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1. A striking view of Richmond [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [March 1810]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 75 D569 812
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 17. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Bill Richmond, the black pugilist, stands directed to the right, left leg advanced, fists raised. He is stripped to the waist, wearing a spotted handkerchief for belt, with neat breeches, stockings, and tied shoes."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top and bottom., Although born into slavery in New York, he lived most his life in England., Leaf 17 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and Watermark, trimmed: [E]dmeads 1808.
- Publisher:
- Robert Dighton
- Subject (Name):
- Richmond, Bill, 1763-1829, and Richmond, Bill, 1763-1829.
- Subject (Topic):
- African American boxers, Boxers (Sports), and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A striking view of Richmond [graphic]
2. David Garrick, Esqr [graphic]
- Creator:
- Green, Valentine, 1739-1813, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [2 April 1769]
- Call Number:
- 769.04.02.01++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Portrait of David Garrick standing whole-length to front with legs crossed and leaning on a bust of Shakespeare that stands on a plinth in a garden; he holds a stick in his left hand as he looks to the right; the Palladian bridge at Prior Park can be seen in the distance at the right
- Description:
- Title, artist, and printmaker scratched with production and publication detail below image.
- Publisher:
- Published April 2nd 1769, by J. Boydell Cheapside No. 90
- Subject (Name):
- Garrick, David, 1717-1779
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > David Garrick, Esqr [graphic]
3. Garrick and his wife from the picture in the Royal Collection / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bourne, Herbert, 1820-, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [February 1855]
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Portrait of David Garrick, seated at a desk, with his wife standing behind him, reaching to grasp the pen that he is holding in his right hand and "Portrait of David Garrick, three-quarter length, seated at a writing table, to the left, looking at viewer, his head supported by right hand, which also holds a quill, his right elbow resting on table; pointing down to the right with left hand; behind him his wife stands, reaching over the back of the chair towards the desk with her right hand, looking down towards Garrick."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Plate from: The art-journal. [London] : [George Virtue], February 1855, opposite page 42., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint from bottom edge. Imprint supplied from impression at the Massachusetts Historical Society, call no.: Special Colls. Waterston autograph vol. 2., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 613 (leaf numbered '47' in pencil) in volume 4 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
- Publisher:
- Published for the proprietors
- Subject (Name):
- Garrick, David, 1717-1779,, Garrick, Eva Maria, 1724-1822,, Garrick, David, 1717-1779., and Garrick, Eva Maria, 1724-1822.
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors, British, Spouses, and Writing materials
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Garrick and his wife from the picture in the Royal Collection / [graphic]
4. His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cheesman, Thomas, 1760-, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 19 May 1806.
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait; almost half-length standing to left, head turned towards the viewer, wearing a double-breasted military coat with a star of the Garter and powdered hair tied at the nape; in an oval."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 690 (leaf numbered '146' in pencil) in volume 4 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd by E. Harding
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Edward Augustus, Prince, Duke of Kent, 1767-1820, and Edward Augustus, Prince, Duke of Kent, 1767-1820.
- Subject (Topic):
- Princes, Military uniforms, and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent [graphic]
5. Mr. Bannister in the character of Miss Polly Peachum [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1781]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 31. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "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.
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors, British, and Costumes
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. Bannister in the character of Miss Polly Peachum [graphic]
6. Mr. Bannister in the character of Miss Polly Peachum [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1781]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 31. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "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.
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors, British, and Costumes
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. Bannister in the character of Miss Polly Peachum [graphic]
7. Mr. Bannister in the character of Miss Polly Peachum [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1781]
- Call Number:
- 781.00.00.24+
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 31. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "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.
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors, British, and Costumes
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. Bannister in the character of Miss Polly Peachum [graphic]
8. Mrs. Siddons in Isabella [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hall, John, 1739-1797, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- March 10th, 1785.
- Call Number:
- Portraits Si568 no. 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- "Illustration to Bell's Shakespeare; Sarah Siddons as Isabella in Shakespeare's 'Measure for Measure'; whole length, to the right, arms extended, beseeching; wearing a long scarf that hangs from the back of her head, and around her body, a crucifix and beads at her waist; in oval. 1785."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Text above image: "Act 5 ; Measure for Measure ; Scene 1.", Verse below title: "Justice, O royal duke! vail your regard ; upon a wrong'd, I would fain have said a maid!", Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and In paper frame: 330 x 268 mm.
- Publisher:
- Printed for J. Bell, British Library, Strand
- Subject (Name):
- Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831
- Subject (Topic):
- Actresses and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mrs. Siddons in Isabella [graphic]
9. Right Honble. Francis Rawdon Hastings, Earl of Moira [graphic]
- Creator:
- Baldrey, Joshua Kirby, 1754-1828, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [9 August 1800]
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of Francis Rawdon Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings and 2nd Earl of Moira, after Reynolds (undescribed by Mannings); half-length, standing slightly to left against background of cloudy sky, with head turned and slightly tilted to look towards the viewer; wearing military uniform with epaulette on his right shoulder, dark neckerchief and white frill; in an oval, bordered by stippled line."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
- Alternative Title:
- Right Honourable Francis Rawdon Hastings
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker identified as Joshua Kirby Baldrey; see description of the earlier state in the Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 2, page 462, no. 11., Later state, with altered title and new publication line, of a print published 1 June 1784 by Joshua Kirby Baldrey. See British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1840,0808.93., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 656 (leaf numbered '105' in pencil) in volume 4 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd August 9, 1800, by Anthy. Molteno, printseller to Her Royal Highness the Dutchess of York, 29 Pall Mall
- Subject (Geographic):
- India and India.
- Subject (Name):
- Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826,, Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826., Great Britain. Army, and Great Britain. Army.
- Subject (Topic):
- Officers, Governors general, Armed Forces, Governors, and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Right Honble. Francis Rawdon Hastings, Earl of Moira [graphic]