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- Creator:
- Roberts, Henry, approximately 1710-approximately 1790, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [between 1783 and 1790]
- Call Number:
- 763.00.00.128
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The full length figure of Mr. Yates in the character of Launce from Two gentlemen of Verona stands center with his right hand holding the leash of his dog Crab while he points down to the dog with his left. Launce's shoes and hat lie on the ground in front and to the left while a tall staff stands in the ground to the right. Bushes and trees form the backdrop. Engraved below the image are 11 lines from Act II, Scene III beginning: Nay 'twill be this hour ere I have done weeping ...
- Alternative Title:
- Mr. Yates in the character of Launce in the Two Gentlemen of Verona with his dog Crab
- Description:
- Title from item., Publication date inferred from William Richardson's business address. See The London book trades, 1775-1800 / Ian Maxted, p. 187, Later state of a print originally published by Roberts in 1763. See British Museum catalogue., and Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials G R below.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs, by W. Richardson, Antient & Modern Print Warehouse, 174 Strand
- Subject (Name):
- Yates, Richard, 1706?-1796, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
- Subject (Topic):
- Performances, Characters, Launce, Actors, British, and Dogs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. Yeates in the character of Launce in the Two gentlemen of Verona with his dog Crab [graphic]
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- Creator:
- Madeley, George Edward, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [between 1824 and 1829?]
- Call Number:
- 826.00.00.73
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A scene in a bank: actor John Liston as the comic character Paul Pry, quizzing glass raised to his eyes, stands at the desk of a red-faced banker (left) who sits with quill pen in hand, another behind his ear, lower lip jutting out as he glares at his customer. A second customer enters the door of the bank (right) with papers in-hand. Paul Pry is a character from a John Poole farce of the same name. Pry is characterized as a man consumed with curiosity, a busybody unable to mind his own business. Pry wears striped trousers, hessian boots, tail coat and top hat, and carries an umbrella that he leaves behind so that he would have an excuse to return and eavesdrop
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Possibly by George Edward Madeley. Cf. Mr. Liston as 'Billy Lackaday" in "Sweethears & wives"., Date of publication based the entry for partnership, Ingrey & Madeley whose earliest recorded imprint is 1824 and latest 1829., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: J Whatman 1825.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by Ingrey & Madeley, Lithogc. Office, 310 Strand
- Subject (Name):
- Poole, John, 1786?-1872.
- Subject (Topic):
- Characters, Actors, British, Bankers, and Banking
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Paul Pry among the bankers [graphic].
