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1. Kemble [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sharp, William, 1749-1824, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- April 7, 1803.
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait, half-length seated directed slightly to left,looking away, right arm thrown out, left hand at his lapel, the elbow porpped on a table beside a volume labelled 'Shakspeare', wearing a double-breasted coat with a high collar and a frilled white cravat."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Fourth state according to Baker, with title in finished letters., and Bound in opposite page 584 (leaf numbered '14' in pencil) in volume 4 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
- Publisher:
- Published by W. Sharp
- Subject (Name):
- Kemble, Charles, 1775-1854, and Kemble, Charles, 1775-1854.
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Kemble [graphic]
2. Mr. Braham in the character of Orlando [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [22 March 1802]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 75 D569 812
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 24. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Braham, in fantastically elaborate dress as an Italian prince, steps to the left, his head in profile, singing, right hand on breast. He wears a high-feathered hat of hussar type, with tasselled bags, broad sword-belt studded with gold, sword, wrinkled boots. He has a broad whisker and small moustache."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Dedication etched below title: To Mr. Thos. Dibdin (the author of The cabinet &c) this print is inscrib'd by his friend, Robt. Dighton., and Leaf 24 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton.
- Publisher:
- Robert Dighton
- Subject (Name):
- Braham, John, 1774-1856, Dibdin, Thomas, 1771-1841, Braham, John, 1774-1856., and Dibdin, Thomas, 1771-1841.
- Subject (Topic):
- Performances, Characters, Orlando, Orlando (Fictitious character : Dibdin), Actors, British, and Theatrical productions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. Braham in the character of Orlando [graphic]
3. Mr. Thomas Betterton totus mundus agit histrionem / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gucht, Michael van der, 1660-1725, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1710]
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait, half-length, three-quarters to right but looking to front, wearing long wig, neckcloth and gown, left hand seen; oval frame resting on plinth"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Frontispiece to: Gildon, C. The life of Mr. Thomas Betterton, the late eminent tragedian. London : Printed for Robert Gosling, 1710., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 196 (leaf numbered '7' in pencil) in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
- Publisher:
- Robert Gosling
- Subject (Name):
- Betterton, Thomas, 1635?-1710, and Betterton, Thomas, 1635?-1710.
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. Thomas Betterton totus mundus agit histrionem / [graphic]
4. Mr. W. Farren, as Sir Peter Teazle [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Richard, 1795-1880, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1824]
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Portrait of the actor William Farren, in character as Sir Peter Teazle in Sheridan's 'School for Scandal'; whole length, standing facing right, his right hand tucked inside his waistcoat
- Description:
- Title etched below image; the letter "z" in "Teazle" is etched backwards., Reissue of a print likely published by Richard Dighton himself; a blank space in the statement of responsibility, between "etchd." and "by Richd. Dighton", probably contained the words "& pubd." in the original issue of the print., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue entry for publisher Thomas McLean, which notes that "all prints dated before 1824 are reissues of 1824 or later"., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with partial loss of statement of responsibility and imprint statement., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 166 (leaf numbered '207' 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:
- Pubd. by T. McLean, Haymarket
- Subject (Name):
- Farren, William, 1786-1861, Farren, William, 1786-1861,, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816., and Farren, William, 1786-1861.
- Subject (Topic):
- Performances, Teazle, Peter, Sir (Fictitious character), Actors, and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. W. Farren, as Sir Peter Teazle [graphic]