An admission ticket to a performance on 30 November 1789 at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, the residence of the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough. Such private theatricals at country houses became increasingly popular during the eighteenth century, wit...
Alternative Title:
Fourth night. Blenheim. Monday, November 30, 1789, will be performed ...
Description:
Letterpress ticket on card, printed on recto only.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and Oxfordshire.
Subject (Name):
Conway, Henry Seymour, 1721-1795. and Burgoyne, John, 1722-1792.
Subject (Topic):
Aristocracy (Social class), Social life and customs, and Amateur theater
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[1800]
Call Number:
Quarto 33 30 Copy
Collection Title:
Page 4a. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Drawing of one of the chairs, designed in a Gothic style by Richard Bentley and Horace Walpole, that were in the Great Parlour (Refectory) at Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title written in ink below image, on mounting page.
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1810]
Call Number:
Quarto 33 30 Copy 6
Collection Title:
Page 42a. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Drawing of one of two small Welsh armchairs kept by Horace Walpole in the Star Chamber at Strawberry Hill. The support posts of the chair are painted with alternating blue and white bands; the triangular seat has a cushion of blue-gray point lace. Cen...
Alternative Title:
Welsh armed chair
Description:
Title written in ink below image, on mounting page.
