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Shakespeare Paintings

Paintings from the Maugham Collection of Shakespearean characters

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Works from the Maugham Collection may not be reproduced in any form without permission of The Royal National Theatre Board. For details please contact the Archivist.

Hamlet

Somerset Maugham Theatrical Painting: Hamlet: Unknown Artist
  unknown artist John Henderson as Hamlet and Richard Wilson as Polonius in Hamlet, Covent Garden Theatre, 1779 (No. 16)

Merchant of Venice

Somerset Maugham Theatrical Painting: Merchant of Venice: Johan Zoffany
  Johan Zoffany (1733-1810) Charles Macklin as Shylock in The Merchant of Venice, Covent Garden, 1767/68 (No. 8)

The Merry Wives of Windsor

Samuel de Wilde (c1751-1832) The Merry Wives of Windsor, Drury Lane Theatre, 1802 (No. 28)

Richard III

Somerset Maugham Theatrical Painting: Richard III: Francis Hayman
  Francis Hayman (1708-1776) David Garrick as Gloucester in Richard III, Drury Lane, 1759 (No. 2)

unknown artist (after Sir Nathaniel Dance (1734-1811) David Garrick as Gloucester in Richard III, Drury Lane, 1769 (No. 12)

Somerset Maugham Theatrical Painting: Richard III: unknown artist
  unknown artistJohn Bannister as Gloucester and John Pinder as Sir Richard Radcliffe in Richard III, Haymarket Theatre, 1794 (No. 18)

copy of an original by an unknown artist (c1805) George Frederick Cooke as Gloucester in Richard III (No. 19)

Somerset Maugham Theatrical Painting: Richard III: Samuel de Wilde
  Samuel de Wilde (c1751-1832) William Charles Macready as Gloucester in Richard III, Covent Garden Theatre, 1820 (No. 57)

unknown artist (after George Clint (1770-1854) Edmund Kean as Gloucester in Richard III, Drury Lane, 1819 (No 71)

Twelfth Night

William Hamilton (1751-1801) Act V, Scene 1 Twelfth Night (No. 14)

Thomas Stothard (1755-1834) Act III, Scene 4 Twelfth Night (No. 20)

Somerset Maugham Theatrical Painting: Twelfth Night: Henry Andrews
  Henry Andrews (18?-1868)William Pleater Davidge as Malvolio in Twelfth Night, c.1846 (No. 77)