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Benjamin Nottingham Webster

(1798-1882), Actor and theatre manager

Sitter in 10 portraits

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Benjamin Nottingham Webster, by Southwell Brothers - NPG x27310

Benjamin Nottingham Webster

by Southwell Brothers
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
NPG x27310

Benjamin Nottingham Webster as William Penn Holder in 'One Touch of Nature', by John Jabez Edwin Mayall - NPG Ax27684

Benjamin Nottingham Webster as William Penn Holder in 'One Touch of Nature'

by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen print, published 1864-1865
NPG Ax27684

Benjamin Nottingham Webster, by Unknown photographer - NPG Ax7602

Benjamin Nottingham Webster

by Unknown photographer
woodburytype, 1870s
NPG Ax7602

Group of 29 actors, after Lock & Whitfield, and Elliott & Fry, and Fradelle & Marshall, and Pierre Petit, and Louis Bertin, and Unknown photographers - NPG x132955

Group of 29 actors

after Lock & Whitfield, and Elliott & Fry, and Fradelle & Marshall, and Pierre Petit, and Louis Bertin, and Unknown photographers
woodburytype, late 1870s
NPG x132955

Benjamin Nottingham Webster as Cousin Tod in 'Open House', by and published by George Edward Madeley - NPG D4716

Benjamin Nottingham Webster as Cousin Tod in 'Open House'

by and published by George Edward Madeley
coloured lithograph, circa 1829-1840
NPG D4716

Benjamin Nottingham Webster as Major Hans Mansfelt in 'The White Horse of the Peppers', after Unknown artist - NPG D4715

Benjamin Nottingham Webster as Major Hans Mansfelt in 'The White Horse of the Peppers'

after Unknown artist
coloured lithograph, 1830s
NPG D4715

Benjamin Nottingham Webster as Stanilas de Fonblanche in 'The Roused Lion', by Charles Baugniet, printed by M & N Hanhart, after Thomas Harrington Wilson - NPG D37626

Benjamin Nottingham Webster as Stanilas de Fonblanche in 'The Roused Lion'

by Charles Baugniet, printed by M & N Hanhart, after Thomas Harrington Wilson
hand-coloured lithograph, (1848)
NPG D37626

Benjamin Nottingham Webster as Penn Holder in 'One Touch of Nature', after Alfred Bryan - NPG D4717

Benjamin Nottingham Webster as Penn Holder in 'One Touch of Nature'

after Alfred Bryan
chromolithograph, 1870s
NPG D4717

Benjamin Nottingham Webster as Penn Holder in 'One Touch of Nature', after Alfred Bryan - NPG D4718

Benjamin Nottingham Webster as Penn Holder in 'One Touch of Nature'

after Alfred Bryan
chromolithograph, 1870s
NPG D4718

Benjamin Nottingham Webster ('The 'Delphi Apollo. Sleek o'er your rugged looks; Be bright and jovial 'mong your

Benjamin Nottingham Webster ('The 'Delphi Apollo. Sleek o'er your rugged looks; Be bright and jovial 'mong your "guests" to-night - Shakespeare.')

published by Frederick Arnold, after Unknown artist
lithograph, published in the Hornet 20 November 1872
NPG D48315

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