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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"

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…

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

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.

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.

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…

David Garrick being courted by Tragedy and Comedy. Comedy playfully pulls at Garrick's right arm while Tragedy, with her left arm raised, pulls at Garrick's left.

Mahogany chair with medallion of William Shakespeare in profile. On the hoofed legs of the chair, there are faces. On the crest is a feather quill, a mask, a scroll, a trumpet and a dagger. For further information, see The Royal Collection Trust.

Full-length portrait of Litchfield 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 dark beaded necklace, a turban with a large feather, and a dark fringed sash…

In this scene, a bear chained to a large wooden stake in the middle of the arena prepares to defend itself against the on-rushing pack of dogs. In the lower left corner of the illustration, an animal handler/referee watches the scene with a large…