A collection of theatrical costume drawings from a variety of sources in a variety of mediums on paper and pasteboard, mostly unidentified but some signed: two by Lucien Besche, one by Herbert Norris, one by C.A. Stothard, two by Charles Wilhelm and two idenitified only by the initials T.O., with dates ranging from the last quarter of the 18th century through 1925. Also includes one print of Charles Kean. The 18th century drawings show women's costumes for a variety of unidentified productions in a variety of period dress, including a group of five drawings of classical Roman figures and deities, a drawing for a costume for Lady Macbeth, and Stothard's drawing for Henry V. Later costume drawings include three pen drawings of mid-19th characters, one of whom is in a train carriage, a "Wood Gatherer" costume from London Lyceum Theatre's 1893-1894 production of 'Cinderella' , Bosche's 1892 drawing of a female warrior for "The 40 thieves". Some drawings include notes about the fabric and colors to be used, address of vendors, etc
Description:
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Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Garrick, David, 1717-1779. and Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833
Subject (Topic):
Costume design, Actors, English, and Costume design drawings
A campanion piece to print of the same title which ridicules women's dress. This print shows four figures of dandies, one with a huge muff, one with a tall cane, all with the high waist, tight trousers, exaggerated ruffles at the neck, fashions that are all of the period
Alternative Title:
Telles choses sont
Description:
Title etched below image., Verses below title: That such things are we must allow, But such things never were till now., Design attributed to Captain Mercer. According to Henry Angelo, a series of plates, four figures on each, was designed by Mercer, a military officer, with the title applied from Mrs. Inchbald's comedy. Cf. Angelo, H. Reminiscences of Henry Angelo, 1904, vol. 1, p. 328., Not in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 35 x 24.8 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark. Formerly mounted with the original print, now housed separately: Drawings M553 no. 1., and Watermark: GR with fleur de lys and crown.
Publisher:
Publish'd April 2, 1787 by S.W. Fores at the Caricature Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
A campanion piece to print of the same title which ridicules women's dress. This print shows four figures of dandies, one with a huge muff, one with a tall cane, all with the high waist, tight trousers, exaggerated ruffles at the neck, fashions that are all of the period
Alternative Title:
Telles choses sont
Description:
Title etched below image., Verses below title: That such things are we must allow, But such things never were till now., Design attributed to Captain Mercer. According to Henry Angelo, a series of plates, four figures on each, was designed by Mercer, a military officer, with the title applied from Mrs. Inchbald's comedy. Cf. Angelo, H. Reminiscences of Henry Angelo, 1904, vol. 1, p. 328., Not in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 35 x 24.8 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Watermark: Curteis & Sons.
Publisher:
Publish'd April 2, 1787 by S.W. Fores at the Caricature Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
"Queensberry (left) leans from the steps of his Piccadilly house, to leer through a double spy-glass (as in British Museum Satires No. 9082) at a buxom young woman who has just descended from a country wagon (right). She stands on the pavement next her father, a yokel in a smock-frock who is addressed by a fat bawd. The woman puts her hand on his shoulder, saying, "Its very lucky I met with you my honest Man if she behaves well she shall be promoted to the service of a Duke". He answers, "Very lucky indeed I'se Woundily Obliged to your Ladyship. My Dame always said as how Bet was cut out for Zarvice of your great Volkes." The wagoner is depositing in the road the corded box of Elisabeth Maybush; he looks up at Old Q, saying, "ah! I knew he'd dart out like an Old Spider at a Fly". A fashionably dressed young woman walks past the railings of 15 Piccadilly, the lower part of the house forming a background."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Queenborough novelist
Description:
Title from item., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Temporary local subject terms: Women: country girls -- Procuresses -- Wagoners -- London: 15 Piccadilly -- Quizzing glasses -- Horse whips., and Watermark: Strasburg bend with initials C & S below.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 1st, 1798, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Queensbury, William Douglas, Duke of, 1724-1811
Subject (Topic):
Prostitutes, Hand lenses, Farmers, Obesity, Carts & wagons, and Whips
"Queensberry (left) leans from the steps of his Piccadilly house, to leer through a double spy-glass (as in British Museum Satires No. 9082) at a buxom young woman who has just descended from a country wagon (right). She stands on the pavement next her father, a yokel in a smock-frock who is addressed by a fat bawd. The woman puts her hand on his shoulder, saying, "Its very lucky I met with you my honest Man if she behaves well she shall be promoted to the service of a Duke". He answers, "Very lucky indeed I'se Woundily Obliged to your Ladyship. My Dame always said as how Bet was cut out for Zarvice of your great Volkes." The wagoner is depositing in the road the corded box of Elisabeth Maybush; he looks up at Old Q, saying, "ah! I knew he'd dart out like an Old Spider at a Fly". A fashionably dressed young woman walks past the railings of 15 Piccadilly, the lower part of the house forming a background."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Queenborough novelist
Description:
Title from item., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Temporary local subject terms: Women: country girls -- Procuresses -- Wagoners -- London: 15 Piccadilly -- Quizzing glasses -- Horse whips., Subject identified on mat below image., Watermark: Curtels & Sons., 1 print : etching ; plate mark 26.6 x 28.7 cm, on sheet 29 x 32 cm., and On laid paper, hand-colored, matted to 47 x 63 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 1st, 1798, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Queensbury, William Douglas, Duke of, 1724-1811
Subject (Topic):
Prostitutes, Hand lenses, Farmers, Obesity, Carts & wagons, and Whips
