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- subject matching 'In Character'
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).
Thomas Collins as Sharp in Garrick's 'The Lying Valet'
by William Satchwell Leney (Lenney), published by John Cawthorn, after Samuel De Wilde
stipple, published 1805
On display in Room 11 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L269.B6.03
George Frederick Cooke as Richard III
by Anthony Cardon, published by John Peter Thompson, after John Thomas Barber Beaumont (John Thomas Barber)
stipple, published 4th June 1805
On display in Room 11 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L269.B6.23
William Dowton as Drugget in Murphy's 'Three Weeks after Marriage'
by Robert Cooper, published by John Cawthorn, after Samuel De Wilde
stipple, published 14th October 1805
On display in Room 11 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L269.B8.39
John Bannister as Dick in Arthur Murphy's 'The Apprentice'
by Edward Scriven, published by John Cawthorn, after Samuel De Wilde
stipple, published 14th October 1805
On display in Room 11 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L269.B8.49
Andrew Cherry as Lazarillo in 'Two Strings to your Bow'
by William Bond, published by John Cawthorn, after Samuel De Wilde
stipple, published 1806
On display in Room 11 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L269.B6.01
Mrs Atkins as Selima in 'Selima and Azor'
by Robert Cooper, after Samuel De Wilde
stipple, circa 1806
On display in Room 11 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L269.B6.11
Margaret Martyr (née Thornton) as Phoebe in Rosina
by George Cooke, published by John Cawthorn, after Samuel De Wilde
stipple, published 18th January 1806
On display in Room 11 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L269.B6.16
Samuel Simmons as Abel in 'Honest Thieves'
by Robert Smith, published by John Cawthorn, after Samuel De Wilde
stipple, circa 1806
On display in Room 11 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L269.B7.02
Maria Rebecca Davison (née Duncan) as Maria in Murphy's 'The Citizen'
by Anthony Cardon, published by John Cawthorn, after Samuel De Wilde
stipple, published 15th February 1806
On display in Room 11 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L269.B7.05
Rosoman Mountain (née Wilkinson) as Matilda in Burgoyne's 'Richard Coeur de Lion'
by Luigi Schiavonetti, published by John Cawthorn, after Samuel De Wilde
stipple, published 2nd August 1806
On display in Room 11 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L269.B7.06
John Bannister as Ben in Congreve's 'Love for Love'
published by Charles Cooke, after Samuel De Wilde
etching, published 13th September 1806
On display in Room 11 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L269.B7.30
Edward Anthony Rock as the Irishman in Reed's 'The Register Office'
by Richard Woodman, published by John Cawthorn, after Samuel De Wilde
stipple, published 10th April 1806
On display in Room 11 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L269.B8.55
Robert William Elliston as Duke Aranza in 'The Honeymoon'
by Patrick Maguire, after Samuel De Wilde
stipple, published in the Cyclopaedian Magazine circa 1807
On display in Room 11 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L269.B7.19
Sarah Harlowe (Mrs Waldron) as Beatrice in Ravenscroft's 'The Anatomist'
by Robert Cooper, published by George Cawthorn, after Samuel De Wilde
stipple, 1807
On display in Room 11 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L269.B7.24
Sarah Liston (née Tyrer) as Madge in Bickerstaff's 'Love in a Village'
by Edward Scriven, published by Bell & De Camp, after Samuel De Wilde
stipple, circa 1809
On display in Room 11 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L269.B8.50
Samuel Foote as Major Sturgeon in the Mayor of Garrat
after Johan Joseph Zoffany
etching, 1814 or before
On display in Room 11 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L269.B6.25
