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1. Ben: Johnson [graphic]
- Creator:
- Houbraken, Jacobus, 1698-1780, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 1738.
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of Ben Jonson, bust seen in profile to left but looking at the viewer, wearing a draped coat; in an ornamental oval decorated with roses and laurel; below a young satyr holding a sceptre with a fool's head; books and a theatrical mask in lower right; state with publisher's address."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Ben Jonson
- Description:
- Title from text in image., Plate from: Birch, T. The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain. London : John and Paul Knapton, MDCCXLIII-MDCCLI [1743-1751]., "In the collection of Dr. Mead"--Below image. The note refers to the miniature by Oliver from which this engraving was made., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 28 (leaf numbered '86' 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:
- Impensis I. & P. Knapton Londini
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637,, Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637., and Mead, Richard, 1673-1754
- Subject (Topic):
- Art collections and Poets
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Ben: Johnson [graphic]
2. George Colman, Esq. from an original picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds, in the possession of the Earl of Mulgrave / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Scriven, Edward, 1775-1841, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [8 March 1813]
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 396); half-length, sitting, turned and eyes to the left, his right hand tucked inside the breast of his coat, left elbow leaning on papers on a table beside him, left cheek resting on left hand."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Plate from: The British Gallery of contemporary portraits. London : Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies ... by J. M'Creery ..., 1813-1822., and Bound in opposite page 136 (leaf numbered '186' 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:
- Published March 8, 1813, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London
- Subject (Name):
- Colman, George, 1732-1794, and Colman, George, 1732-1794.
- Subject (Topic):
- Dramatists
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > George Colman, Esq. from an original picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds, in the possession of the Earl of Mulgrave / [graphic]
3. Joseph Richardson Esqr. barrister, and member for Newport in Cornwall / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Newton, William John, Sir, 1785-1869, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1807]
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of Joseph Richardson, half-length, directed to the left, looking towards the viewer, in double-breasted jacket; after Sir Martin Archer Shee; finished state."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text below image, Frontispiece to: Literary relics of the late Joseph Richardson, Esq. ... London : Printed for J. Ridgway, 1807., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 438 (leaf numbered '52 in pencil) in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
- Publisher:
- J. Ridgway
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Richardson, Joseph, 1755-1803, and Richardson, Joseph, 1755-1803.
- Subject (Topic):
- Authors, British, and Politicians
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Joseph Richardson Esqr. barrister, and member for Newport in Cornwall / [graphic]
4. Kemble [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sharp, William, 1749-1824, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- April 7, 1803.
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait, half-length seated directed slightly to left,looking away, right arm thrown out, left hand at his lapel, the elbow porpped on a table beside a volume labelled 'Shakspeare', wearing a double-breasted coat with a high collar and a frilled white cravat."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Fourth state according to Baker, with title in finished letters., and Bound in opposite page 584 (leaf numbered '14' 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 by W. Sharp
- Subject (Name):
- Kemble, Charles, 1775-1854, and Kemble, Charles, 1775-1854.
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Kemble [graphic]
5. Mr. Thomas Betterton totus mundus agit histrionem / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gucht, Michael van der, 1660-1725, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1710]
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait, half-length, three-quarters to right but looking to front, wearing long wig, neckcloth and gown, left hand seen; oval frame resting on plinth"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Frontispiece to: Gildon, C. The life of Mr. Thomas Betterton, the late eminent tragedian. London : Printed for Robert Gosling, 1710., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 196 (leaf numbered '7' in pencil) in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
- Publisher:
- Robert Gosling
- Subject (Name):
- Betterton, Thomas, 1635?-1710, and Betterton, Thomas, 1635?-1710.
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. Thomas Betterton totus mundus agit histrionem / [graphic]
6. Mr. W. Farren, as Sir Peter Teazle [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Richard, 1795-1880, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1824]
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Portrait of the actor William Farren, in character as Sir Peter Teazle in Sheridan's 'School for Scandal'; whole length, standing facing right, his right hand tucked inside his waistcoat
- Description:
- Title etched below image; the letter "z" in "Teazle" is etched backwards., Reissue of a print likely published by Richard Dighton himself; a blank space in the statement of responsibility, between "etchd." and "by Richd. Dighton", probably contained the words "& pubd." in the original issue of the print., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue entry for publisher Thomas McLean, which notes that "all prints dated before 1824 are reissues of 1824 or later"., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with partial loss of statement of responsibility and imprint statement., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 166 (leaf numbered '207' 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:
- Pubd. by T. McLean, Haymarket
- Subject (Name):
- Farren, William, 1786-1861, Farren, William, 1786-1861,, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816., and Farren, William, 1786-1861.
- Subject (Topic):
- Performances, Teazle, Peter, Sir (Fictitious character), Actors, and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. W. Farren, as Sir Peter Teazle [graphic]