Gallery of Portraits

Treading the boards on the Georgian stage is a website that gathers portraits of 18th Century female performers from the UK.

Dr Joanna Jarvis 25/07/2025 Dr Joanna Jarvis 25/07/2025

Jane Pope

Jane Pope as Mistress Page in

The Merry Wives of Windsor

by William Shakespeare

1788

James Roberts

Garrick Club collection

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Dr Joanna Jarvis 07/05/2025 Dr Joanna Jarvis 07/05/2025

Mary Ann Yates

Mrs Yates as Mandane in

The Orphan of China

1765

Tilly Kettle

Tate Britain

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Dr Joanna Jarvis 04/04/2025 Dr Joanna Jarvis 04/04/2025

Mrs ‘Kitty’ Clive

Mrs ‘Kitty’ Clive as

Mrs Riot the Fine Lady: in ‘Lethe or Aesop in the Shades’.

c1750

Peter Van Bleek

Garrick Club collection

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Dr Joanna Jarvis 27/02/2022 Dr Joanna Jarvis 27/02/2022

Giovanna Baccelli

Giovanna Baccelli 1783

Thomas Gainsborough

Tate Britain, London

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Dr Joanna Jarvis 25/02/2022 Dr Joanna Jarvis 25/02/2022

Margaret ‘Peg’ Woffington

Margaret ‘Peg’ Woffington 1740s

Philippe Mercier

Wallace Collection, London

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Dr Joanna Jarvis 24/02/2022 Dr Joanna Jarvis 24/02/2022

Mrs Abington

Mrs Abington as the Comic Muse c1764-68

Sir Joshua Reynolds

National Trust

Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire, England

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Dr Joanna Jarvis 20/02/2022 Dr Joanna Jarvis 20/02/2022

The Linley Sisters

The Linley Sisters c1772

Thomas Gainsborough

Dulwich Picture Gallery, London

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Dr Joanna Jarvis 16/02/2022 Dr Joanna Jarvis 16/02/2022

Mrs Mary Robinson

Mary Robinson 1781

Thomas Gainsborough

Wallace Collection, London

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Dr Joanna Jarvis 15/02/2022 Dr Joanna Jarvis 15/02/2022

Mrs Mary Robinson

Mrs Mary ‘Perdita’ Robinson

Thomas Gainsborough 1781

National Trust

Waddesdon Manor,

Buckinghamshire, England

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