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22.
- Published / Created:
- [1814]
- Call Number:
- File 767 P69B C838 1814 5/25
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text
- Description:
- Caption title., A playbill., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- E. Macleish, printer, 2, Bow-Street, London
- Subject (Name):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., Mitford, Mary Russell, 1787-1855., and Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden, this present Wednesday, May 25, 1814, will be acted Shakspeare's tragedy of Julius Caesar ... : Brutus by Mr. Kemble ... to which will be added (25th time) a new grand Asiatick spectacle called Sadak & Kalasrade or, The waters of oblivion ...
23.
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [15 January 1809]
- Call Number:
- 809.01.15.03+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Kemble, in tattered theatrical dress, stands at the gate of Northumberland House in the Strand, holding out his hat and bowing to the obese and oafish-looking Duke of Northumberland, who is placing a "Draft for 10,000 Pounds" in the hat; in his right hand he holds a paper which lists donations. Kemble is followed by his brother Charles and his sister Mrs. Siddons, both of whom are weeping. Her reticule is stuffed with papers and is inscribed "Humble solicitations..."
- Alternative Title:
- New dramatic resource : "a begging we will go! A scene from Covent Garden Theatre after the conflagration
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Publishd. Jany. 15, 1809, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Kemble, Charles, 1775-1854, Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823, Northumberland, Hugh Percy, Duke of, 1742-1817, Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831, Strand, The (London, England), and Covent Garden Theatre.
- Subject (Topic):
- Fires, Fools & jesters, and Harlequin (Fictitious character)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Theatrical-mendicants relieved "have pity upon all out achès & wantès!" / [graphic]
24.
- Creator:
- Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 March 1790]
- Call Number:
- Portraits K31 no. 1++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- "Portrait in character as Richard III on the eve of the Battle of Bosworth, full-length sitting on the end of a bed, left leg raised, leaning back and clutching the coverlet, right hand thrown out to right, across his chest and looking in terror to left, wearing doublet and hose, armour on the ground in the right foreground, military tents and two guards seen in the background to left; after Hamilton"--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Mr. Kemble in the character of King Richard the third
- Description:
- Title from caption below image. and Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate line resulting in loss of imprint statement. Imprint supplied from British Museum online catalogue.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd March 1 1790 by Willm. Hamilton RA ... & Jos. Barney...
- Subject (Name):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. and Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > To Sir Charles Hotham, bart., Lieutt. Genl. of his Majesty's Forces and night of the most Honourable Order of the Bath, this plate of Mr. Kemble in the character of King Richard the Third is dedicated by his most obliged and most humble servant Willm. Hamilton [graphic]
25.
- Published / Created:
- [June 1799]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 75 D569 812
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 26. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Kemble (scarcely caricatured), as Rolla (the noble Peruvian), stands with his left hand pointing upwards, his right arm thrown back, his head in profile to the right. He wears quasi-classical dress, with barbarian adornments, feathered head-dress, heavy gold belt, and ornaments. The costume appears substantially correct, with some exaggeration of the gold chains and ornaments."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Leaf 26 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and Figure identified as "Kemble" in pencil below plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Robert Dighton
- Subject (Name):
- Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816. and Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors, British, and Theatrical productions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > We serve a King whom we love - a God whom we adore. Pizarro [graphic]
26.
- Published / Created:
- [4 January 1805]
- Call Number:
- 805.01.04.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An oversized John Bull with a carbuncled-faced sits at a round table across from a very young looking William Betty and his father, both handsome and not caricatured. John Bull toasts the two, full wine glass in hand: "Youngster, heres to you I'm glad to see you in town. Old Master Roscius your health, and may you get such another boy every New Year's Day for the benifit [sic] of the English stage." Behind them pinned to the wall are two prints: the one a profile portrait of Mrs. Siddons, hangs from one corner only, and the other a portrait of J.P. Kemble. The three ostrich feathers on the back of Master Betty's chair may indicate the patronage of the Prince of Wales
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printseller's stamp in lower right corner: S.W.F., and Description from British Museum catalogue of "Young Roscius and Don John" mounted on verso.
- Publisher:
- Pubd January 4, 1805, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Betty, William Hen. West 1791-1874. (William Henry West),, Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831, and Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823
- Subject (Topic):
- John Bull (Symbolic character), Theater, Actors, British, and Child actors
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Young Roscius and his pappa in company with John Bull [graphic].
27.
- Creator:
- Loftie, W., artist
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1794]
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, opposite page 102. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Collective title devised by cataloger., Each drawing has the title of Sheridan's play "The Rivals" written in ink above, as well as the depicted actor's name, the name of the character portrayed, the theater name, and the performance date written in ink below., Statement of responsibility "by W. Loftie" added in pencil for each drawing, in lower right corner of sheet., Date from partially trimmed watermark on sheet of upper right drawing: 1794 [J. W]hatman., and Mounted together opposite page 102 (leaf numbered '154' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of Thomas Moore's Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
- Subject (Name):
- Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816., Dodd, James William, 1740?-1796, Farren, Elizabeth, 1762-1829, Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823, and Johnstone, John Henry, 1749-1828
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors, British, and Theatrical productions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Four characters from The rivals] [art original].
28.
- Published / Created:
- [1783?]
- Call Number:
- 783.00.00.02
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Head-and-shoulder caricature of actor John Philip Kemble in profile to the right wearing a wig and a ruffled neck cloth
- Description:
- Title and publication date from British Museum catalogue. and Attributed to Gillray in British Museum catalogue.
- Publisher:
- publilsher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain. and England
- Subject (Name):
- Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [J. Kemble] [graphic].
29.
- Creator:
- Sharp, William, 1749-1824, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1803]
- Call Number:
- Portraits K31 no. 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait, half-length seated directed slightly to left,looking away, right arm thrown out, left hand at his lapel, the elbow porpped on a table beside a volume labelled 'Shakspeare', wearing a double-breasted coat with a high collar and a frilled white cravat; before letters or border."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from lettered state., Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility on lettered state: M.A. Shee R.A. pinxt. ; W. Sharp sculpt., First state according to Baker, before letters or border., and For a lettered state with the imprint "London, Published by W. Sharp, April 7, 1803," see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1841,0809.180.
- Publisher:
- W. Sharp
- Subject (Name):
- Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823,
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Kemble] [graphic].
30.
- Creator:
- Sharp, William, 1749-1824, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1803]
- Call Number:
- Portraits K31 no. 3
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait, half-length seated directed slightly to left,looking away, right arm thrown out, left hand at his lapel, the elbow porpped on a table beside a volume labelled 'Shakspeare', wearing a double-breasted coat with a high collar and a frilled white cravat."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
- Description:
- Title from lettered state., Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility on lettered state: M.A. Shee R.A. pinxt. ; W. Sharp sculpt., Second state according to Baker, before letters but with the border., For a lettered state with the imprint "London, Published by W. Sharp, April 7, 1803," see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1841,0809.180., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
- Publisher:
- W. Sharp
- Subject (Name):
- Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823,
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Kemble] [graphic].
