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 the title “Sicilian sisters, tuneful nine”. One of the singers holds up a quizzing glass (left).
Alternative Title:
Ode for New Years Day
Description:
Title from first lines of verse., Date from British Museum catalogue., Another state of this print without verses, but with the etched title: The musical group., Verse continues: "... No wonder such should be the consequence, for tuneful sounds oft suit with want of sense.", and Sheet trimmed on three sides.
Theatre-Royal, Bath. For the benefit of Mr. Bannister, and the last night of his performance
Description:
Caption title., A playbill., and From a bound collection of playbills: [Playbills from the Theatre-Royal, Bath, 1783-1815]. [Bath, England], [between 1783 and 1815]. Mounted on page 69.
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),
Caption title., A playbill., and From a bound collection of playbills: [Playbills from the Theatre-Royal, Bath, 1783-1815]. [Bath, England], [between 1783 and 1815]. Mounted on page 113.
Caption title., A playbill., and From a bound collection of playbills: [Playbills from the Theatre-Royal, Bath, 1783-1815]. [Bath, England], [between 1783 and 1815].
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., At head of title: Mr. Wilkinson's night and the last time of his performing here., A playbill., and From a bound collection of playbills: [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson]. [England], [between 1748 and 1778]. Mounted on page 3.
Publisher:
Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden
Subject (Name):
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757., Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777., and Covent Garden Theatre.
"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 (Henry IV and V) and behind him, on the left-hand side of the stage, a group of actors among whom are Benjamin Johnson as Testimony (in the play, Sir Courtly Nice), Miller as a runner holding a short stick, Benjamin Griffin in a large wig and three-cornered hat, Harper as Falstaff holding a sword twisted into a spiral, Heron holding a banner lettered "Liberty & property", and William Mills wearing a Roman helmet with a huge plume. This group confronts John Highmore who holds a scroll lettered "it cost £6000" (referring to the price of his share of the patent for the Theatre); to the left an actor without coat or wig flourishes a wooden sword. Behind Highmore, stand two women: to the right, weeping, Hester Booth, widow of the former patentee who died on 10 May 1733, and, holding a banner lettered "We'l starve em out", Mary Wilks who had inherited her husband's share of the patent the previous year. In front of the curtain on the extreme right sits Colley Cibber, wearing a laurel wreath and holding money bags, smiling as he gestures towards Highmore who had bought his share of the patent. Behind the curtain can be glimpsed the audience with asses' ears and staves. At the back of the scene is a narrow street with the sign of the Rose on which sits a monkey holding a flag lettered, "I am a Gentleman" (quoting Highmore); crowds throng the street and people wave from the roof and windows of the building on the left."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Ttile etched below image., Date from British Museum catalogue., In Steevens's hand in pencil, at top of page above print: Laguerre's etching; below image: Given me by the Revd Mr. Harper, of the Brit Museum. See the four in the next page & Mr. Nichols Book, 3rd edit. p. 180., and On page 55 in volume 1.
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
"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, equally distant from both. Mrs. Clarke, arms akimbo, says: "Why how now Madam Carey, although you are so Warey In saveing of your cash, John Bull and I we both will try, And settle all your hash." [see 1803 Isaac Cruikshank print for an earlier use of this phrase, BM impression 1868,0808.7141/ PPA108823] Mrs. Carey retorts: "Why how now Madam Clarke------ Why since you thus can chatter------ And thus betray your spark------ I wonder whats the matter with, you, Madam Clarke!!" The Duke looks at Mrs. Clarke, stopping his ears, a leg raised in angry protest; he says: "Zounds! the thunder of Valencienes was Music to this". Behind Mrs. Clarke is a cockatoo on a high perch, screaming: "go it! go it"; a chair has been overturned, and a mastiff, its collar inscribed 'John Bull', barks at the Duke. A small dog behind Mrs. Carey also barks. She stands with her back to the fire. On the chimney-piece a china Cupid aims his arrow at a heart on the trunk of a tree."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Rival queens, or, A scene in The beggars opera and Scene in The beggars opera
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
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
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 monkey wearing clerical bands holds a rope which is attached to Henley's right hand; a small chest of pills, a medicine bottle and a pamphlet lettered "The Hyp Doctor" lie at his feet. In the foreground is a procession of men, lettered, "Ha!", "Ha!", "Te Hee", "He!" and "Silly Cur"; the latter wearing a laurel wreath is identified by Hawkins as Colley Cibber, and the others, two of whom wear ruffs, may be intended as actors or clowns; a puritan at their head, is urged by Henley's "Scout" towards the door of the Oratory, outside which stands a butcher acting as doorman; inside a man pays a clergyman at "The Treasury". On the extreme left, a man squats defecating on Henley's publications. Behind him a coach bears Folly, holding her bauble, towards an inn with the sign of the dunce's cap; a gallows labelled "Merit" stands beside it and an angel holding a ribbon labelled "Modesty" flies off
Description:
Title from text in image., Attributed in lower left, below image: W. Hogarth sc., Drawing attributed to Steevens by curator., Tracing of a 1731 print., Detailed description of the scene in a Steevens's hand, mounted to the right of this drawing., and On page 12 in volume 1.
Subject (Name):
Henley, John, 1692-1756 and Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757
Title etched above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., One line of twenty-one consecutive numbers run parallel with the lower edge of the design and correspond with figures in the print., Four columns of numbered names and titles correspond with figures in the print. Inscribed below design., and One line of instructive text in lower right corner of print: To face page 218.
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
Caption title., A playbill., Date from manuscript notation., From a bound collection of playbills: [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson]. [England], [between 1748 and 1778]. Mounted on page 203., and Dated in ms.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757. and O'Hara, Kane, 1714?-1782.
At the Old Theatre by the Portsmouth and Plymouth Company
Description:
Caption title., A playbill., Date from manuscript notation., From a bound collection of playbills: [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson]. [England], [between 1748 and 1778]. Mounted on page 14., and Dated in ms.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718., Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777., and Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757.
Caption title., At head of title: Many reasons having been communicated to the manager, in the most obliging and friendly manner, why he should desist from his proposed plan of a masquerade, advertised for Friday the 7th of March;--in obedience to what he deems the general sense of the public, he, without reluctance, sacrifices every prospect he might have of private advantage; and therefore gives this notice, (whatever may be his loss) that the design is drop'd. Not acted these six years., A playbill., Place of publication assumed., and From a bound collection of playbills: [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson]. [England], [between 1748 and 1778]. Mounted on page 217.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757. and Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777.
Caption title., A playbill., and From a bound collection of playbills: [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson]. [England], [between 1748 and 1778]. Mounted on page 113.
Publisher:
Printed by Stephen Martin
Subject (Name):
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757. and Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777.
Actors include Mr Cummins, Mr Williams, Mr Knight, Mr Melvin, Mr Carleton, Mr Bennett, Mr Elliott, Mrs Worthington, Miss Smith Mrs Cummins, Miss Mills, Mrs Carr, Mrs French, Mrs Knight, Mr Wood, Mr Hope, Mrs Jarman, Miss Jarman, Mrs Leng., Playbill for a performance in York Theatre Royal on Monday Evening, March 11th, 1805., Ms. annotations on verso., From a bound collection of playbills: [Playbills from theatres in York, England]. [England], [1789-1805]., and The second of two copies of this playbill in the bound collection.
Publisher:
W. Blanchard, printer, York
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and York.
Subject (Name):
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757. and Lewis, M. G. 1775-1818. (Matthew Gregory),
Actors include Mr Cummins, Mr Williams, Mr Knight, Mr Melvin, Mr Carleton, Mr Bennett, Mr Elliott, Mrs Worthington, Miss Smith Mrs Cummins, Miss Mills, Mrs Carr, Mrs French, Mrs Knight, Mr Wood, Mr Hope, Mrs Jarman, Miss Jarman, Mrs Leng., Playbill for a performance in York Theatre Royal on Monday Evening, March 11th, 1805., From a bound collection of playbills: [Playbills from theatres in York, England]. [England], [1789-1805]., and The first of two copies of this playbill in the bound collection.
Publisher:
W. Blanchard, printer, York
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and York.
Subject (Name):
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757. and Lewis, M. G. 1775-1818. (Matthew Gregory),
Caption title., A playbill., and From a bound collection of playbills: [Playbills from the Theatre-Royal, Bath, 1783-1815]. [Bath, England], [between 1783 and 1815]. Mounted on page 112.
Publisher:
Printed by Hooper and Keenes, in King's-Mead-Street, Bath
Subject (Name):
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757., Shield, William, 1748-1829., and Brooke, Frances, 1724?-1789.
Caption title., A playbill., and From a bound collection of playbills: [Playbills from the Theatre-Royal, Bath, 1783-1815]. [Bath, England], [between 1783 and 1815].
Publisher:
Printed by Hooper and Keenes, in King's-Mead-Street, Bath
Subject (Name):
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757., Shield, William, 1748-1829., and Brooke, Frances, 1724?-1789.
"Portrait of Colley Cibber at the age of 67, after Van Loo, almost half-length, turned to the right, with long curly wig; oval frame on plinth."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved at bottom of image., Date of publication from the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Frontispiece to: Cibber, C. An apology for the life of Colley Cibber ... London : Printed by John Watts for the author, MDCCXL [1740]., and Mounted on page 6 (formerly E) 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.
Actors include Mr Knight, Mr Williams, Mr Wood, Mr Carletom, Mr Melvin, Mr Bennett, Mr Carr, Miss Smith, Miss Mills, Mrs Jarman, Miss De Camp, Mrs Williams, Master Elliott, Mrs Elliott., Playbill for a performance in York Theatre Royal on Thursday Evening August 1st, 1805., and From a bound collection of playbills: [Playbills from theatres in York, England]. [England], [1789-1805].
Publisher:
W. Blanchard, printer, York
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and York.
Subject (Name):
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757. and Hoare, Prince, 1755-1834.
Caption title., A playbill., and From a bound collection of playbills: [Playbills from the Theatre-Royal, Bath, 1783-1815]. [Bath, England], [between 1783 and 1815]. Mounted on page 48.
Publisher:
Theatre-Royal, Beaufort Square
Subject (Name):
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757., Kemble, Marie Thérèse, 1774-1838., and Cowley, Hannah, 1743-1809.
Caption title., A playbill., and From a bound collection of playbills: [Playbills from the Theatre-Royal, Bath, 1783-1815]. [Bath, England], [between 1783 and 1815].
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757., Kemble, Marie Thérèse, 1774-1838., and Cowley, Hannah, 1743-1809.
"Portrait of Colley Cibber aged 67, after Van Loo, bust-length, turned to the right, with long curly wig, in oval frame with cartouche and laurel wreath at the bottom."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched in bottom portion of image., Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue., Possibly the frontispiece to: Cibber, C. An apology for the life of Colley Cibber ... London : Printed for R. and J. Dodsley ..., [1756]. See Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 7 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of Horace Walpole's: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
Caption title., A playbill., and From a bound collection of playbills: [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson]. [England], [between 1748 and 1778]. Mounted on page 131.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Baker, Thomas, active 1700-1709. and Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757.
Caption title., A playbill., Date from manuscript notation., From a bound collection of playbills: [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson]. [England], [between 1748 and 1778]. Mounted on page 26., and Dated in ms.
Publisher:
Theatre in Portsmouth
Subject (Name):
Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718. and Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757.
Caption title., A playbill., From a bound collection of playbills: [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson]. [England], [between 1748 and 1778]., and Dated in ms.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718. and Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757.
Caption title., A playbill., Date from manuscript notation., From a bound collection of playbills: [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson]. [England], [between 1748 and 1778]. Mounted on page 25., and Dated in ms.
Publisher:
Theatre in Portsmouth
Subject (Name):
Lillo, George, 1693-1739. and Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757.
Caption title., A playbill., Date from manuscript notation., From a bound collection of playbills: [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson]. [England], [between 1748 and 1778]. Mounted on page 62., and Dated in ms.
Publisher:
Theatre in Portsmouth
Subject (Name):
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757. and Garrick, David, 1717-1779.
This present Wednesday, being the 1st of August, will be presented a comedy, call'd, The provok'd husband
Description:
Caption title., A playbill., Date from manuscript notation., From a bound collection of playbills: [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson]. [England], [between 1748 and 1778]. Mounted on page 29., and Dated in ms.
Publisher:
Theatre in Portsmouth
Subject (Name):
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757. and Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754.
Caption title., A playbill., Date from manuscript notation., From a bound collection of playbills: [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson]. [England], [between 1748 and 1778]. Mounted on page 50., and Dated in ms.
Publisher:
Theatre in Portsmouth
Subject (Name):
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757. and Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777.
This present Monday, being the 30th of July, will be presented a tragedy, call'd, Jane Shore
Description:
Caption title., A playbill., Date from manuscript notation., From a bound collection of playbills: [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson]. [England], [between 1748 and 1778]. Mounted on page 28., and Dated in ms.
Publisher:
Theatre in Portsmouth
Subject (Name):
Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718. and Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757.
This present Monday, being the 16th of July, will be presented a tragedy, call'd Othello, ...
Description:
Caption title., A playbill., Date from manuscript notation., From a bound collection of playbills: [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson]. [England], [between 1748 and 1778]. Mounted on page 20., and Dated in ms.
Publisher:
Theatre in Portsmouth
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. and Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757.
For the beneeit of Mr. Arthur and On Monday evening, October 5th, will be presented a comedy, call'd The double gallant ...
Description:
Caption title., A playbill., Date from manuscript notation., From a bound collection of playbills: [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson]. [England], [between 1748 and 1778]. Mounted on page 98., and Dated in ms.
Caption title., A playbill., Date from manuscript notation., From a bound collection of playbills: [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson]. [England], [between 1748 and 1778]. Mounted on page 133., and Dated in ms.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757. and Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777.
By desire and This present Thursday, being the 30th of July, will be presented a comedy ...
Description:
Caption title., A playbill., Date from manuscript notation., From a bound collection of playbills: [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson]. [England], [between 1748 and 1778]. Mounted on page 77., and Dated in mss.
Publisher:
New Theatre in Portsmouth
Subject (Name):
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757. and Townley, James, 1714-1778.
The stage of a theatre, with halters suspended over three managers of theatres; the labels issuing from the mouths of these persons have characteristic words. Wilks dangles Punch. The Laureat Cibber dangles Harlequin and invokes the Muses. Booth letting down the image of Jack Hall basphems: "Ha this will do G-d D- me". On the table before the speakers is a pamphlet with a print of Jack Shepard. Ben Jonson's ghost, holding a lit candle, rises to the stage on the left. In Horace Walpole's catalog, this print is referred to as "Booth, Wilks and Cibber contriving a pantomime, a satire on farces."
Alternative Title:
Three heads are better than one
Description:
Title etched above image., State, publisher, and date from Paulson., "Price six pence".--Lower right corner., First state of the print with motto in banner at top of image misspelled: "Vivetur ingenio"., Caption below image: This print represents the rehearsing a new farce that will include [the] two famous entertainments Dr. Faustus & Harlequin Shepherd to wch. will be added Scaramouch Jack Hall the chimney-sweeper's escape from Newgate through [the] privy ... [Signed] Vivat Rex., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., On page 22 in volume 1., Ms. note in pen in Steevens's hand below: Booth, Wilks and Colley Cibber., and Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand below: See Nichols Book 3d ed p. 143.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757., Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637., Thurmond, John, active 1724-1749., and Wilks, Robert, 1665?-1732.
The stage of a theatre, with halters suspended over three managers of theatres; the labels issuing from the mouths of these persons have characteristic words. Wilks dangles Punch. The Laureat Cibber dangles Harlequin and invokes the Muses. Booth letting down the image of Jack Hall basphems: "Ha this will do G-d D- me". On the table before the speakers is a pamphlet with a print of Jack Shepard. Ben Jonson's ghost, holding a lit candle, rises to the stage on the left. In Horace Walpole's catalog, this print is referred to as "Booth, Wilks and Cibber contriving a pantomime, a satire on farces."
Alternative Title:
Three heads are better than one
Description:
Title etched above image., State, publisher, and date from Paulson., "Price six pence".--Lower right corner., Caption below image: This print represents the rehearsing a new farce that will include [the] two famous entertainments Dr. Faustus & Harlequin Shepherd to wch. will be added Scaramouch Jack Hall the chimney-sweeper's escape from Newgate through [the] privy ... [Signed] Vivat Rex., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757., Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637., Thurmond, John, active 1724-1749., and Wilks, Robert, 1665?-1732.
