Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-257) and index.
Contents:
Part I. English Comic Actors and their Representation -- 1. The low comic actor -- 2. Artists and comic actors -- 3. Perspectives on comedy and comic acting -- Part II. Humorous as a Sketch by Hogarth -- 4. Comedy and caricature: Joseph Munden and Isabella Mattocks -- 5. John Liston: caricaturing preachers and cockneys -- 6. The low comedian as material object -- 7. Caricature, degradation, persona and portraiture -- 8. Paintings by George Clint -- Part III. Chaste as a Picture by Wilkie -- 9. Wilkie, everyday life and the theatre -- 10. Acting from nature and observation -- 11. John Bannister: 'the best kind of Englishman' -- 12. John Emery: 'this Wilkie of Actors' -- 13. Actors as artists and connoisseurs -- Part IV. Alone I Did It! The Case of Charles Mathews -- 14. Charles Mathews 'at home' -- 15. Charles Mathews: paintings, portraits and prints -- 16. The Harlow portrait of Charles Mathews.
Subject Terms:
Actors in art. | Actors -- England -- Portraits. | Comedians -- England -- Portraits. | Portraits, British -- 18th century. | Portraits, British -- 19th century. | Art and society -- England -- History -- 18th century. | Art and society -- England -- History -- 19th century. | Theater and society -- England -- History -- 18th century. | Theater and society -- England -- History -- 19th century. | Actors. | Actors in art. | Art and society. | Comedians. | Portraits, British. | Theater and society. | England.