Items | Digital Collections at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library

Maria Gibbs as Cowslip in "The Agreeable Surprise"
Image | 1800 | Portraits of ActorsHalf-length portrait, holding a bowl.
Maria Gibbs as Miss Hoyden in Vanbrugh's "The Relapse"
Image | 1795 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, wearing flowers on head, gloves.
Maria Gibbs as Lady Elizabeth Freelove
Image | 1826 | Portraits of ActorsHalf-length portrait, wearing shawl across shoulders.
Maria Gibbs as Rosa in "Obi"
Image | 1801 | Portraits of Actorscoat and waistcoat.
Maria Gibbs as Rose and Joseph George Holman as Captain Plume in a scene from "The Recruiting Officer"
Image | Portraits of ActorsScene from the play with Rose holding basket of chickens. With text: "Captain Plume -- 'Let me see, young and tender, you say'. Act III, Scene 1.
Portrait of Maria Gibbs
Image | 1812 | Portraits of ActorsHalf-length portrait, wearing shawl across shoulders.
Maria Gibbs as Emily Worthington, Isabella Mattocks (nee Hallam) as Miss Lucretia Mactab, and Charles Murray as Lt. Worthington in a scene from "The Poor Gentleman"
Image | 1818 | Portraits of ActorsScene from the play, interior setting. With text: "Miss L. Mac Tab: 'I'll never speak to that beastly quack again, who left me in a ditch.'" Act V, Scene 2.
Maria Gibbs as Adriana and Miss Norton as Luciana in a scene from "The Comedy of Errors"
Image | Portraits of ActorsScene from the play with two other characters. With text: "Antipholis: 'Plead you to me, fair dame?'" Act II, Scene 2.