actors

Louis Gueymard (1822–1880) as Robert le Diable

Gustave Courbet · 1857

The French Comedians

Jean-Antoine Watteau · ca. 1720

東洲斎写楽画 初代市川男女蔵の奴一平　『恋女房染分手綱』 · Ichikawa Omezō I in the Role of Yakko Ippei from the Play "Koinyōbō somewake tazuna"

Sharaku · 1794

Untitled

Sharaku · Probably late 1880s or early 1890s

東洲斎写楽画 「市川鰕蔵」竹村定之進 『恋女房染分手綱』 · Ichikawa Ebizō IV as Takemura Sadanojō in the Play Koinyōbō Somewake Tazuna

Sharaku · 1794

Untitled

Sharaku · 1794

A Dance in the Country

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo · ca. 1755

Mr. Garrick in the Character of Richard III

David Garrick · Charles Grignion, I · William Hogarth · William Shakespeare · June 20, 1746

Untitled

Sharaku · ca. 1794

Untitled

Sharaku · 1794

Untitled

Sharaku · 1794

三代目市川高麗蔵の志賀大七 · Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Komazō III as Shiga Daishichi in the Play A Medley of Tales of Revenge (Katakiuchi noriaibanashi)

Sharaku · 5th month, 1794

Untitled

Sharaku · 1794–95

Untitled

Sharaku · 1794

東洲斎写楽画 二世坂東三津五郎の石井源蔵 『花菖蒲文禄曽我』 · Bandō Mitsugorō II as Ishii Genzō in the Play "Hana-ayame Bunroku Soga"

Sharaku · ca. 1794

Untitled

Suzuki Harunobu · ca. 1766

A Costumed Actor in Front of a Curtain

Gustave Doré

Garrick Speaking the Jubilee Ode

Caroline Watson · Robert Edge Pine · William Shakespeare · David Garrick · John Boydell · 1784

春好斎北洲画 初代浅尾勇次郎・初代市川鰕十郎　 『傾城佐野の船橋』 · Kabuki Actors Asao Yūjirō as Sano Genzaemon and Ichikawa Ebijūrō I as Miura Arajirō, in the play Keisei Sano no Funabashi

Shunkousai Hokushuu · 1822

春好斎北洲画 初代市川鰕十郎 「紅紫大坂潤」 · Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Ebijūrō I as Tōken (China Dog) Jūbei, in the play Benimurasaki ai de someage (Red and Purple, Rich Dyes of Osaka)

Shunkousai Hokushuu · 1822

「大判事清澄　坂東三津五郎」（三代）・「久我之助　嵐小六」（四代） · Bandō Mitsugorō III as Daihanji Kiyozumi and Arashi Koroku IV as Koganosuke

Shunkousai Hokushuu · 1821

春好斎北洲画 三代目中村歌右衛門 『一世一代当狂言』 · Kabuki Actor Nakamura Utaemon III as the Sword Master Kyōgoku Takumi, from the series Issei ichidai atari Kyōgen (Hits of a Lifetime of Kyōgen)

Shunkousai Hokushuu · 1825

The Beggar's Opera, Act III

John & Josiah Boydell · John Gay · William Blake · William Hogarth · July 1, 1790