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1. A buz in a box, or, The poet in a pet with a chip of the block, mounted on Papa's Pegasus. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [21 October 1812]
- Call Number:
- 812.10.21.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A corner of the stage at Drury Lane slants diagonally from left to right, showing part of the orchestra and pit (right) with part of two stage-boxes on the extreme right. The stage manager, Raymond, stands addressing the clamorous audience, while on the left a young man with ass's ears sits on a donkey which flourishes its heels so that they strike the lowered stage-curtain. The donkey brays "Ih ho Ih ho Ih ho," its hind-quarter is branded 'My Pegasus Buz'. Its rider recites: "Nor ever here your smiles would be represt, "Knew you the rival flames that fires our breast, "Flame, Fire and Flame!--sad--woe Neddy! Ladies and Gentlemen, My Papa's Pegasus is so full of fire and spirit that very few are capable of mounting him. for my self I never spoke but once & that was-- Unce logos but if you will give me leave to get on with my Papas Monologue I am positive you will pronounce it the prettiest piece of poetry produced for the purpose." Raymond says: "Ladies and Gentlemen, it was never the intention of the Proprietors to introduce Assess [sic] on these boards but as you seem entertained with their braying if it [is] your wish, we will procure some trainers from the other House as we are really ignorant in the management of thes [sic] Animals." Greeted by derisive cheers from the audience, Dr. Busby, also with ass's ears, leans from the upper stage-box, saying, "Ladies and Gentlemen, only hear My Son speak my Monologue written by myself the only one fit to be heard the committee are as ignorant of good Poetry a[s] I am of true criticism. I am a great writer reviews my sons works very clever indeed--writes my own life--well worth reading--my Life of Lucius Otrigger will astonish you now pray hear my Son speak my Monologue!--." A man behind him shouts: "Bravo! Go on! Go, on," and one in the crowded lower box applauds: "Bravo Apollo go on Go . . ." In the foreground a man in the pit shouts pointing to the ass: "Why don't you come down and get up behind don't you see he wants ballast." Six others address the son: "When you have done there--set those Epigrams to Music young Apollo!"; "Off Off Off Off"; "he will be off presently if Neddy kicks so!"; "Go on Go on"; "Speak out you should have brought your Voice with you"; "hear him hear him." The orchestra is empty of performers, but the music scores are headed 'The Judgement of Midas' [O'Keefe's play]. Three large papers lie on the stage inscribed respectively: [1] 'A Lord [Byron] and a Doctor once started for Fame Which for the best Poet should pass The Lord was cried up on account of his name The Doctor cried down for an Ass--' [2] 'Doctor Buz he assures us on Drury new Stage No Horses or Elephants, there should engage But pray Doctor Buz, how comes it to pass, That you your own self should produce there an Ass' [3] 'Old Buz against Quadrupeds, war did wage, And swore on Drury's board's such Mum'ry ne'er should pass But forcing his own Pegasus on Drurys stage The Critic Audience christen'd Buz an Ass.' Behind Raymond is the lower part of the verd-antique pillar which flanked the curtain, and on the right the large ornate lamp, of quasi-Egyptian design in which three hawk-headed monsters support an inverted tripod, the base of a ring of lamp-jets."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Poet in a pet : with a chip of the block, mounted on Papa's Pegasus
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Text following title: vide opening of New Drury Lane Theatre., and Laid-in to a piece of later paper.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Octr. 21, 1812, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Raymond, James Grant, -1817, Busby, Thomas, 1754-1838, Busby, George Frederick, active 1812, Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824., and Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Theaters, Interiors, Theater curtains, Theater audiences, and Donkeys
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A buz in a box, or, The poet in a pet with a chip of the block, mounted on Papa's Pegasus. [graphic]
2. A lecture on heads [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Apr. 1808.
- Call Number:
- Print00198
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Lee Lewes stands on stage at Covent Garden, with busts arranged on a table behind him, he holds one up, turning to the crowd; the audience in the pit in the foreground, with four tiers of boxes behind; after Woodward."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title engraved below image. and Frontispiece to: A lecture on heads / by Geo. Alex. Stevens ; with additions, as delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewes ; ... embellished with twenty-five humourous characteristic prints, from drawings by G.M. Woodward, Esq. London : Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe ..., 1808.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Stevens, George Alexander, 1710-1784., Lewes, Charles Lee, 1740-1803, and Covent Garden Theatre,
- Subject (Topic):
- Theaters, Actors, British, Interiors, Audiences, and Public speaking
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > A lecture on heads [graphic]
3. A new pantomime. Harlequine [fox running off with a goose in its mouth] [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [after 25 February 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.02.25.01.2+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Charles Fox, as Harlequin, and Lord North, as Pantaloon, perform on stage for the members of their party. Fox, standing on one leg, holds the Harlequin's 'magic' wand above the head of a bust of George III. Above the wand hangs the royal crown suspended from an air balloon. Behind his back, Fox passes to a smiling North a piece of paper inscribed, "Prerogative." The audience, that includes on the left, in the box, the Prince of Wales and Mrs. Robinson, and in the pit, among the others, Keppel and Burke, applauds the performance. The back wall of the stage is decorated with a portrait of Cromwell. On the wall facing the King's bust hangs a map of the United States
- Alternative Title:
- Harlequin
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark, imprint burnished out., Publication information from British Museum catalogue., and Title partially in the form of a rebus.
- Publisher:
- E. Hodges?
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800., Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., and Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Pantomimes, Balloons (Aircraft), and Theaters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A new pantomime. Harlequine [fox running off with a goose in its mouth] [graphic].
4. A peep behind the curtain at Drury Lane [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 14 Jany. 1789.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Verso of leaf 54. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Sheridan (left) speaks through a small aperture in the curtain which he holds open, addressing the musicians, some of whom are seen on the right, saying, with a conspiratorial scowl, "D-n em dont play God Save the King". Behind the musicians are the heads of some of the audience in the pit, shouting; a label extending across part of the print (right), inscribed 'Play God save the King', shows their words. In a box are a lady and two men. The print shows the arrangement of footlights, orchestra, pit, and a box on the first tier."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching and aquatint on wove paper ; plate mark 19.3 x 17 cm, on sheet 21.1 x 18.4 cm., and Mounted on verso of leaf 54 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Publisher:
- Publd. by Thos. Cornell
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816 and Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Regency, Musicians, Musical instruments, National songs, and Theaters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A peep behind the curtain at Drury Lane [graphic]
5. A peep behind the curtain at Drury Lane [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 14 Jany. 1789.
- Call Number:
- 789.01.14.01 Impression 1
- Collection Title:
- Verso of leaf 54. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Sheridan (left) speaks through a small aperture in the curtain which he holds open, addressing the musicians, some of whom are seen on the right, saying, with a conspiratorial scowl, "D-n em dont play God Save the King". Behind the musicians are the heads of some of the audience in the pit, shouting; a label extending across part of the print (right), inscribed 'Play God save the King', shows their words. In a box are a lady and two men. The print shows the arrangement of footlights, orchestra, pit, and a box on the first tier."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Note on verso in contemporary hand: Sheridan accus'd of having stopped the performance of God Save the King, in the King's illness - 1788.
- Publisher:
- Publd. by Thos. Cornell
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816 and Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Regency, Musicians, Musical instruments, National songs, and Theaters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A peep behind the curtain at Drury Lane [graphic]
6. A peep behind the curtain at Drury Lane [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 14 Jany. 1789.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Verso of leaf 54. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Sheridan (left) speaks through a small aperture in the curtain which he holds open, addressing the musicians, some of whom are seen on the right, saying, with a conspiratorial scowl, "D-n em dont play God Save the King". Behind the musicians are the heads of some of the audience in the pit, shouting; a label extending across part of the print (right), inscribed 'Play God save the King', shows their words. In a box are a lady and two men. The print shows the arrangement of footlights, orchestra, pit, and a box on the first tier."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Mounted on page 68.
- Publisher:
- Publd. by Thos. Cornell
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816 and Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Regency, Musicians, Musical instruments, National songs, and Theaters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A peep behind the curtain at Drury Lane [graphic]
7. A peep behind the curtain at the Widow Belmour [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [December 1790]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to Venus de Medici -- Literature: allusion to Murphy's A way to keep him., and Mounted on page 66.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Farren, Elizabeth, 1762-1829 and Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834
- Subject (Topic):
- Theater curtains and Theaters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A peep behind the curtain at the Widow Belmour [graphic]
8. A peep behind the curtain at the Widow Belmour [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [December 1790]
- Call Number:
- 790.12.00.03
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to Venus de Medici -- Literature: allusion to Murphy's A way to keep him., and Mounted to 37 x 28 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Farren, Elizabeth, 1762-1829 and Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834
- Subject (Topic):
- Theater curtains and Theaters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A peep behind the curtain at the Widow Belmour [graphic]
9. A stage box scene : Mrs. Bruin, Miss Chienne, Miss Renard
- Published / Created:
- [1 January 1787]
- Call Number:
- 787.01.01.04
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Three ladies are seated in a box, their arms to the elbow are in enormous fur muffs which project over the front of the box. Beneath them, to indicate the fur of the muff and (apparently) the character of the lady, is engraved respectively 'Mrs Bruin', 'Miss Chienne', 'Miss Renard'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted to 23.3 x 23.3 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Jany 1, 1787 by J. Wicksteed, No. 30 Henrietta Strt. Covt. Garden
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Optical devices, and Theaters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A stage box scene : Mrs. Bruin, Miss Chienne, Miss Renard
10. Acting magistrates committing themselves being their first appearance on this stage, as performed at the National Theatre Convent Garden, Sepr. 18, 1809 [graphic].
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [approximately September 1809]
- Call Number:
- 809.09.00.06++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The stage of Covent Garden Theatre is seen from the right with a small part of the pit in the left foreground; the boxes and galleries adjoining the stage form the background on the left. The pittites are standing and blow trumpets, spring rattles, ring bells, and shout. Those in the crowded boxes behave in the same way; with one exception all are men. Two men occupy each of the two boxes over the stage-door; they watch passively. The musicians' seats are empty, but candles burn beside their open music-books, and one of the orchestra stands facing the audience, threatening them with fist and baton. On the stage three men stand together addressing the audience. The man in the centre holds out a paper: 'Riot Act'; he says: "We shall Read the riot act". Behind them stands Kemble wearing a tail-coat and white trousers, appealing to the audience with his hands meekly together as if in prayer. Large notices and placards hang from the galleries and boxes: 'Old Prices' [five times]; 'Harris will but Kemble won,t'; 'No Kembles No more insults'; 'Kemble remember the Dublin Tin Man'; 'No Foreign Sofas'; 'Iohn Bull against Iohn Kemble'; 'No Catalani'; 'Old Prices' [three times]; 'No Italian Private Boxes'; '£6000 for Caterwauling'; 'Catalani', below a print of a cat dressed as a woman, and singing 'Me Yo' from a music-book; 'No Catalani!! Mountain-- Billington, and Dickons for ever'; 'Ol Price for ever No caterwauling'; 'Old Prices No Catalani'; a gigantic placard: 'Statement-- £ Subscribed -- £80-000 Fire Office -- 50-000 Old Materials -- 25-000 155-000 New Theatre ---- 150-000 Managers of it ---- 5-000' Held up by a 'John Bull' in the pit who blows a trumpet: 'No Catalani No Pigeon Holes Old Prices No Private Boxes'. A man shouts from a box: "Off Off Off Off"; he springs a rattle."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attributed to Isaac and George Cruikshank in the British Museum catalogue., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., and Matted to 47 x 54 cm, with a token for a box seat, Prince's side (BPS), New Theatre Covent Garden 1809.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823., Nares, John, 1754-1816., Billington, Elizabeth, 1765-1818., Catalani, Angelica, 1780-1849., Dickons, Maria, approximately 1774-1833., Harris, Thomas, -1820., Reed, James, active 1808., Mountain, Rosoman, approximately 1768-1841., and Covent Garden Theatre,
- Subject (Topic):
- Interiors, Stages (Platforms), Actors, Orchestras, Theater audiences, Theaters, and 1809
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Acting magistrates committing themselves being their first appearance on this stage, as performed at the National Theatre Convent Garden, Sepr. 18, 1809 [graphic].
11. Always a character [graphic]
- Creator:
- Ash, William, active 1823, printmaker, artist
- Published / Created:
- [25 November 1823]
- Call Number:
- 823.11.25.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A caricatured portrait of comedian John Liston, standing before the Theatre Royal. Leaning against a bollard is a placard advertising the play 'Fish out of Water' in which he was starring as 'Sam Savoury'.
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Novr. 25th, 1823, by G. Humphrey, 24, St. James's Stt. & 74, New-Bond St., London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Liston, John, 1776-1846 and Haymarket Theatre (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Theaters, Comedians, and Signs (Notices)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Always a character [graphic]
12. At the Theatre Royal in Covent-Garden, this present Saturday, being the 7th of April, will be presented a tragedy, call'd The seige of Damascus ... : the part of Phocyas to be perform'd by Mr. Barry, Eumenes by Mr. Ryan ... and the part of Eudocia to be perform'd by Mrs. Cibber ...
- Creator:
- Covent Garden Theatre
- Published / Created:
- [1753]
- Call Number:
- File 767 P69B C838 1753
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text
- Alternative Title:
- For the benefit of Mr. Smith
- Description:
- Caption title. and With ms. annotation of the date added in an unidentified hand: 1753. For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- The Theatre
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Covent Garden Theatre., Hughes, John, 1677-1720., Barry, Spranger, 1719-1777., Ryan, Lacy, 1694?-1760., and Cibber, Susannah Maria Arne, 1714-1766.
- Subject (Topic):
- Theaters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > At the Theatre Royal in Covent-Garden, this present Saturday, being the 7th of April, will be presented a tragedy, call'd The seige of Damascus ... : the part of Phocyas to be perform'd by Mr. Barry, Eumenes by Mr. Ryan ... and the part of Eudocia to be perform'd by Mrs. Cibber ...
13. BPS. New Theatre Covent Garden 1809 [realia].
- Published / Created:
- [1809]
- Call Number:
- 809.09.00.06++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- three-dimensional form
- Abstract:
- Obverse: In the center, letter B above PS below (Box Princes Side); "New Theatre Covent Garden 1809" stamped around the perimeter. Reverse is blank
- Description:
- Title from text on obverse side of token. and Matted to 47 x 54 cm, along with the Isaac Cruikshank print entitled: Acting magistrates committing themselves being their first appearance on this stage, as performed at the National Theatre Convent Garden, Sepr. 18, 1809.
- Publisher:
- New Theatre Covent Garden
- Subject (Geographic):
- Covent Garden (London, England), England, and London.
- Subject (Topic):
- Theaters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > BPS. New Theatre Covent Garden 1809 [realia].
14. By permission of the Right Worshipful the Mayor. Mrs. Pinchott's third appearance, of the Theatres Royal Covent Garden and Drury-Lane. Finch returns his most hearty and sincere thanks to the public at large, for all the encouragement he has met with, and informs them, his benefit is fixed for Wednesday evening next, Nov. 4th ... The extraordinary alteration & improvement the hwole of the interior of The Pantheon has undergone ... The performance will commence with a new ballet dance, called the Merry millers. Principle characters Mr. Auld, Mr. Miller... the whole to conclude with a grand Indian spectacle ... written by Mr. Usher, called The savage chieftain, or, Sidney & his faithful dog ...
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1815]
- Call Number:
- File 767 P69B P197 815++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text
- Description:
- Caption title., A playbill printed on silk., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- John Berry, printer
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and Norwich.
- Subject (Name):
- Pincott, Mrs. (Elizabeth)
- Subject (Topic):
- Pantomimes and Theaters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > By permission of the Right Worshipful the Mayor. Mrs. Pinchott's third appearance, of the Theatres Royal Covent Garden and Drury-Lane. Finch returns his most hearty and sincere thanks to the public at large, for all the encouragement he has met with, and informs them, his benefit is fixed for Wednesday evening next, Nov. 4th ... The extraordinary alteration & improvement the hwole of the interior of The Pantheon has undergone ... The performance will commence with a new ballet dance, called the Merry millers. Principle characters Mr. Auld, Mr. Miller... the whole to conclude with a grand Indian spectacle ... written by Mr. Usher, called The savage chieftain, or, Sidney & his faithful dog ...
15. Coming out of a country theatre [graphic]
- Creator:
- Stadler, Joseph Constantine, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 November 1802]
- Call Number:
- Drawer 802.11.01.05 Impression 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A large crowd of theatregoers file out of a theater and onto the street in a pouring rainfall and high winds that turns umbrellas inside out. One man has fallen and broken his lantern as a woman falls back over him as her shoes are being changed. The audience is a mix of classes, couples, old women, young boys, some carrying laterns, one with a cane
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching and aquatint ; sheet 46 x 67 cm., Printed on wove paper, hand-colored, and matted to 57 x 74 cm., With the ownership stamp on mount (removed): From the collection of Maxine and Joel Spitz "Trail-Tree" Glencoe. Item no. 257. With a pencilled note: A rare print seldom met with. Obtained in London thru John Taylor -- ER NY. The original watercolor of this print is included in my collection -- obtained thru Amer. Art at auction, originally in the collection of David Insull., and Attached beneath are collector Joel Spitz's comments on provenance from old mount in pencil.
- Publisher:
- Published Novr. 1, 1802, by Willm. Holland, No. 11, Cockspur Street, (removed from Oxford Street)
- Subject (Topic):
- Couples, Lanterns, Rain, Theater audiences, Theaters, Umbrellas, Watchmen, and Winds
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Coming out of a country theatre [graphic]
16. Coming out of a country theatre [graphic]
- Creator:
- Stadler, Joseph Constantine, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 November 1802]
- Call Number:
- Drawer 802.11.01.05 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A large crowd of theatregoers file out of a theater and onto the street in a pouring rainfall and high winds that turns umbrellas inside out. One man has fallen and broken his lantern as a woman falls back over him as her shoes are being changed. The audience is a mix of classes, couples, old women, young boys, some carrying laterns, one with a cane
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Published Novr. 1, 1802, by Willm. Holland, No. 11, Cockspur Street, (removed from Oxford Street)
- Subject (Topic):
- Couples, Lanterns, Rain, Theater audiences, Theaters, Umbrellas, Watchmen, and Winds
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Coming out of a country theatre [graphic]
17. Committee of Taste, or, The punishment of a modern Midas dedicated (without permission) to the subscribers to the New Theatre Drury Lane. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1812?]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.125+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A satire on the rebuilding of Drury Lane Theatre. Whitbread, Chairman of the Committee, bestrides a barrel, the head inscribed 'The Butt M, T' [empty]. He has long ass's ears and points to a table beside him on the extreme right where there is a model of a theatre with a pillared portico and pediment. This rests on a paper inscribed 'Whitbread Copeland Holland Rolls &ca clear gains 450000!!!!!' Next Whitbread a man sits behind a similar table littered with plans all inscribed 'Plan of Drury Lane'. He also has ass's ears, to which a second pair has been added in water-colour. He looks through an eye-glass, resting his right elbow on an anchor, while he holds at arm's length the model of a theatre whose portico is flanked by two large sphinxes. A carved sun, like the emblem of the Sun Fire-Office, decorates his chair; on the right is a broad post or terminal pillar supporting a man's head, also with ass's ears. This rests on a volume inscribed 'Commons', and on its face in large letters are the words 'Ex Nihilo Nihil Fil'; from its upper edge a signpost arm projects to the right inscribed 'To Coventry', showing that he is Peter Moore. Behind Whitbread (left) and partly screened by a heavy curtain is a table supporting a third model of a theatre, also with a portico. Whitbread, frowning slightly, says: "These Resolutions once carried good bye Friend Sherry Old Claimants and new Subscribers (aside) Hem! I think I have bullied the Committe [sic] properly." His neighbour (? Lord Holland) who smiles, has a round good-humoured face; he says: "La! Mr Chairman I think my Sphynxes look Monstrous Pretty.""--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Punishment of a modern Midas
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Watermark: J. Whatman., and Matted to 37 x 46 xm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England), Whitbread, Samuel, 1764-1815, Moore, Peter, 1753-1828, and Holland, Henry Richard Vassall, Baron, 1773-1840
- Subject (Topic):
- Theaters, Architectural models, Barrels, and Traffic signs & signals
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Committee of Taste, or, The punishment of a modern Midas dedicated (without permission) to the subscribers to the New Theatre Drury Lane. [graphic]
18. Covent Garden Theatre [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 July 1808]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 646 808 M58 v.1
- Collection Title:
- V. 1 Microcosm of London.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Interior of theatre, seen from the back of the stalls, looking towards the stage; as it appeared before it burned down in September 1808; an orchestra assembled towards the back of the stage, behind a choir at the front; the theatre packed with spectators; candle chandeliers hanging around room from the different levels of the circles."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 27., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 1, opposite page 212.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd 1 July 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- London (England), England, and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Covent Garden Theatre.
- Subject (Topic):
- Theaters, Interiors, Audiences, and Chandeliers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Covent Garden Theatre [graphic]
19. Drury Lane Theatre [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 August 1808]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 646 808 M58 v.1
- Collection Title:
- V. 1 Microcosm of London.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Interior view of the theatre, looking towards the stage; a performance taking place; the galleries, boxes, and pit filled with spectators."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 32., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 1, opposite page 228.
- Publisher:
- Pub. 1st Augt. 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- London (England), England, and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Theaters, Interiors, and Audiences
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Drury Lane Theatre [graphic]
20. Effects of tragedy [graphic].
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [12 November 1795]
- Call Number:
- 795.11.12.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A theatre seen diagonally from the pit, with the stage on the right, two side boxes forming a background. On the stage a man in quasi-classical dress holds a dripping dagger, a woman lies at his feet; through an open door the prompter is seen. The audience is much disturbed: in the foreground a stout citizen holds a smelling-bottle to the nose of his (apparently) fainting young wife; she takes a note from a young man on the bench behind her. Behind stands a bearded Jew. In the stage-box two seated figures resemble the King and Queen, a man standing behind resembles Pitt."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker identified in the British Museum catalogue., One of a series of Drolls., Plate numbered '163' in lower left corner., Temporary local subject terms: Theatrical performances -- Reference to adultery -- Medicine: salts., Watermark., and Publication year corrected in manuscript from '5' to '6.'
- Publisher:
- Publish'd 12 Novr. 1795 by Laurie & Whittle, Fleet Street, London
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Jews, Interiors, Theaters, and Theatrical productions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Effects of tragedy [graphic].
21. For the benefit of Joe Miller Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The old batchelor / [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1800s?]
- Call Number:
- Hogarth 800.00.00.02 Box 140
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Copy of a benefit ticket whose design was formerly attributed to Hogarth: a stage scene with four performers in Congreve's 'The Old Bachelor', showing the scene in Act III where Noll receives a kicking from Sharper; print after a forgery purporting to be a benefit ticket for Joe Miller for his performance as Sir Joseph Wittol
- Alternative Title:
- Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The old batchelor
- Description:
- Title from banner at top of image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and See: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), page 315.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Congreve, William, 1670-1729. and Miller, Joe, 1684-1738.
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors, Fund raising, Theatrical productions, and Theaters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > For the benefit of Joe Miller Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The old batchelor / [graphic]
22. For the benefit of Joe Miller Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The old batchelor / [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1794]
- Call Number:
- Hogarth 794.00.00.21 Box 120
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Benefit ticket: a stage scene with four performers in Congreve's 'The Old Bachelor', showing the scene in Act III where Noll receives a kicking from Sharper; print after a forgery purporting to be a benefit ticket for Joe Miller for his performance as Sir Joseph Wittol; illustration to Ireland's 'Graphic Illustrations of Hogarth' (1794-1799).
- Alternative Title:
- Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The old batchelor
- Description:
- Title from banner at top of image., Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London: R. Faulder; and J. Egerton, 1794, opp. p. 128., See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), p. 315., Not Hogarth., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
- Publisher:
- R. Faulder; and J. Egerton
- Subject (Name):
- Congreve, William, 1670-1729. and Miller, Joe, 1684-1738.
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors, Fund raising, Theatrical productions, and Theaters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > For the benefit of Joe Miller Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The old batchelor / [graphic]
23. For the benefit of Joe Miller Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The old batchelor / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Ireland, John, -1808, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1794]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.3 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Copy of a benefit ticket whose design was formerly attributed to Hogarth: a stage scene with four performers in Congreve's 'The Old Bachelor', showing the scene in Act III where Noll receives a kicking from Sharper; print after a forgery purporting to be a benefit ticket for Joe Miller for his performance as Sir Joseph Wittol
- Alternative Title:
- Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The old batchelor
- Description:
- Title from banner at top of image., Signed in design: W. Hogarth f., Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London : Published by R. Faulder, New Bond Street; and J. Egerton, Whitehall, 1794, vol. i, p. 128., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: £8..8..0; at top of print: 7., and On page 233 in volume 3.
- Publisher:
- Faulder and Egerton
- Subject (Name):
- Congreve, William, 1670-1729. and Miller, Joe, 1684-1738.
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors, Fund raising, Theatrical productions, and Theaters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > For the benefit of Joe Miller Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The old batchelor / [graphic]
24. For the benefit of Joe Miller Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The old batchelor / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Ireland, John, -1808, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1794]
- Call Number:
- Hogarth 794.00.00.37.1 Box 120
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Copy of a benefit ticket whose design was formerly attributed to Hogarth: a stage scene with four performers in Congreve's 'The Old Bachelor', showing the scene in Act III where Noll receives a kicking from Sharper; print after a forgery purporting to be a benefit ticket for Joe Miller for his performance as Sir Joseph Wittol
- Alternative Title:
- Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The old batchelor
- Description:
- Title from banner at top of image., Signed in design: W. Hogarth f., and Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London : Published by R. Faulder, New Bond Street; and J. Egerton, Whitehall, 1794, vol. i, p. 128.
- Publisher:
- Faulder and Egerton
- Subject (Name):
- Congreve, William, 1670-1729. and Miller, Joe, 1684-1738.
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors, Fund raising, Theatrical productions, and Theaters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > For the benefit of Joe Miller Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The old batchelor / [graphic]
25. For the benefit of Joe Miller Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The old batchelor / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Ireland, Jane, active 1792-1793, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1794]
- Call Number:
- Hogarth 794.00.00.37.2 Box 120
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Copy of a benefit ticket whose design was formerly attributed to Hogarth: a stage scene with four performers in Congreve's 'The Old Bachelor', showing the scene in Act III where Noll receives a kicking from Sharper; print after a forgery purporting to be a benefit ticket for Joe Miller for his performance as Sir Joseph Wittol
- Alternative Title:
- Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The old batchelor
- Description:
- Title from banner at top of image., Cf. Variant state: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London : Published by R. Faulder, New Bond Street; and J. Egerton, 1794, vol. 1, opposite p. 128., and Signed in design: "W. Hogarth f."
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Congreve, William, 1670-1729. and Miller, Joe, 1684-1738.
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors, Fund raising, Theatrical productions, and Theaters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > For the benefit of Joe Miller Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The old batchelor / [graphic]
26. For the benefit of Mr. Clarke, at the Theatre Royal in Covent-Garden, on Thursday next, being the 29th of April, will be reviv'd a tragedy, call'd Alzira. : Zamor by Mr. Clarke, ... Alvarez by Mr. Sparks, Carlos by Mr. Dyer ... To which will be added a farce (not acted these ten years) called Duke and no Duke. ...
- Creator:
- Covent Garden Theatre
- Published / Created:
- [1756]
- Call Number:
- File 767 P69B C838 1756 4/29
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text
- Alternative Title:
- Not acted this season
- Description:
- Caption title. and With extensive ms. notes concerning another performance, with names of performers. For further information, consult library staff (object file: File 767 P69B C838 1753).
- Publisher:
- The Theatre
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Covent Garden Theatre., Hill, Aaron, 1751?-1830., and Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715.
- Subject (Topic):
- Theaters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > For the benefit of Mr. Clarke, at the Theatre Royal in Covent-Garden, on Thursday next, being the 29th of April, will be reviv'd a tragedy, call'd Alzira. : Zamor by Mr. Clarke, ... Alvarez by Mr. Sparks, Carlos by Mr. Dyer ... To which will be added a farce (not acted these ten years) called Duke and no Duke. ...
27. John Bull at a comedy [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [8 March 1796]
- Call Number:
- 796.03.08.01 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Plate numbered '169' in lower right corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Lighting -- Female dress: miniatures as jewelry -- Practical jokes.
- Publisher:
- Published 8th March 1796 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
- Subject (Topic):
- John Bull (Symbolic character), Interiors, Theater audiences, Theaters, Wigs, Candles, and Military uniforms
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > John Bull at a comedy [graphic].
28. L'ambulance de la Comédie Française en 1870 [graphic]
- Creator:
- Brouillet, André, 1857-1914 printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 1891.
- Call Number:
- Print00434
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Place of publication derived from printmaker's country of residence., In margin lower right: Salon de 1891., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Hospitals, Interior; Nurses & nursing; Theater.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Orthopedics, Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871, Comédie-Française, Red Cross and Red Crescent, Nursing, Nuns as nurses, Nuns, Nurses, Physicians, Theaters, War casualties, Wounds & injuries, Splints (Surgery)., and Hospitals
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > L'ambulance de la Comédie Française en 1870 [graphic]
29. Lease to William Williams, comedian : Weymouth, 1768 September 7 and 1771 March 20.
- Creator:
- Waltham, Drigue Billers Olmius, Baron, 1746-1787
- Call Number:
- LWL Mss File 119+++
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Lease with engraved heading written for Dirgue Billers Olmius, 2nd Baron Waltham, to William Williams, comedian, for a period of 99 years at the rent of 5 shillings on condition that within a year Williams erects upon it a theatre for comedians. The theatre at Weymouth became one of the venues frequented by companies of strolling players. On the verso are 18th century endorsements including the surrender of the lease to Robert Lumley Kingston 20 March 1771
- Description:
- In English., Written on vellum with red wax seal and blue embossed stamp affixed., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Williams, William (Comedian) and Kingston, Robert Lumley.
- Subject (Topic):
- Theaters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Lease to William Williams, comedian : Weymouth, 1768 September 7 and 1771 March 20.
30. London's information and advice service for disabled people on arts & entertainment [graphic]
- Creator:
- Della Porta, Caroline, artist
- Published / Created:
- [after 1981]
- Call Number:
- Poster0394
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- London's information and advice service for disabled people on arts and entertainment
- Description:
- Title and publisher from item., Date derived from founding of Artsline., Text in lower margin: Charity Reg. No. 287 988 ; Design: Spark Ceresa ; Illustration: Caroline Della Porta ; Sponsored by BT., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
- Publisher:
- Artsline
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Topic):
- People with disabilities and the arts, People with disabilities and the performing arts, People with disabilities, Wheelchairs, Children, Theaters, Guide dogs, and Blind persons
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > London's information and advice service for disabled people on arts & entertainment [graphic]
31. Miss Scott Evans, who was so flatteringly received in Aurelia, begs leave respectfully to inform her friends and the public, that her benefit, at the New Royal Circus ... is fixed for Saturday, the 3rd of October, 1801 ... when the new grand spectacle of King Caesar, or, The Negro slaves, with new music, scenery, machinery, dresses, and decorations, will be performed; to which will be added The eclips, or, Harlequin in China ; the part of Columbine by Miss Scott Evans ...
- Published / Created:
- [1801]
- Call Number:
- File 767 P69B N558 1801
- Image Count:
- 1
- Description:
- Caption from first lines of text. and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- Printed at the Philanthropic Reform, St. George's Fields, by J. Richardson, No. 4 Lambeth-Road, Southwark
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Evans, Scott, Miss., Cross, J. C. -1809. (James Cartwright),, and New Royal Circus (London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Theaters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Miss Scott Evans, who was so flatteringly received in Aurelia, begs leave respectfully to inform her friends and the public, that her benefit, at the New Royal Circus ... is fixed for Saturday, the 3rd of October, 1801 ... when the new grand spectacle of King Caesar, or, The Negro slaves, with new music, scenery, machinery, dresses, and decorations, will be performed; to which will be added The eclips, or, Harlequin in China ; the part of Columbine by Miss Scott Evans ...
32. Mr. Garrick reciting the ode in honor of Shakespeare at the Jubilee at Stratford, with the musical performers, &c. [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1769]
- Call Number:
- 769.09.00.04
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark at top edge., Plate from: The town and country magazine. London : Printed for A. Hamilton, Junr., v. 1 (1769), page 473., Numbered 'No. XXVII' in upper left corner., See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4, no. 431., and Temporary local subject terms: Theatres: Stratford upon Avon -- Female dress, 1769 -- Male dress, 1769 -- William Shakespeare's statue, 1769.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Garrick, David, 1717-1779, and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- Subject (Topic):
- Monuments & memorials, Music, Musical instruments, Musicians, Performances, and Theaters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. Garrick reciting the ode in honor of Shakespeare at the Jubilee at Stratford, with the musical performers, &c. [graphic].
33. New Covent Garden Theatre [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 January 1810]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 646 808 M58 v.3
- Collection Title:
- V. 3 Microcosm of London.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Interior of Smirke's replacement for Holland's burnt-out theatre; the stage set, and audience seated in the four tiers of galleries and pit, but the actors not yet on stage."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 100., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 3, opposite page 263.
- Publisher:
- Pub. Jan. 1, 1810, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- London (England), England, and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Covent Garden Theatre.
- Subject (Topic):
- Theaters, Interiors, and Audiences
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > New Covent Garden Theatre [graphic]
34. Particulars and conditions of sale of the Olympic Theatre in Drury Lane, with its wardrobe, and scenery, machinery, and properties thereunto appertaining, presenting to a theatrical spectaculator an opportunity rarely to be equalled : this theatrical property is held, under the Earl of Craven ... will be sold at auction, by Messrs. Robins at their Great Rooms, Piazza, Covent Garden, on Monday, the 27th of February, 1826, at twelve o'clock ...
- Published / Created:
- [1826]
- Call Number:
- File 646 826 P273+
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Printed particulars for the 27 February 1826 sale of the Olympic Theatre; specific conditions of sale enumerated on unnumbered page 2.
- Alternative Title:
- Olympic Theatre, with the Lord Chamberlain's licence, Particulars. This elegant and unique theatre, has been erected, and subsequently improved, at an expense little short of thirty thousand pounds, and during the proprietorship of Mr. Elliston ..., and Olympic Theatre, with the Lord Chamberlain's Licence. Particulars of the Olympic Theatre in Drury Lane, which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Robins, at their Great Rooms, Piazza, Covent Garden, on Monday, 27th of February, 1826 ...
- Description:
- At foot of unnumbered page 1: May be viewed till the sale, by tickets, and Particulars had twenty-one days prior, at the Theatre; of Mr. Walford, solicitor, 35, Clarges Street, Piccadilly; and of Messrs. Robins, Piazza, Covent Garden., Docket title on unnumbered page 4, printed perpendicular to the text on unnumbered page 3, probably intended to allow folding for filing., John Scott purchased the playhouse at Elliston's bankruptcy auction in 1826, and added gaslight. See The Victorian Web online., In English., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England., Angleterre., and England
- Subject (Name):
- Olympic Theatre (London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Selling, Theaters, Real estate business, Licenses, and Immobilier
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Particulars and conditions of sale of the Olympic Theatre in Drury Lane, with its wardrobe, and scenery, machinery, and properties thereunto appertaining, presenting to a theatrical spectaculator an opportunity rarely to be equalled : this theatrical property is held, under the Earl of Craven ... will be sold at auction, by Messrs. Robins at their Great Rooms, Piazza, Covent Garden, on Monday, the 27th of February, 1826, at twelve o'clock ...
35. Photographs of Texas [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- ca. 1885.
- Call Number:
- WA Photos 65
- Image Count:
- 10
- Abstract:
- Photographs of Texas, including views of homes and the business district of El Paso, the Alamo in San Antonio, artillery drills of Troop H of the 3rd cavalry at Fort McIntosh, the mission at San Jose, a wagon train, and an Apache Camp. In Harrold, Texas, performers pose on the balcony of the Hotel del Teatro and Great Western Theatre
- Description:
- Manuscript captions accompany many of the photographs, which are mounted on both sides of cardboard mounts.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Texas, San Antonio (Tex.), El Paso (Tex.), and Ft. McIntosh (Laredo, Tex.)
- Subject (Name):
- United States. Army. Cavalry, 3rd
- Subject (Topic):
- Indians of North America, Apache Indians, Missions, Wagons, and Theaters
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Photographs of Texas [graphic].
36. Pizzaro a new play, or, The Drury-Lane masquerade [graphic].
- Creator:
- Ansell, Charles, 1752- printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [11 June 1799]
- Call Number:
- 799.06.11.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Sheridan, fat and grotesque, dressed as Pizarro, strides to the front of the royal box, followed by the King and Queen in Court dress. He holds out a guttering candle in each hand and shouts towards the stage: "Stand by there, move that Stone out of the Way hollo Music there play God Save the King d'ye hear take care Sire mind that Step, louder there Music make room for the best of Kings & wisest of Sovereigns! Encore." The King says to the bejewelled Queen: "No! no! no Jacobins here all Loyal all Loyal, Charming Man the Author eh! charming Man, never saw him in such a good light before." Three princesses follow; one says: "bless me I never saw that General at Court". Behind are two princes in uniform with gorgets, evidently the Dukes of York and Cumberland. On the floor by Sheridan are two papers: 'Maidstone Loyalty' [see British Museum Satires No. 9245, &c], and '[Tomorr]ow Evening performed a new play called the Loyal Author to which will be added a Peep behind the Curtain Vivan[t] Rex et Regina'. The curtain is down; on the proscenium, replacing the usual 'Veluti in Speculum', is 'Anti Jacobin House'. Two men stand in the pit, waving their hats towards the royal box; one is Fox."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Pizarro a new play, or, The Drury-Lane masquerade and Drury-Lane masquerade
- Description:
- Title etched below image; the letter "N" in "New" is etched backwards., Tentative attribution to Ansell from the British Museum catalogue., Attributed to Charles Williams in local card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Printseller's announcement in lower right: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Temporary local subject terms: Theatrical costume: Spanish don -- Gorgets -- Songs: God Save the King -- Anti-Jacobin House -- Queen Charlotte's jewels -- Female dress: Queen Charlotte's dress., Watermark: Strasburg lily., and Mounted to 28 x 42 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. June 11th, 1799, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, 1771-1851, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Jacobins, Theaters, Interiors, Costumes, Stages (Platforms), Candles, Jewelry, and Military uniforms
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Pizzaro a new play, or, The Drury-Lane masquerade [graphic].
37. Playbills from the Theatre-Royal, Bath, 1783-1815
- Creator:
- Theatre Royal (Bath, England)
- Published / Created:
- [between 1783 and 1815]
- Call Number:
- Folio 767 P69B B32
- Image Count:
- 146
- Publisher:
- Theatre-Royal
- Subject (Geographic):
- Bath (England), England, and Bath.
- Subject (Name):
- Theatre Royal (Bath, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Theaters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Playbills from the Theatre-Royal, Bath, 1783-1815
38. Returning from Pizarro!! [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- June 1799.
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Collection Title:
- Volume 4, after page 582. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Sheridan, a candle in each hand, shambles before the royal party, ushering them through the theatre and looking over his shoulder with an expression of exasperated anxiety. The King, in back view, turns to the Queen, saying, "I like the Author very much - took him for a Jacobin - no such thing - quite a different man - brim full of loyalty - I'll certainly come again!!" Behind the pair Salisbury, the Lord Chamberlain, walks stiffly, holding his staff and wearing his gold key. He is followed by one of the Princesses (Augusta Sophia), walking with the Prince of Orange, whose portly contour and sulky profile with closed eye appear on the extreme left. Through the door (probably that from the box lobby) Fox is seen holding a constable's staff and saying to the crowd, anxious to see the arrival: "Stand away there, don't stop up the passage you pack of Jacobin Rascals"."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Window mounted to 36 x 51 cm., and Mounted after page 582 (leaf numbered '12' in pencil) in volume 4 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by W. Holland, N. 50 Oxford St.
- Subject (Name):
- Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Salisbury, James Cecil, Marquess of, 1748-1823, Augusta Sophia, Princess, daughter of George III, King of Great Britain, 1768-1840, William V, Prince of Orange, 1748-1806, and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Anxiety, Candles, Sconces, Interiors, and Theaters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Returning from Pizarro!! [graphic].
39. Royal Circus [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 May 1809]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 646 808 M58 v.3
- Collection Title:
- V. 3 Microcosm of London.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Interior view of the circus in St George's Fields; a circular arena in centre, and stage to the right; a performance taking place on the stage, and standing spectators occupying arena, others watching from surrounding galleries."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 66., Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 3, opposite page 13., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1809 W. Balston.
- Publisher:
- Pub. 1st May 1809 at R. Ackrmann's [sic] Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- St. George's Fields., London (England), England, and London.
- Subject (Name):
- New Royal Circus (London, England) and Surrey Theatre.
- Subject (Topic):
- Circuses & shows, Theaters, Audiences, Spectators, and Interiors
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Royal Circus [graphic]
40. Sadlers Wells Theatre [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 June 1809]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 646 808 M58 v.3
- Collection Title:
- V. 3 Microcosm of London.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Interior view of the theatre, seen from the back of one of the galleries, looking towards the stage; during a performance."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 69., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 3, opposite page 41.
- Publisher:
- Pub. June 1st, 1809, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- London (England), England, and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Sadler's Wells Theatre (London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Theaters, Audiences, and Interiors
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Sadlers Wells Theatre [graphic]
41. Taffy's honor at stake, or, A hint to well regulated families vitae via virtus. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [September 1821]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 835G v.2 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Sir Watkin Williams Wynn (Taffy), Lord and Lady Conyngham, and the King all approach the door of Wynnstay, part of the façade of which is accurately depicted on the left Lady Conyngham rides a stag with the head of her husband; she wears a coronet in which are the feathers of the Prince (or Princess) of Wales. Sir Watkin, in the foreground, gallops up on a goat with a collar inscribed Wynn St[ay]; he wears a leek in his hat and is further identified by a letter in his pocket: To Sir Wat ... He shouts to the porter: Porter! Shut all the W .... s out!! The man obeys by closing the door, saying, You shan't come in I tell you!! She answers: What do you mean fellow I belong to the Family. Just behind are the four horses of the King's travelling chaise. He looks from the window to ask: What's the matter?--but on hearing Sir Watkin's words, adds: I say Coachee! turn about and drive me to Plymouth! There is a background of trees and mountains."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Hint to well regulated families
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Printed on watermarked paper., Window mounted to 24.1 x 34.2 cm, the whole then mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 104 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Sir W.W. Wynn" and "Geo. IV" identified in ink below image; date "Sept. 1821" written in lower right corner. Typed extract of sixteen lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Septr. 1821 by S.W. Fores, Picadilly [sic]
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Williams-Wynn, Watkin, 1772-1840, Conyngham, Henry Conyngham, Marquess, 1766-1832, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, and Wynnstay Theatre,
- Subject (Topic):
- Adultery, Theaters, Doors & doorways, Crowns, Feathers, Goats, Porters, and Carriages & coaches
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Taffy's honor at stake, or, A hint to well regulated families vitae via virtus. [graphic]
42. The OP spectacles [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Novr. 17, 1809.
- Call Number:
- 809.11.17.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The full face of Clifford, based on a fashionably swathed neck-cloth and high coat-collar, fills the design. The mouth is open as if shouting. The eyes and part of the cheeks are covered by circles representing huge spectacles. Each contains a symmetrical view of Covent Garden Theatre seen from the stage, showing pit, three tiers of boxes, and the centre of the two galleries (the 'pigeon-holes' not appearing), all crowded. The views differ only in the performers on the stage, two actors on the right (one clearly Kemble, probably as Macbeth), and on the left two actors and a file of soldiers. Superimposed on the middle of each circular design is a large 'O' (left) and 'P' (right). Round the broad rims of the spectacles: (left) 'Old House Old Prices & No Private Boxes' and (right) 'Old House Old Prices & No Pigeon Holes'. On the bridge across the nose: 'N.P.B.' (No Private Boxes, see British Museum Satires No. 11421)."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Print made collaboratively by Isaac and George Cruikshank, with the latter responsible for the tiny figures in the spectacles. See British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Clifford, Henry, 1768-1813, Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823, Covent Garden Theatre,, and Covent Garden Theatre
- Subject (Topic):
- Theaters, Eyeglasses, Theater audiences, Actors, and Theatrical productions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The OP spectacles [graphic]
43. The child, or, A legacy for the House of Commons [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1771]
- Call Number:
- 771.04.00.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "From the stage of a theatre, two figures address the audience: Charles Fox (left) with a fox's head, holds under his left arm a tray in which are two doll-like infants in swaddling bands; in his right hand is a paper inscribed, "Norton & Fox Sponsors". He is saying: "Discovered by the Secret Committee". In the centre is another man with a wide open mouth, whose head is perhaps intended for that of a dolphin. He holds a paper inscribed "The Child of the People". On the right. of the stage is part of a fountain supported by a satyr. On each side of the stage are two tiers of boxes; in the lower box on the right. Punch is talking to a lady."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Legacy for the House of Commons
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Dated in the British Museum catalogue from a report in the Oxford magazine, v. 6 (1771), p. 157., and Temporary local subject terms: Theater: boxes -- Architectural details: fountain -- Satyrs (Greek mythology) -- Punch, as member of audience -- Masks: ass's head -- Dolphin's head -- Children: infant foundlings -- Lighting -- Boots: one spurred, one Roman -- Reference to the House of Commons' Secret Committee, April 1771.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789
- Subject (Topic):
- Interiors, Theaters, Fountains, Masks, Supernatural beings, Abandoned children, Chandeliers, and Boots
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The child, or, A legacy for the House of Commons [graphic].
44. The falling of the new-Brunswick-Theatre on the 27th Feby. 1828 / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1828]
- Call Number:
- 828.02.27.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by S.W. Fores 41 Piccadilly
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Royal Brunswick Theatre (London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Building failures and Theaters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The falling of the new-Brunswick-Theatre on the 27th Feby. 1828 / [graphic]
45. The festival of the golden rump rumpatur quisquis rumpitur invidia / [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- publish'd according to act of Parliament 1737.
- Call Number:
- 737.05.07.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on George II and Robert Walpole, based on a "Visio"n described in "Commonsense, or the Englishman's Journal", 19 March 1737. The king is represented as a satyr, seen from the rear, standing on an altar kicking his left leg and breaking wind; Queen Caroline, as a priestess wearing a bell on her wrist, approaches from the right to administer an enema of "Aurum potabile" (a flavoured brandy); Bishop Hoadly stands behind her followed by men carrying on their heads vessels of gold, several of which have been deposited at the foot of the altar, square pieces of gold having spilled from one. On the left; Robert Walpole dressed as the Chief Magician, dressed in a coat embroidered with dragons and the words "Auri Sacra fames" and carrying a rod, looks up at the satyr; behind him is a procession of couriters with the insignia of the golden rump embroidered on their shoulders; in the foreground Walpole's brother Horatio Walpole holds out a pair of scales, an allusion to his concern to preserve the balance of power in Europe which earned him the nickname, the "Balance Master". A curtain hanging across the top is embroidered with golden rumps."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title engraved above image., Printmaker identified as Gerard Van der Gucht by Mark Hallett in Caricature in the age of Hogarth, see p. 137., Design on which this print is based, was attributed to the Earl of Chesterfield by the curator., "Price 1s."--Lower right corner., and Several subjects identified in a later hand below image.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Caroline, Queen, consort of George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1737, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, Walpole, Horatio Walpole, Baron, 1678-1757, Hoadly, Benjamin, 1676-1761, Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754, and Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Bribery, Corruption, Medical procedures & techniques, and Theaters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The festival of the golden rump rumpatur quisquis rumpitur invidia / [graphic]
46. The house that Jack-built [graphic]
- Creator:
- Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [September 1809]
- Call Number:
- 809.09.00.07+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A more realistic rendering of the squib, illustrated in British Museum Satires No. 11414, &c., the text slightly altered. Seven designs in two rows, three above and four below, the verses etched across the upper part of each. [1] A close-up view of part of the east front of the new theatre, not accurately drawn, but showing the portico and its flanking sculptures of 'Antient Drama' and 'Modern Drama'. Above: 'This is . . .' [&c.]. [2] An arc of the third tier of boxes, showing three boxes crowded with fashionables in polite conversation; one lady only looks at the stage, using a glass. Above: 'These are the Boxes . . .' [&c.]. [3] A similar view of three pigeon-holes showing lighted chandeliers suspended from brackets below them. The occupants of the front row sit, those behind stand in a massed crowd; all are behaving well. Above: 'These are the Pigeon holes made for the poor, over the Boxes . . .' [&c.]. [4] A bust portrait of Catalani, singing, with tense bony neck, a claw-like hand on her breast. Above: 'This is the Cat . . .' [&c.]. [5] A bust portrait of an obese neatly dressed 'cit' in profile to the left, fiercely blowing a trumpet from which issues the word 'Hiss'. In his right hand is a paper: 'The Age of Reason [cf. No. 8646] a New Comedy perform[ed] by J Bull & C°'. Above: 'This is John Bull. . .' [&c.]. [6] A bust profile portrait of Townsend, neatly dressed, and wearing a top-hat. His right arm is outstretched as if to seize John Bull in the adjacent design; in his left hand is a constable's crowned staff. Above: 'This is the Thief taker . . .' [&c.]. [7] A bust portrait of Kemble, sternly frowning, in profile to the left, clasping a rolled document inscribed 'King John'. He wears ordinary dress with swathed neck-cloth and high-collared coat. Above: 'This is the Manager . . .' [&c.]. (Cf. British Museum Satires No. 11419.)"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Septr. 1809 by Walker, No. 7 Cornhill
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Catalani, Angelica, 1780-1849, Townsend, John, 1760-1832, Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823, and Covent Garden Theatre,
- Subject (Topic):
- John Bull (Symbolic character), Theaters, Interiors, Chandeliers, Theater audiences, Bugles, Prices, and Anger
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The house that Jack-built [graphic]
47. The last scene of the managers farce [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [8 May 1795]
- Call Number:
- 795.05.08.01+
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 46. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Letters on the design refer to an 'Explanation' etched below the title. A scene on the stage of a theatre symbolizes Westminster Hall. In the foreground a large cauldron is sinking through a rectangular opening in the floor. It is inscribed 'A. \ Exit in Fumo', explained as 'The Managers Cauldron'. From it rises a dense mass of dark smoke which divides into two curving branches, one on each side of a brightly irradiated bust of Hastings. The bust looks towards the Managers' box (right) and stands on a large rectangular pedestal inscribed: 'Virtus repulsæ \ nescia sordidæ \ incontaminatis \ fulget honoribus'. The cauldron is filled with burning documents, the origin of the smoke, inscribed, respectively: 'Charge', 'Charge Presents', 'Charge of Oppression', 'Charge of Cruelty', 'Charge of Extortion', 'Charge of Peculation in Contracts', 'Torture'. These are: 'B Ingredients mix'd up by the Managers to blacken C a character out of their reach'. Standing within another rectangular opening in the floor is Burke in profile to the left, gesticulating furiously, a paint-brush in his raised right hand, a document, 'more Ingredients', clasped in his left hand. He is: 'D One of the Managers & a principal Performer who having "Out-heroded Herod" retires from the Stage in a Passion at seeing the Farce likely to be damn'd.' Above the bust are two projecting beams, each supported by an angel (as in Westminster Hall), wearing a judge's wig and gown with a scroll issuing from the mouth. The figure on the left is Thurlow, looking calmly down, his hand on his breast and saying: "not black upon my Honour." The other is Loughborough, his head turned away, showing the back of his wig only (cf. BMSat 6796), and saying: "Black upon my Honour". They are: 'K a great Critic in a high Situation, who has paid close Attention. L another great Critic, not quite so good a Judge, giving his Opinion on the other Side'. On the right is a stage-box, representing the Managers' box. From it Fox, wearing a bag-wig, leans forward, looking excitedly and near-sightedly through his glass, his hand outstretched as if to restrain Burke. Behind him is the quasi-imbecile profile of Sir James Erskine (see BMSat 7152) looking over his shoulder. On the extreme right are the backs of the heads and shoulders of two Managers who are leaving the box. Below (right) a profile looks gloomily towards the stage. Fox is 'E Another Manager a great Actor very anxious about the fate of the Farce'. The others are 'eee Other Managers very well dress 'd [cf. BMSat 7309] but not very capital performers some of them tired of acting'. Just outside the box is the profile head of Francis, his baleful stare (as in BMSat 7292, &c.) fixed on the bust. He is: 'F The Prompter, no Character in ye farce but very useful behind the Scenes.' The outside of the box ('G The Managers Box') is traversed by the winding track of a snail, beginning in '1787' and meandering past '1788', '1789', '1790', '1791', '1792', '1793', '1794', the snail's head touching '1795'. A rat has gnawed a hole in the front of the box, though which he peers; in his mouth is a ticket: 'Permit the Bearer to Pass & Repass 1787 renew'd 1795', on which are indicated the arms of Sir Peter Burrell (on all tickets of admission, cf. BMSat 7276). Above the design is a stage curtain with the usual motto, 'Veluti in Speculum'. Below the stage (right) appear, in an oblong aperture fringed with flames ('H. a Court below to which the Managers retire upon quitting the Stage.'), the head and hands of a corpse-like Devil holding a pitchfork which points directly to the Managers' box. He is 'I Usher of the Mack Rod there'. He says: "By the pricking of my Thumbs, Something wicked, this Way comes." Below the 'Explanation: The Scene lies in an old Hall (formerly a Court of Law).'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Signed with the monogram of James Sayers.
- Publisher:
- Published 8th May 1795 by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Francis, Philip, 1740-1818, and Westminster Hall (London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Cauldrons, Stages (Platforms), and Theaters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The last scene of the managers farce [graphic]
48. The last scene of the managers farce [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [8 May 1795]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 46. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Letters on the design refer to an 'Explanation' etched below the title. A scene on the stage of a theatre symbolizes Westminster Hall. In the foreground a large cauldron is sinking through a rectangular opening in the floor. It is inscribed 'A. \ Exit in Fumo', explained as 'The Managers Cauldron'. From it rises a dense mass of dark smoke which divides into two curving branches, one on each side of a brightly irradiated bust of Hastings. The bust looks towards the Managers' box (right) and stands on a large rectangular pedestal inscribed: 'Virtus repulsæ \ nescia sordidæ \ incontaminatis \ fulget honoribus'. The cauldron is filled with burning documents, the origin of the smoke, inscribed, respectively: 'Charge', 'Charge Presents', 'Charge of Oppression', 'Charge of Cruelty', 'Charge of Extortion', 'Charge of Peculation in Contracts', 'Torture'. These are: 'B Ingredients mix'd up by the Managers to blacken C a character out of their reach'. Standing within another rectangular opening in the floor is Burke in profile to the left, gesticulating furiously, a paint-brush in his raised right hand, a document, 'more Ingredients', clasped in his left hand. He is: 'D One of the Managers & a principal Performer who having "Out-heroded Herod" retires from the Stage in a Passion at seeing the Farce likely to be damn'd.' Above the bust are two projecting beams, each supported by an angel (as in Westminster Hall), wearing a judge's wig and gown with a scroll issuing from the mouth. The figure on the left is Thurlow, looking calmly down, his hand on his breast and saying: "not black upon my Honour." The other is Loughborough, his head turned away, showing the back of his wig only (cf. BMSat 6796), and saying: "Black upon my Honour". They are: 'K a great Critic in a high Situation, who has paid close Attention. L another great Critic, not quite so good a Judge, giving his Opinion on the other Side'. On the right is a stage-box, representing the Managers' box. From it Fox, wearing a bag-wig, leans forward, looking excitedly and near-sightedly through his glass, his hand outstretched as if to restrain Burke. Behind him is the quasi-imbecile profile of Sir James Erskine (see BMSat 7152) looking over his shoulder. On the extreme right are the backs of the heads and shoulders of two Managers who are leaving the box. Below (right) a profile looks gloomily towards the stage. Fox is 'E Another Manager a great Actor very anxious about the fate of the Farce'. The others are 'eee Other Managers very well dress 'd [cf. BMSat 7309] but not very capital performers some of them tired of acting'. Just outside the box is the profile head of Francis, his baleful stare (as in BMSat 7292, &c.) fixed on the bust. He is: 'F The Prompter, no Character in ye farce but very useful behind the Scenes.' The outside of the box ('G The Managers Box') is traversed by the winding track of a snail, beginning in '1787' and meandering past '1788', '1789', '1790', '1791', '1792', '1793', '1794', the snail's head touching '1795'. A rat has gnawed a hole in the front of the box, though which he peers; in his mouth is a ticket: 'Permit the Bearer to Pass & Repass 1787 renew'd 1795', on which are indicated the arms of Sir Peter Burrell (on all tickets of admission, cf. BMSat 7276). Above the design is a stage curtain with the usual motto, 'Veluti in Speculum'. Below the stage (right) appear, in an oblong aperture fringed with flames ('H. a Court below to which the Managers retire upon quitting the Stage.'), the head and hands of a corpse-like Devil holding a pitchfork which points directly to the Managers' box. He is 'I Usher of the Mack Rod there'. He says: "By the pricking of my Thumbs, Something wicked, this Way comes." Below the 'Explanation: The Scene lies in an old Hall (formerly a Court of Law).'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper ; plate mark 39.1 x 27.6 cm, on sheet 40.8 x 28.5 cm., and Mounted on leaf 46 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Publisher:
- Published 8th May 1795 by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Francis, Philip, 1740-1818, and Westminster Hall (London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Cauldrons, Stages (Platforms), and Theaters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The last scene of the managers farce [graphic]
49. The last scene of the managers farce [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [8 May 1795]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 46. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Letters on the design refer to an 'Explanation' etched below the title. A scene on the stage of a theatre symbolizes Westminster Hall. In the foreground a large cauldron is sinking through a rectangular opening in the floor. It is inscribed 'A. \ Exit in Fumo', explained as 'The Managers Cauldron'. From it rises a dense mass of dark smoke which divides into two curving branches, one on each side of a brightly irradiated bust of Hastings. The bust looks towards the Managers' box (right) and stands on a large rectangular pedestal inscribed: 'Virtus repulsæ \ nescia sordidæ \ incontaminatis \ fulget honoribus'. The cauldron is filled with burning documents, the origin of the smoke, inscribed, respectively: 'Charge', 'Charge Presents', 'Charge of Oppression', 'Charge of Cruelty', 'Charge of Extortion', 'Charge of Peculation in Contracts', 'Torture'. These are: 'B Ingredients mix'd up by the Managers to blacken C a character out of their reach'. Standing within another rectangular opening in the floor is Burke in profile to the left, gesticulating furiously, a paint-brush in his raised right hand, a document, 'more Ingredients', clasped in his left hand. He is: 'D One of the Managers & a principal Performer who having "Out-heroded Herod" retires from the Stage in a Passion at seeing the Farce likely to be damn'd.' Above the bust are two projecting beams, each supported by an angel (as in Westminster Hall), wearing a judge's wig and gown with a scroll issuing from the mouth. The figure on the left is Thurlow, looking calmly down, his hand on his breast and saying: "not black upon my Honour." The other is Loughborough, his head turned away, showing the back of his wig only (cf. BMSat 6796), and saying: "Black upon my Honour". They are: 'K a great Critic in a high Situation, who has paid close Attention. L another great Critic, not quite so good a Judge, giving his Opinion on the other Side'. On the right is a stage-box, representing the Managers' box. From it Fox, wearing a bag-wig, leans forward, looking excitedly and near-sightedly through his glass, his hand outstretched as if to restrain Burke. Behind him is the quasi-imbecile profile of Sir James Erskine (see BMSat 7152) looking over his shoulder. On the extreme right are the backs of the heads and shoulders of two Managers who are leaving the box. Below (right) a profile looks gloomily towards the stage. Fox is 'E Another Manager a great Actor very anxious about the fate of the Farce'. The others are 'eee Other Managers very well dress 'd [cf. BMSat 7309] but not very capital performers some of them tired of acting'. Just outside the box is the profile head of Francis, his baleful stare (as in BMSat 7292, &c.) fixed on the bust. He is: 'F The Prompter, no Character in ye farce but very useful behind the Scenes.' The outside of the box ('G The Managers Box') is traversed by the winding track of a snail, beginning in '1787' and meandering past '1788', '1789', '1790', '1791', '1792', '1793', '1794', the snail's head touching '1795'. A rat has gnawed a hole in the front of the box, though which he peers; in his mouth is a ticket: 'Permit the Bearer to Pass & Repass 1787 renew'd 1795', on which are indicated the arms of Sir Peter Burrell (on all tickets of admission, cf. BMSat 7276). Above the design is a stage curtain with the usual motto, 'Veluti in Speculum'. Below the stage (right) appear, in an oblong aperture fringed with flames ('H. a Court below to which the Managers retire upon quitting the Stage.'), the head and hands of a corpse-like Devil holding a pitchfork which points directly to the Managers' box. He is 'I Usher of the Mack Rod there'. He says: "By the pricking of my Thumbs, Something wicked, this Way comes." Below the 'Explanation: The Scene lies in an old Hall (formerly a Court of Law).'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Mounted on page 63.
- Publisher:
- Published 8th May 1795 by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Francis, Philip, 1740-1818, and Westminster Hall (London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Cauldrons, Stages (Platforms), and Theaters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The last scene of the managers farce [graphic]
50. The laughing audience Rehearsal of the Oratorio of Judith ; An emblematic print on the South Sea / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- August 1st 180[...]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 806
- Collection Title:
- Hogarth restored
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A single plate with Laughing audience in the upper left, Rehearsal of the Oratorio of Judith in the upper right, and An emblematic print on the South Sea below and Rehearsal of the Oratorio of Judith: First etched as a subscription ticket for "A Midnight Modern Conversation" with seventeen men and boys rehearsing William Huggins's oratorio "Judith". Several of the singers hold sheet music with the notes and lyrics legible
- Alternative Title:
- Rehearsal of the Oratorio of Judith and Emblematic print on the South Sea
- Description:
- Titles engraved below images., Plate bound in as leaf 70: Hogarth restored / now re-engraved by Thomas Cook, 1806, Rehearsal of the Oratorio of Judith: Copy after Hogarth. See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 127., Laughing audience: Copy after Hogarth. See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 130., and Election carried by bribery and the devil: Copy after Hogarth's The South Sea scheme. See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 43.
- Publisher:
- Published by G.G. & J. Robinson, Paternoster Row
- Subject (Geographic):
- England, Scotland., and Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797., South Sea Company., and Great Britain. Parliament
- Subject (Topic):
- Dandies, British, Food vendors, Laughter, Orchestras, Snuff, Theater audiences, Theaters, Elections, 1722, Membership, Quarantine, Law and legislation, Inheritance and succession, Naturalization, Political corruption, Elections, Bribery, Children, Clergy, Devil, Mirrors, Screens, and Political elections
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The laughing audience Rehearsal of the Oratorio of Judith ; An emblematic print on the South Sea / [graphic]
51. The laughing audience [graphic]
- Creator:
- Purcell, Richard, approximately 1736-approximately 1765, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [between 1746 and 1766?]
- Call Number:
- Hogarth 765.00.00.19 Box 112
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A copy in the same direction as Hogarth's subscription ticket for "A Rakes's Progress"and "Southwark Fair". The scene is an audience of men and women in a theatre pit, all but one man laughing uproariously; above them in a box, two gentleman ignore the stage in favour of a young woman selling oranges and another young woman who takes a pinch of snuff; another young woman selling oranges reaches from the pit to tug at the sleeve of one of the gentlemen; on the lower edge, three musicians are protected from the audience by a row of spikes
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Date from British Museum online catalogue., Charles Corbet is one of the pseudonyms of Richard Purcell., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Copy after no. 130 in R. Paulson. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.).
- Publisher:
- Printed for Robt. Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Dandies, British, Food vendors, Laughter, Orchestras, Snuff, Theater audiences, and Theaters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The laughing audience [graphic]
52. The laughing audience [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [between 1760 and 1792]
- Call Number:
- Hogarth 760.00.00.01 Impression 1 Box 110
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A copy in the same direction as Hogarth's subscription ticket for "A Rakes's Progress"and "Southwark Fair". The scene is an audience of men and women in a theatre pit, all but one man laughing uproariously; above them in a box, two gentleman ignore the stage in favour of a young woman selling oranges and another young woman who takes a pinch of snuff; another young woman selling oranges reaches from the pit to tug at the sleeve of one of the gentlemen; on the lower edge, three musicians are protected from the audience by a row of spikes
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Copy after no. 130 in: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.).
- Publisher:
- Printed for Robt. Sayer in Fleet Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Dandies, Food vendors, Laughter, Orchestras, Snuff, Theater audiences, and Theaters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The laughing audience [graphic]
53. The laughing audience [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [between 1760 and 1792]
- Call Number:
- Hogarth 760.00.00.01 Impression 2 Box 110
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A copy in the same direction as Hogarth's subscription ticket for "A Rakes's Progress"and "Southwark Fair". The scene is an audience of men and women in a theatre pit, all but one man laughing uproariously; above them in a box, two gentleman ignore the stage in favour of a young woman selling oranges and another young woman who takes a pinch of snuff; another young woman selling oranges reaches from the pit to tug at the sleeve of one of the gentlemen; on the lower edge, three musicians are protected from the audience by a row of spikes
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Copy after no. 130 in: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.)., and 1 print : mezzotint with etching on laid paper ; plate mark 154 x 155 mm, on sheet 218 x 144 mm.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Robt. Sayer in Fleet Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Dandies, Food vendors, Laughter, Orchestras, Snuff, Theater audiences, and Theaters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The laughing audience [graphic]
54. The romp [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rushworth, R., active 1785-1786
- Published / Created:
- [3 January 1786]
- Call Number:
- 786.01.03.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The boxing scene from 'The Romp', Act II, between Young Cockney (left) and Priscilla Tomboy. They face each other with clenched fists. Young Cockney is fashionably dressed and portly, Priscilla's large hat and mittens are on the floor. Behind her (right) stands Captain Sightley in regimentals and Miss La Blond wearing a large hat which conceals her face. Behind them on the extreme right is a folding screen. Framed pictures decorate the wall."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed in lower left of image with monogram RR [first 'R' reversed] delin., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Watermark in center of sheet., and In pencil on verso: RR [R Rushworth?].
- Publisher:
- Publisehed [sic] Jany 3d. 1786, by S.W. Fores at the Caracature Warehouse No. 3, Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- Barnes, Mrs., active 1782-1808., Barrymore, Mr. 1759-1830. (William),, Dodd, James William, 1740?-1796, Jordan, Dorothy, 1761-1816, and Bickerstaff, Isaac, 1735-1812.
- Subject (Topic):
- Boxing, Military uniforms, British, Theaters, and Theatrical productions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The romp [graphic]
55. The stage medley representing the polite tast [sic] of the Town & the matchless merits of Poet G- Polly Peachum and Captn. Macheath. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [April 1728]
- Call Number:
- 728.04.00.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on the popularity of the Beggar's Opera in the form of a medley print. At top left a print shows two oval portraits, Lavinia Fenton as Polly Peachum on the left and Thomas Walker as Macheath on the right, two short columns of verse beneath. In the centre lies a print depicting a debased Parnassus: in the foreground muses drink from a barrel, one vomiting; a woman wearing a hat hands a basket to a muse sitting in a dust-cart drawn by a Pegasus; a cornucopia lies upended on the ground: in the background, is a boxing match surrounded on two sides with a temporary stand from which flies the flag of St George and to the right of which a bull and a bear are preceded by Apollo playing a fiddle; beneath are four lines of verse describing the scene. Behind the Parnassus print another shows the ghost of Jeremy Collier rising from his grave holding the pamphlet in which he had condemned "The Immoratlities of the English Stage", four lines of verse beneath. This print is overlaid by a smaller oblong print with four verses and portraits of Caleb D'Anvers (Nicholas Amhurst) Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope and Lavinia Fenton (as Polly Peachum). On the left is a print in which Democritus and Heraclitus examine a globe together, eight lines of verse beneath. In the centre is an engraved address 'To Polly Peachum' quoted, according to the earlier state from The Daily Journal, April 19, 1728. At lower left is a print with a stage where a Apollo descends on a cloud to judge between rival singers (Faustina and Cuzzoni) to whom a group of gentlemen with asses' ears listen without judgement, two columns of verse beneath explain the scene. On the right, a scene by a river where a balance has been set up in which the Beggar's Opera outweighs Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Addison, Nicholas Rowe and Thomas Otway; the personification of trade collapses in the arms of George II, assisted by Queen Caroline; verses beneath claim that the popularity of the Beggar's Opera is indicative of the sorry state of the country. At bottom right is a scene in Newgate with men and women sitting round a table on which is a punch bowl and pipes; they are toasting a laureated John Gay who sits at the centre, saying 'The Beggers Opera for yr', 'G(a)y for ever', 'Let's vote him King of the Beggers' and he responds, 'Yov'e done me too great an honour but I'll -'; a small child stands beside the table; two columns of verse beneath."-- British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text engraved above image., "Poet G-" refers to John Gay., Later state, lacking references to 'Daily Journal April 19th. 1728' below the verses "to the Tune of the Soldier and ye Sailor" and to 'Daily Journal April 10 1798' below those "To Polly Peacham". Cf. Compare no. 1806 in v. 2 of Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 45 x 34 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Gay, John, 1685-1732, Gay, John, 1685-1732., Fenton, Lavinia, 1708-1760, Walker, Thomas, 1698-1744, Collier, Jeremy, 1650-1726, Bordoni, Faustina, 1697-1781., Amhurst, N. 1697-1742. (Nicholas),, George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760., Caroline, Queen, consort of George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1737., Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745., Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744., Heraclitus, of Ephesus., Democritus, approximately 460 B.C.-approximately 370 B.C., and Cuzzoni, Francesca, 1696-1778.
- Subject (Topic):
- Social life and customs, Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, etc, Pegasus (Greek mythology), Apollo, Muses (Greek deities), Parnassus, Mount (Greece), Prints, Prisons, and Theaters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The stage medley representing the polite tast [sic] of the Town & the matchless merits of Poet G- Polly Peachum and Captn. Macheath. [graphic]
56. The stage mutiny [graphic].
- Creator:
- Laguerre, John, 1700-1748, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [June 1733]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- "Satire on the dispute between the managers of the Drury Lane Theatre and its players portrayed as if on a stage with heavy curtains drawn up above and on the right. In the centre, Theophilus Cibber stands in a swaggering pose in his role as Pistol (Henry IV and V) and behind him, on the left-hand side of the stage, a group of actors among whom are Benjamin Johnson as Testimony (in the play, Sir Courtly Nice), Miller as a runner holding a short stick, Benjamin Griffin in a large wig and three-cornered hat, Harper as Falstaff holding a sword twisted into a spiral, Heron holding a banner lettered "Liberty & property", and William Mills wearing a Roman helmet with a huge plume. This group confronts John Highmore who holds a scroll lettered "it cost £6000" (referring to the price of his share of the patent for the Theatre); to the left an actor without coat or wig flourishes a wooden sword. Behind Highmore, stand two women: to the right, weeping, Hester Booth, widow of the former patentee who died on 10 May 1733, and, holding a banner lettered "We'l starve em out", Mary Wilks who had inherited her husband's share of the patent the previous year. In front of the curtain on the extreme right sits Colley Cibber, wearing a laurel wreath and holding money bags, smiling as he gestures towards Highmore who had bought his share of the patent. Behind the curtain can be glimpsed the audience with asses' ears and staves. At the back of the scene is a narrow street with the sign of the Rose on which sits a monkey holding a flag lettered, "I am a Gentleman" (quoting Highmore); crowds throng the street and people wave from the roof and windows of the building on the left."--British Museum catalogue
- Description:
- Ttile etched below image., Date from British Museum catalogue., In Steevens's hand in pencil, at top of page above print: Laguerre's etching; below image: Given me by the Revd Mr. Harper, of the Brit Museum. See the four in the next page & Mr. Nichols Book, 3rd edit. p. 180., and On page 55 in volume 1.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England), Bridgwater, Roger, active 1745,, Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757,, Cibber, Theophilus, 1703-1758,, Ellys, John, 1700 or 1701-1757,, Griffin, Benjamin, 1680-1740,, Harper, John, active 1714-1742,, Heron, Mary, active 1736,, Highmore, John, 1694-1759,, Johnson, Benjamin, 1664 or 1665-1742,, Miller, Joe, 1684-1738,, Mills, John, 1670-1736,, Mills, William, 1701-, Santlow, Hester,, Shaw, Hester,, and Wilks, Mary, active 1740-
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors, Crowds, Industrial arbitration, People associated with arts, entertainment & sports, and Theaters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The stage mutiny [graphic].
57. The theatrical atlas
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [May 7th, 1814]
- Call Number:
- 814.05.17.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Kean as Richard III, directed to the left, stands on a large volume with the word 'Shakespear' written on the top edge. Resting on his head and humped shoulders is a model of Drury Lane Theatre, a massive block, inscribed 'Whitbreads Intire.' On the roof is poised an ugly figure of Fame, blowing through a trumpet 'Puff Puff Puff', and holding behind her a second trumpet, from which issue the words 'Puff Puff P'. At the entrance to the theatre straddles a tiny Whitbread, his legs and arms projecting from a cask which forms his body; he says: "Now by St Paul the work goes bravely on" (altering Richard's words from 'this news is bad indeed'). Kean stoops, leaning on a cross-hilted sword, inscribed 'A Keen supporter'; he has misshapen bandy legs. He says: "Well, as you guess." He wears an ermine-trimmed cap encircled by a crown, slashed doublet and trunk hose, a sleeveless coat bordered with ermine and embroidered with a (Yorkist) rose, with flapped and spurred boots. (The figure, with the position of the arms altered, is a travesty of J.J. Hall's portrait of Kean interrogating Stanley on the approach of Richmond. The costume is correct.) The stage is indicated by curtains flanking the design. In the background are clouds of smoke.--Adapted from British Museum
- Description:
- Title from text etched below image., Complete imprint statement and dimensions supplied from British Museum impression., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of characters in the publisher's name.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. May 7th, 1814 by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833, Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833,, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616,, and Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Performances, Theaters, Actors, and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The theatrical atlas
58. Theatre Royal April [blank] a comedy with The mock doctor for the benefit of the author of the farce / [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1800s?]
- Call Number:
- Hogarth 800.00.00.01 Box 140
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A theater ticket with a scene from the play The mock doctor: Gregory, the mock doctor, holds the Charlotte's wrist, as they look at her father who points to his mouth indicating that she is mute. The print after a forgery purporting to be an admission ticket for a performance of Fielding's The Mock Doctor
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754.
- Subject (Topic):
- Benefit performances, Actors, Theatrical productions, and Theaters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Theatre Royal April [blank] a comedy with The mock doctor for the benefit of the author of the farce / [graphic]
59. Theatre Royal in Covent-Garden, this present Thursday, being the 24th of April, will be presented a comedy, call'd Love for love : Valentine by Mr. Smith ... To which will be added a burlesque opera, call'd The dragon of Wantley. The part of Moore of Moore-hall by Mr. Lowe ...
- Creator:
- Covent Garden Theatre
- Published / Created:
- [1755]
- Call Number:
- File 767 P69B C838 1755 4/24
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text
- Alternative Title:
- For the benefit of Mr. Barrington and Miss Young
- Description:
- Caption title. and For further information, consult library staff (object file: File 767 P69B C838 1753).
- Publisher:
- The Theatre
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Covent Garden Theatre., Congreve, William, 1670-1729., and Lampe, John Frederick, 1703?-1751.
- Subject (Topic):
- Theaters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Theatre Royal in Covent-Garden, this present Thursday, being the 24th of April, will be presented a comedy, call'd Love for love : Valentine by Mr. Smith ... To which will be added a burlesque opera, call'd The dragon of Wantley. The part of Moore of Moore-hall by Mr. Lowe ...
60. Theatre Royal in Covent-Garden, this present Tuesday, being the 10th of February, The rival queens, or The deah of Alexander the Great : Alexander by Mr. Barry ... Starira by Mrs. Bellamy, Roxanna by Mrs. Woffington ... In which will be introduc'd the triumphal entry of Alexander into Babylon with dancing by Mr. Granier, Miss Hilliard, &c To which will be added a farce, call'd The virgin unmask'd ...
- Creator:
- Covent Garden Theatre
- Published / Created:
- [1756]
- Call Number:
- File 767 P69B C838 1756
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text
- Alternative Title:
- Eleventh day
- Description:
- Caption title. and For further information, consult library staff (object file: File 767 P69B C838 1753).
- Publisher:
- The Theatre
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Covent Garden Theatre., Lee, Nathaniel, 1653?-1692., and Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754.
- Subject (Topic):
- Theaters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Theatre Royal in Covent-Garden, this present Tuesday, being the 10th of February, The rival queens, or The deah of Alexander the Great : Alexander by Mr. Barry ... Starira by Mrs. Bellamy, Roxanna by Mrs. Woffington ... In which will be introduc'd the triumphal entry of Alexander into Babylon with dancing by Mr. Granier, Miss Hilliard, &c To which will be added a farce, call'd The virgin unmask'd ...
