- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1725]
- Call Number:
- Portraits H427 no. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Engraving of the portrait of the novelist Eliza Haywood after the painting by Parmentier; oval bust, facing right, in rectangular frame
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756), English author and actress., and Mounted on wove paper with watermark: Whatman 1886.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Haywood, Eliza, 1693?-1756,
- Subject (Topic):
- Authors, British, and Actresses
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Eliza Haywood [graphic]
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- Published / Created:
- [1888]
- Call Number:
- Hogarth 888.00.00.01 Box 140
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Portrait, half-length, looking at the viewer, with her hand in her waistcoat; in the character of Sir Harry Wildair in Farquhar's Constant couple
- Alternative Title:
- I play the part of Sir Harry Wildair tonight, your humble servant J. Margaret Woffington
- Description:
- Title from text etched below image. and Title is an exerpt from a letter written by her 19 November 1743.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Woffington, Margaret, -1760,
- Subject (Topic):
- Actresses and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > I play the part of Sr. Harry Wildair to night, yr. humble serv.t, [signed] J. Margaret Woffington from the original by Hogarth in the possession of Augustin Daly, Esq. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- Sep. 1, 1776.
- Call Number:
- LWL MSS 35 Box 32
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait; bust length, to right; in decorated oval."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text in image., Plate from: The London magazine; or, Gentleman's monthly intelligencer. London : R. Baldwin, v. 45 (August 1776)., and "London mage."--Above image in upper right.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd by R. Baldwin
- Subject (Name):
- Draper, Miss, active 1776,
- Subject (Topic):
- Actresses and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Miss Draper [graphic].
- Creator:
- Saunders, Joseph, active 1772-1800, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [24 Febuary 1774]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 P839 800 v. 2 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Portraits of ladies in mezzotint.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Actress half-length looking upwards in an oval, wearing helmet, medusa collar and carrying a shield."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Mounted on leaf numbered 7 in an album of 49 prints: sheet 60 x 47 cm., and Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd. For further information consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- Publishd as the act directs Febry. 24, 1774 by H. Bryer at No. 12 Stephen Street Tottenham Court Road
- Subject (Name):
- Eliot, Ann, 1743-1769,
- Subject (Topic):
- Actresses, British, and Portrayals
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Miss Elliot in the character of Minerva [graphic]
- Creator:
- Wilson, James, active 1760-1780, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [between 1768 and 1786]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 P839 800 v. 1 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Portraits of ladies in mezzotint.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Portrait of Mrs. Abington after Reynolds (Mannings 28); standing three-quarter length to front, resting her left arm on a draped block (the pedestal of a statue of the Comic Muse), head inclined to left, eyes to front; wearing floral gown, sash and her hair up; plain background
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., First state, without numbering '133'. See J.C. Smith., Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue., Mrs. Abington, comic actress, born and worked London and Dublin. Began as a flower seller and domestic servant., Mounted on leaf numbered 1 in an album of 49 prints: sheet 60 x 47 cm., and Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd. For further information consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Abington, Mrs. 1737-1815, (Frances Barton),
- Subject (Topic):
- Actresses and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mrs. Abington [graphic]
- Creator:
- Smith, J. (John), 1652-1743, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1700?]
- Call Number:
- Portraits C951 no. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of Letitia Cross standing three-quarter length to front beside flowers, her hands crossed, head turned slightly to right, eyes to front, wearing loose dress and pearls in her hair, with veil, curtain, arches and statues in garden seen behind."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Printmaker and date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.4511., and Sheet trimmed close to plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Sold by J. Smith at the Lyon & Crown in Russel Street Covent Garden
- Subject (Name):
- Cross, Letitia, 1682?-1737,
- Subject (Topic):
- Actresses, British, and Singers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mrs. Cross [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Denis, 1792-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- June, 1811.
- Call Number:
- 811.06.00.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Mrs. H. Johnston as Princess Zorilda in M.G. Lewis' Timour the Tartar, in full custume, astride a rearing, white horse
- Description:
- Title from item. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint. Imprint from copy at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by Dighton, Spring Gardens
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London
- Subject (Name):
- Johnston, Nannette, and Lewis, M. G. 1775-1818. (Matthew Gregory),
- Subject (Topic):
- Actresses, British, and Theatrical productions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mrs. H. Johnston in the melodrama of Timour the Tartar [graphic]
- Creator:
- Jones, John, 1745?-1797, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 March 1791]
- Call Number:
- Portraits J82 no. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait standing half-length to right and holding eyeglass, eyes to front, wearing elaborate costume with plumed hat; in the character of Hippolyta; state with title in open letters."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Dedication below title: "To her Grace the Dutchess of Devonshire, this print is most humbly dedicated by her Grace's most obedt. humble servt. John Jones.", and Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of text.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the Act directs March 1st. 1791, by J. Jones, No. 75 Great Portland Street
- Subject (Name):
- Jordan, Dorothy, 1761-1816,
- Subject (Topic):
- Actresses and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mrs. Jordan in the character of Hypolita [graphic]
- Creator:
- Aliamet, François Germain, 1734-1788, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1765]
- Call Number:
- Portraits P961 no. 1+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The actress in character standing in an archway, wearing a shawl over her head and a crucifix attached to a string of pearls around her neck, her right hand raised and a large urn beside her."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Text below title: Shakespear [sic] Act 5th Scene 3rd., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd according to Act of Parlt., 1765, by R.E. Pine in St. Martin's Lane, London
- Subject (Name):
- Pritchard, Hannah, 1711-1768,
- Subject (Topic):
- Actresses and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mrs. Pritchard in the character of Hermione in the Winter's Tale / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Smith, John Raphael, 1752-1812, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [25 August 1781]
- Call Number:
- Portraits R65 no.1+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of Mary 'Perdita' Robinson, half-length in an oval, directed to left but looking forward, with high dressed hair with a cap on top, and both hands in a muff."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from item., State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states., Scratched-letter state with inscription space uncleaned., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Publishd. August 25th, 1781, by J.R. Smith, No. 83, opposite the Pantheon, Oxford Street
- Subject (Name):
- Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800,
- Subject (Topic):
- Actresses and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mrs. Robinson [graphic]