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1. Buck metamorphos'd, or, Mr. Foote in the character of the Englishman return'd from Paris [graphic]
- 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]
2. The dis-card [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.11.00.02
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on the Duke of Newcastle and Lord Barrington suggesting that their conduct of the war is influenced by, respectively, corruption and incompetence, with reference here to the disgrace of General Fowke and Admiral Byng."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Discard
- Description:
- Title engraved above image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Four columns of verse below image: I've heard of times (pray God defend us, we're not so good but he may mend us) ..., Temporary local subject terms: Naval uniforms: officers' uniforms -- Literature: Shakespeare., and Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials LVG below.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, Barrington, William Wildman Barrington, Viscount, 1717-1793, Byng, John, 1704-1757, and Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), Military uniforms, British, Thrones, and Eagles
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The dis-card [graphic].
