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Attributed three-quarter length portrait of actress, Mary Betterton holding a shell beside a fountain with three stone cherubs.

Full-length engraved portrait. Mark Lemon costumed as Falstaff holds a tankard in his right hand and wears a dagger, a sword, and a purse.

Map showing location of theaters and relevant sites.

title page for Man of Mode in 1676, the year it was first performed at Duke's Theatre.

An unknown conspirator meets with Queen Elizabeth's physician (Lopez) to plan to poison her. "What will you give?" In the stark background stands the Tower of London and the gallows, the destined end of traitors. Engraving from Carlton'sA Thankful…

Interior of Covent Garden Theater, empty, showing the orchestra, the box seats to stage right, and the stage with the curtain drawn.

Ballad printed c. 1687 about Anglo-Irish relations in the reign of James II. Digitized, transcribed, and recorded by the English Broadside Ballad Archive.

Watercolor of the exterior of Lincoln's Inn Fields theatre.

Half-length portrat of Fenton dressed as Polly Peachum. For more information, see NPGPaired with a portrait of Thomas Walker as Macheath.

Well-dressed gentlemen dally with orange sellers while bemused audience members watch a play. Three musicians appear below.See fuller description from the Northwestern Library.