Public domain art: actors

Artworks depicting actors, catalogued by the museums that hold them. Each one is free to download, with its colour palette extracted from the image and its maximum print size measured at 300 DPI.

Works in Public domain art: actors

William Charles Macready as William Tell

William Charles Macready as William Tell

Henry Inman

Arrangement in Black, No. 3: Sir Henry Irving as Philip II of Spain

Arrangement in Black, No. 3: Sir Henry Irving as Philip II of Spain

James McNeill Whistler

Painting

Painting

Kaigetsudō

Louis Gueymard (1822–1880) as Robert le Diable

Louis Gueymard (1822–1880) as Robert le Diable

Gustave Courbet

Pierre Louis Dubus (1721–1799), Called Préville, of the Comédie-Française

Pierre Louis Dubus (1721–1799), Called Préville, of the Comédie-Française

Jean-Baptiste Massé

Traveling Players

Traveling Players

Monogrammist JG

A Dance in the Country

A Dance in the Country

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

The French Comedians

The French Comedians

Antoine Watteau

Drawing

Drawing

Hokusai School

Drawing

Drawing

Katsushika Hokusai

東洲斎写楽画初代市川男女蔵の奴一平　『恋女房染分手綱』|Ichikawa Omezō I in the Role of Yakko Ippei from the Play "Koinyōbō somewake tazuna"

東洲斎写楽画初代市川男女蔵の奴一平　『恋女房染分手綱』|Ichikawa Omezō I in the Role of Yakko Ippei from the Play "Koinyōbō somewake tazuna"

Tōshūsai Sharaku

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Tōshūsai Sharaku

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Tōshūsai Sharaku

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Tōshūsai Sharaku

Woodblock print

Woodblock print

Tōshūsai Sharaku

東洲斎写楽画三世坂田半五郎の藤川水右衛門『花菖蒲文禄曽我』|Sakata Hangorō III as Fujikawa Mizuemon in the Play "Hana Ayame Bunroku Soga"

東洲斎写楽画三世坂田半五郎の藤川水右衛門『花菖蒲文禄曽我』|Sakata Hangorō III as Fujikawa Mizuemon in the Play "Hana Ayame Bunroku Soga"

Tōshūsai Sharaku

東洲斎写楽画四代岩井半四郎の重の井『恋女房染分手綱』|Iwai Hanshirō IV as Shigenoi in the Play "Koinyōbō Somewake Tazuna"

東洲斎写楽画四代岩井半四郎の重の井『恋女房染分手綱』|Iwai Hanshirō IV as Shigenoi in the Play "Koinyōbō Somewake Tazuna"

Tōshūsai Sharaku

三代目市川高麗蔵の志賀大七|Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Komazō III as Shiga Daishichi in the Play A Medley of Tales of Revenge (Katakiuchi noriaibanashi)

三代目市川高麗蔵の志賀大七|Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Komazō III as Shiga Daishichi in the Play A Medley of Tales of Revenge (Katakiuchi noriaibanashi)

Tōshūsai Sharaku

東洲斎写楽画「市川鰕蔵」竹村定之進『恋女房染分手綱』|Ichikawa Ebizō IV as Takemura Sadanojō in the Play Koinyōbō Somewake Tazuna

東洲斎写楽画「市川鰕蔵」竹村定之進『恋女房染分手綱』|Ichikawa Ebizō IV as Takemura Sadanojō in the Play Koinyōbō Somewake Tazuna

Tōshūsai Sharaku

喜多川歌麿画　「青楼仁和嘉女芸者　茶せん売　黒木売　さいもん」|Three Niwaka Performers, Chasenuri, Kurokiri, and Saimon (Tea-whisk Seller, Firewood Seller, Shrine Festival Perfomer), from the “Geisha of the Yoshiwara Niwaka Festival” (Seiro Niwaka Onna Geisha)

喜多川歌麿画　「青楼仁和嘉女芸者　茶せん売　黒木売　さいもん」|Three Niwaka Performers, Chasenuri, Kurokiri, and Saimon (Tea-whisk Seller, Firewood Seller, Shrine Festival Perfomer), from the “Geisha of the Yoshiwara Niwaka Festival” (Seiro Niwaka Onna Geisha)

Kitagawa Utamaro

東洲斎写楽画　三代目大谷鬼次の奴江戸兵衛|Kabuki Actor Ōtani Oniji III as Yakko Edobei

東洲斎写楽画　三代目大谷鬼次の奴江戸兵衛|Kabuki Actor Ōtani Oniji III as Yakko Edobei

Tōshūsai Sharaku

東洲斎写楽画二世坂東三津五郎の石井源蔵『花菖蒲文禄曽我』|Bandō Mitsugorō II as Ishii Genzō in the Play "Hana-ayame Bunroku Soga"

東洲斎写楽画二世坂東三津五郎の石井源蔵『花菖蒲文禄曽我』|Bandō Mitsugorō II as Ishii Genzō in the Play "Hana-ayame Bunroku Soga"

Tōshūsai Sharaku

市川鰕蔵の竹村定之進|Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Ebizō (Ichikawa Danjūrō V) in the play The Colored Reins of a Loving Wife (Koi nyōbō somewake tazuna)

市川鰕蔵の竹村定之進|Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Ebizō (Ichikawa Danjūrō V) in the play The Colored Reins of a Loving Wife (Koi nyōbō somewake tazuna)

Tōshūsai Sharaku

Woodblock print

Woodblock print

Tōshūsai Sharaku

東洲斎写楽画尾上松助の松下酒之進『敵討乗合話』|Onoe Matsusuke I as Matsushita Mikinojō in the Play "Katakiuchi noriyaibanashi"

東洲斎写楽画尾上松助の松下酒之進『敵討乗合話』|Onoe Matsusuke I as Matsushita Mikinojō in the Play "Katakiuchi noriyaibanashi"

Tōshūsai Sharaku

八代目守田勘弥の鴬の次郎作|Kabuki Actor Morita Kan’ya VIII as the Palanquin-Bearer in the Play A Medley of Tales of Revenge (Katakiuchi noriaibanashi)

八代目守田勘弥の鴬の次郎作|Kabuki Actor Morita Kan’ya VIII as the Palanquin-Bearer in the Play A Medley of Tales of Revenge (Katakiuchi noriaibanashi)

Tōshūsai Sharaku

東洲斎写楽画初世中島和田右衛門のぼうだら長左衛門と初世中村此蔵の船宿かな川やの権『敵討乗合話』|Nakajima Wadaemon and Nakamura Konozō as Bōdara no Chōzaemon and Kanagawaya no Gon in the Play "Katakiuchi noriyaibanashi"

東洲斎写楽画初世中島和田右衛門のぼうだら長左衛門と初世中村此蔵の船宿かな川やの権『敵討乗合話』|Nakajima Wadaemon and Nakamura Konozō as Bōdara no Chōzaemon and Kanagawaya no Gon in the Play "Katakiuchi noriyaibanashi"

Tōshūsai Sharaku

東洲斎写楽画　三代目坂東彦三郎の帯屋長右衛門と四代目岩井半四郎の信濃屋お半『二本松陸奥生長』|Bandō Hikosaburō III in the Role of Obiya Chōemon and Iwai Hanshiro IV in the Role of Shinanoya Ohan, from the Play “Nihonmatsu Michinoku sodachi”

東洲斎写楽画　三代目坂東彦三郎の帯屋長右衛門と四代目岩井半四郎の信濃屋お半『二本松陸奥生長』|Bandō Hikosaburō III in the Role of Obiya Chōemon and Iwai Hanshiro IV in the Role of Shinanoya Ohan, from the Play “Nihonmatsu Michinoku sodachi”

Tōshūsai Sharaku

Woodblock print (nishiki-e)

Woodblock print (nishiki-e)

Katsukawa Shunshō　勝川春章

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Unidentified artist

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Katsukawa Shun'ei 勝川春英

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Katsukawa Shunjō

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Tōshūsai Sharaku

春好斎北洲画初代浅尾勇次郎・初代市川鰕十郎　『傾城佐野の船橋』|Kabuki Actors Asao Yūjirō as Sano Genzaemon and Ichikawa Ebijūrō I as Miura Arajirō, in the play Keisei Sano no Funabashi

春好斎北洲画初代浅尾勇次郎・初代市川鰕十郎　『傾城佐野の船橋』|Kabuki Actors Asao Yūjirō as Sano Genzaemon and Ichikawa Ebijūrō I as Miura Arajirō, in the play Keisei Sano no Funabashi

Shunkōsai Hokushū 春好斎北洲

春好斎北洲画初代市川鰕十郎「紅紫大坂潤」|Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Ebijūrō I as Tōken (China Dog) Jūbei, in the play Benimurasaki ai de someage (Red and Purple, Rich Dyes of Osaka)

春好斎北洲画初代市川鰕十郎「紅紫大坂潤」|Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Ebijūrō I as Tōken (China Dog) Jūbei, in the play Benimurasaki ai de someage (Red and Purple, Rich Dyes of Osaka)

Shunkōsai Hokushū 春好斎北洲

「大判事清澄　坂東三津五郎」（三代）・「久我之助　嵐小六」（四代）|Bandō Mitsugorō III as Daihanji Kiyozumi and Arashi Koroku IV as Koganosuke

「大判事清澄　坂東三津五郎」（三代）・「久我之助　嵐小六」（四代）|Bandō Mitsugorō III as Daihanji Kiyozumi and Arashi Koroku IV as Koganosuke

Shunkōsai Hokushū 春好斎北洲

春好斎北洲画三代目中村歌右衛門『一世一代当狂言』|Kabuki Actor Nakamura Utaemon III as the Sword Master Kyōgoku Takumi, from the series Issei ichidai atari Kyōgen (Hits of a Lifetime of Kyōgen)

春好斎北洲画三代目中村歌右衛門『一世一代当狂言』|Kabuki Actor Nakamura Utaemon III as the Sword Master Kyōgoku Takumi, from the series Issei ichidai atari Kyōgen (Hits of a Lifetime of Kyōgen)

Shunkōsai Hokushū 春好斎北洲

絵本役者夏富士|Actors [Out of Costume] Like Mount Fuji [Without Snow] in Summer (Yakusha natsu no Fuji), by Ichiba Tsūshō 絵本役者夏富士

絵本役者夏富士|Actors [Out of Costume] Like Mount Fuji [Without Snow] in Summer (Yakusha natsu no Fuji), by Ichiba Tsūshō 絵本役者夏富士

Katsukawa Shunshō　勝川春章

Garrick Speaking the Jubilee Ode

Garrick Speaking the Jubilee Ode

Caroline Watson

The actor and a street urchin, from 'Dramatic sketches,' published in Le Charivari, April 18, 1864

The actor and a street urchin, from 'Dramatic sketches,' published in Le Charivari, April 18, 1864

Aaron Martinet

You may suspect that this is a spectator! But you are wrong.... It's the manager of the theater!, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, July 29, 1868

You may suspect that this is a spectator! But you are wrong.... It's the manager of the theater!, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, July 29, 1868

Honoré Daumier

The Manager's Last Kick, or a New Way to Pay Old Debts

The Manager's Last Kick, or a New Way to Pay Old Debts

Thomas Rowlandson

Manager & Spouter

Manager & Spouter

Thomas Rowlandson

Manager & Spouter

Manager & Spouter

S. W. Fores