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1. To the memory of the Princess Charlotte of Wales
- Published / Created:
- [1817]
- Call Number:
- File 56 C47 817To
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text
- Description:
- Caption title., Broadside, with three paragraphs of text within thick mourning border and initialed ‘J.W.L.’ at the end. ‘From the Morning Post of Nov. 11th’ printed in lower left. Beneath the title are three lines quoted from Lord Lyttleton's 'To the memory of the same lady, a monody. A.D. 1747.', First line: Even thus in the flower of youth - in the bloom of loveliness - ..., and Laid on to a slightly larger modern sheet. For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Great Britain, 1796-1817
- Subject (Topic):
- Death and burial
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > To the memory of the Princess Charlotte of Wales
2. Wynnstay Theatre [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 1785.
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Volume 2, page 22. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn (1749-1789), politician and patron of the arts, held summer performances at his estate at Wynnstay, in North Wales. Bunbury incorporates into the design of this admission ticket the titles for the 1785 season: The Confederacy, As You Like It, The Agreeable Surprise, Venice Preserved, and Harlequin's Invasion. The titles are shown on banners held by the figures of Tragedy, Comedy, Pantomime, and Farce or draped over the branches of the tree. Bunbury uses Farce dressed as a harlequin holding a club labelled "invasion" to form a rebus of Garrick's play. In the background, the four figures are identified on the sails of a windmill. In the banner at the top of the oval is the name of the theatre and the year "1785"; at the top and bottom of the oval are the masks of comedy and tragedy
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on page 22 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., 1 print : stipple engraving and etching on laid paper ; sheet 20.8 x 15.5 cm., and Imperfect; printmaker's signature has been mostly erased from sheet.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Wales.
- Subject (Name):
- Wynnstay Theatre.
- Subject (Topic):
- Theater, Trees, Windmills, and Banners
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Wynnstay Theatre [graphic]
3. Wynnstay Theatre [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 1785.
- Call Number:
- 785.00.00.117
- Collection Title:
- Volume 2, page 22. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn (1749-1789), politician and patron of the arts, held summer performances at his estate at Wynnstay, in North Wales. Bunbury incorporates into the design of this admission ticket the titles for the 1785 season: The Confederacy, As You Like It, The Agreeable Surprise, Venice Preserved, and Harlequin's Invasion. The titles are shown on banners held by the figures of Tragedy, Comedy, Pantomime, and Farce or draped over the branches of the tree. Bunbury uses Farce dressed as a harlequin holding a club labelled "invasion" to form a rebus of Garrick's play. In the background, the four figures are identified on the sails of a windmill. In the banner at the top of the oval is the name of the theatre and the year "1785"; at the top and bottom of the oval are the masks of comedy and tragedy
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Wales.
- Subject (Name):
- Wynnstay Theatre.
- Subject (Topic):
- Theater, Trees, Windmills, and Banners
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Wynnstay Theatre [graphic]