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Montage of American Theatrical Figures

Artist: Unidentified Artist
Sitter: Frank Hardenbergh, 1829 - 1889; Caroline Mary Richings, 1827 - 14 Jan 1884; Peter Richings, 19 May 1797 - 18 Jan 1871; Livingston Robert Shewell, 1833 - 1904; Joseph Proctor, 7 May 1816 - 2 Oct 1897; John Edmond Owens, 1823 - 1886; Lawrence Barrett, 4 Apr 1838 - 20 Mar 1891; Lucille Western, 8 Jan 1843 - 1877; Mary Ann Farlin, 18 Sep 1818 - 4 Sep 1887; John Gibbs Gilbert, 27 Feb 1810 - 17 Jun 1889; Charles James Mathews, 1803 - 1878; Lester Wallack, 1 Jan 1820 - 6 Sep 1888; John Dyott, 1812 - 22 Nov 1876; Josephine Orton, 1843 - 1926; Edwin Thomas Booth, 13 Nov 1833 - 7 Jun 1893; William Rufus Blake, 1805 - 1863; Harry Pearson, 16 May 1824 - 1884; William Henry Chippendale, 1801 - 1888; Helen Western, 1843 - 1868; Dan Marble, 1807 - 1849; William Evans Burton, 25 Sep 1804 - 10 Feb 1860; Thomas Sowerby Hamblin, 14 May 1800 - 8 Jan 1853; Frank Nelson Drew, 29 Oct 1831 - 1903; Thomas Dartmouth Rice, 20 May 1808 - 19 Sep 1860; Maria Ribbon, c.1845 - 1871; Maggie Mitchell, 14 Jun 1837 - 22 Mar 1918; Junius Brutus Booth, 22 Dec 1821 - 16 Sep 1883; James Henry Hackett, 15 Mar 1800 - 28 Dec 1871; John Randolph Scott, 19 Oct 1805 - 4 Apr 1856; Edward Loomis Davenport, 19 Nov 1814 - 1 Sep 1877; Charles W. Couldock, 1815 - 1898; Fanny Elizabeth Vining Davenport, 1829 - 20 Jul 1891; George Holland, 6 Dec 1791 - 20 Dec 1870; C. Barton Hill, 1828 - 1911; William Wheatley, 1816 - 1876; John Drew, Sr., 1827 - 1862; Anna Maria Mestayer, ? - 1881; Elizabeth Crocker, 12 Mar 1830 - 1857; Kate Josephine Bateman, 7 Oct 1842 - 8 Apr 1917; Wyzeman Marshall, 1815 - 1896; Charles Fisher, 1795 - 1869; Ada Isaac Menkin; John Brougham, 9 May 1810 - 7 Jun 1880; Edward Askew Sothern, 1 Apr 1826 - 20 Jan 1881; Louis Moreau Gottschalk, 8 May 1829 - 18 Dec 1869; Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore, 25 Dec 1829 - 24 Sep 1892; William E. Morris, 11 May 1832 - 1878; Evan Horn, 1823 - 1877; Daniel Bryant, 9 May 1833 - 10 Apr 1875; Antonio Pastor, 28 May 1837 - 26 Aug 1908; Joseph Pentland, 1841 - 1868; William Gomersal, c.1832 - 1902; Francis S. Chanfrau, 22 Feb 1824 - 2 Oct 1884; Annie M. Clarke, 1845 - 1902; Edwin Adams, 3 Feb 1834 - 28 Oct 1877; Kate Denin, 1837 - 1907; George Jordan; Henry Placide, 8 Sep 1799 - 23 Jan 1870; Thomas Placide, 1808 - 1877; F. Williams, active c. 1866; Frederick B. Conway, 10 Feb 1819 - 28 Apr 1874; Edwin Eddy, 1822 - 16 Dec 1875; William Pleater Davidge, 17 Apr 1814 - 7 Aug 1888; P. T. Barnum, 5 Jul 1810 - 7 Apr 1891; Signor Pasqualino Brignoli, 1824 - 1884; John Sleeper Clarke, 1833 - 1899; Frank Mayo, 18 Apr 1839 - 18 Jun 1896; Robert F. McClannin, 1832 - ?; John Wilson, active c. 1866; James William Wallack Jr., 24 Feb 1818 - 24 May 1873; Andrew Jackson Neafie, 1815 - 1892; James H. Ring; William Henry Sedley, 4 Dec 1806 - 17 Jan 1872; Daniel E. Bandman, 1840 - 1905; William Jermyn Florence, 26 Jul 1831 - 19 Nov 1891; James Booth Roberts, c. 1815 - 1901; Soloman Franklin Smith, 1801 - 1869; R. Meldrum; Charles Kean, 18 Jan 1811 - 22 Jan 1868; George Washington Lafayette Fox, 3 Jul 1825 - 24 Oct 1877; Charles Peters, 15 Apr 1825 - 1870; James Alfred Smith, active 1860 - 1870; William H. Bartholomew, 1830 - 1917; Charlotte Saunders Cushman, 23 Jul 1816 - 17 Feb 1876; Ellen Kean, 1805 - 1880; Bernard Flaherty, 1823 - 1876; William Warren, Jr., 17 Nov 1812 - 12 Sep 1888; Kate Reignolds, 1839 - 1911; Daniel Setchel, 1831 - 1866; Edwin Forrest, 9 Mar 1806 - 12 Dec 1872; John Sefton, 9 Mar 1806 - 1872; McKean Buchanan, 28 Feb 1823 - 16 Apr 1872; Josephine Hoey, c. 1822 - 1896; Madelaine Henriques, 1841 - 1929; Euphrosyne Parepa-Rosa; Adelaide Ristori, 1822 - 1906; Malhalie Dumas, active c.1865; Avonia Jones, 12 Jul 1839 - 5 Oct 1867; Julia Bennett Barrow, 6 Feb 1824 - 1903; Fanny Brown, 15 Mar 1837 - after 1870

Date: 1866

Type: Photograph

Medium: Albumen silver print
Dimensions: Image/Sheet: 37.7 x 53.2cm (14 13/16 x 20 15/16")

Topic: Music\Musical instrument\Piano; Weapon\Gun\Rifle; Equipment\Walking stick\Cane; Weapon\Sword; Nature & Environment\Animal\Horse; Artist's Effects\Palette; Music\Musical instrument\Trumpet; Interior\Performing Arts\Theatrical; Music\Musical instrument\Violin; Equipment\Camera; Equipment\Umbrella; Music\Musical instrument\Banjo; Weapon\Club; Artwork\Painting\Mural; Daniel Bryant: Male; Daniel Bryant: Performing Arts\Performer\Entertainer\Minstrel; James Henry Hackett: Male; James Henry Hackett: Literature\Writer; James Henry Hackett: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Theater; James Henry Hackett: Performing Arts\Theater manager; Edwin Forrest: Male; Edwin Forrest: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Theater; Edwin Forrest: Performing Arts\Theater manager; William Evans Burton: Male; William Evans Burton: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor; William Evans Burton: Literature\Writer\Playwright; William Evans Burton: Performing Arts\Theater manager; Thomas Sowerby Hamblin: Male; Thomas Sowerby Hamblin: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Theater; Thomas Sowerby Hamblin: Performing Arts\Theater manager; Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Male; Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Composer; Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Pianist; Thomas Dartmouth Rice: Male; Thomas Dartmouth Rice: Literature\Writer\Librettist; Thomas Dartmouth Rice: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Songwriter; Thomas Dartmouth Rice: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Singer; Thomas Dartmouth Rice: Literature\Writer\Playwright; Thomas Dartmouth Rice: Performing Arts\Performer\Entertainer\Minstrel; George Washington Lafayette Fox: Male; George Washington Lafayette Fox: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor; Edward Loomis Davenport: Male; Edward Loomis Davenport: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Theater; Edward Loomis Davenport: Performing Arts\Theater manager; Edward Askew Sothern: Male; Edward Askew Sothern: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Theater; John Drew, Sr.: Male; John Drew, Sr.: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor; P. T. Barnum: Male; P. T. Barnum: Performing Arts\Performer\Showman; P. T. Barnum: Performing Arts\Circus owner; P. T. Barnum: Society and Social Change\Administrator\Cultural organization administrator\Museum; William Warren, Jr.: Male; William Warren, Jr.: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Theater; John Edmond Owens: Male; John Edmond Owens: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor; John Edmond Owens: Performing Arts\Theater manager; Maggie Mitchell: Female; Maggie Mitchell: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor; Adelaide Ristori: Female; Adelaide Ristori: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor; Adelaide Ristori: Rulers and Aristocracy\Aristocrat\Marchioness; Edwin Thomas Booth: Male; Edwin Thomas Booth: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor; Edwin Thomas Booth: Performing Arts\Theater manager; Edwin Thomas Booth: Performing Arts\Producer\Theater; John Brougham: Male; John Brougham: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor; John Brougham: Literature\Writer\Playwright; William Jermyn Florence: Male; William Jermyn Florence: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Theater; William Jermyn Florence: Literature\Writer\Playwright; Frank Mayo: Male; Frank Mayo: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor; Henry Placide: Male; Henry Placide: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Theater; Henry Placide: Performing Arts\Performer\Comedian; Junius Brutus Booth: Male; Junius Brutus Booth: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor; Antonio Pastor: Male; Antonio Pastor: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Theater; Antonio Pastor: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Singer; Antonio Pastor: Performing Arts\Theater manager; Joseph Proctor: Male; Joseph Proctor: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor; Francis S. Chanfrau: Male; Francis S. Chanfrau: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor; Francis S. Chanfrau: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Theater; Francis S. Chanfrau: Literature\Writer\Playwright; William Wheatley: Male; William Wheatley: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor; William Wheatley: Performing Arts\Theater manager; Kate Josephine Bateman: Female; Kate Josephine Bateman: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Theater; Lawrence Barrett: Male; Lawrence Barrett: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor; Lawrence Barrett: Literature\Writer\Biographer; Lawrence Barrett: Performing Arts\Theater manager; John Gibbs Gilbert: Male; John Gibbs Gilbert: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Theater; Thomas Placide: Male; Thomas Placide: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Theater; Lester Wallack: Male; Lester Wallack: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Theater; Lester Wallack: Literature\Writer\Playwright; Lester Wallack: Performing Arts\Theater manager; Charlotte Saunders Cushman: Female; Charlotte Saunders Cushman: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Theater; William Pleater Davidge: Male; William Pleater Davidge: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor; William Pleater Davidge: Performing Arts\Performer\Comedian; Madelaine Henriques: Female; Madelaine Henriques: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Theater; Frank Hardenbergh: Male; Caroline Mary Richings: Female; Caroline Mary Richings: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Singer\Opera singer; Peter Richings: Male; Peter Richings: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor; Peter Richings: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Singer\Opera singer; Livingston Robert Shewell: Male; Lucille Western: Female; Lucille Western: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor; Charles James Mathews: Male; Charles James Mathews: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor; John Dyott: Male; John Dyott: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor; Josephine Orton: Female; William Rufus Blake: Male; William Rufus Blake: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor; William Rufus Blake: Literature\Writer\Playwright; Harry Pearson: Male; Harry Pearson: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor; William Henry Chippendale: Male; William Henry Chippendale: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor; Helen Western: Female; Helen Western: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor; Dan Marble: Female; Frank Nelson Drew: Male; Frank Nelson Drew: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor; John Randolph Scott: Male; John Randolph Scott: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor; Charles W. Couldock: Male; Fanny Elizabeth Vining Davenport: Female; George Holland: Male; George Holland: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor; C. Barton Hill: Male; C. Barton Hill: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor; Anna Maria Mestayer: Female; Wyzeman Marshall: Male; Charles Fisher: Male; Charles Fisher: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician; Charles Fisher: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor; Ada Isaac Menkin: Female; Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore: Male; Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician; Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Bandmaster; William E. Morris: Male; William E. Morris: Performing Arts\Performer\Entertainer\Minstrel; Evan Horn: Male; Evan Horn: Performing Arts\Performer\Entertainer\Minstrel; Joseph Pentland: Male; William Gomersal: Male; William Gomersal: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Theater; William Gomersal: Performing Arts\Theater manager; Annie M. Clarke: Female; Annie M. Clarke: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor; Edwin Adams: Male; Edwin Adams: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor; Kate Denin: Female; Kate Denin: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor; Kate Denin: Performing Arts\Performer\Comedian; George Jordan: Male; George Jordan: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Theater; George Jordan: Performing Arts\Theater manager; Frederick B. Conway: Male; Frederick B. Conway: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Theater; Signor Pasqualino Brignoli: Male; Signor Pasqualino Brignoli: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Singer; John Sleeper Clarke: Male; John Sleeper Clarke: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Theater; John Sleeper Clarke: Performing Arts\Performer\Comedian; Robert F. McClannin: Male; James William Wallack Jr.: Male; James William Wallack Jr.: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Theater; Andrew Jackson Neafie: Male; Andrew Jackson Neafie: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor; James H. Ring: Male; James H. Ring: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor; William Henry Sedley: Male; William Henry Sedley: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Theater; Daniel E. Bandman: Male; James Booth Roberts: Male; James Booth Roberts: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Theater; Soloman Franklin Smith: Male; Soloman Franklin Smith: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor; R. Meldrum: Undetermined; Charles Kean: Male; Charles Kean: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Theater; Charles Peters: Male; James Alfred Smith: Male; James Alfred Smith: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Theater; William H. Bartholomew: Male; Ellen Kean: Female; Ellen Kean: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Theater; Bernard Flaherty: Male; Mary Ann Farlin: Female; Maria Ribbon: Female; Elizabeth Crocker: Female; Elizabeth Crocker: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Theater; Elizabeth Crocker: Performing Arts\Theater manager; F. Williams: Male; F. Williams: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Theater; Edwin Eddy: Male; Edwin Eddy: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Theater; John Wilson: Male; John Wilson: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Theater; Kate Reignolds: Female; Kate Reignolds: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Theater; Daniel Setchel: Male; Daniel Setchel: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Theater; John Sefton: Male; John Sefton: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Theater; McKean Buchanan: Male; McKean Buchanan: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Theater; Josephine Hoey: Female; Josephine Hoey: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Theater; Euphrosyne Parepa-Rosa: Female; Euphrosyne Parepa-Rosa: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Singer\Opera singer; Malhalie Dumas: Female; Malhalie Dumas: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Theater; Avonia Jones: Female; Avonia Jones: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Theater; Julia Bennett Barrow: Female; Julia Bennett Barrow: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor; Fanny Brown: Female; Fanny Brown: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Theater; Portrait

Credit Line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Restrictions & Rights: CC0

Object number: NPG.96.171

Data Source: National Portrait Gallery