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1. Garrick and his wife from the picture in the Royal Collection / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bourne, Herbert, 1820-, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [February 1855]
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Portrait of David Garrick, seated at a desk, with his wife standing behind him, reaching to grasp the pen that he is holding in his right hand and "Portrait of David Garrick, three-quarter length, seated at a writing table, to the left, looking at viewer, his head supported by right hand, which also holds a quill, his right elbow resting on table; pointing down to the right with left hand; behind him his wife stands, reaching over the back of the chair towards the desk with her right hand, looking down towards Garrick."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Plate from: The art-journal. [London] : [George Virtue], February 1855, opposite page 42., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint from bottom edge. Imprint supplied from impression at the Massachusetts Historical Society, call no.: Special Colls. Waterston autograph vol. 2., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 613 (leaf numbered '47' 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 for the proprietors
- Subject (Name):
- Garrick, David, 1717-1779,, Garrick, Eva Maria, 1724-1822,, Garrick, David, 1717-1779., and Garrick, Eva Maria, 1724-1822.
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors, British, Spouses, and Writing materials
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Garrick and his wife from the picture in the Royal Collection / [graphic]
2. J.B. Poquelin de Moliere née a Paris en 1620, M. le 17 Fevrier 1673 / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Beauvarlet, Jacques-Firmin, 1731-1797, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1773]
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of French playwright Molière, after Bourdon; three-quarter length, sitting at desk, directed to left, hands folded on table, wearing long curled wig and loose-fitting gown; in rectangular frame, with spread wings and ivy in upper part, and attributes of comedy in lower part. ... Ribbon at bottom with verses [in Latin] by Horat."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
- Alternative Title:
- Jean Baptiste Poquelin de Molière
- Description:
- Title from from text within cartouche at top of image., Variant state, lacking imprint statement and with verses from Chenier engraved below image instead of a dedication. For a different state with the imprint "A Paris chez le Sr De Mailly, Quay de l'Ecole près le Louvre Avec Privilége du Roy", see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: R,6.236., Place and date of publication from the Philadelphia Museum of Art online collection database, accession no.: 1943-50-23., Sheet trimmed within plate mark and multilated in lower left corner, resulting in partial loss of artist's name., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 187 (leaf numbered '228' 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:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Molière, 1622-1673,
- Subject (Topic):
- Dramatists, Actors, and French
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > J.B. Poquelin de Moliere née a Paris en 1620, M. le 17 Fevrier 1673 / [graphic]
3. 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]
4. Mr. C. Kemble as Charles Surface, in The school for scandal [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Richard, 1795-1880, printmaker, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1824]
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The actor stands directed to the left, head in profile, with a whimsical expression, holding up the right coat-tail. He wears the costume of c. 1821, with long tight pantaloons, and tied shoes, with gloves and without hat."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
- Alternative Title:
- Mr. Charles Kemble as Charles Surface, in The school for scandal
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Reissue of a print published by Richard Dighton himself; a blank space in the statement of responsibility, between "etchd." and "by Richd. Dighton", contained the words "& pubd." in the original issue. See No. 14271 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 10. See also: Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 2, page 677, no. 2., 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"., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 184 (leaf numbered '226' 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):
- Kemble, Charles, 1775-1854, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816.
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. C. Kemble as Charles Surface, in The school for scandal [graphic]
5. Mr. Garrick as Steward of the Stratford Jubilee, September 1769 [graphic]
- Creator:
- Saunders, Joseph, active 1772-1800, printmaker, publisher
- Published / Created:
- [24 June 1773]
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Half length, seated at a table in profile facing left, looking at a miniature of Shakespeare, a long stick over his shoulder; published state."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statement from bottom edge. Imprint supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1902,1011.4098., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 18 (leaf numbered '74' 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:
- Publish'd as the act directs June 24, 1773, & sold by J. Saunders, at Mr. Deschamps Upholder in Compton Street, Soho
- Subject (Name):
- Garrick, David, 1717-1779, and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616,
- Subject (Topic):
- Miniatures (Paintings), Dramatists, Actors, and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. Garrick as Steward of the Stratford Jubilee, September 1769 [graphic]
6. Mr. Kean, in the character of Lucius Junius Brutus [graphic]
- Creator:
- Stump, S. J., approximately 1783-1863, printmaker, artist
- Published / Created:
- [2 December 1819]
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Portrait of the actor Edmund Kean, in character in Payne's 'Brutus'; half length, turned slightly left but looking to the right; wearing a tunic with a broach at the left shoulder; in an oval
- Description:
- Title etched below image., "Proof"--Lower right corner of plate., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 688 (leaf numbered '134' 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:
- S.J. Stump
- Subject (Name):
- Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833, and Payne, John Howard, 1791-1852.
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. Kean, in the character of Lucius Junius Brutus [graphic]
7. Mr. Mattocks and Mr. Quick in the characters of Don Ferdinand and Isaac Mendoza in The Duenna. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- published as the act directs [1777]
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Double portrait, Mattocks to right standing with hands clasped in pleading, looking to right at Mendoza, who stands drawing his sword, looking implacably at the other, both wearing richly decorated suits and coats and small ruffs."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., The head of John Quick seems to have been engraved after a painting by Johann Zoffany; see Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.7269., Publisher Carington Bowles was located at the listed street address between 1766 and 1793. A publication date of 1777 is deduced from the plate numbering; see table on page 786 in v. 5 of the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint and plate numbering from lower edge. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum., Plate numbered "369" in lower left corner., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 122 (leaf numbered '171' 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:
- Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
- Subject (Name):
- Quick, John, 1748-1831,, Mattocks, George, 1734 or 1735-1804,, and Linley, Thomas, 1733-1795.
- Subject (Topic):
- Characters, Actors, British, and Theatrical productions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. Mattocks and Mr. Quick in the characters of Don Ferdinand and Isaac Mendoza in The Duenna. [graphic]
8. Mr. Quick, comedian [graphic]
- Creator:
- Score, William, active 1778-1815, printmaker, artist
- Published / Created:
- [3 March 1791]
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait, standing half-length with his hands resting on his cane in front of him, looking up thoughtfully with a slight smile to right, wearing dark coat with high collar and large buttons, white collared waistcoat and white cravat, short brown curly hair brushed forward with a fringe; state with Howland St address."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark on bottom edge, resulting in loss of imprint statement. Imprint supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1923,1016.3., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 124 (leaf numbered '174' 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:
- Publish'd as the act directs March 3d, 1791, by Wm. Score, No. 9 Howland Street, Tottenham Court Road
- Subject (Name):
- Quick, John, 1748-1831,
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. Quick, comedian [graphic]
9. Mr. Shuter [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dawe, Philip, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1787]
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of the actor Edward Shuter; half-length in oval frame, looking to the right, holding a comic mask."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states., Date of publication based on publisher's street address; see British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., With wash-line mount 37.4 x 28.9 cm. Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 100 (leaf numbered '150' 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 W. Richardson, Antient & Modern Print Warehouse, 174 Strand
- Subject (Name):
- Shuter, Edward, 1728?-1776,
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. Shuter [graphic]