In Character: Shakespeare's 'The Merchant of Venice'
Portraits of actors and actresses portraying characters from Shakespeare's 'The Merchant of Venice'.
Sir Henry Irving as Shylock in 'The Merchant of Venice'
by Edward Lyddell Sawyer
1879
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Sir Henry Irving as Shylock in 'The Merchant of Venice'
by Edward Lyddell Sawyer, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
published after 1901 (1879)
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Charles Kemble as Shylock in 'Merchant of Venice'
by Richard James Lane, printed by Jérémie Graf, published by Colnaghi and Puckle, after Alfred Edward Chalon
published May 1840
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Arthur Bourchier as Shylock in 'The Merchant of Venice'
by Alexander Corbett, for Alfred Ellis & Walery, published by J. Beagles & Co
1905
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Ellen Terry as Portia in 'The Merchant of Venice'
by Window & Grove, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
1879; published 1900s
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Sir Henry Irving as Shylock in 'The Merchant of Venice'
by Virtue & Co, after Edward Lyddell Sawyer
1879
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Frank Benson as 'Shylock' in 'The Merchant of Venice'
by Alexander Bassano
circa 1885
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Frank Benson as 'Shylock' in 'The Merchant of Venice'
by Alexander Bassano
circa 1885
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Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson as Shylock in 'The Merchant of Venice'
by Lizzie Caswall Smith, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
circa 1906
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Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson as Shylock in 'The Merchant of Venice'
by Lizzie Caswall Smith, published by Davidson Brothers
circa 1906
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Gertrude Elliott as Portia and Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson as Shylock in 'The Merchant of Venice'
by Lizzie Caswall Smith, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
circa 1906
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Gertrude Elliott as Portia and Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson as Shylock in 'The Merchant of Venice'
by Lizzie Caswall Smith, published by Angus Thomas Ltd
circa 1906
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Ellen Terry as Portia in 'The Merchant of Venice'
by Window & Grove
1879
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Gertrude Elliott as Portia in 'The Merchant of Venice'
by Lizzie Caswall Smith, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
circa 1906
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Ellen Terry as Portia in 'The Merchant of Venice'
by Window & Grove, published by J. Beagles & Co
1879; published 1900s
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Ellen Terry as Portia in 'The Merchant of Venice'
by Window & Grove
1879
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Ellen Terry as Portia in 'The Merchant of Venice'
by Window & Grove
1879, published 1906
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Lady Beatrice Frances Elizabeth Pole-Carew (née Butler) as Portia in 'The Merchant of Venice'
by Lallie Charles, published by Hudson & Kearns Ltd
20 June 1911, published 1912
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Sarah West (née Cooke) as Portia in Shakespeare's 'Merchant of Venice'
by Thomas Charles Wageman, published by John Cumberland, after Thomas Woolnoth
published 1826
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Eveleen Myers (née Tennant) as Jessica with Shylock in 'The Merchant of Venice'
by Unknown photographer
1874
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Eveleen Myers (née Tennant) as Jessica in 'The Merchant of Venice'
by Unknown photographer
1874
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Mary Ann Povey (Mrs Knight) as Jessica in 'The Merchant of Venice'
by Thomas Woolnoth, after Thomas Charles Wageman
published 1820
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Mary Ann Povey (Mrs Knight) as Jessica in 'The Merchant of Venice'
by Thomas Woolnoth, published by Simpkin and Marshall, published by Clement Chapple, after Thomas Charles Wageman
published 1820
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Mary Ann Povey (Mrs Knight) as Jessica in 'The Merchant of Venice'
by Thomas Woolnoth, published by Simpkin and Marshall, published by Clement Chapple, after Thomas Charles Wageman
published 1820
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Mary Ann Povey (Mrs Knight) as Jessica in 'The Merchant of Venice'
by Thomas Woolnoth, published by Simpkin and Marshall, after Thomas Charles Wageman
published 1820
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Lord Colum Edmund Crichton-Stuart as Salario in 'The Merchant of Venice'
by Robert Faulkner & Co, published by Hudson & Kearns Ltd
20 June 1911, published 1912
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Harry A. Perry as Antonio in 'The Merchant of Venice'
by Salucci, after C.H.
mid 19th century
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Lady Gwendeline Theresa Mary Spencer Churchill (née Bertie) as Attendant on Portia in 'The Merchant of Venice'
by Langfier Ltd, published by Hudson & Kearns Ltd
20 June 1911, published 1912
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Sir George Alexander (George Samson) as Bassanio in 'The Merchant of Venice'
by Benjamin Joseph Falk, published by David Bogue
published 1 April 1885
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Sir George Alexander (George Samson) as Bassanio in 'The Merchant of Venice'
by Benjamin Joseph Falk, published by David Bogue
published 1 April 1885
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