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2.
- Published / Created:
- [1 July 1790]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Theatrical scene in a prison, after Hogarth's painting illustrating Gay's "The Beggar's Opera". Audience members are shown seated in boxes to the left and right; in the centre, the character of Macheath, a highwayman, stands in shackles; on either side of him, his wife and lover are kneeling before their respective fathers, pleading for intervention on Macheath's behalf; in the background, a group of male figures (Macheath's gang?). Each figure is numbered and listed below under the appropriate category -- performers or audience
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge., Key plate to the painting by Hogarth and the engraving after it by William Blake., Mounted on page 162 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; sheet 14.6 x 22 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Annotated by Horace Walpole in pencil in lower right corner: Some of the figures in the boxes are different from those in Mr. Walpole's picture.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd July 1, 1790, by J. & J. Boydell, Cheapside & at the Shakspeare Gallery Pall Mall
- Subject (Name):
- Gay, John, 1685-1732.
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors, British, Actresses, Audiences, and Theatrical productions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Beggar's Opera, Act III as originally perform'd at Lincoln's Inn Fields, 1727. [graphic]
3.
- Published / Created:
- [1 July 1790]
- Call Number:
- Hogarth 790.07.01.09 Box 115
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Theatrical scene in a prison, after Hogarth's painting illustrating Gay's "The Beggar's Opera". Audience members are shown seated in boxes to the left and right; in the centre, the character of Macheath, a highwayman, stands in shackles; on either side of him, his wife and lover are kneeling before their respective fathers, pleading for intervention on Macheath's behalf; in the background, a group of male figures (Macheath's gang?). Each figure is numbered and listed below under the appropriate category -- performers or audience
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge., and Key plate to the painting by Hogarth and the engraving after it by William Blake.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd July 1, 1790, by J. & J. Boydell, Cheapside & at the Shakspeare Gallery Pall Mall
- Subject (Name):
- Gay, John, 1685-1732.
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors, British, Actresses, Audiences, and Theatrical productions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Beggar's Opera, Act III as originally perform'd at Lincoln's Inn Fields, 1727. [graphic]
4.
- Published / Created:
- [1 July 1790]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.3 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Theatrical scene in a prison, after Hogarth's painting illustrating Gay's "The Beggar's Opera". Audience members are shown seated in boxes to the left and right; in the centre, the character of Macheath, a highwayman, stands in shackles; on either side of him, his wife and lover are kneeling before their respective fathers, pleading for intervention on Macheath's behalf; in the background, a group of male figures (Macheath's gang?). Each figure is numbered and listed below under the appropriate category -- performers or audience
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge., Key plate to the painting by Hogarth and the engraving after it by William Blake., and On page 235 in volume 3. Sheet trimmed to: plate mark 14.5 x 21.9 cm, on sheet 15.4 x 22.7 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd July 1, 1790, by J. & J. Boydell, Cheapside & at the Shakspeare Gallery Pall Mall
- Subject (Name):
- Gay, John, 1685-1732.
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors, British, Actresses, Audiences, and Theatrical productions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Beggar's Opera, Act III as originally perform'd at Lincoln's Inn Fields, 1727. [graphic]
5.
- Creator:
- Smith, Gabriel, 1724-1783, printmaker, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.00.00.99+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of Samuel Foote in character; whole length, standing, wearing the latest 'French' fashions, including large fur muff, wig with pointed sides, mis-matched tights, and coat with over-sized cuffs; his outfit is scrutinized by two English gentlemen to the right; two men in background, one preparing a hat, bending over a dressing table with mirror."--British Museum online catalogue and On the back wall are two large framed pictures, both with scenes from mythology. On the left, Apollo with bow and arrow pursues Daphne who has begun the turn into a laurel tree. On the right, Leda and the swan
- Alternative Title:
- Buck metamorphosed and Mr. Foote in the character of the Englishman return'd from Paris
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Date of publication based on the first performance of The Englishman returned from Paris, which premiered at Covent Garden Theatre in 1756., Probably published no later than 1760, when Robert Withy began trading on his own from a Cornhill address. His partnership with John Ryall, at the Fleet Street address listed here, is documented by prints and trade cards in the British Museum from the 1750s. See British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., For a probable reissue of this plate, published by C. Sheppard in the 1790s, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: K,60.14., Cf. Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 2, page 231, no. 15., and Mounted to 37 x 27 cm.
- Publisher:
- Printed for John Ryall & Robt. Withy, at Hogarth's Head in Fleet Street
- Subject (Name):
- Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777. and Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777
- Subject (Topic):
- Performances, Actors, British, Clothing & dress, Comedies, Muffs, Dressing tables, Paintings, Supernatural beings, and Theatrical productions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Buck metamorphos'd, or, Mr. Foote in the character of the Englishman return'd from Paris [graphic]
6.
- Creator:
- Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [5 January 1812]
- Call Number:
- 812.01.05.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The clowns Kirby and Chatterley, one dressed in female costume, dancing."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., The one character is identified as William Simmons Chatterley., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on laid paper backing.
- Publisher:
- Pub. 5th of Jany. 1812 by T. Palser, Bridge Road, Lambeth
- Subject (Name):
- Chatterley, William Simmons, 1787-1822. and Grimaldi, Joseph, 1779-1837.
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors, British, Clowns, Dance, and Theatrical productions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Comic dance in the popular pantomime of The white cat by Messr. Kirby & Chatterley to the tune of The bold dragoon / [graphic]
7.
- Published / Created:
- [1 February 1791]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.3 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched above image., With a numbered key to Hogarth's composition etched below. Performers: 1. Cortez. Lord Lempster. 2. Cydaria. Lady Caroline Lenox. 3. Almeria. Lady Sophia Fermor. 4. Alibeck. Miss Conduit afterwards Lady Symington. Audience: 5. Duke of Cumberland. 6. Princess Mary. 7. Princess Louisa. 8. Lady Deloraine. 9 & 10. her daughters. 11. Dss. of Richmond. 12. De. of Richmond. 13. Earl of Pomfret. 14. De. of Montagne. 15. Tom Hill. 16. Dr. Desguliers. 17. Bust of Sr. Isaac Newton., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page 228 in volume 3.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd Feb. 1, 1791 by J. & J. Boydell, Cheapside, & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, London
- Subject (Name):
- Pomfret, George Fermor, Earl of, 1722-1785.
- Subject (Topic):
- Theatrical productions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Conquest of Mexico as performed at Mr. Conduit's, Master of the Mint before the Duke of Cumberland &c. [graphic]
8.
- Published / Created:
- August 30th, 1835.
- Call Number:
- 835.08.30.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A view of a theatre box with three rough citizens critiquing a performance on stage
- Description:
- Title from caption below image. and Text below title: "O she's werry well for hopera's and them ere sort o'things but ...
- Publisher:
- Printed & pubd. by T. Dawson, 54 Leicester Square
- Subject (Topic):
- Theatrical productions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Criticism [graphic].
9.
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [12 November 1795]
- Call Number:
- 795.11.12.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A theatre seen diagonally from the pit, with the stage on the right, two side boxes forming a background. On the stage a man in quasi-classical dress holds a dripping dagger, a woman lies at his feet; through an open door the prompter is seen. The audience is much disturbed: in the foreground a stout citizen holds a smelling-bottle to the nose of his (apparently) fainting young wife; she takes a note from a young man on the bench behind her. Behind stands a bearded Jew. In the stage-box two seated figures resemble the King and Queen, a man standing behind resembles Pitt."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker identified in the British Museum catalogue., One of a series of Drolls., Plate numbered '163' in lower left corner., Temporary local subject terms: Theatrical performances -- Reference to adultery -- Medicine: salts., Watermark., and Publication year corrected in manuscript from '5' to '6.'
- Publisher:
- Publish'd 12 Novr. 1795 by Laurie & Whittle, Fleet Street, London
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Jews, Interiors, Theaters, and Theatrical productions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Effects of tragedy [graphic].
10.
- Published / Created:
- [1794]
- Call Number:
- Hogarth 794.00.00.21 Box 120
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Benefit ticket: a stage scene with four performers in Congreve's 'The Old Bachelor', showing the scene in Act III where Noll receives a kicking from Sharper; print after a forgery purporting to be a benefit ticket for Joe Miller for his performance as Sir Joseph Wittol; illustration to Ireland's 'Graphic Illustrations of Hogarth' (1794-1799).
- Alternative Title:
- Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The old batchelor
- Description:
- Title from banner at top of image., Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London: R. Faulder; and J. Egerton, 1794, opp. p. 128., See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), p. 315., Not Hogarth., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
- Publisher:
- R. Faulder; and J. Egerton
- Subject (Name):
- Congreve, William, 1670-1729. and Miller, Joe, 1684-1738.
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors, Fund raising, Theatrical productions, and Theaters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > For the benefit of Joe Miller Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The old batchelor / [graphic]
