Theatrical Characters

Artistic representations of actors and historical figures in dramatic poses, with a focus on fashion and character details in various media.

Standing man hand in the side, anonymous, c. 1700 - c. 1799 drawing Netherlands paper. ink pen / brush

Klopstock, Friedrich Gottlieb .

The knight desseasau, vintage engraving. The knight desseasau, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1852. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10673633

Isaac Oliver, c. 1610 (Hind II, 71), Print made by Hendrick Hondius, 1573-after 1649, Dutch, after Isaac Oliver, ca. 1565-1617, French, active in Britain, Formerly print made by Isaac Oliver, (after Isaac Oliver), ca. 1565-1617, French, active in Britain, c. 1610

Lansdown, William Petty Marquis of .

Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695-1756, Netherlandish, active in Britain, The Swain's Amusement, between 1748 and 1756. Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

Tadeusz Kosciuszko Lipnicki, Feliks (Fl. Ca 1845 1855), Garnier, Hypolyte Louis (1802 1855)

Leopold II (1797-1870). Grand Duke of Tuscany (1824-1859). Portrait. Drawing by M. Iglesias. Lithography by J. Donón. "Reyes Contemporáneos" (Contemporary Kings). Volume II. Published in Madrid, 1852. Author: Julio Donón. Spanish artist active from 1840 to 1880. Manuel Iglesias y Domínguez. 19th-century Spanish painter.

Joseph Slater, active 1803-died 1847, A Sketch of Sir Walter Scott in a Garden, undated. Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper.

Portrait of Hendrik van der Graft, Jan van Munnickhuysen, after Willem van Ingen, 1694 - 1696 print Portrait of Hendrik van der Graft, pastor, sitting in a chair and pointing to a crucifix. At the bottom of the margin two six -line verses in Dutch. Netherlands paper engraving

Washington.. Prints. 1880. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Washington, George, 1732-1799

J.P. Kemble in the role of Hamlet, standing on a grassy bank wearing a long cape edged with fur and a large feathered hat on his head; he is holding a skull in his hand. Engraving after Sir Thomas Lawrence.

Portrait of Johan Evertsen, Arnold de Jode, after Pieter Borselaer, 1666 - in Or Before 1669 print Portrait of Johan Evertsen, Admiraal van Zeeland. A sea fight in the background. The portrait is caught in a laurel wreath that rests on a pedestal. On the Pieth stable the name and function of the portrayed person and a six -line caption in Dutch. Pendant of a portrait of Cornelis Evertsen. London paper engraving historical persons. battle (+ naval force). Battle of St. James's Day

Dancing farmer, hanging with a row of sausages, Nicolaes van Lijnhoven, after Andries Both, 1622 - Before 1702 print A dancing farmer in a landscape. A row of sausages hangs around his body, a bird head sticks out of his fly. The print is part of a six -part series of prints with performances of farmers and farmers in obscene postures. paper. ink engraving / pen farmers. gesture-language. scabrous scenes, pornography (+ variant). sausage

Loudon, Gideon Ernst Freiherr.

Fish, Raymond.

MATTHAU BUCHINGER German, born at Nuremberg, without hands or legs, became adept at drawing and performing on musical instruments. Date: 1674 - 1722

Portland, William Henry Cavendish Duke of .

The person portrayed is standing on the deck of a ship. His right hand at his side. In the background a mountainous landscape. Beneath the portrait is written: Prince of Joinville, Portrait of Francis of Orleans., print maker: anonymous, printer: Hilmar Johannes Backer, (mentioned on object), Dordrecht, 1822 - 1845, paper, h 265 mm × w 176 mm

Illustration of Joseph Boruwalski and giant Patrick Cotter O'Brien 1805. Patrick O'Brien (1760-1806), born Patrick Cotter in Kinsale, Ireland in 1760, grew to the height of over eight foot and became known as the Irish Giant and the Bristol Giant. The dwarf Joseph Boruwalski (1739-1837) was born in Poland in 1739, adopted by a local official when he was nine and was later acquired by Countess Humiecka. When he was fifteen she took him to Vienna, and in 1760 to Paris where he started his career as a curiosity. He was presented to the future King George IV.

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William Woodville. Stipple engraving by L.() Perrot, ca. 1800, after Antoine Ansiaux.

After: C. Jacques Notte, French, ac. ca. 1779-1795, John PaulJones, Mezzotint, image: 32.5 × 23.7 cm (12 13/16 × 9 5/16 in.), Made in France, French, 18thcentury, Works on Paper -Prints

A man with a glass of wine. Draughtsman: Cornelis Troost. Dating: 1706 - 1750. Measurements: h 198 mm × w 151 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

The Swain's Amusement, Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695-1756, Netherlandish, active in Britain, Published by Robert Sayer, 1725-1794, British, Published by John Ryall, active 1755-1762, British, Published by Robert Withy, active 1750-1765, British, after Philippe Mercier, 1689 or 1691-1760, Franco-German, active in Britain (from 1716), between 1748 and 1756, Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 13 1/4 x 9 3/16 inches (33.7 x 23.4 cm), Plate: 12 7/8 x 8 7/8 inches (32.7 x 22.6 cm), and Image: 11 5/16 x 8 7/8 inches (28.8 x 22.5 cm), bow (costume accessory), boy, child, costume, drum (musical instrument), fife, frock coat, genre subject, music, peasant, rural, tricorne, waistcoat

Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, engraving on laid paper, plate: 17.8 x 12.1 cm (7 x 4 3/4 in.), sheet: 19.5 x 14.1 cm (7 11/16 x 5 9/16 in.), Remi-Henri-Joseph Delvaux (artist) French, 1748 or 1750 - 1823, Johann Heinrich Ramberg (artist after) German, 1763 - 1840

Governor Van der Graeff (1785-1791) was an excellent military officer, who, however, was rather reckless as regards expenditure for fortifications. To a new district the name Graaff-Reinet was given in honour of the governor and his wife - shown here.

Historia de España. Alfonso IV de Aragón (1299-1336), el Benigno. Grabado de 1872.

unknown artist, eighteenth century, The Manchester Hero, or Arts yieId to Arms, undated. Mezzotint.

Exhibition of works of art in Manchester, Blue Boy the Younger or Master Buttall, vintage engraving. Exhibition of works of art in Manchester, Blue Boy the Younger or Master Buttall, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1857. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10673759

William Farington of Shawe Hall, Lancashire. Date/Period: Ca. 1743. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 492 mm (19.37 in); Width: 337 mm (13.26 in). Author: Arthur Devis.

Hamblin, Thomas Sowerby .

ODONTOLOGY. Engraving, 1810 published in the French newspaper "Le Caricature". Paris France.

Print made by John Raphael Smith, 1752-1812, British, Colonel Tarleton, 1782. Mezzotint, engraver's proof on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

Francis Huber (1750-c1831) the blind Swiss naturalist, studied the habits of bees with the aid of his servant. Here the servant is acting as his employer's eyes and watching the bees. Engraving from Scenes of Industry (London, 1830).

Portret van Maximilien Sébastien Foy, Pierre Roch Vigneron, 1825 print ONDER HET PORTRET EEN TWEEREGELIG towards Van de Geportretteerde: the one who wants more than the Charter, less than the Charter, other than the Charter, this one lacks his sermens. Paris paper. historical persons

Engraving by British artist & engraver, William Hogarth 1697ñ1764: Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat (c. 1667 ñ 9 April 1747, London), was a Scottish Jacobite and Chief of Clan Fraser of Lovat, who was famous for his violent feuding and his changes of allegiance. 1745

The Man and the Flea. A man contemplates the ocean from the shore, while a flea sits on his nose and humiliates him. Copperplate engraving by Lovegrove after an illustration by Hubert Francois Bourguignon Gravelot from Fables by John Gay, with a Life of the Author, John Stockdale, London, 1793.

Louis III (1806-1877). Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (1848-1877). Portrait. Drawing by C. Legrand. Lithography by J. Donón. "Reyes Contemporáneos" (Contemporary Kings). Volume II. Published in Madrid, 1852. Author: Julio Donón. Spanish artist active from 1840 to 1880. Luis Carlos Legrand (fl. 1829-1858). Spanish draughtsman and lithographer.

Thomas Coram. Stipple engraving by W. Nutter, 1796, after W. Hogarth.

Domenico Bertolini, by Carlo Lasinio (1759-1838), engraving, 18th Century.

Mr Clarke in the character of Henry VIII in William Shakespeare's Henry VIII, Covent Garden Theatre, 2 November 1772. In plumed cap, ermine-trimmed coat, doublet, pantaloons and hose, with rapier, holding a ring. Matthew Clarke, died 1786, performed at the Covent Garden for over 30 years. Copperplate engraving by Charles Grignion after a portrait by James Roberts from John Bell's Edition of Shakespeare, London, January 1, 1776.

Eugene Beauharnais / at the tomb of his mother making the last homework of small filiel.

Baron de Kalb introducing Lafayette to Silas Deane. 1778 - 1880. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Deane, Silas, 1737-1789, Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834, De Kalb, Johann, 1721-1780

Christopher Columbus (1451-1506). Explorer and navigator genovese. Engraving.

Napoleon by the fire; Wa Kowicz, Walenty (1799-1842); 1834 (1834-00-00-1834-00-00);Napoleon I (French emperor - 1769-1821), Napoleon I (French emperor - 1769-1821) - iconography, Napoleonica, bonfires, portraits of en Pied, male portraits, romanticism (style), purchase (provenance)

'Lady Charles Spencer', mid-18th century, (1912). Artist: William Dickinson

'Orlando', 1891.Artist: H Saunders

Henry Clinton (1730-1795). British military and politician. Engraving in American Revolution. Colored.

Breunner, Ferdinand Graf.

Portrait of Napoleon, knee, standing, three quarters to the left, draughtsman: Denis Auguste Marie Raffet, 1814 - 1860, paper, brush, h 110 mm × w 84 mm

Portrait of Frederick the Great, print maker: Johann Esaias Nilson, (mentioned on object), Augsburg, 1740 - 1788, paper, engraving, etching, h 220 mm, w 160 mm

Josef Speckbacher vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1846.

Forbes, Scottish Clans

Louis II, Prince of Condé; Black and White Illustration;

Heinrich von Brühl (1700 1763) of the Brühl Coat of Arms - Count of the Empire, Politician, Chief Receiver of Taxes, Favourite of Augustus III, General of the Saxon Infantry, General ofthe Horse Artillery unknown

Standing woman with fruit scale, Francoys Dancx, 1676 - 1682 drawing Possibly a woman of Indian and European origin from Pulicat. paper. pencil. ink pen / brush adult woman Pulicat

A 1854 watercolor by Franz Joseph Dobyaschofsky depicting a shepherd boy playing the flute in the Roman Campagna, showing rural figures and landscape.

Bliżej Kultury unknown

A man from Kamtschatka (Russia); encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780) Engraving by W. Sharp after J. Webber, 1780/1785.

Wutky, Michael .

Le Faucheur (The reaper), 1749-1797, France, by Jean-Charles Levasseur, David Teniers the Younger. Gift of Bishop Monrad, 1869.

Elijah Boardman 1789 Ralph Earl American Itinerant portrait painter Ralph Earl depicted the elegantly dressed dry-goods merchant Elijah Boardman (1760-1823) in his shop in New Milford, Connecticut. An unconventional setting for a full-length portrait, the work offered Boardman an opportunity to display his vast merchandise. An open door on the left reveals the shopkeepers textile inventory, including silks, wools, printed cottons, and linens—several of which he imported from India, China, and Europe through English ports. Although not pictured, Boardman also sold luxury goods from the Spanish West Indies, such as sugar, rum, molasses, and indigo, connecting the patrons of his Connecticut shop to the extensive networks of Atlantic trade. Listen to experts illuminate this artwork's story Listen Play or pause #4330. Elijah Boardman Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies We're sorry, the transcript for this audio track is not available at this time. We are working to make it available as s

David Garrick, 1717 - 1779. English actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer standing by a bust of William Shakespeare. From a print by Valentine Green after the painting by Thomas Gainsboroug

AMAZONA - SIGLO XX. Author: ZULOAGA ATRIBUIDO. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION.

George Washington, Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume III, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1897

Napoleon by Ingres

Labrador de Rusia. Grabado en color de 1805.

Daniel Lambert, a very large man. Engraving, 1809.

Frederick William IV of Prussia, 15 October 1795, 2 January 1861, at the opening of the first United Diet on 11 March 1847, digital improved reproduction of an original print from the 19th century

Portrait of Frederick II or Frederick the Great, popularly known as the Old Fritz, 24 January 1712, 17 August 1786, was King of Prussia from 1740 and Elector of Brandenburg from 1772. He came from the Hohenzollern dynasty, after the engraving by J. F. Bause, 1764, digital improved reproduction of an original print from the 19th century

Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia, 15 October 1795 - 2 January 1861, at the opening of the first United Diet on 11 March 1847, digital improved reproduction of an original print from the 19th century.

Gentleman with pot belly in salmon colored outfit with buttons. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 14 1/2 × 4 3/4 × 2 1/2 in. (36.8 × 12.1 × 6.4 cm). Date: second half 18th-mid-19th century.The practice of using crèche figures to restage religious events reached the height of its complexity and artistic excellence in eighteenth-century Naples, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art's group of Neapolitan crèche is one of the finest and most complete survivals of the art form. The ensemble consists of characters traditional to eighteenth-century Italian Christmas holiday customs. The Nativity, featuring the holy family, shepherds and their flocks, and a host of angels and cherubs is joined by the procession of the three Magi and colorful peasants, townspeople, and animals. The figures have articulated bodies of tow and wire with polychromed terracotta heads, and are all in partially distressed condition.These vibrant characters are further brought to life by a wide-ranging se

Solomon, Angelo.

Jean-Baptiste Carrier, Deputy of the Department of Cantal at the National Convention, guillotined 1794. Vignette shows the Drownings at Nantes, Noyades de Nantes, 1793. Mezzotint drawn and engraved by Jean Duplessis-Bertaux from his Collection Complete de 60 Portraits des Personnages qui ont le plus Figure dans la Revolution Francaise, Auber, Pairs, 1800. Portrait engraved by Charles Francois Gabriel Levachez.

Mungo Burton, 1799-1882, British, Dr. John Logan Campbell, 1838. Oil on canvas.

The Reefer, vintage engraved illustration.

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