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2.
- 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 Santley, while other portraits depict actress Noko McCabe; actress and singer Emelie Melville; and acrobat and circus entrepreneur Edward W. Orrin
- 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
3.
- 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].
4.
- 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., George Perfect Harding, English miniature painter, 1779/80-1853., Inscription in pencil: by [G.P.] Harding?, and Inscription in pencil on verso: Miss Hannah Norsa d. 1785.
- Subject (Name):
- Norsa, Hannah, -1784,
- Subject (Topic):
- Actresses and English
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Portrait of Miss Hannah Norsa] [art original].
5.
- 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., Date supplied by publisher., Place of publication derived from street address., Published in Le Charivari, ca. 1843-1844., Above image: Les Malades et les Médecins 25., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Theatre; Medical excuses.
- 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]
6.
- 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 with one drawing of Mont Cenis in France. The lithographs are more varied in theme and include: two engravings after paintings by Raphael, possibly removed from an illustrated book; etchings and lithographs of carriages and coaches; lithographs of buildings; a group of four etchings by Henry Monnier and two lithographs by Delpach; and nine etchings and engravings of contemporary actors and actresses in theatrical costumes. All images have been mounted and most have been captioned, probaby by Margret Graves
- Description:
- Title assigned by cataloger., Bound in green morocco with gold tooling and initials MG [i.e. Margret Graves]., Dedication page: wash drawing with inscription "Margret Graves from Agnes Berry"., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Italy
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors, Actresses, Carriages & coaches, and Costumes
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Book of drawings and prints [graphic].
7.
- 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 different colors and attributed to different artists. Annotations in red ink are by the same hand. Presumably these collages, constructed from the same fabrics, were made by friends and exchanged as gifts. This collage shows full-length image of a woman, identified as Miss Hargraves. Her head and neck, arms, and feet have been cut from an unidentifed print or prints while her costume and its trimming are cut from satin cloth. On each side are small images also cut from prints: on the right a house with a second story wrap-around porch and on the right a covered structure ladened with refreshments and On the back of this collage are mounted three small engravings of women in fashionable dress; with notes in red ink "Presented by Sarah, Apl. 8 1830" written twice in the upper left and right and below also on the right and left "The author returns thanks". In the same hand the middle print has been annotated "Kemble" which is also engraved in the plate with the author and printmaker statements "R. Cruikshank delt. J. Rogers sc."
- Description:
- Title written below image; artist statement above image. and Date of production from recipient's note on the verso and other internal evidence.
- Subject (Name):
- Kemble, Fanny, 1809-1893,
- Subject (Topic):
- Actresses and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Miss Hargraves as Amy [art original]
8.
- 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 collages attributed to different artists. Annotations in red ink are by the same hand. Presumably these collages, constructed using the same fabrics, were made by friends and exchanged as gifts. In this collage a full-length image of a woman, identified as Miss Bartolozzi, with her head and neck, hands, and boots cut from an unidentifed print or prints while her costume and hat and their trimming are cut from satin cloth with additional decorated paper trimming. On the verso in two columns written in red ink and ruled in red ink: On the left the title of a poem only "Lines on my garden". On the right: Song, "My own Blue Bell".
- Description:
- Title written below image., Artist statement written at top of sheet; "Master Butcher" is unidentified., and Date of production from recipient's note on the verso of one of the collages and other internal evidence.
- 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]
9.
- 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 different colors and attributed to different artists. Annotations in red ink are by the same hand. Presumably these collages, made using the same farbics, were made by friends and exchanged as gifts. In this collage a full-length image of a woman, identified as Miss Vestris: her head and neck, arms, and boots have been cut from an unidentifed print or prints while her costume and hat and their trimming are cut from satin cloth with additional decorated paper trimming. On the verso written in red ink, two poems: "The Snow Drop by Henry Neele" and "I Saw Thee Weep, Byron" transcribed in two columns
- Alternative Title:
- Madame Vestris as Don Giovanni
- Description:
- Title written at bottom of sheet., Signed with initials in lower right corner; artist "H.A.S" is unidentified., Date of production from recipient's note on the verso of one of the collages and other internal evidence., and The poem on verso "The Snow Drop" in the Oriental Herald and Journal of General Literature, volume 16, page 502 and signed "W. B." Also published in May 1828 in the The Ariel: A literary and cricial gazette (Philadelphia), vol. 2. no.1.
- 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]
10.
- Creator:
- Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1821 or 1822]
- Call Number:
- 821.00.00.22+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Lord Fife drives Mlle. Noblet in a gig; a groom sits in a dickey behind
- Alternative Title:
- Quelle noblesse virtute et opera
- Description:
- Title etched below image. The letter 't' in "noblet" is scored through and the letters 'sse' etched above., Watermark: 1821., and On verso, printseller's ticket: Tomlinson, Print and bookseller, Stationer &c., No. 3 Wades-Passage, Bath.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by S.W. Fores, corner of Sackville St., Piccadilly
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Fife, James Duff, Earl of, 1729-1809.
- Subject (Topic):
- Carriages & coaches and Actresses
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Quelle noblet virtute et opera [graphic].
