Search

You Searched For

Search Results

11.
Madamme Banti the celebrated dancer at Opera house & my Lord Pembroke [art original].

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist
Published / Created:
[1794?]
Call Number:
Drawings R79 no. 4 Box D145
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
The opera singer Madamme Banti engages in a jovial conversation with Lord Pembroke. Each holds a wine glass; a decanter sits on the table
Description:
Title from inscription in design., Date suggested by ms. note on mount., Brigitta [Brigida] Banti is the stage-name of Brigida Giorgi., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Pembroke, George Augustus Herbert, 11th Earl of, 1759-1827
Subject (Topic):
Opera singers, Eating & drinking, and Drinking vessels
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Madamme Banti the celebrated dancer at Opera house & my Lord Pembroke [art original].

12.
The beggars opera [graphic].

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1728]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
"Satire on Gay's "Beggar's Opera". In the foreground a group of animal-headed singers portraying the principal characters are shown on an outdoor stage beneath which Apollo and a muse are lying, a lyre and guitar beside them. In front of the stage a group of musicians play simple instruments: bagpipes, a salt box, a jew's harp, a dulcimer, a bladder and string.To the left, a group of noblemen raise their arms admiring the performance; a crowd of women stand on the right, and in front of them a fat butcher and another man are seen in shadow. Behind the stage, to left, theatre boxes are crowded with an audience chiefly of ladies, and below is a wall hung with ballads against which two men urinate and defecate. In the centre background, is a street (perhaps intended as a backcloth) with an inn sign and gallows. To the right, is a conventional stage on which the Italian opera is evidently being performed and men appear to be pressing money on a woman singer. An angel carrying a ribbon lettered "Harmony" flies off at top right, and above is a ribbon lettered "et cantare pares et respndere parate". Four lines of verse beneath."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., Lettered within image, above with title, below with verses beginning, "Brittons attend - view this harmonious Stage ..."., Tentatively attributed to Hogarth by Paulson (2nd ed.) and later (3rd ed., page 34) dismissed., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Ms. note in Steevens's hand to right: See Nichols's Biographical anecdotes, 3d edit. p. 164., and On page 49 in volume 1.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Animals in human situations, Musicians, and Opera singers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The beggars opera [graphic].

13.
The beggars opera [graphic].

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1728]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
"Satire on Gay's "Beggar's Opera". In the foreground a group of animal-headed singers portraying the principal characters are shown on an outdoor stage beneath which Apollo and a muse are lying, a lyre and guitar beside them. In front of the stage a group of musicians play simple instruments: bagpipes, a salt box, a jew's harp, a dulcimer, a bladder and string.To the left, a group of noblemen raise their arms admiring the performance; a crowd of women stand on the right, and in front of them a fat butcher and another man are seen in shadow. Behind the stage, to left, theatre boxes are crowded with an audience chiefly of ladies, and below is a wall hung with ballads against which two men urinate and defecate. In the centre background, is a street (perhaps intended as a backcloth) with an inn sign and gallows. To the right, is a conventional stage on which the Italian opera is evidently being performed and men appear to be pressing money on a woman singer. An angel carrying a ribbon lettered "Harmony" flies off at top right, and above is a ribbon lettered "et cantare pares et respndere parate". Four lines of verse beneath."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., Lettered within image, above with title, below with verses beginning, "Brittons attend - view this harmonious Stage ..."; a roughened area at lower right could be a sign of the publication line (from the fifth or sixth state) having been removed., Tentatively attributed to Hogarth by Paulson (2nd ed.) and later (3rd ed., page 34) dismissed., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page 49 in volume 1.
Publisher:
Sold at [the] Print Shop in [the] Strand near Catherine Street
Subject (Topic):
Animals in human situations, Musicians, and Opera singers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The beggars opera [graphic].

14.
The ladies lamentation for [the] loss of Senesino [graphic]

Creator:
Bickham, George, 1706?-1771, printmaker
Published / Created:
date as it appears.
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
"Satire on Italian opera singers and their female admirers, a copy in reverse of British Museum satire no. 1694. Senesino, tall and ungainly, stands a quayside, recoiling from the effusive farewells of two ladies, one holding a handkerchief to her eyes; a number of gentlemen raise their hats and one bows low; two other men stand behind, one with a walking stick and a cloak over his arm. To the right, two servants, one a black man, carry a board, labelled "Ready Mony", piled high with bulging purses; Two jeering men to the right of the original print do not appear. Printed above a song mocking ladies crying at the departure of Senesino with music 'Set for ye German flute &c.'; illustration to 'The Musical Entertainer'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Ladies lamentation ye loss of Senesino
Description:
Title engraved below image., Numbered "38" in upper right., Sheet trimmed to image with loss of all text and music. Title, numbering, and printmaker from impression in the British Museum online catalogue., On page 43 in volume 1., and A ms. note in Steevens's hand above: A contemporary print of English ladies &c bidding farewell to Senesino.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bernardi, Francesco, 1686-1758., Bordoni, Faustina, 1697-1781., and Cuzzoni, Francesca, 1696-1778.
Subject (Topic):
Fans (Persons) and Opera singers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The ladies lamentation for [the] loss of Senesino [graphic]

15.
The opera house, or, The Italian eunuch's glory humbly inscribed to those generous encouragers of

Published / Created:
[ca. 1730]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
"Satire on foreign opera singers based on "The Beggar's Opera Burlesqued"; animal-headed singers portraying the principal characters are shown on an outdoor stage with musicians and audience in the foreground; beyond, to left, theatre boxes with an audience of ladies and below a wall hung with ballads against which two men urinate and defecate; to right, a conventional stage scene; an angel carrying a ribbon lettered "Harmony" flies off at top right. On either side hang scrolls listing the presents given to Farinelli, copied from Hogarth's Rake's progress, Plate 2; ten lines of verse below."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Italian eunuch's glory
Description:
Title etched above image., Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue., Formerly attributed to Hogarth, now dismissed. See Paulson., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Ms. note in Steevens's hand above: Given me by the Revd Dr. Lort., and On page 49 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to:
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Animals in human situations, Musicians, and Opera singers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The opera house, or, The Italian eunuch's glory humbly inscribed to those generous encouragers of foreigners, and ruiners of England. [graphic]

16.
Theatrical doctors recovering Clara's notes! [graphic].

Creator:
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
Published / Created:
[16 January 1802]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Mrs. Billington, enormously fat, sits in an arm-chair, her arms flung over its arms, opening her mouth for a spoonful of guineas, administered by W. T. Lewis (right), who bends over her. On her other side stands Sheridan, round-shouldered, stooping, and agitated. He holds out a money-bag, saying, "O Dear O Dear - if the dear Creature has lost her Notes - what will become of us - my dear friend spare no Cost to make up the deficiency, give her another spoonfull, I have plenty more in the bag - all the true Pizarro-coinage." Lewis, smiling, answers: "Dont be alarmed she takes the Boluses very kindly - and I have every reason to hope a speedy recovery." Mrs. Billington is dressed as Clara, in quasi-Spanish costume, almost as in British Museum Satires No. 9914; a checked scarf lies across her lap. On the right are two amoretti; one stands looking up at the other, who flies above his head holding out a scroll; both hold handkerchiefs to their eyes; the one below has butterfly wings and a wreath of roses, the other has feathered wings. The scroll: 'Mourn Cherubims and Seraphims Clara's Notes are Stopp'd - Copy of a Letter - Dear Sir, It grieves me to the heart that I am not able to play this evening - my Throat being so closed as not to leave me a single Note in my Voice" [see British Museum Satires No. 9970]."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched at bottom of image., Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue., Printseller's announcement in lower right: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Temporary local subject terms: Furniture: Armchair -- Money: Guineas -- Medical Procedures: administering medicine -- Literature Allusion: Richard Brinsley Sheridan, 1756-1816, 'The Duenna'., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 23.9 x 35.6 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 38.3 cm., Window mounted to 36 x 51 cm., and Mounted opposite page 436 (leaf numbered '50' in pencil) in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 16th, 1802, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Billington, Elizabeth, 1765-1818, Lewis, William Thomas, 1746?-1812, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Subject (Topic):
Obesity, Opera singers, Chairs, Coins, Physicians, and Putti
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Theatrical doctors recovering Clara's notes! [graphic].

17.
Theatrical doctors recovering Clara's notes! [graphic].

Creator:
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
Published / Created:
[16 January 1802]
Call Number:
802.01.16.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Mrs. Billington, enormously fat, sits in an arm-chair, her arms flung over its arms, opening her mouth for a spoonful of guineas, administered by W. T. Lewis (right), who bends over her. On her other side stands Sheridan, round-shouldered, stooping, and agitated. He holds out a money-bag, saying, "O Dear O Dear - if the dear Creature has lost her Notes - what will become of us - my dear friend spare no Cost to make up the deficiency, give her another spoonfull, I have plenty more in the bag - all the true Pizarro-coinage." Lewis, smiling, answers: "Dont be alarmed she takes the Boluses very kindly - and I have every reason to hope a speedy recovery." Mrs. Billington is dressed as Clara, in quasi-Spanish costume, almost as in British Museum Satires No. 9914; a checked scarf lies across her lap. On the right are two amoretti; one stands looking up at the other, who flies above his head holding out a scroll; both hold handkerchiefs to their eyes; the one below has butterfly wings and a wreath of roses, the other has feathered wings. The scroll: 'Mourn Cherubims and Seraphims Clara's Notes are Stopp'd - Copy of a Letter - Dear Sir, It grieves me to the heart that I am not able to play this evening - my Throat being so closed as not to leave me a single Note in my Voice" [see British Museum Satires No. 9970]."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched at bottom of image., Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue., Printseller's announcement in lower right: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Temporary local subject terms: Furniture: Armchair -- Money: Guineas -- Medical Procedures: administering medicine -- Literature Allusion: Richard Brinsley Sheridan, 1756-1816, 'The Duenna'., Figures identified by ms. note in contemporary hand at bottom of sheet: Sheridan ; Mrs. Billington ; Lewis., Printseller's identification stamp located in lower right corner of print: S·W·F., and Mounted to 30 x 47 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 16th, 1802, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Billington, Elizabeth, 1765-1818, Lewis, William Thomas, 1746?-1812, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Subject (Topic):
Obesity, Opera singers, Chairs, Coins, Physicians, and Putti
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Theatrical doctors recovering Clara's notes! [graphic].

18.
[A satire on Cuzzoni, Farinelli, and Heidegger] [graphic].

Creator:
Goupy, Joseph, 1689-1769, printmaker
Published / Created:
[between 1730 and 1740]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
"Satire on the popularity of masquerades and the decline of Italian opera in London with caricatures of the singers Cuzzoni, the tall, thin "scarecrow" Farinelli and the impresario Heidegger who points to a grenadier's cap hanging on the wall. Farinelli holds a chain attached to a shackle around his ankle, referring to one of his roles; two masks lie at Heidegger's feet. The verses etched below, supposedly in Heidegger's words, state he is more likely to return to the regiment than are "midnight revels" and "Ridottos" to fail."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title, printmaker, and date from British Museum catalogue., With eight lines of English verse below beginning: Thou tunefull scarecrow & thou warbling bird, No shelter for your notes, these lands afford, This town protects no more the sing-song strain ... And save from ruin this harmonious face., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., On page 43 in volume 1., and Ms. note in Steevens's hand below: Imputed to Hogarth; but in reality designed by the Countess of Burlington, and edited by Goupy.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Heidegger, John James, 1659?-1748., Farinelli, 1705-1782., and Cuzzoni, Francesca, 1696-1778.
Subject (Topic):
Opera singers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [A satire on Cuzzoni, Farinelli, and Heidegger] [graphic].

19.
[Berenstadt, Cuzzoni and Senesino] [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1723]
Call Number:
723.00.00.11.3
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Satire on the Italian opera, apparently Handel's 'Flavio', act III, scene 4, with the three Italian opera singers of the title on the stage of the King's Theatre in the Haymarket; they sing the roles of Flavio, Emilia and Guido respectively. In a classical set, a tall ungainly man with a small head and knock-knees wearing theatrical Roman armour with a curved sword its hilt decorated with a parrot's head; a very short woman wearing a crown to which is attached a train held by a small boy; another man with a small head standing with hands on hips wearing theatrical Roman armour and a helmet with a very large crest. From the British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title and date from Paulson and British Museum catalogue., Formerly attributed to William Hogarth. Design has been ascribed to the Countess of Burlington, and etching to Goupy. On the impression in the Pierpont Morgan Library this attribution has been written in pencil under print and is also mentioned in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Sheet trimmed with loss of text.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Topic):
Opera and Opera singers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Berenstadt, Cuzzoni and Senesino] [graphic].

20.
[Berenstadt, Cuzzoni and Senesino] [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1723]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Satire on the Italian opera, apparently Handel's 'Flavio', act III, scene 4, with the three Italian opera singers of the title on the stage of the King's Theatre in the Haymarket; they sing the roles of Flavio, Emilia and Guido respectively. In a classical set, a tall ungainly man with a small head and knock-knees wearing theatrical Roman armour with a curved sword its hilt decorated with a parrot's head; a very short woman wearing a crown to which is attached a train held by a small boy; another man with a small head standing with hands on hips wearing theatrical Roman armour and a helmet with a very large crest. From the British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title and date from Paulson and British Museum catalogue., Formerly attributed to William Hogarth. Design has been ascribed to the Countess of Burlington, and etching to Goupy. On the impression in the Pierpont Morgan Library this attribution has been written in pencil under print and is also mentioned in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page 43 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: 18.1 25.6 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Topic):
Opera and Opera singers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Berenstadt, Cuzzoni and Senesino] [graphic].

Limit your search

more »

more »

more »

more »

View distribution

Current results range from 1723 to 1910

View larger »