Acting Collection (#87)

Mrs. Graham Moffatt, 1916. Artist: Alfred Ellis & Walery
Mrs. Graham Moffatt, 1916. Margaret Liddel Lincks (1882-1942), actress. From The British Printer Vol. XXIX. [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1916]

An Actor, c1887, (1901). Artist: Mortimer L Menpes
An Actor, c1887, (1901). From Japan - A Record in Colour, by Mortimer Menpes. [Adam & Charles Black, London, 1901]

Mrs. Jordan in the Character of Hypolita, c1791, (1910). Artist: John Jones
Mrs. Jordan in the Character of Hypolita, 1910. Dorothea Jordan (1761-1816) was an Anglo-Irish actress, courtesan, and the mistress and companion of the future King William IV of the United Kingdom

Mrs. Ann Pitt, c1790, (1917). Artist: George Romney
Mrs. Ann Pitt, c1790, (1917). Ann Pitt (c1720-1799), British actress in the Covent Garden Theatre company. Painting held at Kenwood House, Hampstead, London. From Bibbys Annual 1917, [J

Miss Lena Ashwell, 1900. Artist: W&D Downey
Miss Lena Ashwell, 1900. Lena Ashwell (1872-1957), British actress and acting manager. From Black & White Budget, Vol. III. [The Black and White Publishing Company, J P

Miss Mabelle Gilman, the Bewitching Girl in the Casino - The Casino Girl at the Shaftesbury, 1 Artist: W&D Downey
Miss Mabelle Gilman, the Bewitching Girl in the Casino, 1900. Mabelle Gilman Corey (b1874), American actress. She was married to William Ellis Corey president of the Carnegie Steel Company

Sir George Edward Wade (1869-1954), in the character of the Mayor of Mudcumdyke, c1912. Artist: Foulsham and Banfield
Sir George Edward Wade (1869-1954), in the character of the Mayor of Mudcumdyke, c1912. George Robey, English comedian, singer and actor

Madame Dugazon, 1770, (1913). Artist: Jean Francois Janinet
Madame Dugazon, 1770, (1913). Louise-Rosalie Lefebvre, known as Madame Dugazon, French actress, singer and dancer (1755-1821). After Claude-Jean-Baptiste Hoin (1750-1817)

Samuel Foote, English playwright, actor and theatre manager, c1875 (1878). Samuel Foote (1720-1777) was a dramatist, actor and manager of the Haymarket Theatre, London

Costume Designs for Henry VIII (Theatre De L Opera, Paris, 1920), c1920, (1923). Artist: Maxime Dethomas
Costume Designs for Henry VIII (Theatre De L Opera, Paris, 1920), c1920, (1923). From The Studio Volume 84. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1923]

Scene from the The Beggars Opera VI, 1731. Artist: William Hogarth
Scene from the The Beggars Opera VI, 1731. The Beggars Opera is a play by John Gay, first performed at the Lincolns Inn Theatre in London in 1728. From William Hogarth, by Austin Dobson

The Indian Emperor, 1732. Artist: William Hogarth
The Indian Emperor, 1732. A scene from John Drydens play The Indian Emperour or the Conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards as performed in the year 1731 at Mr Conduit s, Master of the Mint

Interviewed in camera: Film Producer Basil Dean reveals Star Booths Gin In Your Cocktails And You ll Always Produce A Success, c1935 (1935)

Frances Day in person: Booths Gin Brings Out The Best In Any Company, c1935 (1935). Frances Day (real name Frances Victoria Schenck, (1908-1984), American actress and singer

Tom Walls: Would That The Pedigree Of A Horse Were As Reliable A Guide As The Name Of Booths On A Bottle Of Gin, c1935 (1935)

Your call, Miss Arnaud A Cocktail With Booth s? - Ah Yes! Without Booth s?? Arnaud. c1935 (1935)
Your call, Miss Arnaud A Cocktail With Booth s? - Ah Yes! Without Booth s? Arnaud. c1935 (1935). Yvonne Arnaud (1890-1958), French pianist, singer and actress

Curtain call for Sybil Thorndike A Cocktail In Which Booths Plays A Leading Part Receives An Enthusiastic Reception From The Most Captious Critics, c1935 (1935)

Ivor Novello confesses: It Takes Me A Long Time To Compose A Score, But It Only Takes Booths Two Minutes To Compose A Quarrel, 1935 (1935)

Rehearsing a play in ordinary dress, London, c1901 (1901). From Living London, Vol. 1, edited by George R. Sims. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1901]

A theatrical company starting on tour, Euston Station, London, c1900 (1901). From Living London, Vol. 1, edited by George R. Sims

Shinozuka Uraemon Reading the Prologue at the Miyako Theatre, 1794. Artist: Toshusai Sharaku
Shinozuka Uraemon Reading the Prologue at the Miyako Theatre, 1794. From The Connoisseur Volume LXXXIX. [The Connoisseur Ltd, London, 1932]

Elizabeth Bannister, 1799. Artist: John Russell
Elizabeth Bannister, 1799. Elizabeth Bannister (1757-1849), actress and singer. Painting held at the National Portrait Gallery, London. From The Connoisseur Vol. LXXVI. [The Connoisseur, London, 1926]

Sarah Siddons, 1787. Artist: Gilbert Stuart
Sarah Siddons, 1787. Painting held at the National Portrait Gallery, London. From The Connoisseur Vol. LXXV. [The Connoisseur, London, 1926]

John Reeve as Harry Alias, in One, Two, Three, Four, Five, c1829. Artist: James Northcote
John Reeve as Harry Alias, in One, Two, Three, Four, Five, c1829. John Reeve (1799-1838) a English comic actor specialising in mimicry

Peg Woffington, c1745, (1911). Artist: William Hogarth
Peg Woffington, c1745, (1911). Margaret Peg Woffington (1720-1760) was a popular Irish actress in Georgian London, starring alongside household names of the day such as

Mrs. Siddons and her Son in the Tragedy of Isabella, 1784. Artist: William Hamilton
Mrs. Siddons and her Son in the Tragedy of Isabella, 1784. Sarah Siddons (1755-1831), Welsh born actress famous for her portrayal of Lady Macbeth. From The Connoisseur Volume 102

Mr. A. W. Pineros Study, c1903. Artist: AJ Campbell & E Gray
Mr. A. W. Pineros Study, c1903. Sir Arthur Wing Pinero (1855?1934) known as Pinero was an English actor and later an important dramatist and stage director

Mrs Olga Nethersole in Sapho, c1900. Olga Isabella Nethersole (1867-1951), English actress, theatre producer, and wartime nurse/health educator

Miss Rita Jolivet, c1903. Artist: Campbell & Gray
Miss Rita Jolivet, c1903. Rita Jolivet (1890-1971), English actress, 1911-1912. Jolivet was a silent film actress whose career spanned from 1914 to 1926. During that time she made only 20 films

Rosoman Mountain, c1804. Artist: Charles Turner
Rosoman Mountain, c1804. After John James Masquerier (1778-1855). From The Connoisseur Volume XXIII. [The Connoisseur Ltd. London, 1909]

Garrick Club and Adjoining Buildings, c1860. Artist: Frederick Marrable
Garrick Club and Adjoining Buildings, c1860. The Garrick Club is a gentlemens club in London founded in 1831. It is one of the oldest members club in the world

Garrick as Lord Chalkstone, c1740 (1948). Artist: Johan Zoffany
Garrick as Lord Chalkstone, c1740 (1948). David Garrick (1717-1779), English actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer in the role of Lord Chalkstone from Lethe: A Dramatic Satire

The Actor, c1899. Artist: Bernard Partridge
The Actor, c1899. From Modern Pen Drawings: European and American, Edited by Charles Holme. [The Offices of the Studio, London, Paris, New York, 1900-01]

Mrs Siddons, 1785. Artist: Thomas Gainsborough
Mrs Siddons, 1785. Painting held at The National Gallery, London. From The British Genius, by Haldane MacFall. [T. C. and E. C. Jack, London & Edinburgh, 1911]

Private Theatres, c1900. Artist: George Cruikshank
Private Theatres, c1900. An illustration for Sketches by Boz by Charles Dickens. From Hard Times and Sketches by Boz, Volume XI, by Charles Dickens. [Blackwood, Le Bas & Co. London, c1900]

Miss Mary Anderson as Perdita, c1893. Artist: Henry Herschel Hay Cameron
Miss Mary Anderson as Perdita, c1893. Mary Anderson (1859-1940), as Perdita from The Winters Tale by William Shakespeare. From The Studio Volume 2. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1893]

Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Ebizo in the Play The Colored Reins of a Loving Wife, 1794. Artist: Toshusai Sharaku
Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Ebizo (Ichikawa Danjuro V) in the Play The Colored Reins of a Loving Wife (Koi nyobo somewake tazuna), 1794. From The Connoisseur Volume LXXXVIII, edited by C. Reginald Grundy

Ichikawa Komazo III as Kameya Chubei and Nakamura Tomisaburo as Umegawa, 1794. From The Connoisseur Volume LXXXVIII, edited by C. Reginald Grundy. [The Connoisseur Ltd, London, 1931]

David Garrick in the Green Room, 18th century. Artist: William Hogarth
David Garrick in the Green Room. David Garrick (1717-1779), English actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer. From The Connoisseur Volume LXXXIV, edited by C. Reginald Grundy

Marie Ney in her Flat, c1934. Marie Ney (1895-1981), British actress. From The Studio Volume 108. [The Offices of the Studio, London, 1934]

Mrs. Siddons, 1797. Artist: RJ Lane
Mrs. Siddons, 1797. Sarah Siddons, 18th century English tragic actress. Sarah Siddons (1755-1831) was the eldest child of the actor-manager Roger Kemble (1722-1802)

French actress Sarah Bernhardt in her Paris studio, France, 1890. Drawn from life. Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) was probably the most famous stage actress of the 19th century

Adrienne Lecouvreur (1692-1730) as Cornelia, (1903). Artist: Pierre Imbert Drevet
Adrienne Lecouvreur (1692-1730) as Cornelia. Adrienne Lecouvreur (1692-1730) was a french actress. After Antoine Coypel (1661-1722). From The Connoisseur Vol. VII [Otto Limited, London, 1903.]

Miss Foote, c19th century, (1903). Artist: Charles Picart
Miss Foote. After G. Clint. From The Connoisseur Vol. VI [Otto Limited, London, 1903.]

Miss De Camp, 19th century, (1923). Artist: John Hayter
Miss De Camp, 19th century. Maria Theresa Kemble (1774-1838), nee Marie Therese Du Camp, English actress and wife of Charles Kemble. From The Connoisseur Vol LXV [Otto Limited, London, 1923.]

John Palmer as Count Almaviva in The Spanish Barber, 1779, (1917). Artist: Henry Walton
John Palmer as Count Almaviva in The Spanish Barber, 1779. John Palmer (c1742-1798), was one of the most prestigious actors on the English stage in the eighteenth century

Harry Brodribb Irving (1870-1913), 1906. Harry Brodribb Irving (1870-1913), English actor. Irving was the son of the acclaimed Victorian actor Sir Henry Irving

Sarah Siddons (1755-1831), 18th century English tragic actress, 1906. Artist: John Russell
Sarah Siddons, 18th century English tragic actress. Sarah Siddons (1755-1831) was the eldest child of the actor-manager Roger Kemble (1722-1802). After a painting by John Russell (1745-1806)

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