A sheet with a small note in Horace Walpole's hand at top; in the middle a silhouette of the bust of an unidentified woman; at the bottom a finely detailed silhouette of a funeral procession
Description:
Lady Catherine Hamilton [née Barlow] first wife of Sir William Hamilton (1731-803), diplomatist and art collector.
One of a collection of four similar images; the other three images are titled: Mr. Kean as Othello; Miss Hargraves as Amy; Miss Bartolozzi as the page in The marriage of Figaro. Formerly part of an album (now lost), each on the same size sheet but di...
Alternative Title:
Madame Vestris as Don Giovanni
Description:
Title written at bottom of sheet.
Subject (Name):
Vestris, Lucia Elizabeth Bartolozzi, 1797-1856,, Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791., and Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838.
Subject (Topic):
Characters, Actresses, British, and Operas & operettas
One of a collection of four similar images; the other three images are titled: Mr. Kean as Othello; Miss Hargraves as Amy; Madame Vestris as Don Giovani. Formerly part of an album (now lost), each on the same size sheet but different colors and colla...
Description:
Title written below image.
Subject (Name):
Vestris, Lucia Elizabeth Bartolozzi, 1797-1856, and Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838.
One of a collection of four similar images; the others in this series are: Mr. Kean as Othello; Madame Vestris as Don Giovani; Miss Bartolozzi as the page in The marriage of Figaro. Formerly part of an album (now lost), each on the same size sheet but...
Description:
Title written below image; artist statement above image.
One of a collection of four similar images; the others in this series are: Miss Hargraves as Amy; Madame Vestris as Don Giovani; Miss Bartolozzi as the page in The marriage of Figaro. Formerly part of an album (now lost), each on the same size sheet ...
Description:
Title written at bottom of sheet.
Subject (Name):
Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833, and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
A collage composed of various fragments: a draft of a letter from Horace Walpole to Mme Du Deffand, including a list of names; a small etching of a view of Strawberry Hill; a small etching of a gentleman in his library; and a hand-colored engraving o...
A series of three silhouettes cut from white cardboard and mounted on a single sheet of black. At the top of the sheet, a woman, a child, and a dog; in the middle, a woman and child; and at the bottom, two dancers
Description:
Lady Catherine Hamilton [née Barlow] first wife of Sir William Hamilton (1731-803), diplomatist and art collector.
