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Full-length portrait of actress (thought to be Sarah Siddons) in the role of Lady Macbeth. Looking upward, she clenches her outstretched right arm, while clenching a letter to her bosom with her left hand.

Illustration of the many preparations for the pantomime at Drury Lane Theatre, including Property Room, Dressmaking, Boiling the Size, and Mr. Beverly's Painting Room.

Portrait of Ira Aldridge in the role of Othello. Standing in front of a curtain, he holds a cutlass in his right hand and points with his left hand. Behind his right side, sits a male figure.

Image of kneeling half-clothed slave in chains set in relief against a white background. Over the top-half of the medallion there is the famous inscription: "Am I not a man and a brother?" For further information see The British Museum.

Oroonoko stands with a knife clenched in his right hand, leaning back and looking at his wife Imoinda over his left shoulder. His left arm and hers cross, as she leans toward him. Oroonoko's muscles on his arms and legs are tense. Both are wearing…

Kneeling half-clothed African man in chains with clasped hands. He kneels in the red dirt surrounded by water and trees. Above, light breaks from the clouds and shines down on him. Below is a blue and gold banner, reading "Am I not a man and a…

A black male figure in a loincloth raises both arms with clenched fists. A woman, dark but lighter than her male companion, leans forward, wrapping her left arm around his waist, with her right arm forward outstretched. The two figures stand at the…

A black male figure in a loincloth raises both arms with clenched fists. A woman, dark but lighter than her male companion, leans forward, wrapping her left arm around his waist, with her right arm forward outstretched. The two figures stand at the…

Illustration of Southerne's adaptation of Behn's Oroonoko: or the Royal Slave. Oroonoko stands with his right arm outstretched pointing down to draw Imoinda's attention to the dead Aboan on the ground. Imoinda bends slightly to look while touching…

Barry stands in blackface and wearing a yellow turban with red feathers. He is attired in an embroidered yellow tunic, green robe trimmed with fur and lined in pink, red tights, brown boots.