Reproducing Fame: Printmakers and the Nineteenth Century Stage
Past display archive
27 August 2016 - 31 July 2017
Room 24: case display
Free
William Dowton
by Thomas Charles Wageman, after Samuel De Wilde
published 1 May 1808
NPG D9301
The demand for likenesses of famous stage stars such as Eliza Vestris and Charles William Macready allowed some artists to specialise in theatrical portraiture. This display surveys the depiction and transmission of celebrity through print, highlighting the skill of printmakers who portrayed the ingenuity of the London stage.
© The National Portrait Gallery, London
Related portraits
- William Henry West Betty as Young Norval in 'Douglas' (NPG D31737)
- William Dowton (NPG D9301)
- Madame Vestris as Don Giovanni (NPG D5233)
- Charles Mathews as six characters in 'Stories' (NPG D38320)
- 'Hypocrite. Act IId. Scene 1st.' (William Dowton; Sarah Harlowe (Mrs Waldron); John Liston) (NPG D9308)
- Fanny Kemble as Juliet (NPG D34183)
- Giulia Grisi as Anna Bolena (NPG D34975)
- Eleanora ('Ellen') Kean (née Tree) as Rosalind in 'As You Like It' (NPG D3454)
- 'The singing witches' (Jane Shirreff (Mrs Walcott); Priscilla Horton; Harriett Deborah Lacy (née Taylor)) (NPG D45777)
- Probably Jean Margaret Lander (née Davenport) as the seven characters in 'The Manager's Daughter' (NPG D21254)
- William Charles Macready as Werner (NPG D38124)