In Character: Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet'

Portraits of actors and actresses portraying characters from Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet'.

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Beatrice Stella Campbell as Juliet; Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson as Romeo in 'Romeo and Juliet', by W. & D. Downey, 1895, published 1 January 1896, NPG Ax28882, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Beatrice Stella Campbell as Juliet; Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson as Romeo in 'Romeo and Juliet', by W. & D. Downey, 1895, published 1 January 1896
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Charlotte Saunders Cushman; Susan Cushman as Romeo and Juliet, by Thomas Fairland, published by Thomas McLean, after Margaret Gillies, 1840s, NPG D34485, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Charlotte Saunders Cushman; Susan Cushman as Romeo and Juliet, by Thomas Fairland, published by Thomas McLean, after Margaret Gillies, 1840s
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John Gielgud; Dame Peggy Ashcroft as Romeo and Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Howard Coster, 1935, NPG x14500, © National Portrait Gallery, London
John Gielgud; Dame Peggy Ashcroft as Romeo and Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Howard Coster, 1935
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John Gielgud; Dame Peggy Ashcroft as Romeo and Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Howard Coster, 1935, NPG x14505, © National Portrait Gallery, London
John Gielgud; Dame Peggy Ashcroft as Romeo and Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Howard Coster, 1935
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John Gielgud as Romeo in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Howard Coster, 1935, NPG x14512, © National Portrait Gallery, London
John Gielgud as Romeo in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Howard Coster, 1935
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John Gielgud as Romeo in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Howard Coster, 1935, NPG x14516, © National Portrait Gallery, London
John Gielgud as Romeo in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Howard Coster, 1935
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(Alexander) Matheson Lang as Romeo and Nora Kerin as Juliet, by Rita Martin, 1908, NPG x131547, © National Portrait Gallery, London
(Alexander) Matheson Lang as Romeo and Nora Kerin as Juliet, by Rita Martin, 1908
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Nora Kerin as Juliet and Matheson Lang as Romeo in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Bassano Ltd, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd, 1908, NPG x193874, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Nora Kerin as Juliet and Matheson Lang as Romeo in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Bassano Ltd, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd, 1908
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Nora Kerin as Juliet and Matheson Lang as Romeo in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Bassano Ltd, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd, 1908, NPG x193875, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Nora Kerin as Juliet and Matheson Lang as Romeo in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Bassano Ltd, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd, 1908
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Matheson Lang as Romeo and Nora Kerin as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Bassano Ltd, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd, 1908, NPG x193876, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Matheson Lang as Romeo and Nora Kerin as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Bassano Ltd, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd, 1908
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Nora Kerin as Juliet and Matheson Lang as Romeo in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Bassano Ltd, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd, 1908, NPG x193877, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Nora Kerin as Juliet and Matheson Lang as Romeo in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Bassano Ltd, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd, 1908
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William Terriss (William Charles James Lewin) as Romeo in 'Romeo & Juliet', by Herbert Rose Barraud, published by David Bogue, published 1 January 1885, NPG x13222, © National Portrait Gallery, London
William Terriss (William Charles James Lewin) as Romeo in 'Romeo & Juliet', by Herbert Rose Barraud, published by David Bogue, published 1 January 1885
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William Terriss (William Charles James Lewin) as Romeo in 'Romeo & Juliet', by Herbert Rose Barraud, published by David Bogue, published 1 January 1885, NPG Ax29197, © National Portrait Gallery, London
William Terriss (William Charles James Lewin) as Romeo in 'Romeo & Juliet', by Herbert Rose Barraud, published by David Bogue, published 1 January 1885
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Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson as Romeo in 'Romeo & Juliet', by Hayman Seleg Mendelssohn, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd, published 1900s (1895), NPG x14283, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson as Romeo in 'Romeo & Juliet', by Hayman Seleg Mendelssohn, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd, published 1900s (1895)
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Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson as Romeo in 'Romeo & Juliet', by Hayman Seleg Mendelssohn, published by Virtue & Co, 1895, NPG x17965, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson as Romeo in 'Romeo & Juliet', by Hayman Seleg Mendelssohn, published by Virtue & Co, 1895
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John Nelson as Romeo in 'Romeo & Juliet', by Southwell Brothers, 1864, NPG x21502, © National Portrait Gallery, London
John Nelson as Romeo in 'Romeo & Juliet', by Southwell Brothers, 1864
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Ernest George Harcourt Williams as Romeo in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Lizzie Caswall Smith, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd, circa 1905, NPG x27409, © reserved; collection National Portrait Gallery, London
Ernest George Harcourt Williams as Romeo in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Lizzie Caswall Smith, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd, circa 1905
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Frank Benson as 'Romeo' in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Bassano Ltd, published by Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1886, NPG x193628, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Frank Benson as 'Romeo' in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Bassano Ltd, published by Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1886
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Matheson Lang as Romeo in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Bassano Ltd, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd, 1908, NPG x193883, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Matheson Lang as Romeo in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Bassano Ltd, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd, 1908
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Ellen Terry as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Window & Grove, 1882, published 1906, NPG Ax131306, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Ellen Terry as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Window & Grove, 1882, published 1906
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Maria Ann Pope (née Campion) as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by William Ward, after Sir Martin Archer Shee, 1804, NPG D3924, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Maria Ann Pope (née Campion) as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by William Ward, after Sir Martin Archer Shee, 1804
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Charlotte Elizabeth Vandenhoff as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Richard James Lane, printed by M & N Hanhart, published by John Mitchell, 1839, NPG D4566, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Charlotte Elizabeth Vandenhoff as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Richard James Lane, printed by M & N Hanhart, published by John Mitchell, 1839
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Charlotte Elizabeth Vandenhoff as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Richard James Lane, printed by M & N Hanhart, published by John Mitchell, published circa 1838-1839, NPG D22105, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Charlotte Elizabeth Vandenhoff as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Richard James Lane, printed by M & N Hanhart, published by John Mitchell, published circa 1838-1839
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Charlotte Elizabeth Vandenhoff as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Richard James Lane, printed by M & N Hanhart, published circa 1838-1839, NPG D22159, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Charlotte Elizabeth Vandenhoff as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Richard James Lane, printed by M & N Hanhart, published circa 1838-1839
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Frances Harriet Kelly as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, published by William Cribb, after John Jackson, published 1 January 1823, NPG D36809, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Frances Harriet Kelly as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, published by William Cribb, after John Jackson, published 1 January 1823
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Frances Harriet Kelly as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, published by William Cribb, after John Jackson, published 1 January 1823, NPG D36810, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Frances Harriet Kelly as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, published by William Cribb, after John Jackson, published 1 January 1823
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Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro) as Juliet in 'Romeo & Juliet', by W. & D. Downey, 1884, NPG x70, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro) as Juliet in 'Romeo & Juliet', by W. & D. Downey, 1884
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Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro) as Juliet in 'Romeo & Juliet', by W. & D. Downey, 1884, NPG x71, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro) as Juliet in 'Romeo & Juliet', by W. & D. Downey, 1884
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Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro) as Juliet in 'Romeo & Juliet', by W. & D. Downey, 1884, NPG x72, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro) as Juliet in 'Romeo & Juliet', by W. & D. Downey, 1884
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Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro) as Juliet in 'Romeo & Juliet', by W. & D. Downey, 1884, NPG x73, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro) as Juliet in 'Romeo & Juliet', by W. & D. Downey, 1884
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Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro) as Juliet in 'Romeo & Juliet', by Henry Van der Weyde, 1884, NPG x75, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro) as Juliet in 'Romeo & Juliet', by Henry Van der Weyde, 1884
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Dame Peggy Ashcroft as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Howard Coster, 1935, NPG x2472, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Dame Peggy Ashcroft as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Howard Coster, 1935
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Dame Peggy Ashcroft as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Howard Coster, 1935, NPG x2473, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Dame Peggy Ashcroft as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Howard Coster, 1935
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Dame Peggy Ashcroft as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Howard Coster, 1935, NPG x2474, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Dame Peggy Ashcroft as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Howard Coster, 1935
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Dame Peggy Ashcroft as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Howard Coster, 1935, NPG x2475, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Dame Peggy Ashcroft as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Howard Coster, 1935
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Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro) as Juliet in 'Romeo & Juliet', by Henry Van der Weyde, 1884, NPG x4184, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro) as Juliet in 'Romeo & Juliet', by Henry Van der Weyde, 1884
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Alfred E. Calver as Tybalt in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Guttenberg, circa 1905, NPG x5015, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Alfred E. Calver as Tybalt in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Guttenberg, circa 1905
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Stella Colas as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Southwell Brothers, 1863, NPG x6297, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Stella Colas as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Southwell Brothers, 1863
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Dame Peggy Ashcroft as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Howard Coster, 1935, NPG x10327, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Dame Peggy Ashcroft as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Howard Coster, 1935
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Dame Peggy Ashcroft as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Howard Coster, 1935, NPG x10328, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Dame Peggy Ashcroft as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Howard Coster, 1935
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Dame Peggy Ashcroft as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Howard Coster, 1935, NPG x10329, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Dame Peggy Ashcroft as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Howard Coster, 1935
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Dame Peggy Ashcroft as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Howard Coster, 1935, NPG x10330, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Dame Peggy Ashcroft as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Howard Coster, 1935
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Adelina Patti as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company, 1875, NPG x14712, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Adelina Patti as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company, 1875
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Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro) as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by W. & D. Downey, circa 1884, NPG x19001, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro) as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by W. & D. Downey, circa 1884
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Lilian Hallows as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Bassano Ltd, 1913, NPG x84315, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Lilian Hallows as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Bassano Ltd, 1913
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Lilian Hallows as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Bassano Ltd, 1913, NPG x103790, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Lilian Hallows as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Bassano Ltd, 1913
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Lilian Hallows as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Bassano Ltd, 1913, NPG x103791, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Lilian Hallows as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Bassano Ltd, 1913
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Lilian Hallows as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Bassano Ltd, 1913, NPG x103792, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Lilian Hallows as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Bassano Ltd, 1913
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Lilian Hallows as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Bassano Ltd, 1913, NPG x103793, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Lilian Hallows as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Bassano Ltd, 1913
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Lilian Hallows as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Bassano Ltd, 1913, NPG x103794, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Lilian Hallows as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Bassano Ltd, 1913
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Mary Frances Scott-Siddons as Juliet in 'Romeo & Juliet', by William Neilson, 1866, NPG x129622, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Mary Frances Scott-Siddons as Juliet in 'Romeo & Juliet', by William Neilson, 1866
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Adelaide Neilson as Juliet in 'Romeo & Juliet', by Napoleon Sarony, 1871-1880, NPG x135652, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Adelaide Neilson as Juliet in 'Romeo & Juliet', by Napoleon Sarony, 1871-1880
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Nora Kerin as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Bassano Ltd, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd, 1908, NPG x193872, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Nora Kerin as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Bassano Ltd, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd, 1908
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Nora Kerin as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Bassano Ltd, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd, 1908, NPG x193873, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Nora Kerin as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Bassano Ltd, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd, 1908
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Stella Colas as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company, 1863, NPG x197089, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Stella Colas as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company, 1863
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Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro) as Juliet in 'Romeo & Juliet', by Henry Van der Weyde, 1884, NPG x197241, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Mary Anderson (Mrs de Navarro) as Juliet in 'Romeo & Juliet', by Henry Van der Weyde, 1884
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Ellen Terry as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Window & Grove, 1882, NPG x197890, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Ellen Terry as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Window & Grove, 1882
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William Thomas Lewis as Mercutio in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Gainsborough Dupont, 1794, NPG 5148, © National Portrait Gallery, London
William Thomas Lewis as Mercutio in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Gainsborough Dupont, 1794
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Charles Kemble as Mercutio in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Richard James Lane, printed by Jérémie Graf, published by Colnaghi and Puckle, after Alfred Edward Chalon, published May 1840, NPG D22329, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Charles Kemble as Mercutio in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Richard James Lane, printed by Jérémie Graf, published by Colnaghi and Puckle, after Alfred Edward Chalon, published May 1840
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Robert William Elliston as Mercutio in 'Romeo and Juliet', by J. Findlay, 1822, NPG D46073, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Robert William Elliston as Mercutio in 'Romeo and Juliet', by J. Findlay, 1822
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John Gielgud as Romeo; Laurence Olivier as Mercutio; Geoffrey Toone as Tybalt in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Howard Coster, 1935, NPG x14523, © National Portrait Gallery, London
John Gielgud as Romeo; Laurence Olivier as Mercutio; Geoffrey Toone as Tybalt in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Howard Coster, 1935
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George James Vining as Mercutio in 'Romeo & Juliet', by Southwell Brothers, 1864, NPG x13265, © National Portrait Gallery, London
George James Vining as Mercutio in 'Romeo & Juliet', by Southwell Brothers, 1864
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John Gielgud as Mercutio in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Howard Coster, 1935, NPG x14529, © National Portrait Gallery, London
John Gielgud as Mercutio in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Howard Coster, 1935
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John Gielgud as Mercutio in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Howard Coster, 1935, NPG x14530, © National Portrait Gallery, London
John Gielgud as Mercutio in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Howard Coster, 1935
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John Gielgud as Mercutio in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Howard Coster, 1935, NPG x14531, © National Portrait Gallery, London
John Gielgud as Mercutio in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Howard Coster, 1935
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Mary Anderson as Juliet and Fanny Stirling as the Nuse in 'Romeo and Juliet', by William Downey, for W. & D. Downey, published by Cassell & Company, Ltd, published 1890 (circa 1885), NPG Ax14725, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Mary Anderson as Juliet and Fanny Stirling as the Nuse in 'Romeo and Juliet', by William Downey, for W. & D. Downey, published by Cassell & Company, Ltd, published 1890 (circa 1885)
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Fanny Stirling as the Nurse and Mary Anderson as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by William Downey, for W. & D. Downey, published by Cassell & Company, Ltd, circa 1885, published 1890, NPG x79, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Fanny Stirling as the Nurse and Mary Anderson as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by William Downey, for W. & D. Downey, published by Cassell & Company, Ltd, circa 1885, published 1890
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Fanny Stirling as the Nurse and Mary Anderson as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by W. & D. Downey, (circa 1885), NPG x38810, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Fanny Stirling as the Nurse and Mary Anderson as Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet', by W. & D. Downey, (circa 1885)
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Dame Edith Evans as the nurse in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Howard Coster, 1935, NPG x11779, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Dame Edith Evans as the nurse in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Howard Coster, 1935
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Mrs Henry Marston (Georgiana Caroline Marsh (née Noel)) as the Nurse in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Southwell Brothers, circa 1863, NPG x21217, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Mrs Henry Marston (Georgiana Caroline Marsh (née Noel)) as the Nurse in 'Romeo and Juliet', by Southwell Brothers, circa 1863
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Ellen Terry as the Nurse in 'Romeo and Juliet', by E.O. Hoppé, published by J. Beagles & Co, 1919, NPG x134436, © 2022 E.O. Hoppé Estate Collection / Curatorial Inc.
Ellen Terry as the Nurse in 'Romeo and Juliet', by E.O. Hoppé, published by J. Beagles & Co, 1919