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A selection of portraits with representations of characters from the stage, cinema or in writing. See also: 'Film-shots and stage sets' (Theme), 'Masks and disguises' (Dress), 'Fancy Dress' (Dress).
Frances ('Fanny') Maria Kelly as Lady Savage
by Francis William Wilkin, printed by Graf & Soret, published by Ackermann & Co
hand-coloured lithograph, published mid 1830s-early 1840s
NPG D3461
John Philip Kemble as Rolla in 'Pizarro'
after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mezzotint, published 1834
NPG D3402
by Richard James Lane
lithograph, circa 1834
NPG D21797
Henry Gaskell Denvil as Manfred
by James Egan, after Henry Farrer
mezzotint, published 1835
NPG D35028
Henry Gaskell Denvil as Manfred
by James Egan, published by B.B. King, sold by Ackermann & Co, after Henry Farrer
mezzotint, published May 1835
NPG D38192
Henry Gaskell Denvil as Manfred
by James Egan, published by B.B. King, sold by Ackermann & Co, after Henry Farrer
mezzotint, published May 1835
NPG D17079
Morris Barnett as Monsieur Jacques
by John Brandard
hand-coloured lithograph, 1836 or after
NPG D23471
by Richard James Lane, printed by Graf & Soret, published by John Mitchell, published by Rittner & Goupil, after Alfred Edward Chalon
coloured lithograph, published 1 January 1836
NPG D34975
Giulia Grisi as Elvira; Luigi Lablache as Sir Georgio in Bellini's 'I Puritani'
by Richard James Lane, printed by Graf & Soret, published by John Mitchell, published by Rittner & Goupil, after Alfred Edward Chalon
coloured lithograph, published 1 January 1836
NPG D34976
Giulia Grisi as Elvira; Luigi Lablache as Sir Georgio in Bellini's 'I Puritani'
by Richard James Lane, printed by Graf & Soret, published by John Mitchell, published by Rittner & Goupil, after Alfred Edward Chalon
coloured lithograph, published 1 January 1836
NPG D34977
by Richard James Lane, printed by Graf & Soret, published by John Mitchell, published by Rittner & Goupil, after Alfred Edward Chalon
lithograph, published 1 January 1836
NPG D37125
Giulia Grisi as Elvira; Luigi Lablache as Sir Georgio in Bellini's 'I Puritani'
by Richard James Lane, printed by Graf & Soret, published by John Mitchell, published by Rittner & Goupil, after Alfred Edward Chalon
coloured lithograph, published 1 January 1836
NPG D37126
by Richard James Lane, published by John Mitchell, published by Rittner & Goupil, after Alfred Edward Chalon
hand-coloured lithograph, published 1 January 1836
NPG D40815
by C. Burton
hand-coloured lithograph, circa 1836
NPG D42697
by T.H. Jones
hand-coloured lithograph, circa 1836
NPG D42701
John Lee as Alfred Jingle in 'The Pickwickians'
by John William Gear, printed by Jérémie Graf
coloured lithograph, circa 1837
NPG D21565
Louisa Cranstoun Nisbett (née Macnamara, later Boothby) as The Young King
by John Deffett Francis, printed by Jérémie Graf, published by Welch & Gwynne
lithograph, published 1 November 1837
NPG D38971
Louisa Cranstoun Nisbett as Zarah
by Richard James Lane, published by Thomas McLean, after Sir Francis Grant
hand-coloured lithograph, published 29 August 1837
NPG D38973
Awful Scene from Tom Thumb, as lately acted at Hanover
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 21 August 1837
NPG D41432
Emma Albertazzi (née Howson) as Zerlina in 'Don Giovanni'
by Marie Françoise Catherine Doetter ('Fanny') Corbaux
hand-coloured lithograph, 1837
NPG D7304