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1. For the benefit of Mr. Walker Theatre Royal Covent Garden / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sympson, Joseph, -1736, attributed name
- Published / Created:
- [179-?]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 53 Sp3 820a v.3
- Collection Title:
- Volume 3, before page 159. Anecdotes, observations, and characters, of books and men.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A stage scene with five performers in Gay's 'The Beggar's Opera'; a prison scene with three men standing and two women on their knees; a forgery purporting to be a benefit ticket for Thomas Walker for his performance as Macheath."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text within ribbon at top of image; remainder of title from text below image., One of the suppositious 'Sympson' prints whose attributions have long been doubted; see Paulson 1965/60 Appendix I, pages 313-4 for more information., Dated to the 1790s in the British Museum online catalog, registration no.: Cc,3.122., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Polly portrayed by Lavinia Fenton., Mounted to 38 x 27 cm., and Bound in before page 159 (leaf numbered '22' in pencil) in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Spence, J. Anecdotes, observations, and characters, of books and men.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Gay, John, 1685-1732., Walker, Thomas, 1698-1744,, and Fenton, Lavinia, 1708-1760,
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors, Actresses, and Theatrical productions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > For the benefit of Mr. Walker Theatre Royal Covent Garden / [graphic]
2. Miss Walpole [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [22 January 1780]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Page 99. Bunbury album.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of the actress Charlotte Walpole dressed as a sentry in her role as Nancy in R.B. Sheridan's 'The Camp', an infantry soldier standing pointing and directed to left, holding rifle against left elbow, wearing cocked hat on powdered hair with a cockade, a thatched cottage in background to right with a sign lettered 'CW', the tents of a military camp in a field down the hill to left; after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Early state, before title changed to "Nancy" and before verses added below image. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1906,0419.130., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 99 of: Bunbury album.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd Jany. 22d, 1780, by Watson & Dickinson, No. 158 New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816. and Atkyns, Charlotte Walpole, Lady, approximately 1758-1836,
- Subject (Topic):
- Actresses, Soldiers, Guards, Military camps, and Theatrical productions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Miss Walpole [graphic]
3. Mr. King, Mrs. Abington, Mr. Smith and Mr. Palmer in the characters of Sir Peter and Lady Teazle, Joseph and Charles Surface, in the comedy of the School for scandal / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Laurie, Robert, 1755-1836, printmaker, artist
- Published / Created:
- [12 May 1778]
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, opposite page 180. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Whole lengths, standing in a library, King on left, his hands clasped, before him a fallen screen, behind which, her back to a window, stands Mrs. Abington, elegantly dressed, holding fan before her face, Palmer points towards her with right hand whilst addressing Smith, who is just entering at door to right"--Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., "Price 1s. 6d."--Following imprint., Window mounted to 36 x 51 cm., and Mounted opposite page 180 (leaf numbered '218' 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, 12th May 1778, by John Harris, map & printseller, Sweetings Alley, Cornhill
- Subject (Name):
- Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816., King, Thomas, 1730-1805,, Abington, Mrs. 1737-1815, (Frances Barton),, Palmer, John, 1742?-1798,, and Smith, William, 1730-1819,
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors, British, Actresses, Theatrical productions, Sets (Architectural elements), Interiors, Libraries (Rooms & spaces), Bookcases, Screens, and Fans (Accessories)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. King, Mrs. Abington, Mr. Smith and Mr. Palmer in the characters of Sir Peter and Lady Teazle, Joseph and Charles Surface, in the comedy of the School for scandal / [graphic]
4. Nancy [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [22 January 1780]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, page 14. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 99. Bunbury
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of the actress Charlotte Walpole dressed as a sentry at Cox Heath in her role as Nancy in R.B. Sheridan's 'The Camp', standing on a hill above a military camp at left which she points towards, a cabin with letters 'CW' on the side and smoking chimney behind; after Bunbury, published state after change of title."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Plate originally published with the title "Miss Walpole" and without the verses below image. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: K,66.33., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Four lines of verse below image, two on either side of title: My Nancy leaves the rural plain, a camps distress to prove; All other ills she can sustain, but living from her love., Plate numbered "3" in upper left corner., Mounted on page 99 of: Bunbury album., 1 print : stipple engraving and etching on laid paper ; sheet 23.9 x 18.2 cm., and Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with partial loss of plate number from upper left corner.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd Jany. 22d, 1780, by Watson & Dickinson, No. 158 New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816. and Atkyns, Charlotte Walpole, Lady, approximately 1758-1836,
- Subject (Topic):
- Actresses, Soldiers, Guards, Military camps, and Theatrical productions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Nancy [graphic]
5. Roxalana [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sherwin, J. K. (John Keyse), 1751-1790, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 February 1791]
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of Frances Abington after Reynolds (Mannings 32), in the character from Bickerstaffs's 'The Sultan'; half-length, standing, looking to right, appearing from behind a curtain which she pushes aside with her left hand; published state."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., State from Hamilton., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of all text. Description based on impression in the British Museum, registration no.: Aa,9.22., Sheet trimmed into an oval shape (23.8 x 19.4 cm), with ink wash added to fill in the blank spaces around the rectangular portrait; window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., Mounted opposite page 174 (leaf numbered '212' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan., and Title and statements of responsibility written in ink at bottom of mounting page, in a later hand: Mrs. Abington as 'Roxalana' in the "Sultan" / Sir J. Reynolds, pinx. ; J.K. Sherwin, sculp.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd Feby. 1, 1791, by J. Thane, Rupert Street, Hay Market
- Subject (Geographic):
- British.
- Subject (Name):
- Abington, Mrs. 1737-1815, (Frances Barton), and Bickerstaff, Isaac, 1735-1812.
- Subject (Topic):
- Actresses
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Roxalana [graphic]