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1.
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]

2.
[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].

3.
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]

4.
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]

5.
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]

6.
Symptoms of training, or, R- method of colt-breaking [graphic].

Creator:
Heath, William, 1795-1840, attributed name
Published / Created:
[22 April 1821]
Call Number:
Folio 724 835G v.2 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"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...
Alternative Title:
R- method of colt-breaking, Royal method of colt-breaking, and A la Chester-field
Description:
Title etched below image.
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-
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Actresses, British, Purses, Couches, Draperies, Windows, Horse racing, and Traffic signs & signals
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Symptoms of training, or, R- method of colt-breaking [graphic].

7.
Mrs. H. Johnston in the melodrama of Timour the Tartar [graphic]

Creator:
Dighton, Denis, 1792-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
June, 1811.
Call Number:
811.06.00.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Mrs. H. Johnston as Princess Zorilda in M.G. Lewis' Timour the Tartar, in full custume, astride a rearing, white horse
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub. by Dighton, Spring Gardens
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Name):
Johnston, Nannette, and Lewis, M. G. 1775-1818. (Matthew Gregory),
Subject (Topic):
Actresses, British, and Theatrical productions
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Mrs. H. Johnston in the melodrama of Timour the Tartar [graphic]

8.
Mrs. Green as Mrs. Cadwallader, 1776 [graphic].

Creator:
Green, J. H. (John Hippisley), 1753- printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[1803]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of the actress Jane Green, in character in Foote's 'The Author'; half length, to the front, looking to the left; wearing hat perched on top of raised hairstyle; a sunflower pinned to dress."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published 1803 by J.H. Green, No. 1 Wells Street, Oxford Street
Subject (Name):
Green, Jane, 1719-1791, and Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777.
Subject (Topic):
Characters, Actresses, and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Mrs. Green as Mrs. Cadwallader, 1776 [graphic].

9.
Hold! Pizarro, hear me! If not always justly, at least act always greatly. Pizarro [graphic]

Creator:
Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Published / Created:
[14 December 1799]
Call Number:
Quarto 75 D569 812
Collection Title:
Leaf 28. Characatures by Dighton.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Mrs. Siddons as Elvira in 'Pizarro'. Her words are from Act III. iii (in Pizarro's tent). She stands with her head turned in profile to the left, right arm extended in a commanding gesture. She wears a high-waisted, quasi-classical dress, with a long...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Robert Dighton
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816. and Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831
Subject (Topic):
Actresses, British, and Theatrical productions
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Hold! Pizarro, hear me! If not always justly, at least act always greatly. Pizarro [graphic]

10.
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."--Briti...
Description:
Title etched below image.
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]

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