A caricatured portrait of comedian John Liston, standing before the Theatre Royal. Leaning against a bollard is a placard advertising the play 'Fish out of Water' in which he was starring as 'Sam Savoury'.
Description:
Title etched below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 25th, 1823, by G. Humphrey, 24, St. James's Stt. & 74, New-Bond St., London
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Liston, John, 1776-1846 and Haymarket Theatre (London, England),
"Portrait after Richard Cosway, standing whole-length to left on a terrace, looking to front, wearing evening dress with feathered headdress, holding up her skirts in her left hand and a feather fan in her right, stairs descending beyond at left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1856,0308.19., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on board to 38 x 28 cm.
Publisher:
R. Cosway R.A. et Primarius Pictor Serenissimi Walliae Principis delint. et excut
Portrait of Antonio Magliabechi, bust-length in profile to the right, wearing a cloak and bands; circular design done after a medal
Alternative Title:
Antonius Magliabechius Florentinus
Description:
Title from item., Probably a copy of the title page vignette from: Spence, J. A parallel; in the manner of Plutarch. [Twickenham] : Printed at Strawberry-Hill, by W. Robinson ..., 1758., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on leaf 18 x 11 cm., and Mounted opposite page [3] in Richard Bull's interleaved copy of: Spence, J. A parallel; in the manner of Plutarch. [Twickenham] : Printed at Strawberry-Hill, by W. Robinson ..., 1758.
"Portrait of Arthur Young, nearly half-length, seated on a chair in profile to right, wearing an open coat and neckerchief."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Artist, printmaker, and date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1924,0125.4., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 562 (leaf numbered '156' in pencil) in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
"Portrait of Bambridge, full-length in profile to right, with his left hand resting on a chair back, wearing a long coat over waistcoat and a wig."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Copy of a 1769 etching by Thomas Patch, which likely depicts a person other than the warden Bambridge; see no. 4343 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 4., Publication information from that of the volume in which the print was issued., Plate from: Caulfield, J. Portraits, memoirs, and characters, of remarkable persons. London : T.H. Whitely, 1820, v. 3, opposite page 28., and Bound in opposite page 47 in Lord Rosebery's extra-illustrated copy of: Burn, J.S. History of the Fleet marriages. London : Rivingtons [etc.], 1834.
Publisher:
T.H. Whitely
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Bambridge, Thomas, active 1729, and Fleet Prison (London, England)
"Portrait of Ben Jonson, bust seen in profile to left but looking at the viewer, wearing a draped coat; in an ornamental oval decorated with roses and laurel; below a young satyr holding a sceptre with a fool's head; books and a theatrical mask in lower right; state with publisher's address."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Ben Jonson
Description:
Title from text in image., Plate from: Birch, T. The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain. London : John and Paul Knapton, MDCCXLIII-MDCCLI [1743-1751]., "In the collection of Dr. Mead"--Below image. The note refers to the miniature by Oliver from which this engraving was made., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 28 (leaf numbered '86' 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:
Impensis I. & P. Knapton Londini
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637,, Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637., and Mead, Richard, 1673-1754
"Portrait of Charles Kinnaird Sheridan, half-length, in profile to left, wearing a jacket open over light waistcoat and black cravat."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Charles Kinnaird Sheridan
Description:
Title from facsimile signature beneath image., Richard James Lane lithographed the majority (possibly all) of the profile portraits after D'Orsay that were published by J. Mitchelll; see Curator's comments in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1907,1018.99., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted before page [vii] (leaf numbered '8' 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:
Published by J. Mitchell, Royal Library, 33, Old Bond Street and C. Graf, lith. to Her Majesty
Portrait of d’Eon, nearly half-length, in profile to the right; wearing a dress and cap over their hair, including a medal; in an oval
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker and artist based on companion print with the same title and imprint showing the sitter dressed as a woman., and Approximate date of publication based on sitter's age.
Publisher:
Chez Esnauts et Rapilly rue St. Jacques à la Ville de Coutances, A.P.D.R.
Subject (Name):
Eon de Beaumont, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée d', 1728-1810,
Portrait of d’Eon, nearly half-length, in profile to the left; wearing the full military garb of a Captain of the Dragoons, including epaulets and medals; in an oval
Description:
Title etched below image., Approximate date of publication based on sitter's age., and Print with foxing.
Publisher:
Chez Esnauts et Rapilly rue St. Jacques à la Ville de Coutances, A.P.D.R.
Subject (Name):
Eon de Beaumont, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée d', 1728-1810,
"Portrait of Charles, 2nd Earl Grey, after Lawrence (Garlick 353); standing three-quarter length to left, head turned in three-quarter profile to look to front, his right arm leaning on a table at left with papers and inkstand and covered in a patterned cloth, his left hand held behind him, wearing a glove and holding the other; window behind at left and curtain at right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on two sides., and Bound in opposite page 558 (leaf numbered '147' in pencil) in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Pub. May 31th [sic], 1794, by W. Austin, drawing master and print merchant, No. 13 near Knightsbridge Chapel