Portrait of Samuel Foote performing in his comedy Diversions of the morning; whole length, turned to the left with arms spread out and exclaiming "Oh! Ah! Bitch, what is all this?"; his hat and stick on the ground to the left
Description:
Title etched above image., Original drawing by Francis Hayman is held by the British Museum; see Catalogue of drawings by British artists and artists of foreign origin working in Great Britain ..., v. 2, page 278, no. 2., Printmaker inferred from listed street address; George Bickham the Younger worked out of May's Buildings, Covent Garden at this time., Text below image: Harkee Tedy! Can't you make use of some mechanical means to keep [your] fire alive? Such as whispering to your self. Oh! Ah! Bitch &c., and Watermark: horn on crowned shield, with initials LVG below.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777. and Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777,
Subject (Topic):
Actors, British, Portrait prints, and Theatrical productions
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., Artist and printmaker identified as J.H. Green in the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., Mounted before page 101 (leaf numbered '151' 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 Pencil annotation on verso: Mrs. Green daughter of Hippisley the commedian [sic]. See Genest vol. IV - p. 253.
Publisher:
Published 1803 by J.H. Green, No. 1 Wells Street, Oxford Street
Subject (Name):
Green, Jane, 1719-1791, and Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777.
Caption title., A playbill., From a bound collection of playbills: [Playbills from Exeter and Lyme Regis, 1784-1786.]. [England], [between 1784 and 1786]., and Numbered in ms.
Publisher:
Printed by R. Trewman, in Fore-Street
Subject (Name):
Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805. and Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777.
Caption title., A playbill., and From a bound collection of playbills: [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson]. [England], [between 1748 and 1778]. Mounted on page 113.
Publisher:
Printed by Stephen Martin
Subject (Name):
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757. and Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777.
Caption title., At head of title: Theatre-Royal, Bath., A playbill., First line: For the benefit of Mr. Egerton., and From a bound collection of playbills: [Playbills from the Theatre-Royal, Bath, 1783-1815]. [Bath, England], [between 1783 and 1815]. Mounted on page 46.
Publisher:
Richard Cruttwell, printer, St. James's-Street, Bath
Subject (Name):
O'Keeffe, John, 1747-1833. and Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777.
Theatre-Royal. Mr Wilkinson's last night this season. For the benefit of Mr Wilkinson, never acted here
Description:
Caption title., A playbill., Place of publication assumed., and From a bound collection of playbills: [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson]. [England], [between 1748 and 1778]. Mounted on page 220.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816. and Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777.
Caption title., At head of title: Many reasons having been communicated to the manager, in the most obliging and friendly manner, why he should desist from his proposed plan of a masquerade, advertised for Friday the 7th of March;--in obedience to what he deems the general sense of the public, he, without reluctance, sacrifices every prospect he might have of private advantage; and therefore gives this notice, (whatever may be his loss) that the design is drop'd. Not acted these six years., A playbill., Place of publication assumed., and From a bound collection of playbills: [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson]. [England], [between 1748 and 1778]. Mounted on page 217.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757. and Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777.
Caption title., Place of publication unidentified., A playbill., Date from manuscript notation., From a bound collection of playbills: [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson]. [England], [between 1748 and 1778]. Mounted on page 152., and Dated in ms.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805. and Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777.
Caption title., A playbill., and From a bound collection of playbills: [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson]. [England], [between 1748 and 1778]. Mounted on page 115.
Publisher:
Printed by Stephen Martin
Subject (Name):
Steele, Richard, Sir, 1672-1729. and Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777.
Caption title., A playbill., Place of publication derived from ms. note., From a bound collection of playbills: [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson]. [England], [between 1748 and 1778]. Mounted on page 204., and Dated and annotated in ms.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805. and Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777.
