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1.
A musico-oratorical portrait an oddity wags have at ye / [graphic]

Creator:
Collings, Samuel, printmaker
Published / Created:
March 1st, 1791.
Call Number:
791.03.01.01.1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Dibdin stands smiling beside a harpsichord (left) directed to the left, and leaning slightly forward, left hand extended. In his right is a paper inscribed 'Oddities Wags'. On each side of the harpsichord is a tripod supporting a lighted candle-sconce. He is giving a musical entertainment. In the text he is ridiculed as Petronius Broadgrin, noted for consummate effrontery, and he is recommended the works of Joe Miller as a repertory of jokes. Below the title: 'Wags have at ye.'"--British Museum online catalogue and A description of Dibdin's musical entertainments, Oddities and The Wags
Alternative Title:
Oddity wags have at ye
Description:
Title etched above image. Above title: Attic miscellany., Caricatures published under the pseudonym Annibal Scratch have been attributed to Samuel Collings., For another state published under different title, see: Marmaduke Momus., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: Attic miscellany, v. ii, page 197., and Mounted to 27 x 20 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, by Bentley & Co.
Subject (Name):
Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814
Subject (Topic):
Musicians, Musical instruments, and Candelabras
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A musico-oratorical portrait an oddity wags have at ye / [graphic]

2.
The music manufacturer [graphic].

Creator:
Collings, Samuel, printmaker
Published / Created:
[September 1794]
Call Number:
794.09.00.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Dibdin stands smiling beside a harpsichord (left) directed to the left, and leaning slightly forward, left hand extended. In his right is a paper inscribed 'Oddities Wags'. On each side of the harpsichord is a tripod supporting a lighted candle-sconce. He is giving a musical entertainment. In the text he is ridiculed as Petronius Broadgrin, noted for consummate effrontery, and he is recommended the works of Joe Miller as a repertory of jokes."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Printmaker from original issue, published by Bentley & Co., March 1, 1791, for the Attic Miscellany, under title, A Musico-Oratorical Portrait., Above image: Engraved for the Carlton House Magazine., Plate from: Carlton House magazine, September 1794., Another state, with different title. Cf. No. 7953 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Clipping of a fictitious letter to the editor of the Carlton House Magazine from "Dollabella" pasted on verso.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814
Subject (Topic):
Candelabras, Harpsichords, and Singers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The music manufacturer [graphic].

3.
Scene in a farce calld. The Quaker [graphic].

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
1783.
Call Number:
783.00.00.08
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Four characters participating in the quintet of the first act finale of Dibdin's "The Quaker" are shown here: Gillian and Floretta look over the garden wall while Steady attempts to keep Solomon from conversation with them
Alternative Title:
Scene in a farce called The Quaker
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker identified as Rowlandson in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: K,57.124., Plate dated "1783" in lower left corner., and Design includes portraits of the actors John Bannister and William Parsons. See British Museum online catalogue.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814., Bannister, John, 1760-1836, and Parsons, William, 1736-1795
Subject (Topic):
Singing, Garden walls, and Theatrical productions
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Scene in a farce calld. The Quaker [graphic].

4.
Jenny [graphic]

Creator:
Shepheard, George, 1770-1842, printmaker
Published / Created:
[24 February 1795]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 2, page 87. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A girl sitting beside a spinning wheel outside a cottage, with expression of lament, a ship on the sea behind at right; oval design after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Four lines of verse below title: Young Jemmy lov'd me well, & sought me for his bride, but saving a crown he had naething else beside; to mak' that crown a pund, my Jemmy gade to sea, and the crown & the pund were bath for me., Illustration to Charles Dibdin's adaptation of the comic opera The deserter., and Mounted on page 87 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Published 24th Feby. 1795 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Name):
Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814.
Subject (Topic):
Dwellings, Spinning apparatus, Trees, and Ships
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Jenny [graphic]

5.
Louisa [graphic]

Creator:
Shepheard, George, 1770-1842, printmaker
Published / Created:
[24 February 1795]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 2, page 87. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A woman standing to right waving farewell to a figure escorted by two soldiers, in the distance at right, at left the corner of a building and part of a tree trunk with broken branch; oval design, after a drawing by Henry William Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Four lines of verse below title: What so tender, at parting, he told me, which such joy, to my bosom convey'd, when next he was doom'd to behold me, cou'd I think of being this way repaid., Illustration to Charles Dibdin's adaptation of the comic opera The deserter., and Mounted on page 87 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publish'd 24th Feby. 1795 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Name):
Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814.
Subject (Topic):
Military deserters, Farewells, Soldiers, and Tree trunks
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Louisa [graphic]

6.
Mr. Cooke has the honor to announce his benefit, which will take place on Saturday evening, May 18

Creator:
Theatre Royal (Bath, England)
Published / Created:
[1810?]
Call Number:
Folio 767 P69B B32
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Alternative Title:
Theatre-Royal, York
Description:
Caption title., A playbill., and From a bound collection of playbills: [Playbills from the Theatre-Royal, Bath, 1783-1815]. [Bath, England], [between 1783 and 1815]. Mounted on page 109.
Publisher:
Keenes, printers
Subject (Name):
Cumberland, Richard, 1732-1811. and Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. Cooke has the honor to announce his benefit, which will take place on Saturday evening, May 18 ... he has selected, for his evening's entertainments, the admired comedy of The wheel of fortune ... : after which, a petit piece, called Personation ... to which will be added, the musical entertainment of The deserter ....

7.
This evening, Friday, Nov. 22d, 1811; will be presented, the musical farce of The waterman; or, The

Creator:
Theatre Royal (Bath, England)
Published / Created:
[1811]
Call Number:
Folio 767 P69B B32
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Alternative Title:
Theatre-Royal, Bath. The public are respectfully informed, that on account of a sudden domestic calamity, Mr. Elliston's remaining performances are unavoidably postponed for a few days; and that Mr. Matthews & Mr. Incledon are engaged to perform three nights only
Description:
Caption title., A playbill., and From a bound collection of playbills: [Playbills from the Theatre-Royal, Bath, 1783-1815]. [Bath, England], [between 1783 and 1815]. Mounted on page 166.
Publisher:
Keenes, Printers, 7, Kingsmead-Street
Subject (Name):
Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814. and Horn, Charles E. 1786-1849. (Charles Edward),
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > This evening, Friday, Nov. 22d, 1811; will be presented, the musical farce of The waterman; or, The first of August ... : after which, the musical farce of Hit or miss ... to which will be added, the favourite musical farce of The bee-hive ...

8.
This present Saturday, April 7, 1804, will be presented, the comic opera of Rosina ... : after

Creator:
Theatre Royal (Bath, England)
Published / Created:
[1804]
Call Number:
Folio 767 P69B B32
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Alternative Title:
Theatre-Royal, Bath. Last night of Mr. Incledon's engagement
Description:
Caption title., A playbill., and From a bound collection of playbills: [Playbills from the Theatre-Royal, Bath, 1783-1815]. [Bath, England], [between 1783 and 1815]. Mounted on page 118.
Publisher:
Keenes, Printers
Subject (Name):
Shield, William, 1748-1829., Brooke, Frances, 1724?-1789., Dunlap, William, 1766-1839., and Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > This present Saturday, April 7, 1804, will be presented, the comic opera of Rosina ... : after which, a play, in 3 acts, called The voice of nature ... with a musical entertainment, called The waterman ...

9.
This present Saturday, December 30, 1809, will be presented, a popular new play, called The

Creator:
Theatre Royal (Bath, England)
Published / Created:
[1809]
Call Number:
Folio 767 P69B B32
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Alternative Title:
Theatre-Royal, Bath
Description:
Caption title., A playbill., and From a bound collection of playbills: [Playbills from the Theatre-Royal, Bath, 1783-1815]. [Bath, England], [between 1783 and 1815]. Mounted on page 75.
Publisher:
Keenes, Printers, Bath Journal Office, 7, Kingsmead-Street
Subject (Name):
Dimond, William, active 1800-1830. and Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > This present Saturday, December 30, 1809, will be presented, a popular new play, called The foundling of the forest ... : to which will be added, the favourite musical farce of The waterman or, The first of August ... on Tuesday next, the comic opera of Love in a village ...

10.
This present Thursday, April 19, 1804, will be performed, the celebrated comedy of The school for

Creator:
Theatre Royal (Bath, England)
Published / Created:
[1804]
Call Number:
Folio 767 P69B B32
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Alternative Title:
Theatre-Royal, Bath
Description:
Caption title., A playbill., and From a bound collection of playbills: [Playbills from the Theatre-Royal, Bath, 1783-1815]. [Bath, England], [between 1783 and 1815]. Mounted on page 119.
Publisher:
Keenes, Printers
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816. and Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > This present Thursday, April 19, 1804, will be performed, the celebrated comedy of The school for scandal ... : with a musical entertainment, called The padlock ...

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