"Portrait of Mrs Jordan as Peggy in 'The Country Girl' after Romney, standing three-quarter length with her hands clasped together in front of a doorway and column; state after title changed, before engraver's name altered."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image. and Second state, with title altered from "Mrs. Jordan in the Character of the Romp". For the earlier state, see Yale Center for British Art accession no.: B1970.3.341.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 24th, 1788, by John & Josiah Boydell, No. 90 Cheapside, London
Subject (Name):
Jordan, Dorothy, 1761-1816, and Garrick, David, 1717-1779.
"The actress in character standing in an archway, wearing a shawl over her head and a crucifix attached to a string of pearls around her neck, her right hand raised and a large urn beside her."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Text below title: Shakespear [sic] Act 5th Scene 3rd., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to Act of Parlt., 1765, by R.E. Pine in St. Martin's Lane, London
"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
"Illustration to Bell's Shakespeare; Sarah Siddons as Isabella in Shakespeare's 'Measure for Measure'; whole length, to the right, arms extended, beseeching; wearing a long scarf that hangs from the back of her head, and around her body, a crucifix and beads at her waist; in oval. 1785."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Text above image: "Act 5 ; Measure for Measure ; Scene 1.", Verse below title: "Justice, O royal duke! vail your regard ; upon a wrong'd, I would fain have said a maid!", Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and In paper frame: 330 x 268 mm.
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.
"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.
"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.
"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.
"George IV (right) offers a purse to a pretty young woman in evening dress of theatrical type (right). Through a window (or in a picture) is seen a large signpost, pointing (left) to 'Chester' and (right) to 'Virginia Water' (the Cottage); behind is a race, two jockeys nearing the winning post (right). A large Chinese jar stands on the floor filled with flowers."--British Museum online catalogue and "An early allusion to Eliza Chester, b. 1799, a pretty actress who fascinated the King and according to Huish was appointed Reader to him at £600 p.a."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
R- method of colt-breaking, Royal method of colt-breaking, and A la Chester-field
Description:
Title etched below image., Text above image: A la Chester-field., Tentative attribution to William Heath from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Five lines of dialogue etched below title: Man, Delightfull [sic] task to rear the tender thought to teach the young idea how to shoot, to pour the fresh Instruction on the mind, to breath [sic] the enlivening spirit, & thus to aid the generous purpose in the glowing breast. Woman, Indeed, indeed, the temptation is so great, the prospect so flattering tis my ambition, not my will consents., Text at bottom of plate: Plate 1st a series of these subjects will be continued to exhibit the force of example above precept, & to shew the principles of morality emonates [sic] from Great Qui Capet Ille habet., Watermark: G. Pike 1820., Window mounted to 34.3 x 23.9 cm, the whole then mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 66 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Miss Chester" and "Geo. IV" identified in ink below image; date "22 Ap. 1821" written in lower right corner. Typed extract of two lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Pub. Apl. 22, 1821, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilly [sic]
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and Chester, Eliza, 1799-
The actress Mrs. Abingdon dressed as Thalia, Muse of Comedy, stands holding a mask in an outdoor scene. Piles of books by notable playwrights lie near her feet and a group of onlookers in the background observe a satyr standing on a wall
Alternative Title:
Frontispiece to The new English theatre
Description:
Title from item., Publisher and date of print from copy of book in Beinecke Library., Imperfect Impression; lower edge trimmed with loss of publication information., At head of title: Frontispiece to The new English Theatre., and Frontispiece from: The new English theatre, v. 1. London: J. Rivington & sons ..., 1776.
Publisher:
Published June 3d. 1776 by T. Lowndes & other proprietors
