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Creator

Abbey, E.A. 1
Amaral, Antonio Henrique 1
Cruikshank, G. 1
Davis, J.P. 1
González, Carlos 1
Heinemann, E. 1
Orr, J.W. 1
Porret 1
Thwaites 2

Creator

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Abbey, E.A. 1
Amaral, Antonio Henrique 1
Cruikshank, G. 1
Davis, J.P. 1
González, Carlos 1
Heinemann, E. 1
Orr, J.W. 1
Porret 1
Thwaites 2

Date

1829 1
1942 1
1967 1

Date

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1829 1
1942 1
1967 1

Publisher

Bobbett & Hooper 2
J.V. Quick and G. Hunt 1

Publisher

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Bobbett & Hooper 2
J.V. Quick and G. Hunt 1

Subject

Actors 16
Allen, Andrew Jackson, 1776-1853 1
Authors 1
Blackface entertainers 2
Burton, William Evans, 1802-1860 1
Charke, Charlotte, 1713-1760 1
Christy, George N. 1827-1868 2
Clowns 1
Coghlan, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1848-1899 1
Costume 11
Costume designers 1
Dramatists 2
Entertainers 1
Forrest, Edwin, 1806-1872 1
Hill, George Handel, 1809-1849 1
Horn, Eph, 1818-1877 1
Icons 1
Irving, Henry, Sir, 1838-1905 1
Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833 3
Macready, William Charles, 1793-1873 1
Mathews, Charles, 1776-1835 1

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Actors 16
Allen, Andrew Jackson, 1776-1853 1
Authors 1
Blackface entertainers 2
Burton, William Evans, 1802-1860 1
Charke, Charlotte, 1713-1760 1
Christy, George N. 1827-1868 2
Clowns 1
Coghlan, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1848-1899 1
Costume 11
Costume designers 1
Dramatists 2
Entertainers 1
Forrest, Edwin, 1806-1872 1
Hill, George Handel, 1809-1849 1
Horn, Eph, 1818-1877 1
Icons 1
Irving, Henry, Sir, 1838-1905 1
Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833 3
Macready, William Charles, 1793-1873 1
Mathews, Charles, 1776-1835 1
Mayo, Frank, 1839-1896 1
Men 1
Military uniforms 1
Minstrels 3
Performing arts 3
Pictorial works 1
Social realism 1
Tarlton, Richard, d. 1588 1
Theater 14
Theatrical managers 4
Tools 1
Violence 1
Women in the theater 1

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Portrait of Eph Horn (real name Evan Evans Horn )
Image | Portraits of ActorsPortrait, bust. Signature below in pencil.
And You, Brutus!
Image | 1967 | College of Fine and Applied Arts: Teaching CollectionImage view: General view.
Edmund Kean as Richard III in "Richard III"
Image | Portraits of ActorsThree-quarter-length, holding truncheon.
George Christy (ne Harrington) as Julius Crow
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length. In blackface, wearing large hat, embroidered vest
Portrait of Andrew Jackson Allen
Image | Portraits of ActorsFull-length. Carrying tray. Signed "A. J. Allen".
William Evans Burton as Doctor Ollapod in "The Poor Gentleman"
Image | Portraits of ActorsHalf-length. Wearing wig, hat with cockade.
Portrait of Richard Tarlton
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, standing, playing pipe and tabor drum.
Edmund Kean as Hamlet in "Hamlet"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, wearing breeches, cape, medallion
Portrait of Edmund Kean as Richard III in "Richard III"
Image | 1829 | Portraits of ActorsBust portrait, in medallion. Below, scene from Richard III, Act IV, scene 1, and quotation from play. Medallion from drawing by Lambert taken in Kean's dressing room.
Portrait of George Handel ("Yankee") Hill
Image | Portraits of ActorsPortrait, bust.
Charles Mathews as four characters
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portraits. Colored print.
Work, Confrontation or Fight
Image | 1942 | College of Fine and Applied Arts: Teaching CollectionImage view: General view.
Portrait of of Charlotte Charke (nee Cibber)
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length. Standing next to mirror
Frank Mayo as Davy Crockett in "Davy Crockett"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, standing in front of a fire place, right arm resting on mantle.
Portrait of Edwin Forrest after age 65
Image | Portraits of ActorsBust portrait
William Charles Macready as Hamlet in "Hamlet"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, standing on ramparts, holding a sword.
Caricature of Sir Henry Irving as Mathias in "The Bells"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length caricature, standing, arm raised in protest, imaginary bells ringing above his head.
Charles F. Coghlan as Charles Surface in "The School for Scandal"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length. Standing in front of a table.
Portrait of George Christy (ne Harrington)
Image | Portraits of ActorsHalf-length. With text: "George Christy, the noted Ethiopean Delineator."