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Satirical engraving of eighteenth-century wigs drawn as they were worn at the late coronation of George III and Queen Charlotte. Wigs are measured 'architectonically' and put in a hierarchy of five groups, eachbearing annotations using mock…

Falstaff, wearing a pair of antlers, leg irons, and a sword, dances with Mistress Paige and Mistress Ford near a large oak tree. A full moon and a building with flag flying can be seen in the background.

Prose version published in The Works of the Late Aaron Hill, Esqof Hill's poem, The Art of Acting (1746), promoting naturalistic acting in the English theater.

Angellica threatens Willmore with a pistol in the Rover (Act V, Scene i).

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…

Act 5, Scene 3. Cleopatra stands and holds a knife in her right hand, and extends her left arm saying, : "I die, I will not bear it"

Act 5. Cleopatra sits with both of her arms extended asking: "Where shall I find him, where? Oh, turn me to him!"

--What scene is this quote from?
--How would you the costume? What are the dominant features?

Full length portrait of Mrs Hartley in the Character of Imoinda. Armed with a bow in her left hand, and a quiver of arrows on her back, she stands in profile. Her bodice and sleeves contain significant amounts of animal pelt. The bottom of her skirt…

Etching of actress, Elizabeth Barry

Engraving of an early eighteenth-century coffeehouse.