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 Katherine of Aragon; head and shoulders facing front and looking away to left, wearing decorated square-necked gown, necklaces and a gable head-dress with a full veil; in a rectangular frame."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: Harding, S. Shakespeare illustrated, by an assemblage of portraits & views ... London : S. & E. Harding, 1793., Mounted on page 136 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12., 1 print : stipple engraving with etching on laid paper ; sheet 18.7 x 13.7 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Pub. March 20, 1791, by E. Harding, Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Catherine, of Aragon, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1485-1536,, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Katherine of Aragon; head and shoulders facing front and looking away to left, wearing decorated square-necked gown, necklaces and a gable head-dress with a full veil; in a rectangular frame."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Plate from: Harding, S. Shakespeare illustrated, by an assemblage of portraits & views ... London : S. & E. Harding, 1793.
Publisher:
Pub. March 20, 1791, by E. Harding, Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Catherine, of Aragon, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1485-1536,, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Katherine of Aragon; head and shoulders facing front and looking away to left, wearing decorated square-necked gown, necklaces and a gable head-dress with a full veil; in a rectangular frame."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: Harding, S. Shakespeare illustrated, by an assemblage of portraits & views ... London : S. & E. Harding, 1793., Mounted on page 173 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., 1 print : stipple engraving with etching on wove paper ; sheet 16.9 x 13.1 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Pub. March 20, 1791, by E. Harding, Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Catherine, of Aragon, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1485-1536,, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of John Howard, first Duke of Norfolk, half-length, three-quarters to left, in a sixteenth-century dress of slashed coat with a feathered cap."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Plate from: Harding, S. Shakespeare illustrated, by an assemblage of portraits & views ... London : S. & E. Harding, 1793.
Publisher:
Pub. Nov. 6, 1791, by E. Harding, Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Norfolk, John Howard, Duke of, 1430?-1485,, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of John Howard, first Duke of Norfolk, half-length, three-quarters to left, in a sixteenth-century dress of slashed coat with a feathered cap."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: Harding, S. Shakespeare illustrated, by an assemblage of portraits & views ... London : S. & E. Harding, 1793., Mounted on page 102 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12., 1 print : stipple engraving with etching on wove paper ; sheet 18.9 x 14 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Pub. Nov. 6, 1791, by E. Harding, Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Norfolk, John Howard, Duke of, 1430?-1485,, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of John Howard, first Duke of Norfolk, half-length, three-quarters to left, in a sixteenth-century dress of slashed coat with a feathered cap."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: Harding, S. Shakespeare illustrated, by an assemblage of portraits & views ... London : S. & E. Harding, 1793., Mounted on page 129 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., 1 print : stipple engraving with etching on laid paper ; sheet 16.9 x 12.3 cm., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Pub. Nov. 6, 1791, by E. Harding, Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Norfolk, John Howard, Duke of, 1430?-1485,, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)