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Elizabeth Billington (nee Weichsel) as Rosetta in "Love in a Village" and Margaret Martyr (nee Thornton) as Euphosyne in "Comus"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length. Line drawings printed in maroon ink.
Margaret Martyr (Thornton) singing at Vauxhall
Image | 1778 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, holding sheet music. With text: "I'll pass no dull, inglorious life."
Margaret Martyr (Thornton) as Cherry in "The Beaux' Stratagem"
Image | 1799 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, standing, wearing apron, in interior setting. With text: "D'ye call, father!"
Margaret Martyr (Thornton) as Euphrosyne in "Comus"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, dancing, wearing floral garland.
Margaret Martyr (Thornton) as Rose in "The Recruiting Officer"
Image | 1792 | Portraits of Actorsholding basket. With text: "Buy chickens, young and tender chickens."
Portrait of Margaret Martyr (Thornton)
Image | 1794 | Portraits of ActorsHalf-length portrait.
Margaret Martyr (Thornton) as Rose in "The Recruiting Officer"
Image | 1806 | Portraits of Actorsholding basket. With text: "Buy chickens young and tender."
Portrait of Margaret Martyr (Thornton)
Image | 1792 | Portraits of ActorsHalf-length portrait, wearing string of pearls.
Portrait of Margaret Martyr (Thornton)
Image | 1805 | Portraits of ActorsHalf-length portrait. In sepia.
Margaret Martyr (Thornton) as Aura in "The Country Lasses"
Image | 1792 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, standing, dressed in officer's uniform in a pastoral setting. With text: "I think this is the seventh duel I have engaged in for her and Flora - no the eighth."
Margaret Martyr (Thornton) as Dolly Fairlop in "The Woodman"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, holding a bow, with archery target in background.
Margaret Martyr (Thornton) as Phoebe in "Rosina"
Image | 1806 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, standing in a wheat field. With text: "You think, mayhap, I'm at my last prayer but you .."

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Elizabeth Billington (nee Weichsel) as Rosetta in "Love in a Village" and Margaret Martyr (nee Thornton) as Euphosyne in "Comus"

Margaret Martyr (Thornton) singing at Vauxhall

Margaret Martyr (Thornton) as Cherry in "The Beaux' Stratagem"

Margaret Martyr (Thornton) as Euphrosyne in "Comus"

Margaret Martyr (Thornton) as Rose in "The Recruiting Officer"

Portrait of Margaret Martyr (Thornton)

Margaret Martyr (Thornton) as Rose in "The Recruiting Officer"

Portrait of Margaret Martyr (Thornton)

Portrait of Margaret Martyr (Thornton)

Margaret Martyr (Thornton) as Aura in "The Country Lasses"

Margaret Martyr (Thornton) as Dolly Fairlop in "The Woodman"

Margaret Martyr (Thornton) as Phoebe in "Rosina"

Elizabeth Billington (nee Weichsel) as Rosetta in "Love in a Village" and Margaret Martyr (nee Thornton) as Euphosyne in "Comus"

Margaret Martyr (Thornton) singing at Vauxhall

Margaret Martyr (Thornton) as Cherry in "The Beaux' Stratagem"

Margaret Martyr (Thornton) as Euphrosyne in "Comus"

Margaret Martyr (Thornton) as Rose in "The Recruiting Officer"

Portrait of Margaret Martyr (Thornton)

Margaret Martyr (Thornton) as Rose in "The Recruiting Officer"

Portrait of Margaret Martyr (Thornton)

Portrait of Margaret Martyr (Thornton)

Margaret Martyr (Thornton) as Aura in "The Country Lasses"

Margaret Martyr (Thornton) as Dolly Fairlop in "The Woodman"

Margaret Martyr (Thornton) as Phoebe in "Rosina"