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Samuel de Wilde - Mr. Abbott as Romeo [in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet]
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Samuel De Wilde, born and died in London, was a portrait painter and etcher of Dutch descent famous for his theatrical paintings. He was the leading painter of actors and actresses between 1770 and 1820. He lived in Clarendon Square, Somers Town.

De Wilde was baptised in London on 28 July 1751, the son of a Dutch joiner who had settled there by 1748. He was apprenticed to his godfather, Samuel Haworth, a joiner in London, but left after five years and enrolled at the Royal Academy Schools from 1769. He exhibited small portraits at the Society of Artists (1776–1778) and at the Royal Academy (from 1778).

His career in theatrical portraiture began when he was employed by John Bell as portraitist for his publication British Theatre, a series that ran from 1791 until 1795. He became well known for his theatrical portraiture, which he exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1792 until 1821. At his studio in Drury Lane many actors and actresses came to sit for him and his theatrical portraits appeared in numerous publications, including the Monthly Mirror, John Cawthorn's Minor British Theatre and William Oxberry's New English Drama. The bulk of his work is in pencil or watercolour.

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Midsummer night’s dream ; Oberon, Titania, Puck, Bottom, Fairies. &c., act IV, scene I

Midsummer night’s dream ; Oberon, Titania, Puck, Bottom, Fairies. &c., act IV, scene I (19th century)

William Francis Starling (English, active 1833 - 1845)
Heroines of Shakespeare Pl.3

Heroines of Shakespeare Pl.3 (1860)

John Massey Wright (English, 1777–1866)
The awakening of King Lear

The awakening of King Lear (1792)

Robert Smirke (English, 1752 - 1845)
Cymbeline; Apparitions of Sicilius Leonatus & his wife

Cymbeline; Apparitions of Sicilius Leonatus & his wife (1890s)

Walford Graham Robertson (English, 1866-1948)
As you like it

As you like it (1885)

John Jellicoe (English, 1842 – 1914)
Merry wives of Windsor, II, 1, Mrs. Ford and Mrs. Page reading a letter

Merry wives of Windsor, II, 1, Mrs. Ford and Mrs. Page reading a letter

Robert Smirke (English, 1752 - 1845)
The camp at Dover [King Lear]

The camp at Dover [King Lear] (1892)

Herbert Railton (English, 1857 – 1910)
Merchant of Venice, act 3, scene 2 … Bassanio, Portia, and Attendants

Merchant of Venice, act 3, scene 2 … Bassanio, Portia, and Attendants (19th century)

William Francis Starling (English, active 1833 - 1845)
The moor and the king [Titus Andronicus]

The moor and the king [Titus Andronicus] (1892)

Edward Linley Sambourne (English, 1844 – 1910)
Malvolio

Malvolio (1879)

Sir Hubert von Herkomer (English, 1849 - 1914)
King Lear, act III, scene IV

King Lear, act III, scene IV (19th century)

William Francis Starling (English, active 1833 - 1845)
Merchant of Venice, Shylock and Jessica

Merchant of Venice, Shylock and Jessica (1829)

Johann Heinrich Ramberg (German, 1763 - 1840)
King Henry IV, part 2, III, 3; Falstaff at Justice Shallows mustering his recruits

King Henry IV, part 2, III, 3; Falstaff at Justice Shallows mustering his recruits

Sylvester Harding (English, 1745 – 1809)
Second part of King Henry VI, act 2, scene 2

Second part of King Henry VI, act 2, scene 2 (19th century)

William Francis Starling (English, active 1833 - 1845)
The tempest, Caliban

The tempest, Caliban

Pamela Colman Smith (English, 1878 – 1951)
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