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Clara Fisher, when a child, playing Richard III

Louisa Drew when Louisa Lane (age 8), as five characters in "Twelve Precisely"

Charles Frederick Reinhold and Margaret Farrell as Artaxeres and Artabanes in a scene from "Artaxerxes"

Lucia Elizabeth Vestris as Artaxerxes in "Artaxerxes"

Margaret ("Peg") Woffington as Sir Harry Wildair in "The Constant Couple"

Dorothy Jordan as Sir Harry Wildair in "The Constant Couple"

Miss Featherstone as Apollo in "Midas"

Lucia Elizabeth Vestris as Apollo in "Midas"

Lucia Elizabeth Vestris as Don Giovanni in "Giovanni in London"

Louisa Drew (nee Lane) as Fortunio

Laura Honey as Don Juan

Lucia Elizabeth Vestris as Don Giovanni in "Giovanni in London"

Lucia Elizabeth Vestris as Page Victor in "The Epaulette"

Maria Theresa Kemble (nee DeCamp) as Julio in "Deaf and Dumb"

Miss P. Graddon (Mrs. Alexander Gibbs) as Count Rudolph in "Sylvana"

Mrs. Greville as Sir Harry Wildair in "The Constant Couple"

Ellen Kean, when Ellen Tree, as Ion in "Ion"

Margaret Farrell (Kennedy) as Captain Macheath in "The Beggar's Opera"

Ada Rehan as Pierrot in "The Prodigal Son"

Sarah Booth as Little Pickle in "The Spoiled Child"

Frances Maria Kelly as thirteen different characters

Ann Spranger Barry (nee Street) as Sir Harry Wildair in "The Constant Couple"

Miss Cramer as Don Giovanni in "Giovanni in London"

Lucia Elizabeth Vestris as Don Felix in "The Alcaid"

Matilda Baker (nee Vining) as Little Pickle in "The Spoiled Child"

Jennie Lee as Jo in "Jo" (adaptation of "Bleak House")

Emily Soldene as Chilperic in "Chilperic"

Ann Spranger Barry (nee Street) as Sir Harry Wildair in "The Constant Couple"

Lucia Elizabeth Vestris as Paul in "Paul and Virginia"

Lucia Elizabeth Vestris in sailor's uniform singing "My Heart's True Blue"

Lizzie Weston (other married names Davenport, Mathews) as Oberon in "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

Charlotte Goodall as Sir Harry Wildair in "The Constant Couple"

Celine Celeste as Cynthia, Fanny Fitzwilliam as Bess, and Sarah Jane Woolgar (married name Mellon) as Lemuel in a scene from "The Flowers of the Forest"

Elena D'Angri as Maffeo Orsini

Annette Nelson as Cherubino in "The Marriage of Figaro"

Margaret ("Peg") Woffington as Sir Harry Wildair in "The Constant Couple"

Charlotte Cushman as Romeo and Susan Cushman as Juliet in a scene from "Romeo & Juliet"

Clara Fisher, when a child, playing Richard III
Image | 1818 | Portraits of Actorssword upraised with hand. Facsimilie inscription: "Miss Clara Fisher to Mr. Wemyss, November 1st, 1820".
Louisa Drew when Louisa Lane (age 8), as five characters in "Twelve Precisely"
Image | 1828 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait. As two male and three female characters.
Charles Frederick Reinhold and Margaret Farrell as Artaxeres and Artabanes in a scene from "Artaxerxes"
Image | 1778 | Portraits of ActorsScene from the play, standing together in interior setting. With text: "In infancy our hopes and fears."
Lucia Elizabeth Vestris as Artaxerxes in "Artaxerxes"
Image | Portraits of Actorssword in belt.
Margaret ("Peg") Woffington as Sir Harry Wildair in "The Constant Couple"
Image | Portraits of ActorsNearly three-quarter-length portrait, right hand inside waistcoat. Facsimile autograph. Process print from painting by Hogarth.
Dorothy Jordan as Sir Harry Wildair in "The Constant Couple"
Image | 1788 | Portraits of Actorsholding purse in extended right hand.
Miss Featherstone as Apollo in "Midas"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait. Standing, playing a lyre, wearing short tunic, sandals.
Lucia Elizabeth Vestris as Apollo in "Midas"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, holding lyre.
Lucia Elizabeth Vestris as Apollo in "Midas"
Image | Portraits of ActorsHalf-length portrait, wearing hat, holding lyre.
Lucia Elizabeth Vestris as Don Giovanni in "Giovanni in London"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, holding whip.
Louisa Drew (nee Lane) as Fortunio
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait. Wearing breeches, coat, waistcoat, sash, ribbons. Process print of lithograph, in sepia.
Laura Honey as Don Juan
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, standing, wearing male attire: embroidered jacket, sash, cap. In color.
Lucia Elizabeth Vestris as Don Giovanni in "Giovanni in London"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, wearing coat and high hat, holding whip.
Lucia Elizabeth Vestris as Page Victor in "The Epaulette"
Image | Portraits of ActorsHalf-length portrait.
Maria Theresa Kemble (nee DeCamp) as Julio in "Deaf and Dumb"
Image | 1819 | Portraits of ActorsNearly three-quarter-length portrait, wearing men's attire.
Miss P. Graddon (Mrs. Alexander Gibbs) as Count Rudolph in "Sylvana"
Image | 1830 | Portraits of Actorsholding spear over shoulder.
Mrs. Greville as Sir Harry Wildair in "The Constant Couple"
Image | 1777 | Portraits of Actorsholding hat in right hand, bag in left hand. With text: "Fifteen hundred & twenty Louis-d'ors! Tall de rall, look ye Gentlemen, any Body may dance to this tune". Act II, Scene 2.
Ellen Kean, when Ellen Tree, as Ion in "Ion"
Image | 1837 | Portraits of Actorsholding knife. With text: "Was not that thunder".
Margaret Farrell (Kennedy) as Captain Macheath in "The Beggar's Opera"
Image | 1778 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, standing in shackles in men's attire. With text: "How happy cou'd I be with either."
Ada Rehan as Pierrot in "The Prodigal Son"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, in a play adapted from the French pantomime "L'Enfant Prodigue"
Sarah Booth as Little Pickle in "The Spoiled Child"
Image | 1817 | Portraits of Actorsstanding and leaning on kite, holding little whip in left hand. Colored print. With text: "I can't help thinking how devilish tough the drumsticks will be".
Frances Maria Kelly as thirteen different characters
Image | Portraits of ActorsDepicted on a stage as characters from various plays. Title: "Miss Kelly in the Various Characters of her Entertainment".
Ann Spranger Barry (nee Street) as Sir Harry Wildair in "The Constant Couple"
Image | 1777 | Portraits of Actorsholding letter in right hand. Colored print. With text: "'Sdeath I'm afraid I've mistaken the House." Act II, Scene 2.
Ann Spranger Barry (nee Street) as Sir Harry Wildair in "The Constant Couple"
Image | 1777 | Portraits of Actorsholding letter in right hand. With text: "'Sdeath I'm afraid I've mistaken the House." Act II, Scene 2.
Ann Spranger Barry (nee Street) as Sir Harry Wildair in "The Constant Couple"
Image | 1779 | Portraits of ActorsSmall whole-length. With text: "They are the prettiest Castagnets in the World." Act II, Scene 1.
Miss Cramer as Don Giovanni in "Giovanni in London"
Image | Portraits of Actorsholding hat with plume. Process print of lithograph.
Lucia Elizabeth Vestris as Don Felix in "The Alcaid"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, wearing hat and cloak, holding mask.
Matilda Baker (nee Vining) as Little Pickle in "The Spoiled Child"
Image | 1822 | Portraits of Actorsholding whip.
Jennie Lee as Jo in "Jo" (adaptation of "Bleak House")
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length, standing on stoop, wearing boy's attire, holding broom.
Emily Soldene as Chilperic in "Chilperic"
Image | Portraits of ActorsPortrait, bust, wearing crown and uniform with braid and ruff around neck.
Ann Spranger Barry (nee Street) as Sir Harry Wildair in "The Constant Couple"
Image | 1777 | Portraits of ActorsSmall, whole-length. With text: "Here is a nest of the prettiest goldfinches that ever chirp'd in a cage." Act II, Scene 2.
Lucia Elizabeth Vestris as Paul in "Paul and Virginia"
Image | 1823 | Portraits of ActorsHalf-length portrait.
Lucia Elizabeth Vestris in sailor's uniform singing "My Heart's True Blue"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, wearing long trousers, holding hat out to side.
Lizzie Weston (other married names Davenport, Mathews) as Oberon in "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Image | 1855 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, wearing crown, holding wand. With text: "And Maidens call it, love in _ idlesness. Fetch me that flower."
Charlotte Goodall as Sir Harry Wildair in "The Constant Couple"
Image | 1792 | Portraits of Actorshand on sword. With text: "Oh, the delights of love and burgundy!" Act V, Scene 1.
Celine Celeste as Cynthia, Fanny Fitzwilliam as Bess, and Sarah Jane Woolgar (married name Mellon) as Lemuel in a scene from "The Flowers of the Forest"
Image | Portraits of ActorsScene showing Cynthia (left) and Lemuel on the ground, with Bess standing, right. Process print of lithograph.
Elena D'Angri as Maffeo Orsini
Image | 1892 | Portraits of Actors
Annette Nelson as Cherubino in "The Marriage of Figaro"
Image | 1838 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, wearing tall cylindrical hat.
Margaret ("Peg") Woffington as Sir Harry Wildair in "The Constant Couple"
Image | Portraits of ActorsNearly three-quarter-length portrait, right hand inside waistcoat.
Charlotte Cushman as Romeo and Susan Cushman as Juliet in a scene from "Romeo & Juliet"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length. Standing together on a balcony, Juliet's head resting on Romeo's shoulder. Process print of engraving.

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