Acting Collection (page 95)

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Mr Holman in Faulconbridge, 1786. Artist: Thornthwaite
Mr Holman in Faulconbridge - Austrias head lie there, 1786. British actor Joseph George Holman (1764-1817) in the role of Robert Faulconbridge in Shakespeares play The Life and Death of King John

Le prophete, opera, late 19th century. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Marie Studholme (1875-1930), English actress, 1900s. Artist: W&D Downey
Marie Studholme (1875-1930), English actress, 1900s. From the Rotary Photographic Series

A Happy Yule, 1913

Gladys Cooper (1888-1971), English actress, early 20th century

Bust of Shakespeare and signatures of celebrated actors, (1840). Drawing of a monumental bust of William Shakespeare (1564-1616) at his birthplace, Stratford-Upon-Avon

Walter Pidgeon, Canadian actor. Walter Pidgeon (1897-1984) began his Hollywood career in silent pictures in the 1920s. His career reached its peak in the 1940s when he starred opposite Greer Garson

Mary Anderson (1859-1940), American stage actress, late 19th century

Mrs W West as Cordelia, 1820. Artist: Woolnoth
Mrs W West as Cordelia, 1820. Actress playing Cordelia, possibly the character in Shakespeares King Lear

Mr Woodward in the character of Bobadil, 1776. Artist: J Reading
Mr Woodward in the character of Bobadil, 1776. Possibly a portrait of British actor Henry Woodward (1717-1777). Captain Bobadil is a braggadocio in Ben Johnsons Every Man in his Humour, (1598)

Contemplations upon a coronet, 1797. Caricature of the actress Elizabeth Farren (c1759-1829) who became Countess of Derby. She admires a coronet on a stand

Costume design for Dear Little Denmark, Prince of Wales Theatre, 1909

Mrs Coutts, English actress, 19th century. Portrait of Harriot Mellon (c1777-1837) who married Thomas Coutts, founder of Coutts & Co, the royal bank

Actor reciting to a manager, late 18th century. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
Actor reciting to a manager, late 18th century. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century... With over two hundred illustrations by George Paston [pseudonym of Emily Morse

Melpomene, 1784. Melpomene, meaning to sing or the one that is melodious, was the Muse of tragedy in Greek mythology. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century

Fitz-Giggo: A New English Uproar 1763. Artist: LP Boitard
Fitz-Giggo: A New English Uproar 1763. Some excited members of the audience are invading the stage. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century

The Theatrical Steel Yards of 1750, (1751). Artist: Patrick O Brian
The Theatrical Steel Yards of 1750, (1751). Players hang from scales surmounted by the motto Totus mundus agit histrionem, - All the worlds a stage

Mr Woodward in the character of Mercutio, 1753. Actor Henry Woodward (1717-1777) in the part of Mercutio from Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet

Sarah Siddons, English tragic actress, (1836). Artist: W Holl
Sarah Siddons, English tragic actress, 1836. Sarah Siddons (1755-1831) was the eldest child of the actor-manager Roger Kemble (1722-1802)

Seni Gazing on the Body of Wallenstein, 1864. A scene from Friedrich Schillers play The Death of Wallenstein. An engraving from the Illustrated Times, (London, 1864)

Scene from the play Sunny Vale Farm, performed at the Haymarket Theatre, London, 1864. An engraving from the Illustrated Times, (London, 1864)

Harry Bedford, theatre performer, late 19th century

Ada Reeve (1874-1966), English actress, late 19th century

Alec Hurley (1871-1913), music hall star, late 19th century. Hurley was best known for being Marie Lloyds second husband, though he was also a successful and talented performer in his own right

Maesmore Morris in Change, the Idol, c1902
The actress Maesmore Morris in Change, the Idol, c1902

Matheson Lang, Canadian actor-manager and dramatist, 1926. Artist: Alick P F Ritchie
Matheson Lang, Canadian actor-manager and dramatist, 1926. Portrait of Lang (1879-1948) who became famous in Britain as a stage and film actor

Sir John Martin-Harvey, British actor and theatre manager, 1926. Artist: Alick P F Ritchie
Sir John Martin-Harvey, British actor and theatre manager, 1926. Portrait of Martin-Harvey (1863-1934). Cigarette card with straight-line caricature, issued by John Player & Sons

George Grossmith Junior, British actor, manager and playwright, 1926. Artist: Alick P F Ritchie
George Grossmith Junior, British actor, manager and playwright, 1926. Portrait of Grossmith (1874-1935) who brought cabaret and revues to the London stage

Douglas Fairbanks, American film actor, 1926. Artist: Alick P F Ritchie
Douglas Fairbanks, American film actor, 1926. Portrait of Fairbanks (1883-1939), actor, screenwriter, director, and producer. Cigarette card with straight-line caricature, issued by John Player & Sons

Sir Gerald du Maurier, British actor-manager, 1926. Artist: Alick P F Ritchie
Sir Gerald du Maurier, British actor-manager, 1926. Portrait of Sir Gerald Hubert Edward Busson du Maurier (1873-1934), father of Daphne

Charlie Chaplin, British film actor and director, 1926. Artist: Alick P F Ritchie
Charlie Chaplin, British film actor and director, 1926. Portrait of Sir Charles Chaplin (1889-1977). Cigarette card with straight-line caricature, issued by John Player & Sons

Sir George Alexander, English actor and theatre manager, 1901. Artist: Ellis & Walery
Sir George Alexander, English actor and theatre manager, 1901

Maud Hobson, actress, 1901. Artist: W&D Downey
Maud Hobson, actress, 1901

Mary Moore, English actress and theatre manager, 1901. Artist: W&D Downey
Mary Moore, English actress and theatre manager, 1901

Arthur Bourchier, English actor, 1901. Artist: Window & Grove
Arthur Bourchier, English actor, 1901

Dame Irene Vanbrugh, English actress, 1901. Artist: W&D Downey
Dame Irene Vanbrugh, English actress, 1901. Pictured in the role of Sophie Fullgarney in The Gay Lord Quex by Arthur Wing Pinero

Charles Wyndham and Mary Moore, English actors, 1901. Artist: Barraud
Charles Wyndham and Mary Moore, English actors, 1901. Pictured performing in David Garrick

Lily Hanbury, English stage actress, 1901. Artist: W&D Downey
Lily Hanbury, English stage actress, 1901

Charles Hayden Coffin, English actor and singer, 1901. Artist: Ellis & Walery
Charles Hayden Coffin, English actor and singer, 1901

Dame Marie Tempest, English singer and actress, 1901. Artist: Ellis & Walery
Dame Marie Tempest, English singer and actress, 1901

Dame Ellen Terry, English stage actress, 1901. Artist: Window & Grove
Dame Ellen Terry, English stage actress, 1901. Pictured in the role of Lady Macbeth

Fay Davis, American stage actress, 1901. Artist: Ellis & Walery
Fay Davis, American stage actress, 1901

Winifred Emery, English actress, 1901. Artist: Mendelssohn
Winifred Emery, English actress, 1901

Sybil Carlisle, actress, 1901. Artist: J Caswall Smith
Sybil Carlisle, actress, 1901

Edna May, American actress and singer, 1901. Artist: W&D Downey
Edna May, American actress and singer, 1901

Sir Henry Irving, famous British stage actor of the Victorian era, 1901. Artist: W&D Downey
Sir Henry Irving, famous British stage actor of the Victorian era, 1901

John Forbes-Robertson, British actor and theatre manager, 1901. Artist: W&D Downey
Johnston Forbes-Robertson, British actor and theatre manager, 1901

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