Theatrical portraits

Descriptive Summary
Title: Theatrical portraits
Creator: Unknown
Inclusive Dates: 1750-1850
Language(s): English
Extent: 2.4 Linear Feet 3 document boxes, 1 oversized box
Collection Number: ms2742
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

Theatrical portraits were used as records of performance, insights into the society that produced them, and as works of art in their own right.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of 416 different theatrical portraits and theatrical scenes, mostly of 18th century - early 19th century British origin. Pieces are taken from early editions of play magazines, newspapers, books, and portfolios. Specific names are available in the accession folder.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Theatrical portraits, ms2742, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

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Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

1. Abbott - Harland
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1	1	Mrs. Abbott
1	2	Laura Addison
1	3	Mrs. Atkin
1	4	Mr. Bradley as Sir Harry Cubbin
1	5	Mrs. Baker
1	6	Bannister
1	7	Ben De Bar as Falstaff
1	8	Mrs. Barclay as Olivia
1	9	Mrs. Barnes as Anne Bullen
1	10	Mrs. Julia Bennett Barrow as Viola
1	11	Mrs. Barry as Athenais
1	12	Ellen Bateman as Richard III and Kate Bateman as Richmond
1	13	Mr. G. Bennett
1	14	Mr. Bernard as Jack Meggot
1	15	Mr. Henry Betty as Faulconbridge
1	16	Mrs. Bland
1	17	Miss Bolton
1	18	Miss E. Bolton
1	19	Miss S. Booth
1	20	Mrs. D.P. Bowers as Lady Constance
1	21	William Brereton as Douglas
1	22	Mrs. Brooks as Leonora
1	23	Mr. Browne as Goldfinch
1	24	Miss Bruton as Calista
1	25	Miss Lousia Brunton
1	26	Mr. Buckstone as Launcelot Gobbo
1	27	Mrs. Bunn
1	28	William E. Burton
1	29	Mr. and Mrs. Burton as Sir Toby Belch and Maria
1	30	Miss Carew
1	31	Madame Celeste as The Princess Catherine
1	32	Miss Chapman as Augusta Aubery
1	33	Miss Chester
1	34	Mlle. Clairon
1	35	Mr. Clarke as Procles
1	36	Mr. Collins in Master Slender
1	37	Mlle. Colombier (color)
1	38	Mr. Compton as Launce
1	39	Mr. T.P. Cooke as Long Tom Coffin
1	40	Fanny Cooper
1	41	Miss Frances Elizabeth Copeland
1	42	Mr. C.W. Couldock
1	43	Mrs. Coutts
1	44	Mrs. Crawford as Mariamne
1	45	Mr. Crestwick as Hotspur
1	46	William Creswick
1	47	Mrs. Crouch
1	66	Mrs. Crouch as Princess Lodoisk
1	48	Charlotte Cushman
1	49	Mrs. Davenport
1	50	Mr. E.L. Davenport
1	75	Mrs. Davenport as Miss Winifred Evans
1	51	Mrs. Davison
1	52	Master de Camp as Hengo
1	53	Charles Dibdin, Esq.
1	54	Mrs. Dickons
1	55	Mr. Dignum
1	56	Mr. Charles Dillon as Othello
1	57	Mr. Dimond as Philaster
1	58	Mr. Dodd as Tinsel
1	59	Mr. Dowton
1	60	John Drew as Sir Andres Aque-cheek
1	61	Mr. Dunstall as Dominick
1	62	Mr. Dyott as Leontes
1	63	Mr. Edward Eddy as Posthumus
1	64	J.H. D'Egville
1	65	Mrs. Edwin
1	64a	Mrs. Edgerton
1	65	Mr. Edgerton
1	66	Mr. Emery
1	67	Mrs. Esten as Lady Flutter
1	68	Miss Farren as Emeline
1	69	Mrs. Farren as Queen Catherine
1	70	Mr. William Farren as Lord Ogleby
1	109	Mr. William Farren
1	71	Mrs. Faucit as Ellen MacGregor
1	72	Mr. Fawcett
1	73	Fawcett the comdian
1	74	Nathaniel Field
1	75	Mr. Fleming as Edgar
1	76	Mrs. Foote as Maria Darlington
1	77	Samuel Foote, Esq.
1	78	Miss Forde
1	79	Mr. Edwin Forrest
1	80	Miss Fitzwilliam as Adeline
1	81	Mr. Francis as Sir George Thunder
1	82	Mrs. Francis as Miss Harlow
1	83	Garrick as Richard III
1	84	Mr. Gattie as Mons. Morbleu
1	85	Miss George as Polly
1	86	Melle. Georges
1	86	Melle. Georges (color)
1	87	Mrs. Gibbs
1	88	Mr. John Gilbert as Dogberry
1	89	Mrs. Glover
1	90	Miss P. Glover
1	91	Miss Glyn
1	91a	Miss Goodall
1	92	Mr. Goodall as Sir Harry Wildair
1	93	Miss Gough as Zenobia
1	94	Miss Graddon
1	95	Miss Greville as Sir Harry Wildair
1	96	Mademoiselle Carolina Guarducci
1	97	Mr. Hackett as Falstaff
1	98	Jacob Hall
1	99	Miss Hallande
1	100	Miss Julia Harland (as Oberon) and Miss Conquest (as Puck)

 

2. Harley - Smith
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2	1	Mr. Harley
2	2	Mrs. Hartley
2	3	Mrs. Julia Dean Haynes as Juliet
2	4	Mr. Henderson as Count Biron
2	5	George H. Hill, Comedian
2	6	Mr. Holman as Edward
2	7	Miss P. Hopkins
2	8	Mrs. Matilda Horn
2	9	Miss Margaret Hughs as Mandane
2	10	Mr. Hull
2	11	Mrs. Hunter as Mrs. Belville
2	12	Mrs. Orby Hunter
2	13	Grace Ingersoll (color)
2	14	Mr. Jamieson as Brutus
2	15	Joseph Jefferson as Bob Acres
2	16	Mr. H. Johnston
2	17	Mr. Johnston
2	18	Mr. Jones
2	19	Mr. C. Kean as Gloster
2	20	Miss Luara Keene as Portia
2	21	Michael Kelly, Esq.
2	22	Mr. Kelly as Cymon
2	23	Mr. Kemble
2	24	Mr. King as Marplot
2	25	Mrs. Knight
2	26	Miss Maria Lacy
2	27	LeKain
2	28	Mlle. Lenormand (color)
2	29	Mrs. Lessingham as Mrs. Sullen
2	30	Mr. Lewis
2	31	Mr. Lee Lewes as Capt. Bobadill
2	32	Miss Eliza Logan as Cordelia
2	33	Miss Macauley
2	34	Miss Macklin as Camillo
2	35	Mr. Macready
2	36	Miss M'Alpine
2	37	Miss Mangeon
2	38	Mlle. Mars
2	39	Mr. H. Marston
2	40	Mrs. Martyr as Aura
2	41	Mrs. Massey as Christina
2	42	Mr. Matthews as Sharp
2	43	Mr. Mattocks as Achilles
2	44	Mrs. Mattocks
2	45	Mr. McCullough
2	46	Miss Mellon
2	47	Miss Melmoth as Roxana
2	48	Mrs. Merry
2	49	Mr. Middleton as Artaxerxes
2	50	John Mills the Elder
2	51	Helene Modrjewska
2	52	Mr. Moody
2	53	Mrs. Mountain
2	54	Mrs. Mowatt
2	55	Anna Cora Mowatt
2	56	Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie
2	57	Mr. Munden
2	58	Mr. James E. Murdoch
2	6159	Mr. Murry as Demetrius
2	60	Mrs. Opie
2	61	Mrs. Orger
2	62	Thomas Otway
2	63	Mr. John E. Owens as Launcelot Gobbo
2	64	Mr. Oxberry
2	65	Mr. John Palmer
2	66	Mr. Parsons as Alscrip
2	67	William Parsons
2	68	Miss Paton (color)
2	69	Mr. Pearman
2	70	Mr. Phelps and Miss Glyn in Hamlet
2	71	Mr. Phelps
2	72	Mr. H. Phillips as Cedric
2	73	Mr. Henry Placide as Polonius
2	74	Henry and Thomas Placide as the Two Dromios
2	75	Miss Pope
2	76	Mrs. Pope
2	77	Miss Povey
2	78	Mr. Power as Murtoch Delany
2	79	Mrs. Pritchard
2	80	Mr. Quick
2	81	Mr. Rae as Osmond
2	82	Mr. Ratner as Giles
2	83	Mr. Reddish
2	84	Mr. Richardson as Bursiris
2	85	Mr. P. Ritchings
2	86	Madame Ristori
2	87	Mrs. Robinson
2	88	Mr. Rock as Teague
2	89	Mr. Ross as Essex
2	90	Mr. Russell
2	91	Mr. Ryder and Mrs. Bates in the Provok'd Wife
2	92	Mr. Sapio as Carlos
2	93	Mr. Savigny as Oroonoko
2	94	Master Albert Schirmer
2	95	Mrs. Sharp
2	96	Miss Louisa Sharpe
2	97	Mr. Sherwin as Giles
2	98	Miss Shirreff as Clara (color)
2	99	Mr. Joshua Silsbee as Jonathan Ploughboy
2	100	Mr. Sinclair as Apollo (color)
2	101	Mrs. Sloman as Belvidera
2	102	Mr. Smith

 

3. Smith - Young
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3	1	Mr. O. Smith
3	2	Mr. Smith
3	3	Will Sommers, King Henry's Jester
3	4	Miss Sommerville
3	5	Mr. Suett as Bays
3	6	Talma
3	7	Mr. Charles Taylor
3	8	Miss Margaret Taylor
3	9	Mr. Terry as Sir Fretful Plagiary
3	10	Mlle. Titiens
3	11	Mrs. Townsend as Christina
3	12	Miss Ellen Tree
3	13	Miss Vandenhiff as Juliet
3	14	Mr. Vincent as Dorilas
3	15	Mr. James W. Wallack
3	16	Miss Wallis
3	17	Mr. William Warran
3	18	Mrs. Warner as Hermoine
3	19	Mrs. Waylett as Madge
3	20	Mr. Webster as Douglas
3	21	Mrs. Wells as Anne Lovely
3	22	Mrs. W. West as Desdemona
3	23	Mr. Weston as Scrub
3	24	Miss Lizzie Weston as Oberon
3	25	Mr. William Wheatley
3	26	Mr. Wilson
3	27	Mr. and Mrs. Wood as Touchstone and Audrey
3	28	Mr. Woodward
3	29	Peg Woffington as Mrs. Ford
3	30	Mr. Wrench as Belmour
3	31	Mr. Wrighten
3	32	Mr. Wroughton
3	33	Mr. Yates
3	34	Mrs. Yates
3	35	Miss Young

 

4. Barrett - Western
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4		Wilson Barrett as Claudian
4		Mrs. Agnes Booth as Mrs. Ralston
4		Mrs. D.P. Bowers as Queen Elizabeth
4		M. Coquelin, Aine
4		Mrs. Florence as Mrs. General Gilflory
4		William J. Florence as Bardwell Slote
4		Edwin Forrest as Spartacus
4		Nat C. Goodwin as Modus
4		Mad. Janauschek as Maria Antoinette
4		Mrs. Langtry as Pauline
4		Adrienne Lecouvreur
4		James Lewis and Mrs. Gilbert in A Night Off
4		Julia Marlow as Julia
4		Mlle. Mars
4		Mlle. Mars (India Proof)
4		Miss Margaret Mather as Juliana
4		Maggie Mitchell as Fanchon
4		Clara Morris as Miss Moulton
4		James E. Murdoch as The Stranger
4		Miss Neilson as Juliet
4		Minnie Palmer in My Sweetheart
4		Annie Pixley as M'Liss
4		John T. Raymond as Col. Sellers
4		Madame Ristori
4		Miss Amy Sedgewick as Hester
4		William E. Sheridan as Lois XI
4		John L. Toole as Paul Pry
4		Marie Wainwright as Viola
4		Mr. William Warren as Herr Weigel
4		Lucille Western as Lucretia Borgia