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1. 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 ...
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- 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]
2. 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 ...
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- 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]
3. 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 ...
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- 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]
4. 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 ...
- 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.
- 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].
5. 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 m...
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- 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].
6. [The monster melo-drama] [graphic]
- Creator:
- De Wilde, Samuel, 1751-1832, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [4 December 1807]
- Call Number:
- 807.12.04.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A four-footed monster, with four human heads, the long hairy body resembling that of a dog, stand in an open space in front of the theatres of Covent Garden (left) and Drury Lane (right), the latter partly obscured by clouds rising from the ground, a...
- Description:
- Title from British Museum catalogue.
- Publisher:
- Published for the Satirist, Decr. 4th, 1807, by S. Tipper, Leadenhall Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London
- Subject (Name):
- Covent Garden Theatre,, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England)., Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823, Grimaldi, Joseph, 1779-1837, Grimaldi, Joseph, 1779-1837., Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823., and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816.
- Subject (Topic):
- Harlequin (Fictitious character), Monsters, Dramatists, Theaters, Daggers & swords, and Geese
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The monster melo-drama] [graphic]





