[Joseph Jefferson as Bob Acres in "The Rivals".]

[Joseph Jefferson as Bob Acres in "The Rivals".]

Joseph Jefferson

Joseph Jefferson as "Bob Acres."

Joseph Jefferson

Joseph Jefferson

[Joseph Jefferson in the title role of "Rip Van Winkle".]

Joseph Jefferson.

[Joseph Jefferson in the title role of "Rip Van Winkle".]

[Joseph Jefferson as Caleb Plummer in "Cricket on the Hearth".]

[Joseph Jefferson as Caleb Plummer in "Cricket on the Hearth".]

[Joseph Jefferson in the title role of "Rip Van Winkle".]

[Joseph Jefferson in the title role of "Rip Van Winkle".]

[Joseph Jefferson in the title role of "Rip Van Winkle".]

[Joseph Jefferson in the title role of "Rip Van Winkle".]

[Joseph Jefferson as Caleb Plummer in "Cricket on the Hearth".]

[Joseph Jefferson in the title role of "Rip Van Winkle".]

Joseph Jefferson & Wm. J. Florence in "The Rival."

Joseph Jefferson as "Rip Van Winkle."

[Joseph Jefferson in the title role of "Rip Van Winkle".]