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1. Mrs. Abington [graphic]

Creator:: Wilson, James, active 1760-1780, printmaker
Published / Created:: [between 1768 and 1786]
Call Number:: Folio 75 P839 800 v. 1 (Oversize)
Collection Title:: Portraits of ladies in mezzotint.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Portrait of Mrs. Abington after Reynolds (Mannings 28); standing three-quarter length to front, resting her left arm on a draped block (the pedestal of a statue of the Comic Muse), head inclined to left, eyes to front; wearing floral gown, sash and her hair up; plain background
Description:: Title from caption below image., First state, without numbering '133'. See J.C. Smith., Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue., Mrs. Abington, comic actress, born and worked London and Dublin. Began as a flower seller and domestic servant., Mounted on leaf numbered 1 in an album of 49 prints: sheet 60 x 47 cm., and Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd. For further information consult library staff.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Name):: Abington, Mrs. 1737-1815, (Frances Barton),
Subject (Topic):: Actresses and British
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Mrs. Abington [graphic]

2. Eliza Haywood [graphic]

Creator:: Vertue, George, 1684-1756, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1725]
Call Number:: Portraits H427 no. 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Engraving of the portrait of the novelist Eliza Haywood after the painting by Parmentier; oval bust, facing right, in rectangular frame
Description:: Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756), English author and actress., and Mounted on wove paper with watermark: Whatman 1886.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Name):: Haywood, Eliza, 1693?-1756,
Subject (Topic):: Authors, British, and Actresses
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Eliza Haywood [graphic]

3. Mrs. Robinson [graphic]

Creator:: Smith, John Raphael, 1752-1812, printmaker
Published / Created:: [25 August 1781]
Call Number:: Portraits R65 no.1+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Portrait of Mary 'Perdita' Robinson, half-length in an oval, directed to left but looking forward, with high dressed hair with a cap on top, and both hands in a muff."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title from item., State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states., Scratched-letter state with inscription space uncleaned., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:: Publishd. August 25th, 1781, by J.R. Smith, No. 83, opposite the Pantheon, Oxford Street
Subject (Name):: Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800,
Subject (Topic):: Actresses and British
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Mrs. Robinson [graphic]

4. Mrs. Cross [graphic]

Creator:: Smith, J. (John), 1652-1743, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1700?]
Call Number:: Portraits C951 no. 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Portrait of Letitia Cross standing three-quarter length to front beside flowers, her hands crossed, head turned slightly to right, eyes to front, wearing loose dress and pearls in her hair, with veil, curtain, arches and statues in garden seen behind."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title from caption below image., Printmaker and date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.4511., and Sheet trimmed close to plate mark.
Publisher:: Sold by J. Smith at the Lyon & Crown in Russel Street Covent Garden
Subject (Name):: Cross, Letitia, 1682?-1737,
Subject (Topic):: Actresses, British, and Singers
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Mrs. Cross [graphic]

5. Roxalana [graphic]

Creator:: Sherwin, J. K. (John Keyse), 1751-1790, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1 February 1791]
Call Number:: Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Portrait of Frances Abington after Reynolds (Mannings 32), in the character from Bickerstaffs's 'The Sultan'; half-length, standing, looking to right, appearing from behind a curtain which she pushes aside with her left hand; published state."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., State from Hamilton., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of all text. Description based on impression in the British Museum, registration no.: Aa,9.22., Sheet trimmed into an oval shape (23.8 x 19.4 cm), with ink wash added to fill in the blank spaces around the rectangular portrait; window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., Mounted opposite page 174 (leaf numbered '212' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan., and Title and statements of responsibility written in ink at bottom of mounting page, in a later hand: Mrs. Abington as 'Roxalana' in the "Sultan" / Sir J. Reynolds, pinx. ; J.K. Sherwin, sculp.
Publisher:: Publish'd Feby. 1, 1791, by J. Thane, Rupert Street, Hay Market
Subject (Geographic):: British.
Subject (Name):: Abington, Mrs. 1737-1815, (Frances Barton), and Bickerstaff, Isaac, 1735-1812.
Subject (Topic):: Actresses
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Roxalana [graphic]

6. Scrub [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [15 February 1786]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:: Leaf 33. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Mrs. Abington stands facing three quarters to the right dressed as Scrub in Farquhar's 'Beaux' Stratagem', with her hair in tightly curled ringlets (resembling the wig worn by Weston in the part). Her hand is in the pocket of a long, old-fashioned coat worn over an apron. On the wall behind her head is a bust of Farquhar, scowling down at her, disgusted to see a woman play the part. On each side is a picture: on the left the head and shoulders of a man calling "Murder Murder", the frame is inscribed, "Mr Weston in ye part of Scrub". On the right a woman emerges from the funnel of a bottle, as the Bottle Imp. She is of meretricious appearance, holds up a purse in her right hand, a mask in the left; the frame is inscribed, 'For the Benefit of Thalia For this Night only The Pit laid into the Boxes."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left sides., 1 print : etching with engraving and stipple on wove paper ; plate mark 27.8 x 20.2 cm, on sheet 29.4 x 21.2 cm., and Mounted on leaf 33 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:: Publd. 15th Febry. 1786 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Name):: Abington, Mrs., 1737-1815 (Frances Barton), and Farquhar, George, 1677?-1707.
Subject (Topic):: Actresses, British, and Pictures
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Scrub [graphic]

7. Scrub [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [15 February 1786]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
Collection Title:: Leaf 33. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Mrs. Abington stands facing three quarters to the right dressed as Scrub in Farquhar's 'Beaux' Stratagem', with her hair in tightly curled ringlets (resembling the wig worn by Weston in the part). Her hand is in the pocket of a long, old-fashioned coat worn over an apron. On the wall behind her head is a bust of Farquhar, scowling down at her, disgusted to see a woman play the part. On each side is a picture: on the left the head and shoulders of a man calling "Murder Murder", the frame is inscribed, "Mr Weston in ye part of Scrub". On the right a woman emerges from the funnel of a bottle, as the Bottle Imp. She is of meretricious appearance, holds up a purse in her right hand, a mask in the left; the frame is inscribed, 'For the Benefit of Thalia For this Night only The Pit laid into the Boxes."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left sides., and Mounted on page 49 with one other print.
Publisher:: Publd. 15th Febry. 1786 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Name):: Abington, Mrs., 1737-1815 (Frances Barton), and Farquhar, George, 1677?-1707.
Subject (Topic):: Actresses, British, and Pictures
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Scrub [graphic]

8. Scrub [graphic]

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [15 February 1786]
Call Number:: 786.02.15.01 Impression 1
Collection Title:: Leaf 33. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Mrs. Abington stands facing three quarters to the right dressed as Scrub in Farquhar's 'Beaux' Stratagem', with her hair in tightly curled ringlets (resembling the wig worn by Weston in the part). Her hand is in the pocket of a long, old-fashioned coat worn over an apron. On the wall behind her head is a bust of Farquhar, scowling down at her, disgusted to see a woman play the part. On each side is a picture: on the left the head and shoulders of a man calling "Murder Murder", the frame is inscribed, "Mr Weston in ye part of Scrub". On the right a woman emerges from the funnel of a bottle, as the Bottle Imp. She is of meretricious appearance, holds up a purse in her right hand, a mask in the left; the frame is inscribed, 'For the Benefit of Thalia For this Night only The Pit laid into the Boxes."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left sides.
Publisher:: Publd. 15th Febry. 1786 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Name):: Abington, Mrs., 1737-1815 (Frances Barton), and Farquhar, George, 1677?-1707.
Subject (Topic):: Actresses, British, and Pictures
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Scrub [graphic]

9. [Miss Farren] [graphic].

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1781]
Call Number:: 781.00.00.24+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Half-length portrait of Miss Farren shown in profile looking left
Description:: Title devised by cataloger., Printmaker and publication date inferred from another print on the same sheet., Printed on one sheet with: Mr Bannister in the character of Miss Polly Peachum by Sayers., Not in the Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of prints and drawings in the British museum., and Mounted to 56 x 37 cm.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Name):: Farren, Elizabeth, 1762-1829,
Subject (Topic):: Actresses and British
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Miss Farren] [graphic].