeable Surprise"
Image | Portraits of ActorsHalf-length portrait, holding cloth.
Samuel Thomas Russell as Jerry Sneak in "The Mayor of Garratt"
Image | 1809 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, wearing striped stockings, breeches. With text: "Don't you think this very pretty?"
Mrs. Rock as Viletta in "She Would and She Would Not"
Image | 1791 | Portraits of Actorstho' I am not handsome myself, I love to play with those that are."
John Reeve as Bob Acres in "The Rivals"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, holding gun.
Portrait of John Sims Reeves
Image | Portraits of ActorsThree-quarter-length portrait.
Portrait of William Abbot
Image | Portraits of ActorsHalf-length. In Roman dress, wearing short sleeves, toga, and high collar.
Portrait of Frances Abington (nee Barton)
Image | 1783 | Portraits of ActorsHalf-length. Wearing headdress with plumes.
Portrait of Frances Abington (nee Barton)
Image | Portraits of ActorsBust.
Portrait of Frances Abington (nee Barton)
Image | Portraits of ActorsBust. Wearing necklace of pearls, hair braided.
Portrait of Frances Abington (nee Barton)
Image | 1798 | Portraits of ActorsBust. Wearing large hat with feathers, ribbon and wide brim. Lace and ribbon on top of dress. Curly hair.
Portrait of Frances Abington (nee Barton)
Image | Portraits of ActorsBust. Wearing large hat with feathers, ribbon and wide brim. Lace and ribbon on top of dress. Curly hair.
Portrait of Frances Abington (nee Barton)
Image | Portraits of ActorsFull-length. In restoration costume dress with ornaments and tassles.
Frances Abington (nee Barton) as Estifania in "Rule a Wife and Have a Wife"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length. Wearing hat with plumes, holding a pistol.
Frances Abington (nee Barton) as Estifania in "Rule a Wife and Have a Wife"
Image | 1771 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length. Wearing green dress and holding pistol. Colored print.
Frances Abington (nee Barton) as Phillis in "Conscious Lovers"
Image | 1776 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length, standing in interior with male figure in background. With text: "Oh here is my Young Mistress. Go ye Liquorish Fool" Act III, Scene 4
Frances Abington (nee Barton) as Thalia and Lord Shelburne as Malagrida
Image | 1777 | Portraits of ActorsBusts.
James Aickin as Horatio in "The Fair Penitent"
Image | 1776 | Portraits of Actorsholding sheet of paper. With text: "Hold, let me take a moments' Thought." Act I, Scene 1.
Elizabeth Atkins (nee Warrell) as Selima in "Selima and Azor"
Image | 1806 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length. Wearing hat with long train, holding flowers.
Robert Baddeley as Petulant in "The Way of the World"
Image | 1777 | Portraits of Actorssword at side. With text: "Carry your Mistress's Monkey a Spider, go flea Dogs and read romances, I'll go to bed to my Maid." Act IV
Portrait of Mrs. Frances Bettesworth Alsop
Image | 1817 | Portraits of ActorsHalf-length. Wearing jeweled hairpiece and dress, pearl necklace.
Portrait of John Bannister
Image | 1793 | Portraits of ActorsHalf-length.
Portrait of Maria Theresa Kemble (nee DeCamp)
Image | 1793 | Portraits of ActorsHalf-length portrait.
Maria Theresa Kemble (nee DeCamp) as Foible in "The Way of the World"
Image | 1796 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait. With text: "So mischief has been before-hand with me_". Act III, Scene 1.
Maria Theresa Kemble (nee DeCamp) as Hypolita in a scene from "She Would and She Would Not"
Image | 1806 | Portraits of ActorsScene with an unidentified actor as Rosara. Hypolita in man's attire, right hand on Rosara's shoulder. With text: "Rise Madam, and now receive a Secret I need not charge you to be careful of". Act III, Scene 1.
Maria Theresa Kemble (nee DeCamp) as Polly in "The Beggar's Opera"
Image | 1807 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, standing in a room. With text: "No pow'r on earth can e'er divide the knot that sacred love hath ty'd". Act II.
Priscilla Kemble (nee Hopkins) as Miss Notable in "The Lady's Last Stake"
Image | 1778 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, wearing bell-shaped petticoat with tassles and bows. With text: "I have been so abused! so affronted!" Act IV, Scene 5.
Portrait of Roger Kemble
Image | 1791 | Portraits of ActorsPortrait, bust.
Twin portraits of Jane Lessingham and an unidentified man
Image | 1777 | Portraits of ActorsPortraits, busts, titled "Mrs. L__m" and "The Amorous Justice."
Charles Lee Lewes as Mercury in "A Hospital for Fools"
Image | 1781 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, holding Mercury's staff. With text "Ay, say you that, my pretty one?"
Charles Lee Lewes as Young Wilding in "The Lyar"
Image | 1780 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait. With text "And I am now, Papillion, perfectly equipped?
John Philip Kemble as Hamlet in "Hamlet"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, holding skull in left hand.
John Philip Kemble as King Charles in "King Charles I"
Image | 1793 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, seated in chair, wearing shoes and breeches with rose decorations, holding stick. With text: "By what law have you erected this pretended Court?" Act IV, Scene 2.
John Philip Kemble as the Prince in "Edward the Black Prince"
Image | 1791 | Portraits of Actorstents in background.
John Philip Kemble as Evander in "The Grecian Daughter"
Image | 1806 | Portraits of ActorsScene from the play with Euphrasia holding dagger. With text: "Behold, all Sicily behold! The point glows with the tyrants blood".
Edward Knight as Jerry Blossom in "Hit or Miss"
Image | 1825 | Portraits of ActorsHalf-length portrait, in garden.
James Sheridan Knowles as Master Walter in "The Hunchback"
Image | 1841 | Portraits of Actorsholding letter.
Maria Lovell (nee Maria Anne Lacy) as Belvidera in "Venice Preserved"
Image | 1826 | Portraits of ActorsNearly three-quarter-length portrait, wearing bracelet.
John Lee as Aboan and William Powell as Oroonoko in a scene from "Oroonoko"
Image | Portraits of Actorsthe two characters under a group of trees. White actor playing black character.

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