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

Portrait of William Harrison
Image | 1860 | Portraits of ActorsThree-quarter-length portrait, standing, wearing plaid over shoulder.
Portrait of Sir Henry Irving
Image | 1876 | Portraits of ActorsPortrait, bust.
Portrait of Sir Henry Irving
Image | Portraits of ActorsHalf-length portrait.
Portrait of Sir Henry Irving
Image | Portraits of ActorsNearly half-length, almost profile.
Portrait of Sir Henry Irving
Image | Portraits of ActorsPortrait, bust, to left.
Sir Henry Irving as Richelieu in "Richelieu"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, standing, wearing long robe and drawing a huge sword from scabbard. With text: "With this I at Rochelle did hand to hand engage the stalwarl Englishers".
Laura Keene as Portia in "The Merchant of Venice"
Image | 1859 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, pointing to caskets on table. With text: "Away then, I am locked in one of them, if you love me, you will find me out". Act III, Scene 2.
Portrait of John Philip Kemble
Image | Portraits of ActorsHalf-length portrait, profile. With text: "The Last Likeness ever taken".
Portrait of John Philip Kemble
Image | 1824 | Portraits of ActorsHalf-length portrait.
John Philip Kemble as Bajazet in "Tamerlane"
Image | 1792 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, standing, in manacles. With text: "Has stript me of the train and pomp of greatness, yet still my soul is free". Act II, Scene 2.
John Philip Kemble as Beverley in "The Gamester"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, standing with hand held to head.
John Philip Kemble as Cato in "Cato"
Image | 1888 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, seated in large chair with scroll in in lap, left foot on stool, dagger and documents on table at left.
Portrait of John Philip Kemble
Image | 1805 | Portraits of ActorsHalf-length portrait, with book.
Portrait of John Philip Kemble
Image | Portraits of ActorsHalf-length portrait, with book.
Portrait of John Philip Kemble
Image | 1799 | Portraits of ActorsPortrait, bust, wearing collar with fur trim.
Portrait of John Brougham
Image | Portraits of ActorsBust. With bushy gray hair and moustache. Facsimilie signature.
John Brougham as Sir Lucius O'Trigger in "The Rivals"
Image | 1888 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length. Wearing tall hat, coat and boots with tassles.
John Brougham as Twister in "Ins and Outs"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length. Comic etching of scene with three characters, one rising from bed, another on one leg grabbing a screen, and an officer with a bundle in his arm stading at the door. With text: "Twister: 'Where is your warrant to seize?' Strikes him with bundle -- Racket falls against the screen and throws it down -- Tom is discovered sitting up in bed."
Portrait of Elizabeth Brunton (Elizabeth Yates)
Image | 1817 | Portraits of ActorsHalf-length. Wearing beaded necklace, earrings.
Edwin Booth as Bertuccio in "The Fool's Revenge"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length. Wearing fool's costume, grizzled beard.
Edwin Booth and other members of the Boston Theatre Company
Image | Portraits of ActorsBusts of Booth and other members of the Boston Theatre company in 1866-1867.
Portrait of Elizabeth Yates (nee Brunton)
Image | 1818 | Portraits of ActorsHalf-length. Hair tied up, wearing flowing veil.
Elizabeth Yates (nee Brunton) as Grace Huntley in "Grace Huntley"
Image | 1833 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length. Wearing dress with puffy sleeves.
John Brunton as Altamont and Miss Smith (Sarah Bartley?) as Calista in "The Fair Penitent"
Image | 1806 | Portraits of Actorsboth with swords in hands. With text: "Alt: 'What means thy frantic rage? Cal: Off! let me go.'"
Family portrait of Edwin Booth, Mary Booth (Mc Vicker) and Edwina Booth (married name Grossman)
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length. Group portrait of Edwin Booth with wife, Mary, standing at left, Edwina, his daughter, seated right.
Family portrait of Edwin Booth with his wife and daughter
Image | Portraits of ActorsThree-quarter-length. Group portrait of Edwin Booth seated at right, his wife at left, his daughter standing between with her hands on his shoulders.
Portrait of Edwin Booth
Image | Portraits of ActorsBust. Cover to music sheet: "Hamlet Galop! Homage to Edwin Booth by Da Costa."
Edwin Booth as Hamlet in grave scene from "Hamlet"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length. Hamlet with skull, Horatio leaning against tomb, Gravedigger at right with feet in grave. Both Hamlet & Horatio have moustaches. On reverse side in pencil: "Edwin Booth as Hamlet, Joe Jefferson as 1st Gravedigger."
John Braham as Don Alphonso in "The Castle of Andalusia"
Image | 1817 | Portraits of Actorsholding letter in left hand. Colored print. With text: "Give him this Letter from me".
Portrait of Gustavus Vaughn Brooke
Image | Portraits of Actorswearing ring on little finger. Facsimilie signature.
Portrait of John Brougham
Image | 1851 | Portraits of Actorsleaning on chair. Music sheet to "Brougham Scottisch." Facsimile signature.
Portrait of John Brougham
Image | Portraits of ActorsHalf-length. Wearing light-colored duster. Facsimile signature.
Portrait of John Brougham
Image | Portraits of ActorsThree-quarter-length. Wearing light-colored duster.
Portrait of Edwin Booth
Image | Portraits of ActorsHalf-length. Wearing white waistcoat, wing collar, tie with design. Facsimilie autograph.
Portrait of Edwin Booth
Image | 1894 | Portraits of ActorsHalf-length. Seated, holding pipe in left hand. Facsimile autograph.
Portrait of Edwin Booth in 1860
Image | Portraits of ActorsBust. Right profile With text: "Edwin Booth, 1860." Process print from photograph.
William Charles Macready as Virginius in "Virginius"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, bearded and wearing toga and tunic. With text: "Thou seest that hand? T'is a Roman's boy." Act. I, Scene 2.
William Charles Macready as Wallace in "Wallace"
Image | 1823 | Portraits of ActorsHalf-length portrait, wearing hat with feather, draped with plaid cloth, hand resting on sword.
William Charles Macready as Werner in "Werner"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, standing, bearded and wearing cape and boots. With text: "Who would read this form the high soul of the son of a long line? Who in this garb, the heir of princely lands? Who in this sunken, sickly eye, the pride of rank and ancestry? in this worn cheek and famine - hollow'd brow, the lord of halls which daily feast a thousand vassals?"
Portrait of William Charles Macready
Image | 1875 | Portraits of ActorsPortrait, bust.

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