Elizabeth Kemble (nee Satchell) as Imoinda in "Oroonoko"

Elizabeth Kemble (nee Satchell) as Imoinda in "Oroonoko"

Southerne, Thomas. Oroonoko, a tragedy

Kemble, Elizabeth, 1763?-1841

Race in the theater

Full-length portrait of Kemble in the role of Imoinda. Standing in front of a forest, she faces slightly left with arms outspread and the right palm forward. She wears a turban with a large feather and a fringed sash that has a matching pattern with her skirt. A curl of hair has come loose from her turban.

De Wilde, Samuel, 1751-1832

Leney, W.

J. Bell

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Rare Book and Manuscript Library

1791

Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689. Oroonoko

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Mrs. S. KEMBLE as IMOINDA
There's something in that name that voice that face-Oh if I know myself, I cannot be mistaken".
London. Printed for J. Bell. British Library. Strand. October ? 1791

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