"The actor Charles Bannister, standing, dressed as Polly Peachum, with a small lace cap and wide bow at the waist, holding a closed fan in front of him in his right hand, looking away to the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Printed on one sheet with a portrait also by Sayers: Miss Farren., and Mounted on page 49 with one other print.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bannister, Charles, 1738-1804 and Gay, John, 1685-1732.
"The actor Charles Bannister, standing, dressed as Polly Peachum, with a small lace cap and wide bow at the waist, holding a closed fan in front of him in his right hand, looking away to the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Printed on one sheet with a portrait also by Sayers: Miss Farren., 1 print : etching and aquatint with stipple engraving and roulette on wove paperr ; plate mark 24.9 x 17.4 cm, on sheet 26.8 x 19.2 cm., and Mounted on leaf 31 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bannister, Charles, 1738-1804 and Gay, John, 1685-1732.
"The actor Charles Bannister, standing, dressed as Polly Peachum, with a small lace cap and wide bow at the waist, holding a closed fan in front of him in his right hand, looking away to the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Printed on one sheet with a portrait also by Sayers: Miss Farren., and Mounted to 56 x 37 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bannister, Charles, 1738-1804 and Gay, John, 1685-1732.
Title from text below image., Place of publication based on sitter's known place of activity., and Date of publication based on year sitter debuted on the London stage as Robin Roughhead in Fortune's frolic; see Oxford Dictionary of national biography, entry for Edward Knight (1774-1826).
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Knight, Edward, 1774-1826, and Allingham, John Till, active 1799-1810.
Roberts, Henry, approximately 1710-approximately 1790, printmaker
Published / Created:
[between 1783 and 1790]
Call Number:
763.00.00.128
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The full length figure of Mr. Yates in the character of Launce from Two gentlemen of Verona stands center with his right hand holding the leash of his dog Crab while he points down to the dog with his left. Launce's shoes and hat lie on the ground in front and to the left while a tall staff stands in the ground to the right. Bushes and trees form the backdrop. Engraved below the image are 11 lines from Act II, Scene III beginning: Nay 'twill be this hour ere I have done weeping ...
Alternative Title:
Mr. Yates in the character of Launce in the Two Gentlemen of Verona with his dog Crab
Description:
Title from item., Publication date inferred from William Richardson's business address. See The London book trades, 1775-1800 / Ian Maxted, p. 187, Later state of a print originally published by Roberts in 1763. See British Museum catalogue., and Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials G R below.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, by W. Richardson, Antient & Modern Print Warehouse, 174 Strand
Subject (Name):
Yates, Richard, 1706?-1796, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Subject (Topic):
Performances, Characters, Launce, Actors, British, and Dogs
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.
"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
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),
"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