18th-century actress posters & prints

Portrait of a French Actress, c. 1746 Jacques-Charles Allais (attributed to)

Portrait of Johanna Cornelia Wattier J. ten Brink

Margaret 'Peg' Woffington (1720-1760), Irish actress Jackson

Margaret 'Peg' Woffington (1720-1760), Irish actress John Brooks

Portrait of an italian actress, 18th century Pietro Antonio Rotari

Hester Booth as a Harlequin Woman John Ellys

Actor reciting to a manager Thomas Rowlandson

Portrait of Sarah Siddons Thomas (after) Lawrence

Mlle Clairon in the role of Pulcherie in 'Heraclius' by Corneille French School

Mrs Robinson, c.1784 Joshua Reynolds

Strolling Actresses Dressing in a Barn, May 1738 William Hogarth

Strolling Actresses Dressing in a Barn, 1738 William Hogarth

Actresses' Dressing Room at Drury Lane Thomas Rowlandson

Monument to Margaret Woffington, the actress, at Teddington Anonymous

Mrs Siddons, c.1784 George Romney

Mrs. Abington as Roxana 1782-3 Joshua Reynolds

Mrs. Siddons as 'The Tragic Muse' Joshua (studio of) Reynolds

Portrait of a Young Woman, 1770s Jean-Honore Fragonard

Portrait of an Old Woman, c.1781 French School

Strolling actresses dressing in a barn William Hogarth

Connie Ediss in The Silver Slipper Ellis & Walery

An Unknown Woman, Called Peg Woffington George Beare

Mrs. Sarah Siddons, 1785 Thomas Gainsborough

Contemplations upon a coronet Anonymous

Louise Contat de Parny in the role of Suzanne French School

Elizabeth, Lady Blunt, c.1764 George Romney

Portrait of a lady Nicolas de Largilliere

Sarah Siddons, taken from a series of cigarette cards Anonymous

Portrait of Mrs. William Strachan, c.1770-1772 Charles Willson Peale

Catherine Maria 'Kitty' Fisher Joshua Reynolds

Portrait of Catherine the Great as Lawgiver in the Temple of the Goddess of Justice, early 1780s Dmitri Grigor'evich Levitsky

Lady in a Garden (Portrait of Grand Duchess Natalia), c1773-c1776 Pierre Etienne Falconet

Portrait of a Woman, Said to be Madame Charles Simon Favart…, 1757 Francois Hubert Drouais

Portrait of a young girl wearing a scoop-necked dress Unknown

Portrait of a Young Woman, 1770s Jean-Honore Fragonard

Sleeping young woman, 18th century Pietro Antonio Rotari