Bannister as Whiskerandos in The critic [art original]

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Description

Title
Bannister as Whiskerandos in The critic [art original]
Alternative Title
John Bannister (as Whiskerandos in 'The critic')
Creator
De Wilde, Samuel, 1751-1832, artist
Published / Created
[1806]
Publication Place
England
Description
Title written in pencil in lower right corner. Alternative title from note in ink on mounting sheet: John Bannister (as Whiskerandos in 'The Critic').
Signed and dated by the artist in pencil.
Possibly the original design for an engraving by R. Smith that was published by John Cawthorn in 1806; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1933,1014.421. See also: Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 1, page 116. For a brief mention of De Wilde's portrait of Bannister as Whiskerandos, and the engraving after it by Smith, see: A biographical dictionary of actors, actresses, musicians, dancers, managers & other stage personnel in London, 1600-1800, v.1, pages 272-3.
Mounted opposite page 198 (leaf numbered '9' in pencil) in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of Thomas Moore's Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Provenance
Formerly owned by R.B. Sheridan (the dramatist's grandson), who undertook the copious extra-illustration of the volumes. Later owned by Sheridan's descendant Lady Wavertree. Sold at Sotheby's, 25 May 1954 (Lady Wavertree sale), lot 266, to Maggs for W.S. Lewis.
Extent
1 drawing : sheet 37.2 x 22.9 cm, inlaid to 51 x 36 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Collection Title
Volume 2, opposite page 198. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Collection / Other Creator
Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852.
Collection Date
London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825.

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Portrait drawings
Graphite drawings
Pencil works
Watercolors
Material
graphite pencil and watercolor, with crayon ; and wove paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816.
Bannister, John, 1760-1836,
Subject (Topic)
Actors
British
Theatrical productions
Subjects
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Bannister, John, 1760-1836
Actors > British
Theatrical productions
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1809 or 10-1888 > Ownership
Wavertree, Florence Lothrop Sheridan Walker, lady, 1872-1952 > Ownership

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Public
Rights
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Citation
Samuel De Wilde, Bannister as Whiskerandos in The Critic. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.

Identifiers

Orbis Record
15752990
Object ID (OID)
17480338

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