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1. Bannister as Whiskerandos in The critic [art original]
- Creator:
- De Wilde, Samuel, 1751-1832, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1806]
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Collection Title:
- Volume 2, opposite page 198. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- John Bannister (as Whiskerandos in 'The critic')
- Description:
- Title written in pencil in lower right corner. Alternative title from note in ink on mounting sheet: John Bannister (as Whiskerandos in 'The Critic')., Signed and dated by the artist in pencil., Possibly the original design for an engraving by R. Smith that was published by John Cawthorn in 1806; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1933,1014.421. See also: Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 1, page 116. For a brief mention of De Wilde's portrait of Bannister as Whiskerandos, and the engraving after it by Smith, see: A biographical dictionary of actors, actresses, musicians, dancers, managers & other stage personnel in London, 1600-1800, v.1, pages 272-3., and Mounted opposite page 198 (leaf numbered '9' in pencil) in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of Thomas Moore's Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
- Subject (Name):
- Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816. and Bannister, John, 1760-1836,
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors, British, and Theatrical productions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Bannister as Whiskerandos in The critic [art original]
2. Mr. Johnstone as Sir Lucious O'Trigger vide West Indian. [art original]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1792]
- Call Number:
- Drawings D574 no. 4 Box D117
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Mr. John Henry Johnstone in the character of Sir Lucious O'Trigger stands dressed in a green regimental coat with yellow lapels, white breeches, white gloves, and tall, black boots. He stands leaning on a cane which he holds in his right hand; his left arm is across his chest, and he holds his cocked hat in his left hand
- Description:
- Title written in black ink below image., Suggested attribution by seller: Richard (Robert?) Dighton., and John Henry Johnstone (1749-1828), Irish actor and singer, was perhaps best known for his role in Richard Cumberland's The West Indian (1785), also portrayed Sir Lucius O'Trigger in Richard Sheridan's the Rivals in 1792.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London
- Subject (Name):
- Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816. and Johnstone, John Henry, 1749-1828
- Subject (Topic):
- Portraits, Actors, British, and Theatrical productions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. Johnstone as Sir Lucious O'Trigger vide West Indian. [art original]
3. Mr. Kean as Othello Act 5th, Scene 3rd / [art original]
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1828]
- Call Number:
- Drawings C697 no. 1 Box D115
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- One of a collection of four similar images; the others in this series are: Miss Hargraves as Amy; Madame Vestris as Don Giovani; Miss Bartolozzi as the page in The marriage of Figaro. Formerly part of an album (now lost), each on the same size sheet but different colors and attributed to different artists. Annotations in red ink are by the same hand. Presumably these collages, constructed from the same fabrics, were made by friends and exchanged as gifts. In this image, a full-length image of Edmund Kean as Othello constructed from parts of a print or prints while his costume and hat and their trimming are cut from satin cloth with additional decorated paper trimming and small metal buttons. This image is the only one of the four mounted on a secondary sheet, this one ruled as if from a ledger
- Description:
- Title written at bottom of sheet., Statement of responsibility written at top of sheet; "the author" is unidentified., and Date of production from recipient's note on the verso of one of the collages and other internal evidence.
- Subject (Name):
- Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833, and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors, British, and Theatrical productions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. Kean as Othello Act 5th, Scene 3rd / [art original]
4. Mr. Knight as Robin Roughead in Fortunes frolic [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1809]
- Call Number:
- Portraits K69 no. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Place of publication based on sitter's known place of activity., and Date of publication based on year sitter debuted on the London stage as Robin Roughhead in Fortune's frolic; see Oxford Dictionary of national biography, entry for Edward Knight (1774-1826).
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Knight, Edward, 1774-1826, and Allingham, John Till, active 1799-1810.
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors, British, and Theatrical productions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. Knight as Robin Roughead in Fortunes frolic [graphic].
5. Mr. Liston as Maw-Worm in the play of the Hypocrite, Act 5th, scene last. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1826?]
- Call Number:
- 826.00.00.75
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Mr. Liston as Mawworm
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Place and date of publication from unverified data from local card catalog record., Six lines of dialogue below title: Stay! stay you infatuated wretches, you know not what ye do, the Doctor is innocent I say he is innocent, touch not a hair of his precious head ..., and Scene from Act 5 of the Hypocrite by Isaac Bickerstaff.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Liston, John, 1776-1846.
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors, British, and Theatrical productions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. Liston as Maw-Worm in the play of the Hypocrite, Act 5th, scene last. [graphic]
6. Mr. Macklin & Mrs. Pope in the characters of Shylock & Portia [graphic]
- Creator:
- Nutter, William, 1754-1802, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1789?]
- Call Number:
- 789.00.00.75++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The courtroom scene from Act 4, Scene 1 of Merchant of Venice when Portia reminds Shylock that the bond only allows him a pound of flesh, and makes no allowances for blood. Shylock, standing with a knife in his right hand and scales in his right, registers the disappointment and shock in his expression as he stands before Portia disguised as Balthasar, holding the bond. They are flanked by Antonio and Bassanio. In the background, the judge sits at his bench, his finger to his forehead. Below the title, Portia's lines: Have by some surgeon, Shylock, on your charge to stop his wounds lest he should bleed to death. Followed by Shylock's lines: Is it so nominated in the bond?
- Alternative Title:
- Mr. Macklin and Mrs. Pope in the characters of Shylock and Portia
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Date based on last performance date of Macklin and Pope in the The merchant of Venice.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London
- Subject (Name):
- Macklin, Charles, 1697?-1797,, Pope, Elizabeth, approximately 1740-1797,, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., and Shylock (Fictitious character)
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors, British, Courtrooms, Portia (Fictitious character), and Theatrical productions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. Macklin & Mrs. Pope in the characters of Shylock & Portia [graphic]
7. [Four characters from The rivals] [art original].
- Creator:
- Loftie, W., artist
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1794]
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, opposite page 102. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Collective title devised by cataloger., Each drawing has the title of Sheridan's play "The Rivals" written in ink above, as well as the depicted actor's name, the name of the character portrayed, the theater name, and the performance date written in ink below., Statement of responsibility "by W. Loftie" added in pencil for each drawing, in lower right corner of sheet., Date from partially trimmed watermark on sheet of upper right drawing: 1794 [J. W]hatman., and Mounted together opposite page 102 (leaf numbered '154' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of Thomas Moore's Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
- Subject (Name):
- Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816., Dodd, James William, 1740?-1796, Farren, Elizabeth, 1762-1829, Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823, and Johnstone, John Henry, 1749-1828
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors, British, and Theatrical productions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Four characters from The rivals] [art original].