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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Rare Book & Manuscript Library
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University of Illinois at Chicago
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Wilde, S.
125
Roberts, J.
95
Wageman, T.
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Rogers, J.
91
Thornthwaite
81
Ridley, W.
71
Wilde
57
Sarony
51
Alais
47
Wageman
44
Hollyer, S.
42
Gebbie & Husson
39
Woolnoth, T.
37
Page, R.
35
Singleton
35
Drummond, Rose E.
33
Cook, H.R.
30
Cooper, R.
30
Heath, C.
27
Kennerley
27
Dodd, D.
26
Audinet, P.
25
DeWilde, S.
25
Kennerley, J.
23
Thomson, J.
22
Walker
22
Drummond, S.
21
Hopwood, J.
20
Leney, W.
20
Roberts
20
Cruikshank
19
Meyer, H.
19
Thomson
19
Woolnoth
19
Dighton, R.
18
Terry
18
Wright, T.
18
Lawrence, T.
17
Ridley
17
Page
16
Adcock, G.
15
Cook
15
Craig, G.
15
Neagle, J.
15
Paine
15
Clint, G.
14
Harlow, G.H.
14
Howard
13
Reynolds, J.
13
Dodd
12
Gebbie
12
Heath, J.
12
Stothard, T.
12
Conde, J.
11
Cruikshank, G.
11
Angus
10
Cardon, A.
10
Hall, H.B.
10
Harding, S.
10
Lane, R.J.
10
Alais, J.
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Blood, T.
9
Goldar, J.
9
Graf, J.
9
Grignion, C.
9
Hopwood
9
Leney
9
Mackenzie
9
Mayall
9
Reading, B.
9
Audinet
8
Clater
8
Collyer, J.
8
Drummond
8
Edwin, D.
8
Freeman
8
Heath
8
Hollis
8
Reynolds, S.W.
8
Rogers
8
Shee, M.A.
8
Beechey, W.
7
Bierstadt, E.
7
Cheesman, T.
7
Cook, T.
7
Durand, A.B.
7
Freeman, S.
7
Greatbach, W.
7
Hullmandel, C.
7
Jackman, W.G.
7
Meadows
7
Moses, H.
7
Scriven, E.
7
Armytage, J.C.
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Baker, J.E.
6
Boaden, J.
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Brady
6
Buss, R.W.
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Chapman
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Dayes
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Koos, Greg, 1949-
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Munson, Don, 1941-
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Wyckoff, Martin A., 1950-
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J. Bell
224
Gebbie & Co.
67
G. Virtue
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Longman & Co.
56
J. Roach
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J. Parsons
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Simpkin & Marshall and Chapple
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Vernor & Hood
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J. Cumberland
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Dean & Munday
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C. Chapple
34
Simpkin & Marshall
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T & I Elvey
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Harrison & Co.
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J. Asperne
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J. Cawthorn
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T. Lowndes & Partners
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C. Cooke
24
T. Lowndes
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Duncombe
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Johnson, Fry & Co.
18
E. Matthews & Sons
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G. Cawthorn
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Photogravure Co.
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Fielding & Walker
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J. Wenman
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H. Berthoud
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J. Sewell
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I. Wenman
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J. Duncombe
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J. Harrison
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Mathews & Leigh
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Richard Bentley
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J. Bew
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J. Harrison & Co.
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John Tallis & Co.
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W. Lowndes
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A.R. Poole
9
J. Mitchell
9
Longman
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T. Bellamy
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Direct Photo Engraving Co.
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London Printing & Publishing Co.
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Martin & Johnson
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S. Hollyer
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W. Richardson
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Photo-Gravure Co.
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Whittaker, Treacher & Co.
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A. Toedteberg
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John Fairburn
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A. Hamilton
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A. Hamilton, Jr.
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A. R. Poole
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Women in the theater
1334
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572
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414
Performing arts
384
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315
Women in the performing arts
256
Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833
68
Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831
63
Composers
61
Authors
59
Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823
57
Dancers
55
Child actors
54
Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893
50
Entertainers
50
Forrest, Edwin, 1806-1872
47
Mathews, Charles, 1776-1835
46
Betty, William Hen. West (William Henry West), b. 1791
44
Rehan, Ada, 1857-1916
41
Jordan, Dorothy, 1761-1816
40
Breeches parts
39
Abington, Mrs., (Frances Barton), 1737-1815
38
Cooke, George Frederick, 1756-1812
35
Jefferson, Joseph, 1829-1905
35
Macready, William Charles, 1793-1873
35
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777
33
Irving, Henry, Sir, 1838-1905
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Bannister, John, 1760-1836
31
Yates, Mrs. (Mary Ann), 1728-1784
31
Brunton, Anne, 1768-1808
27
Pope, Elizabeth, ca. 1740-1797
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Quick, John, 1748-1831
26
Palmer, John, 1742?-1798
24
Billington, Elizabeth, 1768-1818
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Kemble, Charles, 1775-1854
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Lewis, William Thomas, 1749-1811
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Munden, Joseph Shepherd, 1758-1832
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Elliston, Robert William, 1774-1831
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Fawcett, John, 1768 or 9-1837
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Mattocks, Isabella, 1746-1826
21
Theater
20
Booth, Junius Brutus, 1796-1852
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Burton, William Evans, 1802-1860
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Hartley, Elizabeth, 1750?-1824
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Parsons, William, 1736-1795
20
Woffington, Margaret, d. 1760
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Woodward, Henry, 1714-1777
20
Kemble, Fanny, 1809-1893
19
King, Thomas, 1730-1805
19
Liston, John, 1776-1846
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Vestris, Lucia Elizabeth Bartolozzi, 1797-1856
19
Barry, Ann, 1734-1801
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Pope, Alexander, 1763-1835
17
Smith, William, 1730-1819
17
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Clowns
14
Crabtree, Lotta, 1847-1924
14
Holman, J. G. (Joseph George), 1764-1817
14
Crouch, Anna Maria, 1763-1805
13
O'Neill, Eliza, 1791-1872
13
Young, Charles Mayne, 1777-1856
13
Performing arts
12
Artists
12
Catley, Ann, 1745-1789
12
Cooke, Thomas Potter, 1786-1864
12
Cushman, Charlotte, 1816-1876
12
Dowton, William, 1764-1851
12
Foote, Maria, 1797?-1867
12
Henderson, John, 1747-1785
12
Kean, Charles John, 1811?-1868
12
Mathews, Charles James, 1803-1878
12
Mellon, Harriot, Duchess of St. Albans, 1777?-1837
12
Clowns
11
Anderson, Mary, 1859-1940
11
Buckstone, John Baldwin, 1802-1879
11
Bunn, Margaret Agnes, 1799-1883
11
Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814
11
Farren, Elizabeth, 1762-1829
11
Farren, William, 1786-1861
11
Glover, Julia, 1779-1850
11
Inchbald, Mrs., 1753-1821
11
Martyr, Margaret, d. 1807
11
Pope, Jane, 1742-1818
11
Reeve, John, 1799-1838
11
Wallack, James William, 1791?-1864
11
Bensley, Robert, 1742-1817
10
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Davison, Maria Rebecca, 1783-1858
10
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Fox, George Lafayette, 1825-1877
10
Kean, Ellen, 1805-1880
10
Kemble, Marie Therese, 1774-1838
10
Knight, Edward, 1774-1826
10
Cibber, Susannah Maria Arne, 1714-1766
9
Clarke, John Sleeper, 1833-1899
9
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Group of Footlight Favorites
Portrait of Edmund Kean
Portrait of Louise Allen
Charles John Kean and Ellen Kean (nee Tree) in a scene from "The Stranger"
Charles John Kean as Frederick in "Lovers' Vows"
Miss Abrams as Sylvia in "Cymon"
Edmund Kean as Iago in "Othello"
Edmund Kean as Macbeth in "Macbeth"
George Alexander as Faust in "Faust"
Frances Abington (nee Barton) as Miss Prue in "Love For Love"
Portrait of John Philip Kemble
Portrait of Frances Anne ("Fanny") Kemble
Henry Gaskell Denvil as Manfred
Edmund Kean as Richard III in "Richard III"
Edmund Kean as Sir Giles Overreach in "A New Way to Pay Old Debts"
Frances Abington (nee Barton) as Estifania in "Rule a Wife and Have a Wife"
Robert Keeley as Jemmy Green in "Tom and Jerry"
Edmund Kean as Richard III, Henry James Finn as Bob Logic in "Life in London," Charles Mathews as Monsieur Morbleu in "Monsieur Tonson" and other actors in character
Portrait of Fanny Elizabeth Davenport (nee Vining)
Frances Maria Kelly as Annette in "The Maid and the Magpie"
Anna Maria Crouch (nee Phillips) as Polly in "The Beggar's Opera"
Lily (Lillie) Langtry (nee Le Breton) as Pauline in "The Lady of Lyons"
Portrait of Charles Dignum
Portrait of Thomas John Dibdin
Portrait of Edward O'Connor Terry, E. W. Royce, Kate Vaughan, and Ellen ("Nelly") Farren, in character
Portrait of Thomas Hull
Thomas Hull as Jarvis in "The Gamester"
Charles Edward Horn as Count Albert in "Safe and Sound"
Portrait of Elizabeth Billington (nee Weichsel)
Sir Henry Irving as Mephistopheles in "Faust"
Richard Yates as Lovegold in "The Miser"
Portrait of George Holland
Edwin Booth as Richelieu in "Richelieu"
John Pritt Harley as Trudge in "Inkle and Yarico"
Thomas Sowdon as Caleb in "The Siege of Damascus"
Portrait of Catherine Stephens
Portrait of Richard Suett
Samuel Simmons as Simkin in "The Deserter"
John Sinclair as Arbaces in "Artaxerxes"
John Henderson as Count Biron in a scene from "Isabella"
Group of Footlight Favorites
Image | 1892 |
Picture Chicago
Caption: "Maurice Barrymore. Jessie Bartlett Davis. Georgia Cayvan. Isabella Irving. Richard Mansfield. Hattie Harvey."
Portrait of Edmund Kean
Image |
Portraits of Actors
few who have experienced more of its vicissitudes than he has. From his infancy he has, in truth, been devoted to the Theatre. He was born in November, 1787, in Castle Street, Leicester Square.
Portrait of Louise Allen
Image |
Portraits of Actors
Three-quarter-length. Wearing dress with beading.
Charles John Kean and Ellen Kean (nee Tree) in a scene from "The Stranger"
Image |
Portraits of Actors
Scene from "The Stranger" featuring several characters outdoors, with Ellen lying on the ground.
Charles John Kean as Frederick in "Lovers' Vows"
Image | 1828 |
Portraits of Actors
Whole-length portrait, seated at a table.
Miss Abrams as Sylvia in "Cymon"
Image | 1778 |
Portraits of Actors
Whole-length. Wearing purple and yellow dress, wearing hat and holding basket. With text: "Oh why should we sorrow who never knew sin..." In color.
Edmund Kean as Iago in "Othello"
Image |
Portraits of Actors
Whole-length portrait, standing, in hat with three feathers. In sepia.
Edmund Kean as Macbeth in "Macbeth"
Image |
Portraits of Actors
blood dropping from dagger in left hand. In color.
George Alexander as Faust in "Faust"
Image | 1888 |
Portraits of Actors
Three-quarter-length, seated. Wearing ornamented suit with pouch and dagger.
Frances Abington (nee Barton) as Miss Prue in "Love For Love"
Image | 1777 |
Portraits of Actors
here will you have any?" Act 2, Scene 10
Portrait of John Philip Kemble
Image | 1797 |
Portraits of Actors
Half-length portrait, wig tied back.
Portrait of Frances Anne ("Fanny") Kemble
Image | 1836 |
Portraits of Actors
Portrait, bust, looking over shoulder. With text: "Fanny Kemble".
Henry Gaskell Denvil as Manfred
Image |
Portraits of Actors
Whole-length. Wearing tunic, cape. Process print of lithograph.
Edmund Kean as Richard III in "Richard III"
Image |
Portraits of Actors
Three-quarter-length, holding truncheon.
Edmund Kean as Sir Giles Overreach in "A New Way to Pay Old Debts"
Image |
Portraits of Actors
Whole-length portrait, wearing striped breeches and doublet, drawing sword from scabbard.
Frances Abington (nee Barton) as Estifania in "Rule a Wife and Have a Wife"
Image | 1776 |
Portraits of Actors
holding chain. With text: "And here's a Chain of Whitings Eyes for Pearls, a Musell monger would have made a better."
Robert Keeley as Jemmy Green in "Tom and Jerry"
Image |
Portraits of Actors
Whole-length portrait, wearing coat with tails, tall spat, hat.
Edmund Kean as Richard III, Henry James Finn as Bob Logic in "Life in London," Charles Mathews as Monsieur Morbleu in "Monsieur Tonson" and other actors in character
Image |
Portraits of Actors
Depicts many popular actors in character: Barnes as Crack, Brown as Jerry, Finn as Logic, Kilner as Captain Copp, Jefferson as Nipperkin, and Mathews as Mon. Morbleu.
Portrait of Fanny Elizabeth Davenport (nee Vining)
Image |
Portraits of Actors
Three-quarter-length portrait, wearing brooch, bracelet, rings.
Frances Maria Kelly as Annette in "The Maid and the Magpie"
Image | 1816 |
Portraits of Actors
Whole-length portrait. With text: Julienne: "What is that you have dropped?" Annette: "'Tis mine Madam, mine". Act II, Scene 1.
Anna Maria Crouch (nee Phillips) as Polly in "The Beggar's Opera"
Image |
Portraits of Actors
Whole-length. Interior setting.
Lily (Lillie) Langtry (nee Le Breton) as Pauline in "The Lady of Lyons"
Image | 1887 |
Portraits of Actors
Nearly three-quarter-length portrait, wearing dress with pearl embellishments.
Portrait of Charles Dignum
Image | 1793 |
Portraits of Actors
Half-length.
Portrait of Thomas John Dibdin
Image |
Portraits of Actors
Whole-length. Seated by a table with open book. Facsimilie signature. Drawn by A. Crowquill (pseudonymn for A.H. Forrester)
Portrait of Edward O'Connor Terry, E. W. Royce, Kate Vaughan, and Ellen ("Nelly") Farren, in character
Image |
Portraits of Actors
Group portrait of the four members of the Gaiety Theatre Company.
Portrait of Thomas Hull
Image | 1797 |
Portraits of Actors
Nearly whole-length portrait, seated by a table, holding book and spectacles.
Thomas Hull as Jarvis in "The Gamester"
Image | 1792 |
Portraits of Actors
Whole-length portrait, holding sword in left hand. With text: "Alas, Sir! forgot your griefs, & let me lead you to her". Act IV, Scene III.
Charles Edward Horn as Count Albert in "Safe and Sound"
Image | 1826 |
Portraits of Actors
Three-quarter-length portrait, standing, left hand on door handle, right hand on sword.
Portrait of Elizabeth Billington (nee Weichsel)
Image | 1801 |
Portraits of Actors
Half-length. Wearing headdress with plumes.
Sir Henry Irving as Mephistopheles in "Faust"
Image |
Portraits of Actors
Portrait, bust. Block print in color.
Richard Yates as Lovegold in "The Miser"
Image | 1776 |
Portraits of Actors
my dear money is safe. Is it you Lappet?"
Portrait of George Holland
Image | 1871 |
Portraits of Actors
Portrait, bust. Facsimile autograph.
Edwin Booth as Richelieu in "Richelieu"
Image |
Portraits of Actors
Whole-length. Wearing heavy robe and cross on chain around neck. Facsimile of signature. With text: "Walk blindfold on behind thee stalks the headsman". (In Booth's handwriting)
John Pritt Harley as Trudge in "Inkle and Yarico"
Image | 1822 |
Portraits of Actors
Half-length portrait, wearing tall hat.
Thomas Sowdon as Caleb in "The Siege of Damascus"
Image |
Portraits of Actors
Portrait bust, wearing turban with jewels.
Portrait of Catherine Stephens
Image | 1823 |
Portraits of Actors
Three-quarter-length portrait, seated with arm over back of chair.
Portrait of Richard Suett
Image | 1803 |
Portraits of Actors
Half-length portrait, seated.
Samuel Simmons as Simkin in "The Deserter"
Image | 1806 |
Portraits of Actors
Whole-length portrait, wearing cap, short breeches, outdoors carrying a basket of fruit. With text: "And Roger & Clodpole, & ten more of us, have pull'd as much fruit as we're able to carry."
John Sinclair as Arbaces in "Artaxerxes"
Image |
Portraits of Actors
Half-length portrait, wearing turban with plume, garment with beadwork and embroidery.
John Henderson as Count Biron in a scene from "Isabella"
Image | 1777 |
Portraits of Actors
interior, tapestries in background. With text: "O! come again: thy Biron summons thee to Life and Love." Act IV, Scene 2.
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