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Can't believe I missed Presidents Day! And I was all ready to go with this outstandingly bad 1858 illustration of #FranklinPierce who is usually ranked at the bottom for governing by historians but frequently tops the charts for looks. Guess he's glad I didn't look at the date..

Looking for a picture for my blog to substitute for the burning of the #OlympicTheatre in 1849, I actually found an article in the Illustrated News with THREE illustrations and a brief history of the theater! Fetch my fainting couch, darling! I may swoon! #TheatreHistory

#charlesdickens find for today -- a portrait from 1843

#WilliamMacready in no danger of being upstaged by the fellow playing the titular character in Shakespeare's #HenryVIII at the #DruryLaneTheatre in 1846

Despite the fact that they were both in London at the same time, shared many interests and friends (as you can tell from the great pictures I find), I have zero #AnnaCoraMowatt / #CharlesDickens anecdotes to relate. Not sure why they never seemed to run into each other. 🤷

In honor of #CharlesDickens 208th birthday, here's another find. This was from a 1844 profile on Dickens in the Illustrated London News.

Here's my colorized and "prettified" version of the sketch from the Illustrated News. #AnnaCoraMowatt #TheatreHistory

And here's another #charlesdickens find. This one features Victorian comedian #robertkeeley as Toby Veck in an 1845 production of "The Chimes" at the Adelphi. Mr. and Mrs. Keeley were the first big name stars Walter Watts signed to play at the Marylebone.

Another #charlesdickens find while researching Victorian Christmas Pantomimes. This is an adaptation of "A Christmas Carol" at the #AdelphiTheatre in 1844.

Here is a better inadvertent #charlesdickens find - beloved husband and wife comedy team, the Keeleys, starring in an adaptation of Dickens' Christmas story "The Battle of Life" at the #LyceumTheatre in 1846. Mowatt later worked with the Keeleys at the Marylebone and the Olympic.