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Charles James Mathews as Plumper in "Cool as a Cucumber"

John Drew as Handy Andy

Portrait of Joseph Jefferson

Portrait of John Howard Payne

Edward Askew Sothern as Lord Dundreary in "Our American Cousin"

Portrait of John Lester Wallack

Portrait of Rosa Rand

John Randolph Scott as Julian St. Pierre in "The Wife"

Margaret ("Peg") Woffington as Mrs. Ford in "The Merry Wives of Windsor"

Portrait of Harry Courtaine

Portrait of Charlotte Cushman

Portrait of Charles Mayne Young

Portrait of Joseph Burke as a child

Ellen Kean (nee Tree) as Hermione in "The Winter's Tale"

Joseph Jefferson as Bob Acres in "The Rivals"

Joseph Jefferson as Asa Trenchard in "Our American Cousin"

Harry Stark Murdoch and Claude De Blenau Burroughs on sheet music cover commemorating the Brooklyn Theatre fire of 1876

Helena Modjeska as Juliet in "Romeo and Juliet"

John E. Owens as Solon Shingle in "The People's Lawyer"

William Warren Jr. as Herr Weigel in "My Son"

John Lester Wallack as Leon Delmar in "The Veteran"

Edwin Booth as Richelieu

John Drew as the Irish Emigrant

Portrait of Louise Allen

Mark Lemon as Falstaff in "The Merry Wives of Windsor"

Portrait of Frances Anne ("Fanny") Kemble

Portrait of McKean Buchanan

Portrait of Harry A. Perry

Portrait of Agnes Robertson (married name Boucicault)

Portrait of Mary Davis (a.k.a. Mary Davies)

John Gibbs Gilbert, Julia Dean, J.B. Howe, and others in a scene from "The Wife"

John T. Raymond as Colonel Sellers in "The Gilded Age"

Portrait of James Rees

Portrait of Charles T. White in blackface, as a minstrel character

Portrait of John K. Mortimer

Portrait of Edmund Simpson

Frank S. Chanfrau as Mose in "A Glance at New York"

Mary Ann Yates (nee Graham) as Medea in "Medea"

Charles James Mathews as Plumper in "Cool as a Cucumber"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, wearing checkered vest, coat with plaid lining, striped trousers. Facsimile signature.
John Drew as Handy Andy
Image | Portraits of ActorsThree-quarter-length portrait. Seated, lighting a pipe, stick under left arm. Irish character. From a photograph by Germon.
Portrait of Joseph Jefferson
Image | Portraits of ActorsPortrait, bust. Facsimilie autograph.
Portrait of John Howard Payne
Image | Portraits of ActorsThree-quarter-length portrait, arm on book.
Edward Askew Sothern as Lord Dundreary in "Our American Cousin"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, wearing trousers, white waistcoat, striped cravat, coat
Portrait of John Lester Wallack
Image | Portraits of ActorsPortrait, bust, with heavy side whiskers.
Portrait of Rosa Rand
Image | Portraits of ActorsThree-quarter-length, standing outdoors. From a photograph by Bogardus.
John Randolph Scott as Julian St. Pierre in "The Wife"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait.
Margaret ("Peg") Woffington as Mrs. Ford in "The Merry Wives of Windsor"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, standing outdoors, trees and clouds in background.
Portrait of Harry Courtaine
Image | Portraits of ActorsBust.
Portrait of Charlotte Cushman
Image | Portraits of ActorsNearly three-quarter-length. Seated, hands clasped before breast.
Portrait of Charles Mayne Young
Image | 1871 | Portraits of ActorsPortrait, head only, wearing cap. Caption: "Charles Mayne Young, Six months before death."
Portrait of Joseph Burke as a child
Image | Portraits of ActorsBust. In broad white collar. Mounted tissue.
Ellen Kean (nee Tree) as Hermione in "The Winter's Tale"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, wearing robe and crown of leaves.
Joseph Jefferson as Bob Acres in "The Rivals"
Image | Portraits of ActorsThree-quarter-length portrait, standing outdoors with a pistol in each hand.
Joseph Jefferson as Asa Trenchard in "Our American Cousin"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, wearing tall hat.
Harry Stark Murdoch and Claude De Blenau Burroughs on sheet music cover commemorating the Brooklyn Theatre fire of 1876
Image | Portraits of ActorsTwo bust portraits on music sheet: "Weeping for Lost Ones, or Brooklyn Fire. Song and Chorus, by C. A. White."
Helena Modjeska as Juliet in "Romeo and Juliet"
Image | Portraits of ActorsThree-quarter-length portrait.
John E. Owens as Solon Shingle in "The People's Lawyer"
Image | 1879 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, seated, holding hat and whip.
William Warren Jr. as Herr Weigel in "My Son"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, seated on a bench, mending shoes in cobber's workshop.
John Lester Wallack as Leon Delmar in "The Veteran"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, wearing turban and cloak.
Edwin Booth as Richelieu
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length. Wearing heavy robes.
John Drew as the Irish Emigrant
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait. Grasping collar of vest, holding hat.
Portrait of Louise Allen
Image | Portraits of ActorsThree-quarter-length. Wearing dress with beading.
Mark Lemon as Falstaff in "The Merry Wives of Windsor"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, holding stein.
Portrait of Frances Anne ("Fanny") Kemble
Image | 1832 | Portraits of ActorsPortrait, bust.
Portrait of Frances Anne ("Fanny") Kemble
Image | 1893 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, seated at a table, reading Shakespeare at St. James's Theatre, London. With text: "Fanny Kemble in Middle Life".
Portrait of Frances Anne ("Fanny") Kemble
Image | 1893 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, seated in a garden, wearing shawl and knit cap. With text: "Fanny Kemble in Old Age
Portrait of McKean Buchanan
Image | Portraits of ActorsBust. Wearing tie with polka dots.
Portrait of Harry A. Perry
Image | Portraits of ActorsNearly whole-length portrait, wearing long coat and large bow tie
Portrait of Agnes Robertson (married name Boucicault)
Image | Portraits of ActorsThree-quarter-length portrait.
Portrait of Mary Davis (a.k.a. Mary Davies)
Image | 1873 | Portraits of ActorsBust. Clipping from Bow Bells Almanack. With brief biography.
John Gibbs Gilbert, Julia Dean, J.B. Howe, and others in a scene from "The Wife"
Image | Portraits of ActorsScene from "The Wife" showing several characters.
John T. Raymond as Colonel Sellers in "The Gilded Age"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, hand on stove pipe.
Portrait of James Rees
Image | 1891 | Portraits of ActorsPortrait, bust.
Portrait of Charles T. White in blackface, as a minstrel character
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, wearing tall hat, patched trousers, holding cane.
Portrait of John K. Mortimer
Image | Portraits of ActorsPortrait, bust.
Portrait of Edmund Simpson
Image | Portraits of ActorsPortrait, bust.
Frank S. Chanfrau as Mose in "A Glance at New York"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length. Wearing trousers rolled, shirt with two rows of buttons, tall hat
Mary Ann Yates (nee Graham) as Medea in "Medea"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, standing, right arm upraised, her two children standing beside her.

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