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Edmund Kean as Richard III in "Richard III"

Maria Rebecca Davison (nee Duncan) as Juliana in "The Honeymoon"

Mary Ann Yates (nee Graham) as Jane Shore in "Jane Shore"

Mary Ann Yates (nee Graham) as Lady Townley in "The Provoked Husband"

Mary Ann Yates (nee Graham) as Lady Townley and William Smith as Lord Townley in a scene from "The Provoked Husband"

Robert Bensley as Eustache and Henry Erskine Johnston as the Old Man in a scene from "The Surrender of Calais"

Henry Woodward as Marplot in "The Busy Body"

Joseph Jefferson as Bob Acres in "The Rivals"

John Bannister as Ben in "Love for Love"

Richard Jones as Archer in "The Beaux' Stratagem"

Richard Wroughton as Edward in "Edward the Black Prince"

Robert Bensley as Mahomet in "Mahomet"

Dorothy Jordan as Fidelia in "Plain-Dealer"

John Bannister as the Mayor in a scene from "The Mayor of Garratt"

Sarah Siddons (nee Kemble) as Isabella in "Isabella"

John Pritt Harley as Jacquez in "The Honeymoon"

Harriet Siddons (nee Murray) as Lady Restless in "All in the Wrong"

Henry Siddons as the Earl of Salisbury in a scene from "King John"

John Henderson as Macbeth in "Macbeth"

William Smith ("Gentleman Smith") as Phocyas in "The Siege of Damascus"

Portrait of Sarah Siddons (nee Kemble) in costume

Edwin Booth as Pescara in "The Apostate"

Sarah Siddons (nee Kemble) as Medea in "Medea"

Thomas Sheridan as Cato in "Cato"

Junius Brutus Booth as Richard III

Ralph Sherwin as Giles in "The Miller's Maid"

Junius Brutus Booth as Brutus

Elizabeth Hartley (nee White) as Cleopatra in "All for Love"

John Quick as Judge Gripus in "Amphitryon"

Thomas Caulfield as Mirabel in "The Inconstant"

Isabella Mattocks (nee Hallam) as Princess Catherine in "Henry V"

John Emery as Davy in "Bon Ton"

John Emery as Stephen Harrowby in "The Poor Gentleman"

Charles Mathews as six characters in "Trip to Paris"

Maggie Mitchell as Fanchon in "Fanchon"

Charles James Mathews as Jacques Molinet in "The Tale of a Coat"

Ann Brunton Merry as Palmira and J.G. Holman as Zaphna in "Mahomet"

Charles Mathews as an idiot amusing himself with a fly

James William Dodd as Dupeley and Frances Abington as Lady Bab Lardoon in "Maid of the Oaks"

Priscilla Kemble (nee Hopkins) as Miss Notable in "The Lady's Last Stake"

Edmund Kean as Richard III in "Richard III"
Image | Portraits of ActorsNearly three-quarter-length portrait, wearing gloves, medallion, lace collar. Facsimilie signature, in sepia.
Maria Rebecca Davison (nee Duncan) as Juliana in "The Honeymoon"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length. Wearing hat with three feathers. With text: "Dress of Miss Duncan in 'The Honeymoon.'"
Mary Ann Yates (nee Graham) as Jane Shore in "Jane Shore"
Image | 1776 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, standing, leaning against a doorway. With text: "Why should I wander? Stray further on, for I can die ev'n here!"
Mary Ann Yates (nee Graham) as Lady Townley in "The Provoked Husband"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, standing, fan in right hand.
Mary Ann Yates (nee Graham) as Lady Townley and William Smith as Lord Townley in a scene from "The Provoked Husband"
Image | 1776 | Portraits of ActorsScene with the two facing each other. With text: Lady Townley -- "I am now going to a party at Quadrille, only to piddle with a little of it, at poor two Guineas a fish, with the Duchess of Quiteright."
Robert Bensley as Eustache and Henry Erskine Johnston as the Old Man in a scene from "The Surrender of Calais"
Image | Portraits of Actorsold man in cape. With text: Eustache -- "Here take this trash." Act I, Scene 2.
Henry Woodward as Marplot in "The Busy Body"
Image | 1776 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, standing, in street. With text: "There he goes."
Joseph Jefferson as Bob Acres in "The Rivals"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, standing in room wearing tall hat, coat, shiny boots.
John Bannister as Ben in "Love for Love"
Image | Portraits of Actorsholding stick by little finger. With text: "How say you, Mistress? the short of the thing is, that if you like me and I like you, we may chance to swing in a hammock together"
Richard Jones as Archer in "The Beaux' Stratagem"
Image | 1819 | Portraits of ActorsHalf-length portrait.
Richard Wroughton as Edward in "Edward the Black Prince"
Image | 1777 | Portraits of ActorsI will not hazard by a rash Pursuit to a vast victory."
Robert Bensley as Mahomet in "Mahomet"
Image | 1777 | Portraits of Actors3 men in background. With text: "Ma: Thou Alcoran! hast won more Battles for me, than thrice my feeble Numbers had atchiev'd, without the succour of thy sacred impulse." Act II, Scene 2.
Dorothy Jordan as Fidelia in "Plain-Dealer"
Image | 1796 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, standing, in male attire (trousers, jacket, sword). With text: "Love Sir did you mean love?" Act III, Scene I.
John Bannister as the Mayor in a scene from "The Mayor of Garratt"
Image | 1794 | Portraits of ActorsScene from the play, standing in a room with another male figure.
Sarah Siddons (nee Kemble) as Isabella in "Isabella"
Image | 1800 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, holding a ring. "It must be so: he's dead. and this ring left by his last breath, to some known faithful friend."
John Pritt Harley as Jacquez in "The Honeymoon"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, standing, wearing wide ruff, hat with feathers, coat with ermine trimming, gloves. With text: "Is she young?" Act III, Scene 2.
Harriet Siddons (nee Murray) as Lady Restless in "All in the Wrong"
Image | 1806 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, seated at a table, holding miniature.
Henry Siddons as the Earl of Salisbury in a scene from "King John"
Image | 1806 | Portraits of Actorshere is my throne, bid kings come bow to it."
John Henderson as Macbeth in "Macbeth"
Image | 1807 | Portraits of Actorslong hair blowing in the wind.
William Smith ("Gentleman Smith") as Phocyas in "The Siege of Damascus"
Image | 1777 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, standing outdoors, with a palm tree, a bridge, and a church in the background. With text: "Did I not hear the Murmurs of a Voice - a Woman's too?"
Portrait of Sarah Siddons (nee Kemble) in costume
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, with caption: "Mrs. Siddons in Tragedy" Believed to be etched by Cruikshank.
Edwin Booth as Pescara in "The Apostate"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length. Wearing mantle from left shoulder covering most of body, hat with plume.
Sarah Siddons (nee Kemble) as Medea in "Medea"
Image | 1792 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, draped in robes, standing with her child beside her. With text: "I once had Parents - Ye endearing names! How my torn heart with recollection bleeds!"
Thomas Sheridan as Cato in "Cato"
Image | 1776 | Portraits of Actorsbook and dagger on table. With text: "Eternity! thou pleasing dreadful Thought."
Junius Brutus Booth as Richard III
Image | 1887 | Portraits of Actorsholding hat, fist clenched.
Ralph Sherwin as Giles in "The Miller's Maid"
Image | 1825 | Portraits of ActorsHalf-length portrait, outdoor setting.
Junius Brutus Booth as Brutus
Image | 1826 | Portraits of ActorsBust. Wearing bulky mantle over left shoulder. Architectural background.
Elizabeth Hartley (nee White) as Cleopatra in "All for Love"
Image | 1778 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, seated, arms extended from sides. With text: "Where shall I find him, where? Oh, turn me to him!" Act V.
John Quick as Judge Gripus in "Amphitryon"
Image | 1777 | Portraits of Actorsholding cup. With text:" 'Tis my proper Chattel, and, I'll have it."
Thomas Caulfield as Mirabel in "The Inconstant"
Image | 1795 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length. Wearing long cloak, arms spread. With text: "No my fair Angel but let me repent". Act IV, Scene 2.
Isabella Mattocks (nee Hallam) as Princess Catherine in "Henry V"
Image | 1775 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, standing, arms extended to left, wearing dress and hairpiece adorned with feathers.
John Emery as Davy in "Bon Ton"
Image | 1822 | Portraits of ActorsHalf-length portrait, wearing large hat with sign: "Lunnon for ever".
John Emery as Stephen Harrowby in "The Poor Gentleman"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, walking, holding hat in right hand and whip in left hand. White hat and shirt, rosy cheeks. Colored print.
Charles Mathews as six characters in "Trip to Paris"
Image | 1819 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portraits of six characters. With title: "Mr. Mathews as the Diligenciae Personae in his Trip to Paris"
Maggie Mitchell as Fanchon in "Fanchon"
Image | 1890 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, outdoors, wearing apron.
Charles James Mathews as Jacques Molinet in "The Tale of a Coat"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, holding coat over arm.
Ann Brunton Merry as Palmira and J.G. Holman as Zaphna in "Mahomet"
Image | 1786 | Portraits of ActorsThe two characters in a scene with Zaphna holding a knife and Palmira holding his arm. With text: Zaphna: "Now let me Strike."
Charles Mathews as an idiot amusing himself with a fly
Image | 1830 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, holding a string attached to a fly.
James William Dodd as Dupeley and Frances Abington as Lady Bab Lardoon in "Maid of the Oaks"
Image | 1794 | Portraits of ActorsScene from "Maid of the Oaks" with Mrs. Abington as Lady Bab.
Priscilla Kemble (nee Hopkins) as Miss Notable in "The Lady's Last Stake"
Image | 1778 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, wearing bell-shaped petticoat with tassles and bows. With text: "I have been so abused! so affronted!" Act IV, Scene 5.

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