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
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
"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.
"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,
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.
