- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 16th July 1786.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Verso of leaf 32. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Two actresses in a prison scene from Gay's 'Beggar's Opera'. At their feet is a tombstone inscribed 'The Beggars Opera Captn Macheath by Mrs E . . . [erased]', 'Lucy by Mrs W . . . [erased]'; other erasures are followed by '"Here lies Gay"'. They are identified by Mr. Hawkins as Mrs. Edwards and Mrs. Webb. Macheath (right), in leg-irons and fashionably dressed, wearing a cocked hat and top-boots, the tight riding-dress showing a feminine figure with ample curves, stands with his hands raised as if singing. Beside and behind him stands Lucy, listening, with her hands on her hips. She is stout and middle-aged, a head taller than Macheath, and resembles Mrs. Peachum more than Lucy. In the background is a barred window (right). Across the top of the design is etched 'Motto for the Manager', and (on a scroll) '"Reddere personae scit convenientia cuique" Hor'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Mounted on page 51 with one other print.
- Publisher:
- Published by Thos. Cornell
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Gay, John, 1685-1732., Edwards, Mrs., and Wilmot, Mrs., active 1788-1812.
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors and actresses, English, Clothing & dress, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, Prisons, and Cells (Rooms & spaces)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Performed at a little theatre with great applause [graphic]
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- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 16th July 1786.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Verso of leaf 32. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Two actresses in a prison scene from Gay's 'Beggar's Opera'. At their feet is a tombstone inscribed 'The Beggars Opera Captn Macheath by Mrs E . . . [erased]', 'Lucy by Mrs W . . . [erased]'; other erasures are followed by '"Here lies Gay"'. They are identified by Mr. Hawkins as Mrs. Edwards and Mrs. Webb. Macheath (right), in leg-irons and fashionably dressed, wearing a cocked hat and top-boots, the tight riding-dress showing a feminine figure with ample curves, stands with his hands raised as if singing. Beside and behind him stands Lucy, listening, with her hands on her hips. She is stout and middle-aged, a head taller than Macheath, and resembles Mrs. Peachum more than Lucy. In the background is a barred window (right). Across the top of the design is etched 'Motto for the Manager', and (on a scroll) '"Reddere personae scit convenientia cuique" Hor'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching with engraving on wove paper ; plate mark 25.2 x 20.7 cm, on sheet 27.2 x 22.4 cm., and Mounted on verso of leaf 32 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Publisher:
- Published by Thos. Cornell
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Gay, John, 1685-1732., Edwards, Mrs., and Wilmot, Mrs., active 1788-1812.
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors and actresses, English, Clothing & dress, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, Prisons, and Cells (Rooms & spaces)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Performed at a little theatre with great applause [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 16th July 1786.
- Call Number:
- 786.07.16.01+
- Collection Title:
- Verso of leaf 32. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Two actresses in a prison scene from Gay's 'Beggar's Opera'. At their feet is a tombstone inscribed 'The Beggars Opera Captn Macheath by Mrs E . . . [erased]', 'Lucy by Mrs W . . . [erased]'; other erasures are followed by '"Here lies Gay"'. They are identified by Mr. Hawkins as Mrs. Edwards and Mrs. Webb. Macheath (right), in leg-irons and fashionably dressed, wearing a cocked hat and top-boots, the tight riding-dress showing a feminine figure with ample curves, stands with his hands raised as if singing. Beside and behind him stands Lucy, listening, with her hands on her hips. She is stout and middle-aged, a head taller than Macheath, and resembles Mrs. Peachum more than Lucy. In the background is a barred window (right). Across the top of the design is etched 'Motto for the Manager', and (on a scroll) '"Reddere personae scit convenientia cuique" Hor'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Mounted to 37 x 33.2 cm.
- Publisher:
- Published by Thos. Cornell
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Gay, John, 1685-1732., Edwards, Mrs., and Wilmot, Mrs., active 1788-1812.
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors and actresses, English, Clothing & dress, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, Prisons, and Cells (Rooms & spaces)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Performed at a little theatre with great applause [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [30 May 1786]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 34. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Mme Mara (left) and Rubinelli (right) sing a duet on the stage. Rubinelli, tall and thin, wearing quasi-Roman dress with a plumed helmet and long cloak, leans towards Mara, his right arm extended. Mara stands full-face, her hands on her breast, singing with a distressed expression, face somewhat contorted, eyes closed."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Mounted on page 50.
- Publisher:
- Publd. 30th May 1786 by Jas. Bretherton, New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Mara, Gertrud Elisabeth, 1749-1833 and Rubinelli, Giovanni Battista, 1753-1829
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Roman, and Singers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The charmers of the age [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [30 May 1786]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 34. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Mme Mara (left) and Rubinelli (right) sing a duet on the stage. Rubinelli, tall and thin, wearing quasi-Roman dress with a plumed helmet and long cloak, leans towards Mara, his right arm extended. Mara stands full-face, her hands on her breast, singing with a distressed expression, face somewhat contorted, eyes closed."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching and aquatint on wove paper ; plate mark 25.2 x 21.4 cm, on sheet 27.8 x 23.3 cm., and Mounted on leaf 34 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Publisher:
- Publd. 30th May 1786 by Jas. Bretherton, New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Mara, Gertrud Elisabeth, 1749-1833 and Rubinelli, Giovanni Battista, 1753-1829
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Roman, and Singers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The charmers of the age [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [30 May 1786]
- Call Number:
- 786.05.30.07
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 34. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Mme Mara (left) and Rubinelli (right) sing a duet on the stage. Rubinelli, tall and thin, wearing quasi-Roman dress with a plumed helmet and long cloak, leans towards Mara, his right arm extended. Mara stands full-face, her hands on her breast, singing with a distressed expression, face somewhat contorted, eyes closed."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Mounted to 33 x 25.5 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publd. 30th May 1786 by Jas. Bretherton, New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Mara, Gertrud Elisabeth, 1749-1833 and Rubinelli, Giovanni Battista, 1753-1829
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Roman, and Singers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The charmers of the age [graphic]