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1.
At the concert-hall, this present Thursday April the 7th, will be a concert of music. Between the

Published / Created:
[1763]
Call Number:
Folio 767 P69B W65
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Description:
Caption title., A playbill., Date from manuscript notation., and From a bound collection of playbills: [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson]. [England], [between 1748 and 1778]. Mounted on page 142.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Young, Edward, 1683-1765. and Garrick, David, 1717-1779.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > At the concert-hall, this present Thursday April the 7th, will be a concert of music. Between the several parts of the concert will be given gratis, a tragedy, called, The revenge ... : to which will be added a farce, called Catherine and Petruchio ...

2.
At the concert-hall, this present Tuesday March the 15th, will be a concert of music. Between the

Published / Created:
[1763]
Call Number:
Folio 767 P69B W65
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Alternative Title:
The third night. And positively the last time of performing it this season
Description:
Caption title., A playbill., Date from manuscript notation., From a bound collection of playbills: [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson]. [England], [between 1748 and 1778]. Mounted on page 136., and Dated in ms.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Buckingham, George Villiers, Duke of, 1628-1687. and Carey, Henry, 1687?-1743.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > At the concert-hall, this present Tuesday March the 15th, will be a concert of music. Between the several parts of the concert will be given gratis, a comedy (written by the late Duke of Buckingham) called, The rehearsal ... : to which will be added a farce call'd The contrivances ...

3.
At the concert-hall, this present Wednesday April the 13th, will be a concert of music. Between the

Published / Created:
[1763]
Call Number:
Folio 767 P69B W65
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Description:
Caption title., A playbill., Date from manuscript notation., and From a bound collection of playbills: [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson]. [England], [between 1748 and 1778]. Mounted on page 144.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Home, John, 1722-1808. and Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > At the concert-hall, this present Wednesday April the 13th, will be a concert of music. Between the several parts of the concert will be given gratis, a tragedy, called, Douglas ... : to which will be added (being positively the last time of performing it this season), a farce, called, The minor ...

4.
At the theatre, near the Wool-Hall, on Friday the 22d of this inst. June, will be perform'd, a

Published / Created:
[1764]
Call Number:
Folio 767 P69B W65
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Alternative Title:
Positively the last night. For the benefit of Mr. Wilkinson
Description:
Caption title., A playbill., Date from manuscript notation., From a bound collection of playbills: [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson]. [England], [between 1748 and 1778]. Mounted on page 148., and Dated in ms.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. and Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > At the theatre, near the Wool-Hall, on Friday the 22d of this inst. June, will be perform'd, a concert of vocal and instrumental music ... between the several parts of the concert will be presented (gratis) a tragedy, call'd Othello, Moor of Venice ... : to which will be added an entertainment, call'd The author ...

5.
On Saturday the 29th of August will be perform'd a comedy call'd The way to keep him ... : and

Published / Created:
[1761]
Call Number:
Folio 767 P69B W65
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Alternative Title:
The seventh play
Description:
Caption title., Place of publication unidentified., A playbill., Date from manuscript notation., From a bound collection of playbills: [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson]. [England], [between 1748 and 1778]. Mounted on page 152., and Dated in ms.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805. and Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > On Saturday the 29th of August will be perform'd a comedy call'd The way to keep him ... : and after the play will be added a farce, call'd The author ...

6.
[A postillion] [graphic].

Creator:
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1770]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 10a. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 115
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A French postillion wearing huge boots is seen from behind, walking away holding his whip
Description:
Title, printmaker, and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Postillions., Mounted on page 115 of: Bunbury album., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 12.1 x 8.1 cm, on sheet 12.4 x 8.4 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Coach drivers, Boots, and Whips
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [A postillion] [graphic].

7.
[Bargaining] [graphic].

Creator:
Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1770?]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3588 v.1 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 68. Collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Caricature of two men, one on the left turning from his examination of a small object to listen to the other who stands in profile on the right with a tray hanging on a strap in front of him, who gestures as he talks."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title devised by curator., Tentatively attributed to Francis Grose in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1925,0511.83., Contemporary note "by Capt. Grose" written in ink at bottom of sheet., Date from unverified data in local card catalog record., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., and Mounted on page 68 in volume 1 of Horace Walpole's collection of amateur works entitled: A collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Conversation, Negotiating, and Peddlers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Bargaining] [graphic].

8.
[Black-eyed Susan] [graphic].

Creator:
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[28 December 1780]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 22. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 27. Bunbury
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A woman sitting in a boat, waving as her dog looks longingly towards the right, land and ships on the sea behind; circular design after Henry William Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from that of a later copy, published 1 November 1792 by W. Dickinson. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1906,0419.120., Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility added in ink below image: Mr. Bunbury del. ; Js. Bretherton fec., Date of publication from imprint statement added in ink in lower left corner: Publishd. 28 Decbr. 1780., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Illustration to John Gay's poem 'Sweet William's farewell to black-ey'd Susan'., Mounted on page 27 of: Bunbury album., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; circular image 31.1 cm, on sheet 31.5 x 31.2 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Gay, John, 1685-1732.
Subject (Topic):
Boats, Dogs, and Farewells
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Black-eyed Susan] [graphic].

9.
[Country girl offering a soldier a drink] [graphic].

Creator:
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[23 January 1783]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 2, page 12. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 27. Bunbury
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A country girl sitting outside a thatched cottage, holding a jug in one hand and offering a glass to a soldier, who stands to right, leaning on his gun, wearing a cocked hat and looking curiously at her; in a roundel; unlettered proof."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Girl offering beer to a soldier
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility added in ink below image: Mr. Bunbury del. ; Js. Bretherton f., Date of publication from imprint statement added in ink in lower left corner: Publish'd 23d Jany. 1783., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on page 27 of: Bunbury album., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 28.6 x 27.8 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Soldiers, Rifles, Dwellings, Girls, and Pitchers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Country girl offering a soldier a drink] [graphic].

10.
[Mrs. Ann Young, spinster] [graphic]

Creator:
Fauquier, William, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1783]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3588 v.1 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 77. Collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"This etching gives a portrait to the hips in profile, to our right, of an elderly woman, with a big nose and a protruding lower jaw: she wears a close cap, trimmed with lace at the fore edges; her right hand hangs in front of her body in a listless manner; she stoops."--British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
Mrs. A. Young, of Eltham, 1746
Description:
Title from contemporary note in brown ink below image., Additional title from annotation on British Museum impression of a variant state; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1852,1211.148., Printmaker and date from Horace Walpole's note in brown ink, in lower right corner: By Mr. W. Fauquier 1783., Variant (later?) state, with printmaker's initials etched in lower right corner. For a state lacking these initials, see no. 2845 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 3., and Mounted on page 77 in volume 1 of Horace Walpole's collection of amateur works entitled: A collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Older people and Single women
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Mrs. Ann Young, spinster] [graphic]