Nancy [graphic]
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17355489
Description
- Title
- Nancy [graphic]
- Contributor
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Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist.
Watson & Dickinson, publisher. - Published / Created
- [22 January 1780]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Publish'd Jany. 22d, 1780, by Watson & Dickinson, No. 158 New Bond Street
- Abstract
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"Portrait of the actress Charlotte Walpole dressed as a sentry at Cox Heath in her role as Nancy in R.B. Sheridan's 'The Camp', standing on a hill above a military camp at left which she points towards, a cabin with letters 'CW' on the side and smoking chimney behind; after Bunbury, published state after change of title."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Plate originally published with the title "Miss Walpole" and without the verses below image. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: K,66.33.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Four lines of verse below image, two on either side of title: My Nancy leaves the rural plain, a camps distress to prove; All other ills she can sustain, but living from her love.
Plate numbered "3" in upper left corner.
Mounted on page 14 in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Sheet annotated by Horace Walpole in ink directly below title: Miss Walpole the actress. - Provenance
- Sold at Strawberry Hill Sale, day viii, lot 50, to H.G. Bohn, £7.7.0 [London, 733]; from an undergraduate at King's College, through Scribner's, May 1952, to W.S. Lewis, $225.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 26.0 x 21 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 49 3563 v.1 (Oversize)
- Collection Title
- Volume 1, page 14. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 99. Bunbury album.
- Collection / Other Creator
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, collector. Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811.
- Collection Date
- [Strawberry Hill], [between 1765 and 1792] [London], [between 1780 and 1794]
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Illustrations
Stipple engravings England London 1780
Etchings England London 1780
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century - Material
- stipple engraving and etching in bistre ink ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
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Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816.
Atkyns, Charlotte Walpole, Lady, approximately 1758-1836, - Subject (Topic)
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Actresses
Soldiers
Guards
Military camps
Theatrical productions - Subjects
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Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816 > Illustrations
Atkyns, Charlotte Walpole, Lady, approximately 1758-1836
Actresses
Soldiers
Guards
Military camps
Theatrical productions
England > London > 1780
18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ms. notes
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 15376729
- Object ID (OID)
- 17355489
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