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:
For further information, consult library staff.
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
Portrait of George Griffith after Robert White, half length in an oval, long hair, wearing bands and gown, holding a book; curtain in the background to left, bookshelf to right, with inscribed motto 'Most gladly would I Learne & gladly Teach'.
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Date from unverified data from local record., Copy of 17th century engraving by Robert White. Cf. Catalogue of engraved British portraits, v. 2, p. 390., and For further information, consult library staff.
Mosley, Charles, approximately 1720-approximately 1770, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd November the 26th 1738 according to the late act.
Call Number:
738.11.26.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
European race heat second anno domini 1738
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., One line of quotation from the Bible below title: Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter ... Ecclesiastes the 12th, verse the 13th., and Watermark: J Whatman.
publish'd according to act of Parliament 25 March 1740.
Call Number:
740.03.25.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: America -- Cuba -- Havanna -- Clergy: cardinals -- Personifications: figure of Folly -- Figure of Fortune -- Robert Jenkins -- Mottoes: aut mors aut victoria., Annotation in unidentified hand below image., Restrike?, and Mounted to 34 x 48 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, 1685-1740, Neuhof, Théodore-Antoine, baron de, 1690-1756, Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor, 1697-1745, Fleury, André Hercule de, 1653-1743, and Coram, Thomas, 1668?-1751
A courier on horseback blows his horn as he approaches a small building with a sign board dangling from its post "Popularity, The Blown Bladder by W P". A bandaged foot (gouty) resting on a stool is sticking out the door; crutches resting against the side of the hovel. Behind the rider is a cushion with a royal crown, decorates with thistles labeled B-e (for Lord Bute) and M-d (for the Earl of Mansfield). Three young trees on the lower right represent the three British kingdoms. A quotation from Book II of Virgil's Aeneid in lower right corner of image
Description:
Title etched at top of image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Second state, as described in the British Museum catalogue, with the large cushion substituted for the public house behind the duke; It intended to express that Lords Bute and Mansfield though not in the cabinet, overshadowed the King., A satire intended to express that Lords Bute and Mansfield though not in the cabinet, overshadowed the King., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Truman's notes about the print are shelved as: LWL Mss Group 1 File 23., and Watermark: J Whatman.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, and Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
Lame and blind beggar, Lawyer & the oyster, and Lawyer and the oyster
Description:
Title engraved below image., Publication date based on printer's business address. See Maxted, I. London book trades, 1775-1800., In lower left corner of plate: Price 6 pence., Two columns of verse below title: Two vagrants, as they hobbling stray pop on an oyster in their way ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Beggars -- Lawyers -- Law: lawyer's clients -- Male dress: legal robes -- Architectural details: windows -- Tablecloth -- Window curtain -- Food: oysters -- Writing implements: inkwell and quill -- Amputees -- Peg legs -- Blindness -- Medical: crutches., Imprint mostly burnished from plate., and Watermark: J Whatman.
In a well furnished room a young, handsome curate is seated at one end of a sofa, surrounded by five admiring women of various ages, drinking tea and eating a biscuit. A little pug is begging for a treat. At the other end of the sofa, sits alone a very disconsolate young man, probably a veteran, with a wooden leg. His only companion is a large dog resting his head on his master's thigh. Between the soldier and the group on his left lies an open book, The Church triumphant - cedunt arma togae. Behind the sofa, a painting on the wall shows an old man being burned at stake by a group of soldiers
Alternative Title:
Mars in the dumps
Description:
Title from item., Below title: Engraved after an original picture by Mr. John Collett in the possession of Mr. Bradford., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Clergy: curate -- Military: soldiers -- Amputees -- Peg legs -- Pets: dogs -- Pictures amplifying subject: a saint(?) burned at stake by soldiers -- Furniture: Chippendale sofa -- Furniture: armchair -- Furniture: upholstered screen -- Furnishings: ornate picture frame -- Furnishings: carpet -- Female dress, 1768 -- Dishes: teacups -- Food: biscuits., and Watermark: J Whatman.
Publisher:
Published by T. Bradford, No. 132 Fleet Street, & H. Parker, No. 82 Cornhill
Title devised by cataloger., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record, based on A dictionary of English costume by C. Willett Cunnington et al., London : A. & C. Black [1960], p. 249., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Wigs., and Watermark: J Whatman.
Title from item., Attribution to Stevenart. Tentatively attributed by British Museum catalogue to Henry William Bunbury., Temporary local subject terms: Trades: hairdresser -- Male dress: hand-muff., Watermark: J Whatman., and Note on verso: 'Ld B' Album.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act, March 1, 1771, by W. Darling, engraver in Great Newport Street
"A bishop (right) standing behind an altar-rail, holds out both hands over the head of a kneeling clergyman. A demon kneels on the ground beside the latter; another has crept under his cassock, from which the tips of two wings project. Over the door is a picture of the Last Supper with Judas as a prominent figure. The lid of a large chest (left) is slightly raised, from it hangs a paper inscribed: "I Suit of Scarlet & Gold, I Suit White & Silver, I Suit Blue & Silver, i Suit Flower'd Silk, i Suit Black Silk, I Black Velvet Surtout." On the Chest is pasted a label: "Left to Messrs Panchauld & Fo . . ." Paris. On the ground is a book, 'A Course of Humanity on Miss S------rs'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text above image., One line of text below image: It is true I have suffered the infectious hand of a bishop to be wav'd over me, whose imposition like the sop given to Judas is only a signal for the devil to enter, &c., Temporary local subject terms: Benediction -- Parson -- Coffers., and Watermark: J Whatman.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, April 14, 1772, by W. Darling, engraver, Great Newport Street
