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1.
A peep at Christies, or, Tally-ho & his Nimeney-pimmeney taking the morning lounge [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[24 September 1796]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 9
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Miss Farren and Lord Derby, both in profile to the right, walk together inspecting pictures. She, very thin and tall, looks over his head through a glass at a picture in the second row of 'Zenocrates & Phryne'. He looks at the picture immediately below, 'The Death', a huntsman holding up a fox to the hounds. The frame is decorated by an earl's coronet with horses, cf. BMSat 9074, &c. Lord Derby, much caricatured, very short and obese, wears riding-dress with spurred boots and holds a whip. Miss Farren wears no hat, a dress hanging from the shoulders and trailing behind her, short sleeves and gloves. Both hold an open 'Catalogue'. Behind, a man (left) and two ladies in back view and arm-in-arm inspect a picture of 'Susan[nah and the] Elders'. The lady in the centre wears a high, twisted turban (cf. BMSat 8755) with an enormous feather, the other wears a round hat."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Tally-ho & his Nimeney-pimmeney taking the morning lounge and Tally-ho and his Nimeney-pimmeney taking the morning lounge
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: art exhibitions -- Literature: reference to Burgoyne's The Heiress -- Lorgnettes., 1 print : etching & aquatint on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 35.6 x 25.3 cm, on sheet 39.3 x 28.1 cm., and Mounted on leaf 25 of volume 9 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. Sept. 24th, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834 and Derby, Elizabeth Farren Stanley, Countess of, 1759 or 62-1829
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A peep at Christies, or, Tally-ho & his Nimeney-pimmeney taking the morning lounge [graphic]

2.
A peep at Christies, or, Tally-ho & his Nimeney-pimmeney taking the morning lounge [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[24 September 1796]
Call Number:
796.09.24.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Miss Farren and Lord Derby, both in profile to the right, walk together inspecting pictures. She, very thin and tall, looks over his head through a glass at a picture in the second row of 'Zenocrates & Phryne'. He looks at the picture immediately below, 'The Death', a huntsman holding up a fox to the hounds. The frame is decorated by an earl's coronet with horses, cf. BMSat 9074, &c. Lord Derby, much caricatured, very short and obese, wears riding-dress with spurred boots and holds a whip. Miss Farren wears no hat, a dress hanging from the shoulders and trailing behind her, short sleeves and gloves. Both hold an open 'Catalogue'. Behind, a man (left) and two ladies in back view and arm-in-arm inspect a picture of 'Susan[nah and the] Elders'. The lady in the centre wears a high, twisted turban (cf. BMSat 8755) with an enormous feather, the other wears a round hat."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Tally-ho & his Nimeney-pimmeney taking the morning lounge and Tally-ho and his Nimeney-pimmeney taking the morning lounge
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: art exhibitions -- Literature: reference to Burgoyne's The Heiress -- Lorgnettes., and Mounted.
Publisher:
Pubd. Sept. 24th, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834 and Derby, Elizabeth Farren Stanley, Countess of, 1759 or 62-1829
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A peep at Christies, or, Tally-ho & his Nimeney-pimmeney taking the morning lounge [graphic]

3.
Contemplations upon a coronet [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[25 March 1797]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 9
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Miss Farren (left) sits at her dressing-table, contemplating with rapt admiration an earl's coronet on a wig-block which is a caricature of Lord Derby's head. The voluminous draperies of her dress define a thin and angular figure, with a long thin neck. At her feet is an open book: 'Tabby's Farewell to the Green Room'; near it is a torn paper: 'Elegy to the Memory of an Unfortunate Lady. How Lov'd how valued once avails thee not To whom Related or by whom Begot.' A pad for inflating the figure (cf. BMSat 8388, &c.) lies across a stool (right). A 'Genealogical Chart of British Nobility' hangs from the dressing-table; the tree issues from the recumbent figure of 'Willm Conqr'; on it lies a small-tooth comb beside which is an insect. Behind Miss Farren are the closed curtains of an ornate bed, whose valance is decorated with the cap of Libertas and the words 'Vive la Egalite'. On the wall hangs a 'Map of the Road from Strolling Lane to Derbyshire Peak'; the places, from S. to N., are: 'Strolling Lane', 'Beggary Corner', 'Servility Place', 'Old Drury Common', 'Affectation Lane', 'Insolence Green', 'Fool-Catching Alley', 'Derbyshire Peak viz Devils Ar.' A jewel-box, bottles, &c, are on the dressing-table, some inscribed: 'Bloom de Ninon', 'For Bad Teeth', 'Cosmetick', 'For the Breath'. On the ground, under the valance of the table, is a large bottle of 'Holland[s]'. After the title: '"A Coronet! - O, bless my sweet little heart! - ah, it must be mine, now there's nobody left to hinder! - and then - hey, for my Lady Nimminney-pimmenney! [see BMSat 8888] - O, Gemmini! - no more Straw-Beds in Barns; - no more scowling Managers! & Curtsying to a dirty Public! - but a Coronet upon my Coach; - Dashing at the Opera! - shining at the Court! - O dear! dear! what I shall come to!'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker's signature is repeated, the second signature located below lower right margin of design and in a slightly different form: Js. Gy. inv. & ft., Additional publication line, with slightly earlier date, is etched below lower left margin of design: Pubd. March 20th, 1797, by H. Humphrey, Bond Street & St. James's Street., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Hat-stands -- Mirrors -- Coronets: earl's coronet -- Cosmetics -- Pincussions -- Female dress: cork rumps -- Genealogy: British nobility -- Maps: satiric map of Derbyshire -- Allusion to Derbyshire -- Allusion to the Green Room -- Spirits: Hollands gin -- Boxes: jewelry boxes -- Furniture: stools -- Furnishings: bed curtains -- Emblems: bonnet rouge -- Elegies., 1 print : etching & aquatint on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 36.5 x 26.4 cm, on sheet 40.6 x 30.2 cm., and Mounted on leaf 38 of volume 9 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 25th, 1797, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street & St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Derby, Elizabeth Farren Stanley, Countess of, 1759 or 62-1829 and Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Contemplations upon a coronet [graphic]

4.
Contemplations upon a coronet [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[25 March 1797]
Call Number:
797.03.25.05+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Miss Farren (left) sits at her dressing-table, contemplating with rapt admiration an earl's coronet on a wig-block which is a caricature of Lord Derby's head. The voluminous draperies of her dress define a thin and angular figure, with a long thin neck. At her feet is an open book: 'Tabby's Farewell to the Green Room'; near it is a torn paper: 'Elegy to the Memory of an Unfortunate Lady. How Lov'd how valued once avails thee not To whom Related or by whom Begot.' A pad for inflating the figure (cf. BMSat 8388, &c.) lies across a stool (right). A 'Genealogical Chart of British Nobility' hangs from the dressing-table; the tree issues from the recumbent figure of 'Willm Conqr'; on it lies a small-tooth comb beside which is an insect. Behind Miss Farren are the closed curtains of an ornate bed, whose valance is decorated with the cap of Libertas and the words 'Vive la Egalite'. On the wall hangs a 'Map of the Road from Strolling Lane to Derbyshire Peak'; the places, from S. to N., are: 'Strolling Lane', 'Beggary Corner', 'Servility Place', 'Old Drury Common', 'Affectation Lane', 'Insolence Green', 'Fool-Catching Alley', 'Derbyshire Peak viz Devils Ar.' A jewel-box, bottles, &c, are on the dressing-table, some inscribed: 'Bloom de Ninon', 'For Bad Teeth', 'Cosmetick', 'For the Breath'. On the ground, under the valance of the table, is a large bottle of 'Holland[s]'. After the title: '"A Coronet! - O, bless my sweet little heart! - ah, it must be mine, now there's nobody left to hinder! - and then - hey, for my Lady Nimminney-pimmenney! [see BMSat 8888] - O, Gemmini! - no more Straw-Beds in Barns; - no more scowling Managers! & Curtsying to a dirty Public! - but a Coronet upon my Coach; - Dashing at the Opera! - shining at the Court! - O dear! dear! what I shall come to!'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker's signature is repeated, the second signature located below lower right margin of design and in a slightly different form: Js. Gy. inv. & ft., Additional publication line, with slightly earlier date, is etched below lower left margin of design: Pubd. March 20th, 1797, by H. Humphrey, Bond Street & St. James's Street., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Hat-stands -- Mirrors -- Coronets: earl's coronet -- Cosmetics -- Pincussions -- Female dress: cork rumps -- Genealogy: British nobility -- Maps: satiric map of Derbyshire -- Allusion to Derbyshire -- Allusion to the Green Room -- Spirits: Hollands gin -- Boxes: jewelry boxes -- Furniture: stools -- Furnishings: bed curtains -- Emblems: bonnet rouge -- Elegies.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 25th, 1797, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street & St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Derby, Elizabeth Farren Stanley, Countess of, 1759 or 62-1829 and Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Contemplations upon a coronet [graphic]

5.
L'assemblée nationale, or, Grand cooperative meeting at St. Ann's Hill [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[18 June 1804]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 5
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A reception given by Mr. and Mrs. Fox to various groups of the Opposition, [With one or two exceptions the identifications are those of Miss Banks; the characterization is excellent, and most are unmistakeable.] in which the arrangement has political and social significance. Three Grenvilles bow to the host and hostess; the Marquis of Buckingham, wearing his ribbon, holding hat and gold-headed cane and showing a gouty leg and foot, bends low. Next is Lord Grenville, clasping his hat to his breast, more ingratiating but less obsequious than his brother. Next is the stout Lord Temple, awkwardly imitating his uncle's gesture. Fox, wearing a sword, returns Buckingham's bow, his hand on his heart; on his right. stands the fat Mrs. Fox, curtseying, and ogling Grenville. She holds a fan on which is a profile portrait of 'Napoleone Ist'; from her pocket projects a flask of 'French Brandy', indicative of her antecedents (cf. BMSats 7370, 10589) as well as her sympathies, cf. BMSat 9892). On the extreme right. is the Prince of Wales, in back view, the greater part of his figure cut off by the margin, but unmistakable. From his pocket projects a paper: 'Henry IV. Sc. I [sic] Pr of W -l know you all, & shall . . . while.' A short fat man gazes up at him admiringly, obsequiously amused; he is identified by Miss Banks as 'Mr [i.e. General] Fitzpatrick', but resembles M. A. Taylor. Beside him is a dog, his collar inscribed 'Tommy Tattle' [? Thomas Tyrwhitt]. Mrs. Fitzherbert sits, in semi-state, in the corner of a sofa, holding a fan on which are the Prince's feathers and 'Ich Dien'; she is about to take a ticket, 'Coalition Masquerade', proffered with ingratiating vivacity by Lord Carlisle. Next Carlisle behind the sofa stands the Duke of Clarence, facing the Prince, and cruelly caricatured. Mrs. Jordan takes his right. arm, but is reading Jobson & Nell [characters in 'The Devil to pay] with the Farce of Equality' [see BMSat 7908, &c.]. Behind the pair are Col. McMahon, sly and furtive, and a large man, resembling the Duke of York. [Identified by Miss Banks as 'Mr. Tyrwitt', but Tommy Tyrwhitt was noted for his small size. ] Behind Mrs. Fitzherbert, Erskine, in wig and gown, delightedly holds up a large paper (the words partly obscured): 'Arraignments for the new Broad-Bottom'd Administration [cf. BMSat 10530], Citn Volpone [see BMSat 9892] . . . Lord Pogy [Grenville] . . . Madame Volpone .. . Cit . . . Ego [Erskine, see BMSat 9246], Lord High [Chancellor], Greyhound [Grey], H . . . Tooke . . ., Tierney' [imaginatively legible]. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Grand cooperative meeting at St. Ann's Hill
Description:
Title etched below image., Text following title: Respectfully dedicated to the admirers of a "Broad-Bottom'd administration.", Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 74 of volume 5 of 12.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 18th, 1804, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Fox, Elizabeth, 1750-1842, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos, Duke of, 1776-1839, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825, William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, Jordan, Dorothy, 1761-1816, Taylor, Michael Angelo, 1757-1834, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826, Devonshire, Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of, 1758-1824, Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, Bessborough, Henrietta Frances Spencer Ponsonby, Countess of, 1761-1821, Windham, William, 1750-1810, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1766-1839, Walpole, George, 1761-1830, Jones, Thomas Tyrwhitt, Sir, 1765-1811, Adair, Robert, Sir, 1763-1855, Derby, Elizabeth Farren Stanley, Countess of, 1759 or 62-1829, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Nicholls, John, 1745?-1832, Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816, Gordon, Jane Maxwell Gordon, Duchess of, d. 1812, Cholmondeley, George James Cholmondeley, Marquess of, 1749-1827, Tierney, George, 1761-1830, Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812, Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844, Salisbury, James Cecil, Marquess of, 1748-1823, Cecil, Mary Amelia, Marchioness of Salisbury, 1750-1835., George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, and Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > L'assemblée nationale, or, Grand cooperative meeting at St. Ann's Hill [graphic]

6.
The bridal-night [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[18 May 1797]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 9
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An elaborate design. The Prince of Würtemberg, grotesquely corpulent, conducts his bride in the procession (right to left) towards the bridal chamber which is led by the King and Queen. George III, plainly dressed and wearing a hat, partly concealed by a pillar, hurries forward; in each hand is a candle-stick holding a guttering candle-end (cf. BMSat 8117). The Queen, covered with jewels and her face hidden by a poke-bonnet, carries a steaming bowl of 'Posset'. On the back of the Prince's coat are slung five ribbons from which dangle the jewels of orders; three garters encircle his leg; a star decorates the bag of his wig. The Princess gazes at him from behind her fan. Round her waist is the ribbon of an order, to which is attached a jewel containing a whole length miniature of her husband, which exaggerates his corpulence. Behind the Princess is a group of princes: the Prince of Wales, in regimentals, is fat and sulky. Prince William of Gloucester stands with splayed-out feet as in BMSat 8716. The Duke of Clarence (caricatured) puts a hand on the right arm of the Prince of Wales. Behind is the more handsome head of the Duke of York. These four heads are clever juxtapositions of variations on the family features. Behind them is the grotesque profile of the Stadholder with closed eyes. The sharp features of Lady Derby tower above the Stadholder. Next him is the Princess of Wales, not caricatured. Two princesses hold up their sister's train, and, behind, a sea of feathered headdresses recedes in perspective under a lighted chandelier. Salisbury (left), the Lord Chamberlain, standing stiffly in profile to the right, much caricatured, with wand and key as in BMSat 8649, holds open the door through which the King is about to pass. Pitt, on the outskirts of the procession, carries a sack inscribed '£80,000' (the amount of the Princess's dowry). On the wall is a large picture, inscribed 'Le Triomphe de l'Amour', of an elephant with a little cupid sitting on his neck blowing a trumpet."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Marriages: Prince of Würtemberg to Princess Charlotte Augusta, May 17, 1797 -- Beverages: posset -- Furnishings: carpets -- Pictures amplifying subject: a cupid riding an elephant -- Male dress: court dress., 1 print : etching & aquatint on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 30.6 x 44.8 cm, on sheet 34.5 x 48.5 cm., and Mounted on leaf 47 of volume 9 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 18th, 1797, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James Street
Subject (Name):
Frederick I, King of Württemberg, 1754-1816, Charlotte, Queen, Consort of Frederick I, King of Württemberg, 1766-1828, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester, 1776-1834, William V, Prince of Orange, 1748-1806, Salisbury, James Cecil, Marquess of, 1748-1823, Derby, Elizabeth Farren Stanley, Countess of, 1759 or 62-1829, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):
Marriage and Lighting
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The bridal-night [graphic]

7.
The bridal-night [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[18 May 1797]
Call Number:
797.05.18.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An elaborate design. The Prince of Würtemberg, grotesquely corpulent, conducts his bride in the procession (right to left) towards the bridal chamber which is led by the King and Queen. George III, plainly dressed and wearing a hat, partly concealed by a pillar, hurries forward; in each hand is a candle-stick holding a guttering candle-end (cf. BMSat 8117). The Queen, covered with jewels and her face hidden by a poke-bonnet, carries a steaming bowl of 'Posset'. On the back of the Prince's coat are slung five ribbons from which dangle the jewels of orders; three garters encircle his leg; a star decorates the bag of his wig. The Princess gazes at him from behind her fan. Round her waist is the ribbon of an order, to which is attached a jewel containing a whole length miniature of her husband, which exaggerates his corpulence. Behind the Princess is a group of princes: the Prince of Wales, in regimentals, is fat and sulky. Prince William of Gloucester stands with splayed-out feet as in BMSat 8716. The Duke of Clarence (caricatured) puts a hand on the right arm of the Prince of Wales. Behind is the more handsome head of the Duke of York. These four heads are clever juxtapositions of variations on the family features. Behind them is the grotesque profile of the Stadholder with closed eyes. The sharp features of Lady Derby tower above the Stadholder. Next him is the Princess of Wales, not caricatured. Two princesses hold up their sister's train, and, behind, a sea of feathered headdresses recedes in perspective under a lighted chandelier. Salisbury (left), the Lord Chamberlain, standing stiffly in profile to the right, much caricatured, with wand and key as in BMSat 8649, holds open the door through which the King is about to pass. Pitt, on the outskirts of the procession, carries a sack inscribed '£80,000' (the amount of the Princess's dowry). On the wall is a large picture, inscribed 'Le Triomphe de l'Amour', of an elephant with a little cupid sitting on his neck blowing a trumpet."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Marriages: Prince of Würtemberg to Princess Charlotte Augusta, May 17, 1797 -- Beverages: posset -- Furnishings: carpets -- Pictures amplifying subject: a cupid riding an elephant -- Male dress: court dress., and Mounted to 31 x 46 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 18th, 1797, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James Street
Subject (Name):
Frederick I, King of Württemberg, 1754-1816, Charlotte, Queen, Consort of Frederick I, King of Württemberg, 1766-1828, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester, 1776-1834, William V, Prince of Orange, 1748-1806, Salisbury, James Cecil, Marquess of, 1748-1823, Derby, Elizabeth Farren Stanley, Countess of, 1759 or 62-1829, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):
Marriage and Lighting
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The bridal-night [graphic]

8.
The marriage of Cupid & Psyche [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[3 May 1797]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 9
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Design in an oval. A travesty of the cameo known as the Marlborough Gem, now in the Museum of Fine Arts at Boston. The figures are light on a dark ground, as in the original. Miss Farren, tall, thin, with butterfly wings, her dress approximating to contemporary fashion, walks (left to right) on Lord Derby's left. He has the wings of Cupid, clipped, and is almost nude, with the fat limbs of a child together with a heavy paunch. He holds a dove, putting its beak to his lips. His scanty hair is in a small tail. Both are veiled. They are preceded by two winged boys, one with the torch of Hymen. A third follows, wearing a fool's cap simulating a cap of Liberty; he holds up an earl's coronet towards the bride, in place of the tray of fruit of the original."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Marriage of Cupid and Psyche
Description:
Title etched below image., A parody of Bartolozzi's engraving of the Marlborough Gem., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on right and left edges., Temporary local subject terms: Fool's cap as a bonnet rouge -- Cameos: Marlborough gem -- Crowns: earl's coronet -- Cherubs -- Torches: Hymen's smoking torch -- Marriages -- Birds: dove -- Wings -- Travesties., 1 print : aquatint & etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 26.4 x 36.7 cm, on sheet 29.2 x 38.5 cm., and Mounted on leaf 46 of volume 9 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 3d, 1797, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Derby, Elizabeth Farren Stanley, Countess of, 1759 or 62-1829, Psyche (Greek deity), and Cupid (Roman deity)
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The marriage of Cupid & Psyche [graphic]

9.
The marriage of Cupid & Psyche [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[3 May 1797]
Call Number:
797.05.03.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Design in an oval. A travesty of the cameo known as the Marlborough Gem, now in the Museum of Fine Arts at Boston. The figures are light on a dark ground, as in the original. Miss Farren, tall, thin, with butterfly wings, her dress approximating to contemporary fashion, walks (left to right) on Lord Derby's left. He has the wings of Cupid, clipped, and is almost nude, with the fat limbs of a child together with a heavy paunch. He holds a dove, putting its beak to his lips. His scanty hair is in a small tail. Both are veiled. They are preceded by two winged boys, one with the torch of Hymen. A third follows, wearing a fool's cap simulating a cap of Liberty; he holds up an earl's coronet towards the bride, in place of the tray of fruit of the original."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Marriage of Cupid and Psyche
Description:
Title etched below image., A parody of Bartolozzi's engraving of the Marlborough Gem., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on right and left edges., Temporary local subject terms: Fool's cap as a bonnet rouge -- Cameos: Marlborough gem -- Crowns: earl's coronet -- Cherubs -- Torches: Hymen's smoking torch -- Marriages -- Birds: dove -- Wings -- Travesties., and Mounted to 32 x 48 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 3d, 1797, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Derby, Elizabeth Farren Stanley, Countess of, 1759 or 62-1829, Psyche (Greek deity), and Cupid (Roman deity)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The marriage of Cupid & Psyche [graphic]

10.
The way to keep him as perform'd at the Richmond Theatre &c Act V [graphic].

Creator:
Mercer, Captain, printmaker
Published / Created:
[23 April 1787]
Call Number:
787.04.23.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A scene from Act V of Murphy's play as performed at the private theatre of the Duke of Richmond at Richmond House, on 20 April 1787 and subsequently. Lovemore (Lord Derby) stands between Mrs. Lovemore (Mrs. Damer), who holds his right arm, and the Widow Belmour (the fat Mrs. Hobart). Beside the Widow, and on the extreme right, stands a very thin man dressed with exaggerated foppishness, his hat under his arm; he says, "As the man says in the Play your Lordship is right welcome back to Denmark". He is Sir Brilliant Fashion, played by the Hon. Richard Edgcumbe. Mrs. Damer says, "This is Lord Etheridge Madam", and Mrs. Hobart answers, "No Madam this is Lord Lovemore"; the speeches have been transposed by an engraver's error. In a stage box on the extreme left sit the Duke of Richmond and a lady (the Duchess?) holding an enormous muff, her high coiffure much exaggerated. The box is decorated with a group, two crossed cannon, lying on a plan of a fort, with a kettle-drum, surmounted by a laurel wreath, an allusion to Richmond's unpopular scheme for fortifying Portsmouth and Plymouth, see BMSat 6921, &c. The ladies have tiny faces, framed in elaborately dressed hair, which contrast with Lord Derby's large head. A draped curtain frames the stage; in the centre is the customary 'Veluti in Speculum'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Veluti in speculum
Description:
Title from item., Attributed to Captain Mercer by the curator based on style., At top of print: Veluti in speculum., Temporary local subject terms: Horace Walpole refers to subject -- Richmond House Theatre -- Arms -- Richmond fortifications., and Watermark: E & P.
Publisher:
Pub'd Aprl. 23, 1787 by H. Humphries, Bond Strt
Subject (Name):
Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816, Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806, Richmond, Mary, Duchess of, 1740-1796, Damer, Anne Seymour, 1748 or 1749-1828, Valletort, Viscount 1764-1839 (Richard Edgcumbe),, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, and Derby, Elizabeth Farren Stanley, Countess of, 1759 or 62-1829
Subject (Topic):
Actors and Costumes
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The way to keep him as perform'd at the Richmond Theatre &c Act V [graphic].