"Sheridan leads the forces of the professionals against the amateurs of the Pic Nic Society, who are performing on a small, elegant stage, rising (without orchestra) from the boards in the foreground where these enemies advance. He is dressed as Harlequin; the tight chequered dress (slightly torn) accentuates his obesity; an empty purse hangs from his belt; in his left hand is a hat with a tricolour cockade (emblem of Jacobinism). In his right hand he flourishes a large pen whose feather makes wide swirling curves, terminating in firework-stars, and inscribed with the names of newspapers: 'Courier', 'Morning Post', 'Morning Herald', 'Morning Chronicle'. He is masked, to indicate that he has been writing anonymous squibs against the Pic Nics. The swirls of his pen partly obscure a figure of Comedy, meretricious, and half-naked, holding up a mask which decorates the left pilaster of the proscenium. The actors follow in characteristic attitudes. Kemble (as Hamlet) wearing a ribbon, ranting in tragedy, directly behind Sheridan, staggers back with legs astride, both arms raised. On the left is Mrs. Billington, singing as in BMSat 9765, left hand on her breast. Mrs. Siddons (? as Lady Macbeth) clutches a dagger. Behind is the head of Lewis (see BMSat 9915), with a comedian's smile, wearing a cocked hat. Crowds of actors pressing on from behind (left) and in deep shadow, are indicated by arms holding up banners; the chief one with the head of 'Shakespeare', badly torn. Others are 'Otway Rowe'; 'Kotzbue', and 'Schiller', both tricolour (indicating the supposedly revolutionary tendencies of modern German drama, cf. 'The Rovers' in the 'Anti-Jacobin', and BMSat 7054); 'Jonson', 'Congreve', 'Addison'. In the foreground, through splintering boards, the ghost of Garrick rises, a mask in his hand. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Harlequin Quixotte attacking the puppets
Description:
Title etched below image., Text following title: Vide Tottenham Street pantomime., Watermark: E & P., and Mounted on leaf 72 of volume 10 of 12.
Publisher:
Publish'd April 2d, 1802, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823, Billington, Elizabeth, 1765-1818, Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831, Lewis, William Thomas, 1746?-1812, Garrick, David, 1717-1779, Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816, Cecil, Mary Amelia, Marchioness of Salisbury, 1750-1835, Cholmondeley, George James Cholmondeley, Marquess of, 1749-1827, and Mount Edgcumbe, Richard Edgcumbe, Earl of, 1764-1839
Facsimile of a sketch with hand-written descriptions, with outlines of Garrick and Quin from the back, next to a scale of feet, with profiles of a 'short proportion' to the left of Quin, and a 'tall proportion' to the right of Garrick
Alternative Title:
Facsimile of a letter and Facsimile of the proportions of Garrick and Quin
Description:
Title engraved above image., Also lettered with a facsimile hand-writing, including the date "Oct 21 1746", and signed "W H" [i.e., William Hogarth]., Dobson records “from a drawing belonging to Mr. Stevenson or Norwich, after to J. P. Kemble. See Dobson, A. William Hogarth., Copy of no. 2808 in v. 3, Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Formerly on page 108 in volume 2. Removed in 2012 by LWL conservator.
Publisher:
Published 12th May 1797 by Robert Laurie & James Whittle, No. 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
British.
Subject (Name):
Garrick, David, 1717-1779 and Quin, James, 1693-1766
Facsimile of a sketch with hand-written descriptions, with outlines of Garrick and Quin from the back, next to a scale of feet, with profiles of a 'short proportion' to the left of Quin, and a 'tall proportion' to the right of Garrick
Alternative Title:
Facsimile of the proportions of Garrick and Quin
Description:
Title engraved above image., Also lettered with a facsimile hand-writing, including the date "Oct 21 1746", and signed "W H" [i.e., William Hogarth]., Copy of: No. 2808 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., On sheet: 268 x 450 mm., and Annotated on verso: LC: 3-415.
Publisher:
Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme
Subject (Geographic):
British.
Subject (Name):
Garrick, David, 1717-1779 and Quin, James, 1693-1766
Facsimile of a sketch with hand-written descriptions, with outlines of Garrick and Quin from the back, next to a scale of feet, with profiles of a 'short proportion' to the left of Quin, and a 'tall proportion' to the right of Garrick
Alternative Title:
Facsimile of the proportions of Garrick and Quin
Description:
Title engraved above image., Also lettered with a facsimile hand-writing, including the date "Oct 21 1746", and signed "W H" [i.e., William Hogarth]., and Copy of: No. 2808 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3.
Publisher:
Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme
Subject (Geographic):
British.
Subject (Name):
Garrick, David, 1717-1779 and Quin, James, 1693-1766
Print shows actor David Garrick in the role of Kitely from the play "Every Man in his Humour" by Ben Jonson, half-length portrait, facing left, in costume
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of title and imprint statement. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1902,1011.2088., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 116 (leaf numbered '167' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Sold by Mr. Parker, No. 82 Cornhill, & Mr. Finlayson in Berwick Street, Soho
Subject (Name):
Garrick, David, 1717-1779,, Garrick, David, 1717-1779, and Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637.
publish'd according to act of Parliamt. June 20th, 1746.
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize) Box 1
Collection Title:
Plate 32. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 32. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
David Garrick in the role of Richard III, awakening from his troubled dream in the tent before the battle of Bosworth Field
Alternative Title:
Garrick in the character of Richard III
Description:
Title etched below image., Title in Paulson: Garrick in the character of Richard III., State and publisher from Paulson., Sheet trimmed to: 41.5 x 51.5 cm., and Formerly on page 124 in volume 2. Removed in 2012 by LWL conservator.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Garrick, David, 1717-1779 and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
publish'd according to act of Parliamt. June 20th, 1746.
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Plate 32. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 32. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
David Garrick in the role of Richard III, awakening from his troubled dream in the tent before the battle of Bosworth Field
Alternative Title:
Garrick in the character of Richard III
Description:
Title etched below image., Title in Paulson: Garrick in the character of Richard III., State and publisher from Paulson., Sheet trimmed to: 41.6 x 51.6 cm., and Mounted on page 125 in volume 2.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Garrick, David, 1717-1779 and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
