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1.
[Promotional material for Dinah East].

Published / Created:
[circa 1970]
Call Number:
GEN MSS 1664
Container / Volume:
Box
Image Count:
20
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Promotional material for the 1970 motion picture Dinah East. Includes a pressbook and eight portraits of cast members Matt Bennett, Andy Davis, Jeremy Stockwell, and Ultra Violet, taken by an unidentified photographer
Description:
Dinah East is a 1970 motion picture that tells the story of a female impersonator working as an actress in 1950s Hollywood.
Subject (Geographic):
United States
Subject (Name):
Bennett, Matthew, 1933-1991, Davis, Andy, 1950-, Stockwell, Jeremy, and Ultra Violet
Subject (Topic):
Actors, Actresses, Feature films, Female impersonators in motion pictures, Homosexuality in motion pictures, Motion picture industry, and Motion pictures
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Promotional material for Dinah East].

2.
I play the part of Sr. Harry Wildair to night, yr. humble serv.t, [signed] J. Margaret Woffington

Published / Created:
[1888]
Call Number:
Hogarth 888.00.00.01 Box 140
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait, half-length, looking at the viewer, with her hand in her waistcoat; in the character of Sir Harry Wildair in Farquhar's Constant couple
Alternative Title:
I play the part of Sir Harry Wildair tonight, your humble servant J. Margaret Woffington
Description:
Title from text etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Woffington, Margaret, -1760,
Subject (Topic):
Actresses and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > I play the part of Sr. Harry Wildair to night, yr. humble serv.t, [signed] J. Margaret Woffington from the original by Hogarth in the possession of Augustin Daly, Esq. [graphic]

3.
Houseworth's Celebrities

Creator:
Thomas Houseworth & Co.
Published / Created:
ca. 1870-1880.
Call Number:
WA Photos 387
Image Count:
2
Abstract:
Studio portraits of entertainers created by Thomas Houseworth & Co. that comprise a portion of the Houseworth's Celebrities, ca. 1870-1880. Images include female burlesque actresses and dancers Viola Clifton, Lizzie McCall, Lulu Mortimer, and Mabel S...
Description:
Letterpress captions on mounts.
Subject (Name):
Clifton, Viola., Houseworth, Thomas, 1829-1915., McCall, Lizzie., Melville, Emelie., Mortimer, Lulu., Orrin, Edward W., Santley, Mabel., and Thomas Houseworth & Co.
Subject (Topic):
Acrobats, Actresses, Burlesque (Theater), Dancers, Entertainers, and Singers
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Houseworth's Celebrities

4.
[Mrs. Siddons] [graphic].

Creator:
Parkes, Robert Bowyer, 1830-, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1876]
Call Number:
Portraits Si568 no. 4
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Sarah Siddons, after Gainsborough; three-quarters length sitting directed and looking to left, wearing a striped gown and large feathered hat, set at an angle, her hands on a fur muff in her lap."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title, artist, printmaker, publisher, and date of publication from description of a later state in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1931,0509.124.
Publisher:
J. Noseda
Subject (Name):
Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831,
Subject (Topic):
Actresses and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Mrs. Siddons] [graphic].

5.
[Portrait of Miss Hannah Norsa] [art original].

Creator:
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[between 1802 and 1853?]
Call Number:
Drawings H263 no. 5 Box D125
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Half-length portrait in an oval of a woman wearing a cap and mid-18th century dress. She is facing slightly to the left but looking towards the viewer
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Name):
Norsa, Hannah, -1784,
Subject (Topic):
Actresses and English
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Portrait of Miss Hannah Norsa] [art original].

6.
Le médecin de théâtre. Puisque vous le voulez ... / [graphic]

Creator:
Jacque, Charles Emile, 1813-1894, printmaker
Published / Created:
[ca. 1843-1844]
Call Number:
Print00325
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Chez Pannier & Cie. Edit. R. du Croissant, 16 and Imp. d'Aubert & Cie
Subject (Topic):
Excuses, Sexual harassment, Diet, Quacks and quackery, Actresses, and Physicians
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Le médecin de théâtre. Puisque vous le voulez ... / [graphic]

7.
Book of drawings and prints [graphic].

Creator:
Berry, Agnes, 1764-1852
Published / Created:
[183-?]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B45 830
Image Count:
47
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A collection of prints and drawings probably assembled in the late 1830s or early 1840s, although the drawings may have been executed earlier. The wash drawings by Agnes Berry are of mostly Italian sites in Genoa, Florence, Naples, Rome, and Nice wit...
Description:
Title assigned by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
Italy
Subject (Topic):
Actors, Actresses, Carriages & coaches, and Costumes
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Book of drawings and prints [graphic].

8.
Miss Hargraves as Amy [art original]

Creator:
Hume, Sarah, artist
Published / Created:
[1830]
Call Number:
Drawings C697 no. 2 Box D115
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
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.
Subject (Name):
Kemble, Fanny, 1809-1893,
Subject (Topic):
Actresses and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Miss Hargraves as Amy [art original]

9.
Miss Bartolozzi as the page in The marriage of Figaro [art original]

Creator:
Butcher, Master, artist
Published / Created:
[ca. 1828]
Call Number:
Drawings C697 no. 4 Box D115
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
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.
Subject (Topic):
Actresses, British, and Operas & operettas
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Miss Bartolozzi as the page in The marriage of Figaro [art original]

10.
Madame Vestris as Don Giovani [art original]

Published / Created:
[ca. 1828?]
Call Number:
Drawings C697 no. 3 Box D115
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
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
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Madame Vestris as Don Giovani [art original]

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