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Edwin Booth as Don Caesar de Bazan in "Don Caesar de Bazan"

Joseph Jefferson as Dr. Pangloss in "The Heir at Law"

Joseph Jefferson as Rip Van Winkle in "Rip Van Winkle"

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

William Charles Macready as King John in "King John"

Portrait of Harry A. Perry

Charles Peters as Binny in "Our American Cousin"

Portrait of John K. Mortimer

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

Presentation to Mr. Barry Sullivan at Liverpool

Portrait of John Lester Wallack

Portrait of John Lester Wallack

Portrait of Maria Williams (nee Pray)

Portrait of Joseph Burke as a child

Portrait of Charlotte Cushman

Portrait of George Washington Dixon

Portrait of Julia Dean

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

Joseph Jefferson as Rip Van Winkle in "Rip Van Winkle"

Portrait of Frances Anne ("Fanny") Kemble

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

John McCullough as Virginius in "Virginius"

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

Thomas Dartmouth Rice as Jim Crow with another performer as Sambo in a scene from "Jim Crow"

Portrait of Benjamin Nottingham Webster

John Lester Wallack as Leon Delmar in "The Veteran"

Portrait of Margaret ("Peg") Woffington

Portrait of McKean Buchanan

Portrait of John Brougham

Portrait of Frances Anne ("Fanny") Kemble

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

Bas-relief portrait of John Howard Payne as a boy

Portrait of Rosa Rand

Portrait of Edmund Simpson

Portrait of Agnes Robertson (married name Boucicault)

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

William Warren Jr. as Jefferson Scattering Batkins in "The Silver Spoon"

Portrait of Charles Mayne Young

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

Portrait of John Lester Wallack

Edwin Booth as Don Caesar de Bazan in "Don Caesar de Bazan"
Image | 1870 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length. Standing, looking down at empty pockets which are turned wrong-side-out.
Joseph Jefferson as Dr. Pangloss in "The Heir at Law"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, with white bushy hair, holding bundle on end of stick in right hand. From photograph by Falk.
Joseph Jefferson as Rip Van Winkle in "Rip Van Winkle"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, wearing tattered coat, baggy trousers, spats
Mark Lemon as Falstaff in "The Merry Wives of Windsor"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, holding stein.
William Charles Macready as King John in "King John"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length, wearing crown and holding shield.
Portrait of Harry A. Perry
Image | Portraits of ActorsNearly whole-length portrait, wearing long coat and large bow tie
Charles Peters as Binny in "Our American Cousin"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait. Caption: "The Original Binney in 'Our American Cousin'."
Portrait of John K. Mortimer
Image | Portraits of ActorsPortrait, bust.
John Randolph Scott as Julian St. Pierre in "The Wife"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait.
Presentation to Mr. Barry Sullivan at Liverpool
Image | Portraits of ActorsSullivan, standing at table in costume, with crowd around him.
Portrait of John Lester Wallack
Image | 1888 | Portraits of ActorsHalf-length portrait. Clipped from Scribner's Magazine.
Portrait of John Lester Wallack
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, seated, his granddaughter standing by his side, on his porch at Elmsmere, his country home. Clipped from Scribner's Magazine.
Portrait of Maria Williams (nee Pray)
Image | Portraits of ActorsPortrait, bust.
Portrait of Joseph Burke as a child
Image | Portraits of ActorsBust. In broad white collar. Mounted tissue.
Portrait of Charlotte Cushman
Image | Portraits of ActorsNearly three-quarter-length. Seated, hands clasped before breast.
Portrait of George Washington Dixon
Image | Portraits of ActorsBust, to left.
Portrait of Julia Dean
Image | Portraits of ActorsBust. From a photograph by Bradley and Rulofson.
Lavinia Fenton as Polly Peachum in "Beggar's Opera"
Image | Portraits of ActorsHalf-length portrait, wearing lace head-covering and collar.
Joseph Jefferson as Rip Van Winkle in "Rip Van Winkle"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, seated, looking at child kneeling at his feet and pointing to a piece of paper. After photo by Sarony.
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".
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 McCullough as Virginius in "Virginius"
Image | Portraits of ActorsPortrait, bust.
John T. Raymond as Colonel Sellers in "The Gilded Age"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, hand on stove pipe.
Thomas Dartmouth Rice as Jim Crow with another performer as Sambo in a scene from "Jim Crow"
Image | Portraits of ActorsScene from the play with Sambo on all fours on a city street, Jim with his foot on Sambo's back. With text: "Anoder blow wid de boot
Portrait of Benjamin Nottingham Webster
Image | Portraits of ActorsPortrait, bust.
John Lester Wallack as Leon Delmar in "The Veteran"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, wearing turban and cloak.
Portrait of Margaret ("Peg") Woffington
Image | Portraits of ActorsReclining on a couch, head in lace cap. Title: "The Last Portrait of Peg Woffington."
Portrait of McKean Buchanan
Image | Portraits of ActorsBust. Wearing tie with polka dots.
Portrait of John Brougham
Image | Portraits of ActorsBust. Wearing dress suit.
Portrait of Frances Anne ("Fanny") Kemble
Image | 1832 | Portraits of ActorsPortrait, bust.
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."
Bas-relief portrait of John Howard Payne as a boy
Image | Portraits of ActorsPortrait, bust. Copy of bas-relief sculpture.
Portrait of Rosa Rand
Image | Portraits of ActorsThree-quarter-length, standing outdoors. From a photograph by Bogardus.
Portrait of Edmund Simpson
Image | Portraits of ActorsPortrait, bust.
Portrait of Agnes Robertson (married name Boucicault)
Image | Portraits of ActorsThree-quarter-length portrait.
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.
William Warren Jr. as Jefferson Scattering Batkins in "The Silver Spoon"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, standing in a room, in top hat and coat, holding wallet and money.
Portrait of Charles Mayne Young
Image | 1871 | Portraits of ActorsPortrait, head only, wearing cap. Caption: "Charles Mayne Young, Six months before death."
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.
Portrait of John Lester Wallack
Image | Portraits of ActorsPortrait, bust, with heavy side whiskers.