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1.
Mrs. Siddons, old Kemble and Henderson rehearsing in the Green Room [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1789]
Call Number:
789.00.00.03 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image. and Temporary local subject terms: Actors -- Actresses -- Rehearsals -- Allusion to the Green Room -- Roger Kemble.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Henderson, John, 1747-1785 and Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Mrs. Siddons, old Kemble and Henderson rehearsing in the Green Room [graphic]

2.
Sigismunda Tancred. [graphic]

Published / Created:
[1789]
Call Number:
789.00.00.16
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Two head-and-shoulder portraits in separate ornamental oval frames of actor Joseph Holman and Miss Hughes
Alternative Title:
Tancred
Description:
Title from text below images., Place of publication from Plomer's Dictionaries of printers and booksellers, page 404; T. (Thomas) Walker, publisher of the Hibernian magazine, was located at Dame Street Dublin from 1770-1786., Probably from the Hibernian Magazine, 1778. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, no. 5504, originally published in Town and country magazine., Reissue by a different publisher of print originally intended for the "Histories of the téte-à-téte annexed" in the Town and Country Magazine, 1788, page 535., and Variant issue of no. 7566 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6.
Publisher:
Publish'd by T. Walker, No. 79 Dame Street
Subject (Name):
Holman, J. G. 1764-1817, (Joseph George),
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Sigismunda Tancred. [graphic]

3.
A member of the corporation preparing for a city feast [graphic].

Published / Created:
Jan. 12, 1789.
Call Number:
789.01.12.03
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Aldermen -- Medicine bottles -- Indigestion -- Cuckolds.
Publisher:
Publish'd by J. Smith, No. 35 Cheapside
Subject (Topic):
Adultery and Chamber pots
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A member of the corporation preparing for a city feast [graphic].

4.
Mrs. D- Parson Pasquin. [graphic]

Published / Created:
Jany. 18, 1789.
Call Number:
789.01.18.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Two head-and-shoulder portraits in separate ornamental oval frames of the Rev. Henry Bate and Mrs. Dodwell
Alternative Title:
Parson Pasquin and Mrs. Dodwell
Description:
Title from item. and From the "Histories of the téte-à-téte annexed" in the Town and country magazine, 1788, p. 589.
Publisher:
Publish'd by A. Hamilton Junr. Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Dudley, H. Bate Sir, 1745-1824, (Henry Bate),
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Mrs. D- Parson Pasquin. [graphic]

5.
Dressing room à l'Anglaise [graphic]

Creator:
Tomkins, Peltro William, 1759-1840, printmaker
Published / Created:
[7 April 1789]
Call Number:
789.04.07.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A domestic scene in a dressing room with a maid assisting a lady as she dresses, placing ornaments in her mistress's hair. A young girl sitting in a chair reads to a little boy who leans on her knee and looks lovingly into her face. A hat box rests on a high boy (left); another hat box and hair accessories sit on a table and chair to the right
Description:
Title engraved below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Published April the 7th, 1789, by Ino. Matthews, No. 441 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Boudoirs, Boxes, Children, Clothes chests, Draperies, Dressing tables, Floor coverings, Hats, Reading, and Wallpapers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Dressing room à l'Anglaise [graphic]

6.
Dressing room à la Française [graphic]

Creator:
Tomkins, Peltro William, 1759-1840, printmaker
Published / Created:
[7 April 1789]
Call Number:
789.04.07.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Conversing.
Publisher:
Published April 7th, 1789, by Jno. Matthews, No. 441 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Boudoirs, Conversation, Draperies, Dressing tables, Guitars, Floor coverings, Hats, Reading, and Wallpapers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Dressing room à la Française [graphic]

7.
Diana Oldboy [graphic]

Creator:
Pettit, John, fl. 1780-1790 , printmaker
Published / Created:
June 26, 1789.
Call Number:
789.06.26.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Three lines of verse below title: The bloom of op'ning flowers, unsullied beauty ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Literature: quotation from Nicholas Rowe -- Young women -- Furniture: sofas.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Wm. Holland, Garrick's Richard, No. 50 Oxford Street
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Diana Oldboy [graphic]

8.
Henry Bunbury Esqr. [graphic]

Creator:
Ryder, Thomas, 1746-1810, printmaker
Published / Created:
[24 April 1789]
Call Number:
Portraits B87 no. 1
Collection Title:
Volume 2, page 1. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait after Lawrence; seated three-quarter length slightly to left in an oval, looking to the right, holding a sheet of figures across his lap inscribed 'Long Minuet', completing the drawing with a pencil in his right hand, which rests on a table at left; pilllar and trees behind"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, 24 April 1789, by S. Watts, No. 28 Walcot-place, Lambeth & to be had at T. Ryders, No. 34, Great Titchfield St.
Subject (Name):
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811,
Subject (Topic):
Artists and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Henry Bunbury Esqr. [graphic]

9.
[King Richard the Third. Act III. Scene I] [graphic]

Creator:
Thew, Robert, 1758-1802, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 September 1789]
Call Number:
Drawer 724 803B no. 56
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The two princes greet each other, Cardinal Bourchier and Gloucester behind, Buckingham leaning beside crown at left, looking slyly towards the boys
Description:
Title from published state.
Publisher:
Publish'd Sepr. 1st, 1789 by John & Josiah Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, & No. 90 Cheapside, London
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. and Edward IV, King of England, 1442-1483
Subject (Topic):
In literature
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [King Richard the Third. Act III. Scene I] [graphic]

10.
[Much ado about nothing. Act IV. Scene I] [graphic]

Creator:
Simon, John Peter, -approximately 1810, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 June 1789]
Call Number:
Drawer 724 803B no. 74
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Hero fainting at the altar, supported by Beatrice, in front of the friar who was about to marry her to Claudio, while Claudio stands on the right, gesturing angrily as he accuses her of infidelity, and others look on; late etched state"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from published state., 'Shakspeare' in open letters below imprint., and Sheet trimmed.
Publisher:
Aqua fortis publish'd June 1st,1789 by Jno. & Josh. Boydell at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall & Cheapside, London
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Subject (Topic):
Characters
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Much ado about nothing. Act IV. Scene I] [graphic]

11.
[Romeo and Juliet. Act I. Scene V [graphic]

Creator:
Facius, Georg Sigmund, approximately 1750- printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 May 1789]
Call Number:
Drawer 724 803B no. 78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Romeo sitting on a couch on the left, taking hold of Juliet's hand, under an awning in a classical palace, with dancers playing tambourines in the background and a man talking to Tybalt, who grasps his sword angrily."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
'Shakspeare' in open letters etched below imprint. and Full title from British Museum online catalogue.
Publisher:
Aqua fortis publish'd May 1st, 1789, by Jno. & Josiah Boydell, No. 90, Cheapside, & No. 59, Pall Mall, London
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Subject (Topic):
Characters
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Romeo and Juliet. Act I. Scene V [graphic]

12.
[Winter's tale. Act IV. Scene III] [graphic]

Creator:
Fittler, James, 1758-1835, printmaker
Published / Created:
[6 February 1789]
Call Number:
Drawer 724 803B no. 95
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Perdita, mistress of the feast, with flowers in her hair and holding a staff in her left hand, giving rosemary and rue to Polixenes, who sits under a large tree to left, wearing a plumed hat and shrouded in a cloak, looking up at her appreciatively, while Florizel, disguised as Doricles, ushers forward his love, a dog beside him to right, with other figures, including a man wearing a sheepskin jacket, kneeling with a basket of fruit to left, the shepherd standing behind Polixenes, a ribbon seller showing a ballad to two young women to right and dancers in the field beyond."--Brit. Mus. online catalogue
Description:
Title from published state., State with figures in outline only., 'Shakspeare' in open letters below imprint., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark at top edge.
Publisher:
Publish'd Feb. 6th, 1789, by John & Josiah Boydell, No. 90 Cheapside, London
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Subject (Topic):
Characters
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Winter's tale. Act IV. Scene III] [graphic]

13.
Thomas Sheridan A.M [graphic]

Creator:
Scott, Edmund, approximately 1746-1810, printmaker
Published / Created:
[4 June 1789]
Call Number:
Portraits Sh552 no. 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Half length portrait of the actor Thomas Sheridan, father of Richard Brinsley Sheridan; facing to the right, in a rectangular frame
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs 4th June 1789 for Charles Dilly
Subject (Name):
Angelo, Henry, 1756-1835,
Subject (Topic):
Fencers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Thomas Sheridan A.M [graphic]

14.
Mr. Macklin & Mrs. Pope in the characters of Shylock & Portia [graphic]

Creator:
Nutter, William, 1754-1802, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1789?]
Call Number:
789.00.00.75++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The courtroom scene from Act 4, Scene 1 of Merchant of Venice when Portia reminds Shylock that the bond only allows him a pound of flesh, and makes no allowances for blood. Shylock, standing with a knife in his right hand and scales in his right, registers the disappointment and shock in his expression as he stands before Portia disguised as Balthasar, holding the bond. They are flanked by Antonio and Bassanio. In the background, the judge sits at his bench, his finger to his forehead. Below the title, Portia's lines: Have by some surgeon, Shylock, on your charge to stop his wounds lest he should bleed to death. Followed by Shylock's lines: Is it so nominated in the bond?
Alternative Title:
Mr. Macklin and Mrs. Pope in the characters of Shylock and Portia
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Date based on last performance date of Macklin and Pope in the The merchant of Venice.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Name):
Macklin, Charles, 1697?-1797,, Pope, Elizabeth, approximately 1740-1797,, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., and Shylock (Fictitious character)
Subject (Topic):
Actors, British, Courtrooms, Portia (Fictitious character), and Theatrical productions
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. Macklin & Mrs. Pope in the characters of Shylock & Portia [graphic]

15.
[King Henry the Fifth. Act II. Scene II] [graphic]

Creator:
Thew, Robert, 1758-1802, printmaker
Published / Created:
[25 March 1789]
Call Number:
Drawer 724 803B no. 37
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
"Henry V standing with one hand on the back of his chair, pointing with the other to left at the three traitors Cambridge, Grey and Scroop, who read with horror the news that their conspiracy has been discovered and plead for mercy, while three lords stand watching on the right, the nearest drawing his sword"--Br. Mus. online catalogue
Description:
Title from published state.
Publisher:
Aqua fortis publish'd March 25, 1789 by John & Josiah Boydell, No. 90 Cheapside, London
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [King Henry the Fifth. Act II. Scene II] [graphic]

16.
Miss Farren [graphic]

Creator:
Jones, John, 1745?-1797, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
[31 March 1789]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait bust as Thalia on a ledge, turned in profile to right and wearing crown of leaves, her hair curled to her shoulders, oval design; after a sculpture by Anne Seymour Damer, from a series of engravings after her work."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Dedication etched below title: To the Countess of Aylesbury this engraving from the original bust executed in marble by the Honble. Mrs. Damer is most respectfully dedicated by her Ladyship's most devoted & most grateful servant, James Roberts., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 260 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. 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 13., 1 print : stipple engraving with etching on laid paper ; sheet 26.9 x 20.1 cm., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statement from bottom edge., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, March 31, 1789, by James Roberts, Hogarth's Passage, Oxford; and John Jones, No. 75 Great Portland Street, London
Subject (Name):
Farren, Elizabeth, 1762-1829,
Subject (Topic):
Sculpture
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Miss Farren [graphic]

17.
Refreshment at St. Giles's [graphic]

Creator:
Stubbs, George Townly, -1815?, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 June 1789]
Call Number:
789.06.01.03+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Three women and a man stand drinking gin in an interior in St Giles's, London; the woman on the left grabs a bottle from a shelf, to her right a woman holds up a gin cup; the man stands behind the three women leaning against a clock and a fireplace."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Refreshment at Saint Giles's
Description:
Title etched below image., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with probable loss of imprint statement. Imprint supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1948,0315.6.36., Companion print to: Refreshment at St. James's., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on laid paper backing and matted to 31 x 39.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 1st, 1789, by G.T. Stubbs, No. 2 Compton Street, Soho
Subject (Geographic):
St. Giles in the Fields (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Bottles, Gin, Longcase clocks, and Fireplaces
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Refreshment at St. Giles's [graphic]

18.
Miss Farren [graphic]

Creator:
Jones, John, 1745?-1797, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
[31 March 1789]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait bust as Thalia on a ledge, turned in profile to right and wearing crown of leaves, her hair curled to her shoulders, oval design; after a sculpture by Anne Seymour Damer, from a series of engravings after her work."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Dedication etched below title: To the Countess of Aylesbury this engraving from the original bust executed in marble by the Honble. Mrs. Damer is most respectfully dedicated by her Ladyship's most devoted & most grateful servant, James Roberts., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 200 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.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, March 31, 1789, by James Roberts, Hogarth's Passage, Oxford; and John Jones, No. 75 Great Portland Street, London
Subject (Name):
Farren, Elizabeth, 1762-1829,
Subject (Topic):
Sculpture
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Miss Farren [graphic]

19.
Henry Bunbury Esqr. [graphic]

Creator:
Ryder, Thomas, 1746-1810, printmaker
Published / Created:
[24 April 1789]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 2, page 1. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait after Lawrence; seated three-quarter length slightly to left in an oval, looking to the right, holding a sheet of figures across his lap inscribed 'Long Minuet', completing the drawing with a pencil in his right hand, which rests on a table at left; pilllar and trees behind"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 1 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., 1 print : stipple engraving and etching on laid paper ; oval image 32.1 x 26.3 cm, on sheet 41.4 x 32.2 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, 24 April 1789, by S. Watts, No. 28 Walcot-place, Lambeth & to be had at T. Ryders, No. 34, Great Titchfield St.
Subject (Name):
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811,
Subject (Topic):
Artists and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Henry Bunbury Esqr. [graphic]

20.
A rat catcher [graphic]

Creator:
Baldrey, John, 1758- printmaker
Published / Created:
[26 January 1789]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 2, page 70. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 17. Bunbury
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A man, accompanied by two dogs, carries a cage of live rats in his right hand and in his left hand, a sharp, wooden stick on which dead rats are impaled
Description:
Title engraved below image., Plate was engraved by either John Baldrey or his brother Joshua Kirby Baldrey., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on page 70 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publish'd Janry. 26th, 1789, by W. Dickinson, New Bond Street
Subject (Topic):
Pest control, Rats, Cages, and Dogs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A rat catcher [graphic]

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