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10. Three tickets of admission to Sir W.W. Wynne's theatre at Wynnstay [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1 February 1786]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Volume 2, page 22. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "[1] 'H. Bunbury Esqr del.' Punch (left) points to a large butt or tun inscribed 'WYNNSTAY', from the top of which hang comic masks which encircle its upper circumference; in his right hand is a stick with an ass's head. On the right side of the butt are three figures: Mother Shipton, humpbacked with a profile like Punch's; a demon or satyr, who looks from behind the cask; and a small man or boy, perhaps Tom Thumb. [2] 'View of the Theatre at Wynnstay. I. Evans Esqr del.' A view of the theatre is framed by a curtain held up (left) by Comedy and right by Tragedy. The façade has the date '1782'. [3] 'Wynnstay. H. Bunbury Esqr del.' Amateur actors and actresses dance in a circle round a high pedestal supporting a bust of (?) Shakespeare. They include a Falstaff leering at a lady in Elizabethan dress, a man wearing a tall leek in his hat (? Fluellen), and a French military officer with long queue and cavalier's boots."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text above images., Three designs arranged in a vertical strip, each with its own title and artist's signature., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Plate from: The European magazine, and London Review, v. 9 (February 1786), page 71., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: Theatre at Wynnstay., and Mounted on page 22 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
- Publisher:
- Publishd. Feby. 1, 1786, by I. Sewell, Cornhill
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Shipton, Mother approximately 1488-1561 (Ursula), and Wynnstay Theatre,
- Subject (Topic):
- Theater, Masks, Barrels, Demons, Theaters, and Pedestals
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Three tickets of admission to Sir W.W. Wynne's theatre at Wynnstay [graphic].
11. Wynnstay Theatre [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1781]
- Call Number:
- File 66 781 W988
- Collection Title:
- Volume 2, page 22. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An engraved ticket for a program of four plays presented in 1781 by Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, the wealthy fourth baronet devoted to private theatricals. This ticket, an oval design in a rectangular frame, is for the 1781 performance of Rule a wife and have a wife, Bon ton, Richard III, and Lyar
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Artist identified as Bunbury in the British Museum online catalogue., Questionable printmaker attribution to Bretherton from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1917,1208.2958., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Wynnstay Theatre.
- Subject (Topic):
- Theater and Pedestals
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Wynnstay Theatre [graphic].
12. Wynnstay Theatre [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1781]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Volume 2, page 22. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An engraved ticket for a program of four plays presented in 1781 by Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, the wealthy fourth baronet devoted to private theatricals. This ticket, an oval design in a rectangular frame, is for the 1781 performance of Rule a wife and have a wife, Bon ton, Richard III, and Lyar
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Artist identified as Bunbury in the British Museum online catalogue., Questionable printmaker attribution to Bretherton from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1917,1208.2958., Mounted on page 22 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 21.5 x 14.8 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Wynnstay Theatre.
- Subject (Topic):
- Theater and Pedestals
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Wynnstay Theatre [graphic].
13. Wynnstay [art original].
- Creator:
- Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1786]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Volume 2, page 24. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A woman, shown full-length, stands in a field in front of a theater, holding a dramatic mask; other masks are at her feet. Surrounding the scene is an oval frame of laurel with 'Wynnstay' on the ribbon at the bottom. A design for an admission ticket for the theater at Wynnstay, the private theater of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn
- Description:
- Title from inscription in ink at bottom of image., Attribution to Bunbury based on inclusion of the drawing in a volume of the artist's work., Date from local card catalog record., Mounted alongside the print made after this drawing, as well as with another related drawing, on page 24 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., and Original design for a print in the British Museum; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: C,3.149.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Wynnstay Theatre.
- Subject (Topic):
- Theater, Theaters, and Masks
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Wynnstay [art original].
14. Wynnstay [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1786?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Volume 2, page 24. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Admission ticket for the theatre at Wynnstay, the private theatre of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn. ... A full length woman standing in a field in front of the theatre, holding a dramatic mask, others at her feet, in oval frame of laurel with 'Wynnstay' on ribbon at bottom."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from item., Artist attribution to Bunbury based on the inclusion of an impression of this print, mounted alongside the original drawing, in Horace Walpole's bound collection of Henry William Bunbury's works. See Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 49 3563., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 24 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Wynnstay Theatre,
- Subject (Topic):
- Theater, Theaters, and Masks
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Wynnstay [graphic].
15. Young Roscius and his pappa in company with John Bull [graphic].
- 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].
16. [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson].
- Creator:
- Wilkinson, Tate, 1739-1803, collector
- Published / Created:
- [between 1748 and 1778]
- Call Number:
- Folio 767 P69B W65
- Image Count:
- 220
- Abstract:
- Some with unidentified notes; also some with dates and locations including: Drury Lane and Covent Garden; the provinces, including Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and other locations
- Description:
- Includes some undated playbills.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain., England, London., Ireland, Dublin., Scotland, Edinburgh., and Glasgow.
- Subject (Name):
- Covent Garden (London, England) and Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Theater
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson].
17. [Wynnstay theatre] [art original].
- Creator:
- Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1786]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Volume 2, page 24. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A Punch-like figure is shown standing to front, with head in profile to the left, holding a paper in each hand. A goat stands beside him on the right; a pole with a sign 'To Wynnstay' (lettered backwards) is on the left, pointing to the right. A design for an admission ticket for the theater at Wynnstay, the private theater of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn
- Alternative Title:
- To Wynnstay
- Description:
- Title and date from those supplied in the British Museum catalog for the print made after this drawing., Attribution to Bunbury based on inclusion of the drawing in a volume of the artist's work., Mounted with a related drawing and a print on page 24 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., and Original design, with image and letters in reverse, for no. 7069A in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Wynnstay Theatre.
- Subject (Topic):
- Theater, Traffic signs & signals, and Goats
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Wynnstay theatre] [art original].
