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1.
I play the part of Sr. Harry Wildair to night, yr. humble serv.t, [signed] J. Margaret Woffington

Published / Created:
[1888]
Call Number:
Hogarth 888.00.00.01 Box 140
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait, half-length, looking at the viewer, with her hand in her waistcoat; in the character of Sir Harry Wildair in Farquhar's Constant couple
Alternative Title:
I play the part of Sir Harry Wildair tonight, your humble servant J. Margaret Woffington
Description:
Title from text etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Woffington, Margaret, -1760,
Subject (Topic):
Actresses and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > I play the part of Sr. Harry Wildair to night, yr. humble serv.t, [signed] J. Margaret Woffington from the original by Hogarth in the possession of Augustin Daly, Esq. [graphic]

2.
[Mrs. Siddons] [graphic].

Creator:
Parkes, Robert Bowyer, 1830-, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1876]
Call Number:
Portraits Si568 no. 4
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Sarah Siddons, after Gainsborough; three-quarters length sitting directed and looking to left, wearing a striped gown and large feathered hat, set at an angle, her hands on a fur muff in her lap."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title, artist, printmaker, publisher, and date of publication from description of a later state in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1931,0509.124.
Publisher:
J. Noseda
Subject (Name):
Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831,
Subject (Topic):
Actresses and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Mrs. Siddons] [graphic].

3.
Miss Hargraves as Amy [art original]

Creator:
Hume, Sarah, artist
Published / Created:
[1830]
Call Number:
Drawings C697 no. 2 Box D115
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
One of a collection of four similar images; the others in this series are: Mr. Kean as Othello; Madame Vestris as Don Giovani; Miss Bartolozzi as the page in The marriage of Figaro. Formerly part of an album (now lost), each on the same size sheet but...
Description:
Title written below image; artist statement above image.
Subject (Name):
Kemble, Fanny, 1809-1893,
Subject (Topic):
Actresses and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Miss Hargraves as Amy [art original]

4.
Miss Bartolozzi as the page in The marriage of Figaro [art original]

Creator:
Butcher, Master, artist
Published / Created:
[ca. 1828]
Call Number:
Drawings C697 no. 4 Box D115
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
One of a collection of four similar images; the other three images are titled: Mr. Kean as Othello; Miss Hargraves as Amy; Madame Vestris as Don Giovani. Formerly part of an album (now lost), each on the same size sheet but different colors and colla...
Description:
Title written below image.
Subject (Name):
Vestris, Lucia Elizabeth Bartolozzi, 1797-1856, and Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838.
Subject (Topic):
Actresses, British, and Operas & operettas
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Miss Bartolozzi as the page in The marriage of Figaro [art original]

5.
Madame Vestris as Don Giovani [art original]

Published / Created:
[ca. 1828?]
Call Number:
Drawings C697 no. 3 Box D115
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
One of a collection of four similar images; the other three images are titled: Mr. Kean as Othello; Miss Hargraves as Amy; Miss Bartolozzi as the page in The marriage of Figaro. Formerly part of an album (now lost), each on the same size sheet but di...
Alternative Title:
Madame Vestris as Don Giovanni
Description:
Title written at bottom of sheet.
Subject (Name):
Vestris, Lucia Elizabeth Bartolozzi, 1797-1856,, Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791., and Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838.
Subject (Topic):
Characters, Actresses, British, and Operas & operettas
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Madame Vestris as Don Giovani [art original]

6.
Symptoms of training, or, R- method of colt-breaking [graphic].

Creator:
Heath, William, 1795-1840, attributed name
Published / Created:
[22 April 1821]
Call Number:
Folio 724 835G v.2 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"George IV (right) offers a purse to a pretty young woman in evening dress of theatrical type (right). Through a window (or in a picture) is seen a large signpost, pointing (left) to 'Chester' and (right) to 'Virginia Water' (the Cottage); behind is a...
Alternative Title:
R- method of colt-breaking, Royal method of colt-breaking, and A la Chester-field
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Apl. 22, 1821, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilly [sic]
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and Chester, Eliza, 1799-
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Actresses, British, Purses, Couches, Draperies, Windows, Horse racing, and Traffic signs & signals
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Symptoms of training, or, R- method of colt-breaking [graphic].

7.
Mrs. H. Johnston in the melodrama of Timour the Tartar [graphic]

Creator:
Dighton, Denis, 1792-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
June, 1811.
Call Number:
811.06.00.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
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.
Publisher:
Pub. by Dighton, Spring Gardens
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Name):
Johnston, Nannette, and Lewis, M. G. 1775-1818. (Matthew Gregory),
Subject (Topic):
Actresses, British, and Theatrical productions
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Mrs. H. Johnston in the melodrama of Timour the Tartar [graphic]

8.
Mrs. Green as Mrs. Cadwallader, 1776 [graphic].

Creator:
Green, J. H. (John Hippisley), 1753- printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[1803]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of the actress Jane Green, in character in Foote's 'The Author'; half length, to the front, looking to the left; wearing hat perched on top of raised hairstyle; a sunflower pinned to dress."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published 1803 by J.H. Green, No. 1 Wells Street, Oxford Street
Subject (Name):
Green, Jane, 1719-1791, and Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777.
Subject (Topic):
Characters, Actresses, and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Mrs. Green as Mrs. Cadwallader, 1776 [graphic].

9.
Hold! Pizarro, hear me! If not always justly, at least act always greatly. Pizarro [graphic]

Creator:
Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Published / Created:
[14 December 1799]
Call Number:
Quarto 75 D569 812
Collection Title:
Leaf 28. Characatures by Dighton.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Mrs. Siddons as Elvira in 'Pizarro'. Her words are from Act III. iii (in Pizarro's tent). She stands with her head turned in profile to the left, right arm extended in a commanding gesture. She wears a high-waisted, quasi-classical dress, with a long...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Robert Dighton
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816. and Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831
Subject (Topic):
Actresses, British, and Theatrical productions
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Hold! Pizarro, hear me! If not always justly, at least act always greatly. Pizarro [graphic]

10.
Roxalana [graphic]

Creator:
Sherwin, J. K. (John Keyse), 1751-1790, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 February 1791]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Frances Abington after Reynolds (Mannings 32), in the character from Bickerstaffs's 'The Sultan'; half-length, standing, looking to right, appearing from behind a curtain which she pushes aside with her left hand; published state."--Briti...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Feby. 1, 1791, by J. Thane, Rupert Street, Hay Market
Subject (Geographic):
British.
Subject (Name):
Abington, Mrs. 1737-1815, (Frances Barton), and Bickerstaff, Isaac, 1735-1812.
Subject (Topic):
Actresses
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Roxalana [graphic]

11.
Mrs. Jordan in the character of Hypolita [graphic]

Creator:
Jones, John, 1745?-1797, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 March 1791]
Call Number:
Portraits J82 no. 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"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.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the Act directs March 1st. 1791, by J. Jones, No. 75 Great Portland Street
Subject (Name):
Jordan, Dorothy, 1761-1816,
Subject (Topic):
Actresses and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Mrs. Jordan in the character of Hypolita [graphic]

12.
Beggar's Opera, Act III as originally perform'd at Lincoln's Inn Fields, 1727. [graphic]

Published / Created:
[1 July 1790]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.3 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Theatrical scene in a prison, after Hogarth's painting illustrating Gay's "The Beggar's Opera". Audience members are shown seated in boxes to the left and right; in the centre, the character of Macheath, a highwayman, stands in shackles; on either sid...
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Publish'd July 1, 1790, by J. & J. Boydell, Cheapside & at the Shakspeare Gallery Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Gay, John, 1685-1732.
Subject (Topic):
Actors, British, Actresses, Audiences, and Theatrical productions
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Beggar's Opera, Act III as originally perform'd at Lincoln's Inn Fields, 1727. [graphic]

13.
Beggar's Opera, Act III as originally perform'd at Lincoln's Inn Fields, 1727. [graphic]

Published / Created:
[1 July 1790]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Theatrical scene in a prison, after Hogarth's painting illustrating Gay's "The Beggar's Opera". Audience members are shown seated in boxes to the left and right; in the centre, the character of Macheath, a highwayman, stands in shackles; on either sid...
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Publish'd July 1, 1790, by J. & J. Boydell, Cheapside & at the Shakspeare Gallery Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Gay, John, 1685-1732.
Subject (Topic):
Actors, British, Actresses, Audiences, and Theatrical productions
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Beggar's Opera, Act III as originally perform'd at Lincoln's Inn Fields, 1727. [graphic]

14.
Beggar's Opera, Act III as originally perform'd at Lincoln's Inn Fields, 1727. [graphic]

Published / Created:
[1 July 1790]
Call Number:
Hogarth 790.07.01.09 Box 115
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Theatrical scene in a prison, after Hogarth's painting illustrating Gay's "The Beggar's Opera". Audience members are shown seated in boxes to the left and right; in the centre, the character of Macheath, a highwayman, stands in shackles; on either sid...
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Publish'd July 1, 1790, by J. & J. Boydell, Cheapside & at the Shakspeare Gallery Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Gay, John, 1685-1732.
Subject (Topic):
Actors, British, Actresses, Audiences, and Theatrical productions
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Beggar's Opera, Act III as originally perform'd at Lincoln's Inn Fields, 1727. [graphic]

15.
Mrs. Jordan in the character of the Country Girl [graphic]

Creator:
Ogborne, John, 1755-1837, printmaker
Published / Created:
[24 June 1788]
Call Number:
Portraits J82 no. 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Mrs Jordan as Peggy in 'The Country Girl' after Romney, standing three-quarter length with her hands clasped together in front of a doorway and column; state after title changed, before engraver's name altered."--British Museum online cat...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 24th, 1788, by John & Josiah Boydell, No. 90 Cheapside, London
Subject (Name):
Jordan, Dorothy, 1761-1816, and Garrick, David, 1717-1779.
Subject (Topic):
Actresses, British, and Theatrical productions
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Mrs. Jordan in the character of the Country Girl [graphic]

16.
Scrub [graphic]

Creator:
Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:
[15 February 1786]
Call Number:
Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:
Leaf 33. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Mrs. Abington stands facing three quarters to the right dressed as Scrub in Farquhar's 'Beaux' Stratagem', with her hair in tightly curled ringlets (resembling the wig worn by Weston in the part). Her hand is in the pocket of a long, old-fashioned co...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publd. 15th Febry. 1786 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Name):
Abington, Mrs., 1737-1815 (Frances Barton), and Farquhar, George, 1677?-1707.
Subject (Topic):
Actresses, British, and Pictures
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Scrub [graphic]

17.
Mrs. Abington [graphic]

Creator:
Wilson, James, active 1760-1780, printmaker
Published / Created:
[between 1768 and 1786]
Call Number:
Folio 75 P839 800 v. 1 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Portraits of ladies in mezzotint.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
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 he...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Abington, Mrs. 1737-1815, (Frances Barton),
Subject (Topic):
Actresses and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Mrs. Abington [graphic]

18.
Scrub [graphic]

Creator:
Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:
[15 February 1786]
Call Number:
Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Leaf 33. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Mrs. Abington stands facing three quarters to the right dressed as Scrub in Farquhar's 'Beaux' Stratagem', with her hair in tightly curled ringlets (resembling the wig worn by Weston in the part). Her hand is in the pocket of a long, old-fashioned co...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publd. 15th Febry. 1786 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Name):
Abington, Mrs., 1737-1815 (Frances Barton), and Farquhar, George, 1677?-1707.
Subject (Topic):
Actresses, British, and Pictures
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Scrub [graphic]

19.
Scrub [graphic]

Creator:
Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:
[15 February 1786]
Call Number:
786.02.15.01 Impression 1
Collection Title:
Leaf 33. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Mrs. Abington stands facing three quarters to the right dressed as Scrub in Farquhar's 'Beaux' Stratagem', with her hair in tightly curled ringlets (resembling the wig worn by Weston in the part). Her hand is in the pocket of a long, old-fashioned co...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publd. 15th Febry. 1786 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Name):
Abington, Mrs., 1737-1815 (Frances Barton), and Farquhar, George, 1677?-1707.
Subject (Topic):
Actresses, British, and Pictures
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Scrub [graphic]

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