Volume 1, opposite page 180. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Whole lengths, standing in a library, King on left, his hands clasped, before him a fallen screen, behind which, her back to a window, stands Mrs. Abington, elegantly dressed, holding fan before her face, Palmer points towards her with right hand whi...
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Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, 12th May 1778, by John Harris, map & printseller, Sweetings Alley, Cornhill
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816., King, Thomas, 1730-1805,, Abington, Mrs. 1737-1815, (Frances Barton),, Palmer, John, 1742?-1798,, and Smith, William, 1730-1819,
Read, Richard, approximately 1745-approximately 1800, printmaker
Published / Created:
[11 April 1778]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of the actress Anne Brown (later Cargill) as the character Louisa from Sheridan's comic opera 'The Duenna'; half-length, directed and looking three-quarters to right, smiling and lifting from her face with her left hand a voluminous veil, wh...
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Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 11, 1778, by J. Walker, No. 13, Parliament Street
Subject (Name):
Cargill, Ann, 1760?-1784, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816.
"Portrait of Mary 'Perdita' Robinson, half-length in an oval, directed to left but looking forward, with high dressed hair with a cap on top, and both hands in a muff."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title from item.
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Publishd. August 25th, 1781, by J.R. Smith, No. 83, opposite the Pantheon, Oxford Street
"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 an...
"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...
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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.
"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.
