Mrs Elizabeth Hartley in the character of Imoinda in Thomas Southernes Oroonoko. However, she did not play this role before this engraving was published. Elizabeth Hartley was a famous actor on the London stage and scandalous figure, 1750?1824. Copperplate engraving by J. Thornthwaite after an illustration by James Roberts from Bells British Theatre, Consisting of the most esteemed English Plays, John Bell, London, 1777.
Mrs Elizabeth Hartley in the character of Imoinda in Thomas Southernes Oroonoko. However, she did not play this role before this engraving was published. Elizabeth Hartley was a famous actor on the London stage and scandalous figure, 1750?1824. Copperplate engraving by J. Thornthwaite after an illustration by James Roberts from Bells British Theatre, Consisting of the most esteemed English Plays, John Bell, London, 1777.