Portrait of David Garrick standing whole-length to front with legs crossed and leaning on a bust of Shakespeare that stands on a plinth in a garden; he holds a stick in his left hand as he looks to the right; the Palladian bridge at Prior Park can be seen in the distance at the right
Description:
Title, artist, and printmaker scratched with production and publication detail below image.
Publisher:
Published April 2nd 1769, by J. Boydell Cheapside No. 90
Scene from Shakespeare's Merry wives of Windsor, act 4, scene 2.
Alternative Title:
Falstaff's escape
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Inscribed by artist on verso: Merry Wives of Windsor / Act 4- Scene 2nd / Fal[staff. No, I'll come no more i'th basket / may I not go out to[o] soon / Mrs. Page. Alas, three of another Fr[ien]ds brother." [From dealer's description]., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Subject (Topic):
Falstaff, John, Sir (Fictitious character) and Comedies
A monument to David Garrick with a putto holding a copy of the portrait of Garrick by Sir Joshua Reynolds just below the urn at the top. Below them, the muses of Comedy and Tragedy mourn along with three other putti and various theatrical emblems. At the bottom of the monument is engraved a quote from Shakespeare: " ... take him for all in all, we shall not look upon his like again."
Description:
Title from a separately engraved plate below the image. The title is followed by a verse from Sheridan, in two columns, three lines each, and a dedication: "This plate is done from the grand scene in the Monody, in honour of Garrick at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, is respectfully dedicated by their most obedient humble servt. Thos. Letton. The portrait from a picture of Sr. Joshua Reynolds, in the collection of Sr. Thos. Mills." and Thin gold paper border mounted on wash-lined mount.
Publisher:
Pub. May 23, 1781, for the proprieor T. Letton, by Mr. Picot, facing Hungerford Coffee House, Strand & Mr. Harris, Sweetings Alley, Cornhill
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Garrick, David, 1717-1779
Subject (Topic):
Monuments, Actors, Monuments & memorials, and British
Group portrait of nine men seated around a table set with fruit and decanters; they are served by a black page. Boswell is on the left, with Johnson to his right talking to Edmund Burke; Reynolds is seated across from Johnson and listens with a trumpet to his ear. Garrick to the left of Reynolds faces the viewer, while Pasquale Paoli to his left observes Johnson conversing at the far end of the table. Charles Burney across from Paoli also follows the same conversation, as he rests his right hand on his chin. Next to Paoli, Warton leans toward Oliver Goldsmith who sits at the head of the table on the right; Warton holds his hand up towards his mouth as if to keep his words confidential. The room is richly decorated with a Japanese screen on the right, curtains, a miniature portrait, and a portrait bust on a pedestal on the left; Reynolds' pictures of Puck (Mannings 2142) and the Infant Academy (Mannings 2092) hanging on the wall and a bright chandelier hangs above the table
Description:
Title from later state in the British Museum., Also etched below is a facsimilie the nine individuals' signatures., and Tear badly repaired with tape, lower right corner. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Published July 1st 1848 by the proprietors Wm. Walker, 64 Margaret St., Cavendish Sqre., & Owen Bailey, 128 Seymour St. Euston Sqre
Studies of two couples and two men, most with caricatured faces. One of the couples is dancing (?); the other is shown with the woman sitting on the man's lap, he with a lewd grimace on his face
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Attributed to Thomas Rowlandson., and For further information, consult library staff.
Antiquités étrusques, grecques, et romaines tirées du cabinet du M. William Hamilton.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger from text on item., Title continues: "... tirées du cabinet de M. Hamilton, envoyé extraordinaire et plenipotentiaire de S.M. Britannique en cour de Naples.", Engravings by A. Cardon, C. Nolli, C. Pignatari, Dufrenoi after G. Bracci, F. de Grado, E. and R. Beaulieu, G.B. Tierce, A. Lamberti. Printmaker of the t.p. not identified., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Antiquités étrusques, grecques, et romaines tirées du cabinet du M. William Hamilton.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger from text on item., Title continues: "... tirées du cabinet de M. Hamilton, envoyé extraordinaire de S.M. Britannique en cour de Naples.", Engravings by A. Cardon, C. Nolli, C. Pignatari, Dufrenoi after G. Bracci, F. de Grado, E. and R. Beaulieu, G.B. Tierce, A. Lamberti. Printmaker of the t.p. not identified., and Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Collection of Etruscan, Greek, and Roman antiquities.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger from text on item. and Plates, initials, and head- and tail-pieces by Ant. Cardon, Nolli, Carmine Pignatari, and Dufrenoi; after Giuseppe Bracci, Filip de Grado, Edmondo Beaulieu, Gio. Bat. Tierce, Aniel. Lamberti, and R. Beaulieu. Printmaker of the title page not identified.
