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28. The Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan from an original picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds / [graphic]

Creator:: Scriven, Edward, 1775-1841, printmaker
Published / Created:: [21 January 1814]
Call Number:: Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1612); half-length directed to and facing the left, looking slightly to the front; curtain and pillar behind."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Plate from: The British Gallery of contemporary portraits. London : Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies ... by J. M'Creery ..., 1813-1822., and Bound in as frontispiece (opposite title page) in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:: Published Jan. 21, 1814, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain.
Subject (Name):: Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816,
Subject (Topic):: Dramatists and Politicians
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan from an original picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds / [graphic]

29. The Right Honourable Thomas Alexander Erskine Earl of Kellie, Viscount Fenton, Baron of Dirleton, &c. &c. &c. / [graphic]

Creator:: Blyth, Robert, 1750-1784, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:: [12 February 1782]
Call Number:: Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Portrait of Thomas Alexander Erskine, 6th Earl of Kellie, three-quarter length, seated to right in an armchair, glancing towards the viewer, his right arm on chair arm and the left on his lap; wearing short wig, open coat, waistcoat fastened with five buttons, neckerchief and frill."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title engraved below image., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint statement from bottom edge. Imprint supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1914,0317.5., Mounted to 51 x 36 cm., Mounted opposite page 468 (leaf numbered '74' in pencil) in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan., and Contemporary ink annotation "367" in lower right corner.
Publisher:: Publish'd as the act directs, Feby. 12th, 1782, by R. Blyth, No. 27 Great Castle Street, Cavendish Square
Subject (Name):: Kelly, Thomas Alexander Erskine, Earl of, 1732-1781,
Subject (Topic):: Composers
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The Right Honourable Thomas Alexander Erskine Earl of Kellie, Viscount Fenton, Baron of Dirleton, &c. &c. &c. / [graphic]

30. The Right Honourable William Pitt Esqr. one of His Majesty's principal Secretarys of State, and one of His Majestys most honble. Privy Council / [graphic]

Creator:: Houston, Richard, 1721?-1775, printmaker
Published / Created:: [between 1754 and 1760?]
Call Number:: Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Portrait after William Hoare, seated to left at table, three-quarter length, eyes to front, holding letter in his right hand; wearing plain coat with large, buttoned-down cuffs and tightly curled wig."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:: Title engraved below image., State with alteration to publisher Richard Houston's address in imprint statement; text "at [the] Golden Head in Broad Court Covent Garden" at end of imprint has been erased and "Charing Cross" added in its place. This state seems to come between Russell's state 'b' (state I in: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits) and state 'c'. See: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states., Date range for publication inferred from the 1754 date assigned to the preceding state of the plate (British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1859,0709.1451), as well as from other plates published by Richard Houston that are dated up to 1760., "Price 5 s."--Preceding imprint., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 254 (leaf numbered '70' in pencil) in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:: Sold by R. Houston, Charing Cross
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain.
Subject (Name):: Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778,
Subject (Topic):: Politicians
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The Right Honourable William Pitt Esqr. one of His Majesty's principal Secretarys of State, and one of His Majestys most honble. Privy Council / [graphic]

31. [Four characters from The rivals] [art original].

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].

32. [Frank Sheridan] [graphic]

Creator:: Lane, Richard James, 1800-1872, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1844]
Call Number:: Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Portrait of politician Frank Sheridan; bust-length in profile to left, with beard and wearing a collar and jacket
Description:: Title supplied by cataloger., "Frank Sheridan" written beneath Lewis Walpole Library impression, on mounting page., Richard James Lane lithographed the majority (possibly all) of the profile portraits after D'Orsay that were published by J. Mitchelll; see Curator's comments in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1907,1018.99., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted before page [vii] (leaf numbered '7' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:: Published by J. Mitchell, Royal Library, 33, Old Bond Street and C. Graf, lith. to Her Majesty
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain.
Subject (Name):: Sheridan, Frank, active 1840s,
Subject (Topic):: Politicians
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Frank Sheridan] [graphic]

33. [George Canning] [graphic].

Creator:: Ward, William, 1766-1826, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1813]
Call Number:: Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Portrait standing three-quarter length with his right hand inside his coat, holding papers in his left hand, head turned in three-quarter profile to left; wearing dark suit, white cravat and his hair short, with long sideburns; pillar behind at left."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Alternative Title:: Right Honble. G. Canning, M.P. and Right Honourable George Canning, M.P.
Description:: Title devised by cataloger; alternative title from lettered state., Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility on lettered state: Painted by T. Stewardson Esqr., portrait painter to H.R.H. the Princess of Wales ; engrav'd by William Ward, engraver to their R.H. the Prince Regent & Duke of York., Proof before letters. For the lettered state with the title "The Right Honble. G. Canning, M.P.", see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.6204., Publication information inferred from imprint on lettered state: Publishd. Novr. 1, 1813, by Wm. Ward, 24 Buckingham Place, Fitzroy Square., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on two sides., Bound in opposite page 550 (leaf numbered '138' in pencil) in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan., and Manuscript title "George Canning" in ink below image.
Publisher:: Wm. Ward
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain.
Subject (Name):: Canning, George, 1770-1827,
Subject (Topic):: Statesmen, British, and Politicians
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [George Canning] [graphic].

34. [George Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Grafton] [graphic]

Creator:: Reynolds, Samuel William, 1794-1872, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1844]
Call Number:: Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Portrait of George Henry Fitzroy, 4th Duke of Grafton, three-quarter length, standing to front, with head turned to look to left, wearing fur-trimmed robe, his right hand resting on a table."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Alternative Title:: His Grace George Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Grafton : born 1760, died 1844
Description:: Title supplied by cataloger; alternative title from later state., Early (proof?) state, before title and imprint added below image. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1943,0410.821., Publisher and date of publication inferred from imprint on later state: London, Published Septr. 2, 1844, by Henry Graves & Co., printsellers to the Queen, & H.R.H. Prince Albert, 6, Pall Mall., Bound in opposite page 92 (leaf numbered '138' 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 Manuscript title "Fourth Duke of Grafton" in ink below image.
Publisher:: Henry Graves & Co.
Subject (Name):: Grafton, George Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1760-1844,
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [George Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Grafton] [graphic]

35. [Her Serene Highness the Margravine of Anspach] [graphic].

Creator:: Meyer, Henry Hoppner, 1783-1847, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1826]
Call Number:: Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Half-length portrait, seated, hair up with a strand of pearls; embracing a boy in the lower right who grasps at her waist
Description:: Title from lettered state., Printmaker and artist from text beneath title on lettered state: Engraved by H. Meyer, from a painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds in the possession of the Earl of Egremont., Proof before letters. For a lettered state with the imprint "London, Published by Henry Colburn, Jany. 1826", see Scottish National Portrait Gallery (Print Room) accession number: EP V 266.2., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 152 (leaf numbered '198' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:: Henry Colburn
Subject (Name):: Craven, Elizabeth, 1750-1828,
Subject (Topic):: Dramatists
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Her Serene Highness the Margravine of Anspach] [graphic].