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21.
On Monday, May 4, will be a concert of music. To begin exactly at half an hour after six o'clock

Published / Created:
1761.
Call Number:
Folio 767 P69B W65
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Alternative Title:
For the benefit of Mr Arthur
Description:
Caption title.
Publisher:
Printed by Stephen Martin
Subject (Name):
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757. and Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > On Monday, May 4, will be a concert of music. To begin exactly at half an hour after six o'clock ... : Between the parts of the concert will be presented, gratis, a comedy call'd Love makes a man: or, The fop's fortune ... to which will be added a farce call'd The author ...

22.
On Saturday evening, August 29, 1801, their Majesties' servants will perform a comedy, called She

Creator:
Theatre Royal (York, England)
Published / Created:
[1801]
Call Number:
Folio 767 P69B Y82
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Alternative Title:
Theatre-Royal, York
Description:
Caption title.
Publisher:
W. Blanchard, printer, York
Subject (Name):
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757. and Fawcett, Mr. 1768-1837. (John),
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > On Saturday evening, August 29, 1801, their Majesties' servants will perform a comedy, called She wou'd & she wou'd not: or, The kind imposter ... : to which will be added, a new pantomime (in three parts) called Obi; or, Three-fingered Jack ...

23.
On Saturday next, being the 22d of February, will be presented, a comedy, called She would and she

Published / Created:
[between 1770 and 1780?]
Call Number:
Folio 767 P69B W65
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Description:
Caption title.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757. and Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > On Saturday next, being the 22d of February, will be presented, a comedy, called She would and she would not: or, The kind imposter ... : between the play and farce, a new dance called, The faithful Highlandress ... to which will be added, The lyar ...

24.
On Tuesday evening, May 12, 1801, will be presented a revived comedy, in three acts, called The

Creator:
Theatre Royal (York, England)
Published / Created:
[1801]
Call Number:
Folio 767 P69B Y82
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Alternative Title:
By desire of the most ancient and honourable Society of Free and Accepted Masons. Mr. and Mrs. Dunn's benefit. Theatre-Royal, Bath
Description:
Caption title.
Publisher:
T. Wilson and R. Spence, printers, High-Ousegate, York
Subject (Name):
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757. and Francis, William, 1756 or 1757-1826.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > On Tuesday evening, May 12, 1801, will be presented a revived comedy, in three acts, called The double gallant; or, The sick lady's cure ... : after which, a musical entertainment, in two acts, called The naval pillar; or, National gratitude to naval heroes ... to which will be added, an entire new pantomime, called The witches of the rock; or, Harlequin wood-cutter ...

25.
On Wednesday October 27, will be presented a tragedy, call'd, The fair penitent ... : to which will

Creator:
Portsmouth Theatre (Portsmouth, England)
Published / Created:
[1762]
Call Number:
Folio 767 P69B W65
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Alternative Title:
At the Old Theatre by the Portsmouth and Plymouth Company
Description:
Caption title.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718., Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777., and Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > On Wednesday October 27, will be presented a tragedy, call'd, The fair penitent ... : to which will be added The minor ... tickets to be had at the Fountain ... and Office of Ordnance Arms on the common. On Thursday The provok'd husband; with the rehearsal. Bays, by Mr. Wilkinson

26.
On Wednesday evening being the 29th of May, will be perform'd A concert of music. Between the

Published / Created:
[1765]
Call Number:
Folio 767 P69B W65
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Alternative Title:
At the new concert-hall
Description:
Caption title.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757. and O'Hara, Kane, 1714?-1782.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > On Wednesday evening being the 29th of May, will be perform'd A concert of music. Between the several parts of the concert will be presented (gratis) a comedy call'd Loves makes a man; or, The fop's fortune ... : to which will be added a English burletta of two acts call'd Midas ...

27.
Remarkable characters who were at Turnbridge Wells with Richardson in 1748 from a drawing in his

Creator:
Finden, Edward Francis, 1791-1857, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1804?]
Call Number:
804.05.20.01 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Harcourt, Simon Harcourt, Earl, 1714-1777, Nash, Richard, 1674-1761, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Powis, Henry Arthur Herbert, Earl of, 1703-1772, Norfolk, Katharine Howard, Duchess of, d. 1784, Johnson, Elizabeth Jarvis Porter, 1689-1752, Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773, Richardson, Samuel, 1689-1761, Onslow, Arthur, 1691-1768, Bristol, Elizabeth Chudleigh, Countess of, 1720-1788, Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757, and Garrick, David, 1717-1779
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Remarkable characters who were at Turnbridge Wells with Richardson in 1748 from a drawing in his possession with references in his own writing / [graphic]

28.
The beggars opera [graphic]

Creator:
Cook, Thomas, approximately 1744-1818, printmaker
Published / Created:
October 1st, 1802.
Call Number:
Maidment H67 no. 9 Box 7
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
[Top image]: "Satire on Gay's "Beggar's Opera". In the foreground a group of animal-headed singers portraying the principal characters are shown on an outdoor stage beneath which Apollo and a muse are lying, a lyre and guitar beside them. In front of ...
Description:
Titles etched below images.
Publisher:
Published by G. & J. Robinson, Paternoster Row
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Gay, John, 1685-1732., Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757., Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637., Thurmond, John, active 1724-1749., and Wilks, Robert, 1665?-1732.
Subject (Topic):
Theater, Humor, Animals in human situations, Musicians, Opera singers, Clowns, and Comedies
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The beggars opera [graphic]

29.
The oratory inveniam viam aut faciam. [art original]

Creator:
Steevens, George, 1736-1800, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1800]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
A tracing of a 1731 print after Hogarth: Satire on Orator Henley and his followers. A view of his Oratory in Clare Market with Henley preaching from an open-air platform in front of the building, one cloven hoof protruding from beneath his robe. A mon...
Description:
Title from text in image.
Subject (Name):
Henley, John, 1692-1756 and Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757
Subject (Topic):
Angels, Audiences, Butchers, Carriages & coaches, Clergy, Clowns, Defecation, Monkeys, Preachers, and Preaching
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The oratory inveniam viam aut faciam. [art original]

30.
The rival queans, or, A scene in The beggars opera [graphic].

Creator:
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
Published / Created:
[March 1809]
Call Number:
809.03.00.08+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Mrs. Clarke (left) and Mrs. Carey (right) (see British Museum Satires No. 11050) berate each other; both wear evening dress, with feathers in their hair, those of Mrs. Carey being the taller. The Duke, wearing regimentals, watches the quarrel, equall...
Alternative Title:
Rival queens, or, A scene in The beggars opera and Scene in The beggars opera
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 1809 by Walker, Cornhill
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Clarke, Mary Anne, 1776?-1852, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, and Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757.
Subject (Topic):
Military officers, British, Mistresses, Quarreling, Headdresses, Cockatoos, Dogs, and Fireplaces
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The rival queans, or, A scene in The beggars opera [graphic].

31.
The rival queans, or, A scene in The beggars opera [graphic].

Creator:
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
Published / Created:
[March 1809]
Call Number:
53 C599 S809
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Mrs. Clarke (left) and Mrs. Carey (right) (see British Museum Satires No. 11050) berate each other; both wear evening dress, with feathers in their hair, those of Mrs. Carey being the taller. The Duke, wearing regimentals, watches the quarrel, equall...
Alternative Title:
Rival queens, or, A scene in The beggars opera and Scene in The beggars opera
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 1809 by Walker, Cornhill
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Clarke, Mary Anne, 1776?-1852, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, and Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757.
Subject (Topic):
Military officers, British, Mistresses, Quarreling, Headdresses, Cockatoos, Dogs, and Fireplaces
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The rival queans, or, A scene in The beggars opera [graphic].

32.
The stage mutiny [graphic].

Creator:
Laguerre, John, 1700-1748, printmaker
Published / Created:
[June 1733]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
"Satire on the dispute between the managers of the Drury Lane Theatre and its players portrayed as if on a stage with heavy curtains drawn up above and on the right. In the centre, Theophilus Cibber stands in a swaggering pose in his role as Pistol (H...
Description:
Ttile etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England), Bridgwater, Roger, active 1745,, Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757,, Cibber, Theophilus, 1703-1758,, Ellys, John, 1700 or 1701-1757,, Griffin, Benjamin, 1680-1740,, Harper, John, active 1714-1742,, Heron, Mary, active 1736,, Highmore, John, 1694-1759,, Johnson, Benjamin, 1664 or 1665-1742,, Miller, Joe, 1684-1738,, Mills, John, 1670-1736,, Mills, William, 1701-, Santlow, Hester,, Shaw, Hester,, and Wilks, Mary, active 1740-
Subject (Topic):
Actors, Crowds, Industrial arbitration, People associated with arts, entertainment & sports, and Theaters
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The stage mutiny [graphic].

33.
Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden. On Friday next, February 6th, 1778, will be presented a comedy, not

Creator:
Covent Garden Theatre
Published / Created:
1778.
Call Number:
Folio 767 P69B W65
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Alternative Title:
On Friday next, February 6th, 1778, will be presented a comedy ... and Mr. Wilkinson's night and the last time of his performing here
Description:
Caption title.
Publisher:
Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden
Subject (Name):
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757., Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777., and Covent Garden Theatre.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden. On Friday next, February 6th, 1778, will be presented a comedy, not acted these three years, call'd She wou'd and she would not ... to which will be added (not acted this season) The author ... tickets and places for the boxes to be had of Mr. Sarjant, at the stage-door of the Theatre

34.
This present Saturday, the 15th of May, 1784, will be perform'd a comedy call'd The provoked

Published / Created:
[1784]
Call Number:
Folio 767 P69B B32
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Alternative Title:
Theatre-Royal, Bath
Description:
Caption title.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757., Vanbrugh, John, 1664-1726., Shield, William, 1748-1829., and Brooke, Frances, 1724?-1789.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > This present Saturday, the 15th of May, 1784, will be perform'd a comedy call'd The provoked husband; or, A journey to London ... : to which will be added (for the last time this season) a comic opera in two acts, call'd Rosina ...

35.
This present Saturday, the 15th of May, 1784, will be perform'd a comedy call'd The provoked

Creator:
Theatre Royal (Bath, England)
Published / Created:
[1784]
Call Number:
Folio 767 P69B B32
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Alternative Title:
Theatre-Royal, Bath
Description:
Caption title.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757., Vanbrugh, John, 1664-1726., Shield, William, 1748-1829., and Brooke, Frances, 1724?-1789.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > This present Saturday, the 15th of May, 1784, will be perform'd a comedy call'd The provoked husband; or, A journey to London ... : to which will be added (for the last time this season) a comic opera in two acts, call'd Rosina ...

36.
This present Tuesday, December 19, 1809, will be presented, (not acted this six years) a favourite

Creator:
Theatre Royal (Bath, England)
Published / Created:
[1809]
Call Number:
Folio 767 P69B B32
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Alternative Title:
Theatre-Royal, Bath. For the benefit of Mr. Bannister, and the last night of his performance
Description:
Caption title.
Publisher:
Printed at Keenes' Bath Journal Office, 7, Kingsmead-Street
Subject (Name):
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757., O'Keeffe, John, 1747-1833., and Cross, J. C. -1809. (James Cartwright),
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > This present Tuesday, December 19, 1809, will be presented, (not acted this six years) a favourite comedy called She would & she would not; or, The king imposter ... : after which a musical piece, compressed into one act, called The son-in-law ... to which will be added, a musical piece, in one act, called The purse; or, The benevolent tar ...

37.
Thy verses, Colley, by no Muse inspir'd, when set to musick justly are admir'd ... [graphic].

Published / Created:
[approximately 1733]
Call Number:
Hogarth 733.00.00.07 Box 100
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A copy in reverse, with variations, of Hogarth's subscription ticket for "A midnight modern conversation". The title of the music before the singer with spectacles at the top of image is "An ode for New Years Day"; the other singers hold music with t...
Alternative Title:
Ode for New Years Day
Description:
Title from first lines of verse.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757.
Subject (Topic):
Boys, Musicians, Music, Singers, and Eyeglasses
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Thy verses, Colley, by no Muse inspir'd, when set to musick justly are admir'd ... [graphic].

38.
[Collection of poems], [circa 1760].

Call Number:
Osborn c188
Image Count:
48
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript, in multiple hands, of a collection of 35 poems, bound in together. The verses are primarily lighthearted and address the subjects of love and women, occasionally in the form of occasional verse. Titles include A tale of Fidelia's quarrel...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757., Montagu, Mary Wortley, Lady, 1689-1762., Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of, 1647-1680., Strathmore, Mary Eleanor Bowes, Countess of, 1749-1800., and Winchilsea, Anne Kingsmill Finch, Countess of, 1661-1720.
Subject (Topic):
English poetry, Humorous poetry, English, Occasional verse, English, Women authors, Women, Conduct of life, and Social life and customs
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Collection of poems], [circa 1760].

39.
[Commonplace book], [late 17th to mid 18th century].

Call Number:
Osborn fb142
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript on paper, in two hands, of a collection of about 150 poems. Many are satirical, including A Satyr On Wedlock & Women; several poems by John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester; a prose essay titled The Character of a Quaker; and several attributed t...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1737., Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757., Cowley, Abraham, 1618-1667., Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744., and Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of, 1647-1680.
Subject (Topic):
Elegiac poetry, English, English poetry, English wit and humor, Epitaphs, Occasional verse, English, Quakers, Satirical verse, English, and Social life and customs
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Commonplace book], [late 17th to mid 18th century].

40.
[Commonplace book], ca. 1680-1732

Creator:
Sharpe, Isaac
Call Number:
Osborn b90
Image Count:
3
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, of a large collection of religious and political prose and verse excerpts. The prose contents include notes extracted from Edward Clarendon's History of the Rebellion, 1625-42; Queen Anne's speeches to Parliamen...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1665-1714., Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649., Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757., Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of, 1609-1674., Sanderson, Robert, 1587-1663., Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745., and Sharpe, Isaac.
Subject (Topic):
English poetry, Epigrams, Epitaphs, Infant baptism, Political poetry, English, Satirical verse, English, Politics and government, and Religious life and customs
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Commonplace book], ca. 1680-1732

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