John Baldwin Buckstone
(1802-1879), Actor, playwright and theatre managerEarly Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 20 portraits
Comedian and writer; began his career as a solicitor's clerk, but soon achieved success on the provincial stage; his first play, Luke the Labourer, was produced in 1826 and over one hundred further dramas followed; Buckstone made a highly successful career as a comic actor and was manager of the Haymarket Theatre 1853-6.
by Daniel Maclise
oil on canvas, circa 1836
NPG 2087
by (Octavius) Charles Watkins
carbon print, 1850s
NPG P944
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(139)
by Alfred Bryan
watercolour
NPG 3071
by Herbert Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, 1850s
NPG x137555
by Herbert Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, late 1850s
NPG x137554
John Baldwin Buckstone as Sir Andrew Aguecheek in 'Twelfth Night'
by Herbert Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1858
NPG x22082
by Maull & Polyblank
albumen print, arched top, published January 1859
NPG x14251
by W. & D. Downey
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax39932
John Baldwin Buckstone as Sir Andrew Aguecheek in 'Twelfth Night'
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen print, published 1864-1865
NPG Ax27683
John Baldwin Buckstone as Tony Lumpkins in 'She Stoops to Conquer'
by William Walker & Sons
albumen carte-de-visite, 1865
NPG x4861
by William Walker & Sons
albumen carte-de-visite, 1865
NPG x4862
by Unknown photographer
albumen print, early 1870s
NPG Ax25023
by Elliott & Fry
woodburytype, 1870s
NPG Ax7615
by Fradelle & Leach
albumen carte-de-visite, 1871
NPG Ax18166
by Fradelle & Marshall, after Fradelle & Leach
albumen carte-de-visite, 1873-1877 (1871)
NPG Ax28578
after Lock & Whitfield, and Elliott & Fry, and Fradelle & Marshall, and Pierre Petit, and Louis Bertin, and Unknown photographers
woodburytype, late 1870s
NPG x132955
by Richard James Lane, printed by M & N Hanhart, published by John Mitchell, after Herbert Watkins
lithograph, published 1 August 1861
NPG D22354
John Baldwin Buckstone ('A Brick from the Palace of Truth')
published by Frederick Arnold, after Unknown artist
lithograph, published in the Hornet 26 April 1871
NPG D48233
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