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19. [Portrait of William Mason] [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [18th century]
- Call Number:
- LWL Ptg. 124 Framed, shelved in UFS Rack 3C
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A half-length portrait of Mason in profile facing left. The esteemed poet is portrayed holding a manuscript of his epitaph for his wife’s grave in Bristol Cathedral
- Description:
- Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal., Attributed to Falconet based on dealer correspondence in object file and confirmed by Christie’s appraisal. Dealer correspondence notes it is a slightly different version of a Falconet reproduced in Ketton-Cremer’s Thomas Gray (1955)., and William Mason was an esteemed poet, and biographer of Thomas Gray and editor of his letters. Mason was among Horace Walpole’s chief correspondents.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Mason, William, 1724-1797,
- Subject (Topic):
- Poets
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Portrait of William Mason] [art original].
20. [Portrait of Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis] [art original].
- Creator:
- Aymar, Gordon C. (Gordon Christian), 1893-1989, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1979]
- Call Number:
- LWL Ptg. 167 Framed, on view in Cowles House
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In a gilt molded frame, a half-length portrait of Wilmarth Lewis, wearing in a dark vest and jacket with a light gray tie and collar, gray hair parted in the middle. The subject is writing a note with pen in hand; on the verso a label from Portraits Incorporated, Portrait Center of America 136 E. 57th St. NY, NY.
- Description:
- Title from inventory. and Signed in the lower right.
- Subject (Name):
- Lewis, W. S. 1895-1979, (Wilmarth Sheldon),
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Portrait of Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis] [art original].
21. [Portrait of a young boy, traditionally identified as Dorothy Walpole, 2nd Viscount Townshend] [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1696]
- Call Number:
- LWL Ptg. 115 Framed, on view in New Library
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A full-length portrait of a boy in three-quarter view facing left. The subject stands on an ornate rug and rests one hand on the back of a red chair. He wears a black hat with red band atop a long curly wig and lavish gold and red garments over a white cravat and ruffled sleeves. Through an open passage on the right is a landscape with a large architectural structure. A distant figure stands before it. This portrait hung at Strawberry Hill and was identified by Horace Walpole as Dorothy Townshend painted by Godfrey Kneller. Dorothy Walpole Townshend was Horace Walpole’s aunt and godmother
- Description:
- Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal. and Formerly attributed to Sir Godfrey Kneller and but now (2005) attributed to the Circle of Jacob Huysman.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Portrait of a young boy, traditionally identified as Dorothy Walpole, 2nd Viscount Townshend] [art original].
22. [The Beggar's Opera] [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1728]
- Call Number:
- LWL Ptg. 107 Framed, on view in Long Hall
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A scene from the Beggar’s Opera as performed and perhaps witnessed by Hogarth. The scene (Act III, Scene II) is the last. Set in Newgate prison. At center stage, is the highwayman Macheath, chained (played by Thomas Walker) wearing red. Two women who believe they are married to him plead for his life as he is sentenced to the gallows. To his left, Lucy Lockit with her back to the audience (played by Mrs. Egleton) is dressed in blue. She pleads with her father the prison warden (John Hall). On his right Polly Peachum (played by Lavinia Fenton) dressed in white with a pink sash, pleads with her father, a dishonest lawyer and informant (played by John Hippisley). The actors are flanked by an audience members privileged to sit in boxes on the stage. Among these is John Rich the impresario of the play. Cf. Einberg
- Alternative Title:
- Horace Walpole’s Copy of A Beggar’s Opera
- Description:
- Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal., Artist unidentified., Formerly attributed to William Hogarth. See R. Paulson, Hogarth: his life, art and times, pp. 26-7, pl. 45., In a contemporary gilt Rococo frame., Label on verso in Horace Walpole's with a note in his hand: "Sketch of the Beggar’s opera as first performed: Macheath, in red, by Walker. Polly kneeling, in white, by Miss Fenton, afterwards Duches of Bolton: Lucy in green, her face turned away, by Mrs. Eggleton; Peacham, in black by Hippisley; Lockit, by Hall. Amongst the audience, on the left hand, Sir Thomas Robinson of Rokeby, a tall gentleman with a long lean face; on the right, Sir Robert Faggs, profile, a fat man with short grey hair, much known at Newmarket. Painted by Hogarth. H.W.", Text from the 1842 Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole: The original sketch of The Beggar's Opera, representing Walker as Macheath; Miss Fenton, afterwards Duchess of Bolton, as Polly, Hippisley, as Peach'em; Hall as Lockit; on one side in a box are Sir Thomas Robinson, very tall and lean, and Sir Robert Flagg, a famous Horse racer, fat, with short grey hair, by Hogarth. This highly interesting and curious picture was purchased at the sale of John Rich, the celebrated Harlequin and Master of the Theatres in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields and Covent Garden, for whom the picture was painted - it is in its pure and genuine state, and presents one of the most remarkable efforts of this original master., Text from the 1774 edition of Horace Walpole's Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole, at Strawberry Hill: The original sketch of the Beggar's Opera: Walker as Macheath; miss Fenton, afterwards duchess of Bolton, as Polly; Hippisley, as Peach'em; Hall as Lockit: on one side in a box, sir Thomas Robinson, very tall and lean; sir Robert Fagg, a famous horse-racer, fat, with short grey hair: by Hogarth. Bought at the sale of John Rich, the well known harlequin, and master of the theatres in Lincoln's-inn-fields and Covent-garden, for whom the picture was painted. Formerly hung in the Great North Bedchamber, Strawberry Hill., and Title devised by curator.
- Subject (Name):
- Gay, John, 1685-1732.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The Beggar's Opera] [art original].
23. [Young man with dog] [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [18th century?]
- Call Number:
- LWL Ptg. 187 Framed, shelved in Object Room Rack 3
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Half-length portrait of a man in a green coat wearing a ruff, a dog at his side looking up at him
- Description:
- Title from appraisal report., Artist unidentified., Date from curator., and In an ornate carved and gilt frame.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Young man with dog] [art original].