English playwright, poet, and actor (1572-1637)

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Poets and dramatists: twenty portraits. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825.

Curiosities of natural history / by Francis T. Buckland.

The fury of men's gullets : Ben Jonson and the digestive canal / Bruce Thomas Boehrer.

'Fleshes rage' : Ben Jonson and the plague / by Patrick Phillips.

William Shakespeare with fourteen of his friends and contemporaries in the Mermaid tavern, London. Mezzotint by James Faed after John Faed.

Subtle the alchemist, posing as an astrologer, being visited by Abel Drugger, in Ben Jonson's 'The alchemist'. Engraving by C. Grignion, 1791, after J. Graham.

The actor Dodd as Abel Drugger in Ben Jonson's 'The alchemist'. Engraving by J. Thornthwaite after S. de Wilde.

Garrick, Burton and Palmer in a production of Ben Jonson's 'The alchemist'. Mezzotint, 1772 (?).

Abel Drugger, from Ben Jonson's 'The alchemist', in a posture of combat. Engraving by J. Thornthwaite, 1777, after Roberts.

Volpone, or The fox / Ben Jonson ; edited by Brian Parker.

The mad-merry prankes of Robbin Good-fellow : To the tune of Dulcina.

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Ben Jonson

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Volpone, or The fox / Ben Jonson ; edited by Brian Parker.

The actor Dodd as Abel Drugger in Ben Jonson's 'The alchemist'. Engraving by J. Thornthwaite after S. de Wilde.

The mad-merry prankes of Robbin Good-fellow : To the tune of Dulcina.

Garrick, Burton and Palmer in a production of Ben Jonson's 'The alchemist'. Mezzotint, 1772 (?).

Abel Drugger, from Ben Jonson's 'The alchemist', in a posture of combat. Engraving by J. Thornthwaite, 1777, after Roberts.

Ben Jonson

Images from the collections

Images by Ben Jonson

Images featuring Ben Jonson

Works from the collections

Volpone, or The fox / Ben Jonson ; edited by Brian Parker.

The actor Dodd as Abel Drugger in Ben Jonson's 'The alchemist'. Engraving by J. Thornthwaite after S. de Wilde.

The mad-merry prankes of Robbin Good-fellow : To the tune of Dulcina.

Garrick, Burton and Palmer in a production of Ben Jonson's 'The alchemist'. Mezzotint, 1772 (?).

Abel Drugger, from Ben Jonson's 'The alchemist', in a posture of combat. Engraving by J. Thornthwaite, 1777, after Roberts.

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