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2.
A lecture on heads [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
Apr. 1808.
Call Number:
Print00198
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Lee Lewes stands on stage at Covent Garden, with busts arranged on a table behind him, he holds one up, turning to the crowd; the audience in the pit in the foreground, with four tiers of boxes behind; after Woodward."--British Museum online catalogu...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Pub. by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Stevens, George Alexander, 1710-1784., Lewes, Charles Lee, 1740-1803, and Covent Garden Theatre,
Subject (Topic):
Theaters, Actors, British, Interiors, Audiences, and Public speaking
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > A lecture on heads [graphic]

3.
A specimen of Mr. K**n's acting, or, A little man of great parts! [graphic].

Creator:
Marks, John Lewis, printmaker
Published / Created:
[ca. 1820]
Call Number:
820.00.00.114+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The actor Kean in part as Richard III appalled as his bastard son is presented to him by its mother as a beadle holds a court order for its maintenance at 7/6d a week."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Specimen of Mr. Kean's acting, or, A little man of great parts! and Little man of great parts!
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by J.L. Marks, 37 Princes St., Soho, and 28 Fetter Lane, Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833
Subject (Topic):
Actors and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A specimen of Mr. K**n's acting, or, A little man of great parts! [graphic].

4.
Anthony Leigh, or, The Spanish fryar [graphic]

Creator:
Smith, John, 1749-1831, printmaker
Published / Created:
[after 1689]
Call Number:
689.00.00.20
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Spanish fryar and Spanish friar
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Leigh, Anthony, -1692, and Dryden, John, 1631-1700
Subject (Topic):
Characters, Spanish fryar, Actors, and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Anthony Leigh, or, The Spanish fryar [graphic]

5.
Bannister as Whiskerandos in The critic [art original]

Creator:
De Wilde, Samuel, 1751-1832, artist
Published / Created:
[1806]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Collection Title:
Volume 2, opposite page 198. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
John Bannister (as Whiskerandos in 'The critic')
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').
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816. and Bannister, John, 1760-1836,
Subject (Topic):
Actors, British, and Theatrical productions
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Bannister as Whiskerandos in The critic [art original]

6.
Beggar's Opera, Act III as originally perform'd at Lincoln's Inn Fields, 1727. [graphic]

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 sid...
Description:
Title etched above image.
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]

7.
Beggar's Opera, Act III as originally perform'd at Lincoln's Inn Fields, 1727. [graphic]

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 sid...
Description:
Title etched above image.
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]

8.
Beggar's Opera, Act III as originally perform'd at Lincoln's Inn Fields, 1727. [graphic]

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 sid...
Description:
Title etched above image.
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]

9.
Comic dance in the popular pantomime of The white cat by Messr. Kirby & Chatterley to the tune of

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.
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]

10.
David Garrick, Esqr [graphic]

Creator:
Green, Valentine, 1739-1813, printmaker
Published / Created:
[2 April 1769]
Call Number:
769.04.02.01++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of David Garrick standing whole-length to front with legs crossed and leaning on a bust of Shakespeare that stands on a plinth in a garden; he holds a stick in his left hand as he looks to the right; the Palladian bridge at Prior Park can be ...
Description:
Title, artist, and printmaker scratched with production and publication detail below image.
Publisher:
Published April 2nd 1769, by J. Boydell Cheapside No. 90
Subject (Name):
Garrick, David, 1717-1779,
Subject (Topic):
Actors and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > David Garrick, Esqr [graphic]

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