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10. Mrs. Heidelberg Baron Otranto. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1769]
- Call Number:
- 769.12.00.06
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Two head-and-shoulder portraits in separate ornamental oval frames, numbered respectively No. XXXIV and No. XXXV, of actress Kitty Clive and Horace Walpole
- Alternative Title:
- Baron Otranto
- Description:
- Titles etched below images. and Plate from: "Histories of the tête-à-tête annexed" in Town and country magazine. London : Printed for A. Hamilton, Jr., v. 1 (1769), p. 617.
- Publisher:
- A. Hamilton
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, and Clive, Kitty, 1711-1785,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mrs. Heidelberg Baron Otranto. [graphic]
11. North east view of the above [Cliveden] [art original].
- Creator:
- Barrow, Joseph Charles, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1792?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Watercolor drawing of Little Strawberry Hill as viewed from the northeast. The house at center is mostly obscured by trees, with a lawn extending from the front of the house to the left. Caged hedges with hedge arches border a path on the near side of the lawn, and two women walk on the path towards the house. A man pushing a wheelbarrow stands in the right foreground, and next to him sits a girl with a basket of flowers
- Alternative Title:
- Northeast view of the above
- Description:
- Titled in Thomas Kirgate's hand below image on mounting page; "the above" in title refers to the drawing entited Cliveden near Strawberry-Hill ..., which is mounted above this drawing on the same page., Attribution to Joseph Charles Barrow from local catalog card., Date based on that of the drawing mounted above this drawing on the same page., and Mounted on page 5 (formerly D) 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.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Twickenham (London, England)
- Subject (Name):
- Clive, Kitty, 1711-1785, Berry, Mary, 1763-1852, and Berry, Agnes, 1764-1852
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, Dwellings, and Estates
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > North east view of the above [Cliveden] [art original].
12. Of all the arts that sooth the human breast, music (blest power) the sweetest is confest ... [graphic]
- Creator:
- Van Haecken, Alexander, 1701-1757, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1735]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of the actress Kitty Clive; three-quarter length seated directed to left, a book of music held open in her lap, right elbow resting on velvet cushion on a table beside her, wearing a gown with a bow at the breast, hair up with a coil over left shoulder."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
- Alternative Title:
- Fair songster and Mrs. Clive : from the picture at Strawberry Hill
- Description:
- Title from verses engraved below image., Alternative titles from later states; see Russell., After a painting by Jeremiah Davison that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Round Bedchamber at Strawberry Hill., State from Russell., Date "1735" following printmaker's signature has been removed from plate; see description of first state in: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Verses below image continue: ... heightens our joys, suspends our fiercest pains, this each one proves who hears they heavnly strains., Tipped in at page 195 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., and Sitter identified as "Mrs. Clive" in lower margin, in brown ink in a contemporary hand.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Clive, Kitty, 1711-1785, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Of all the arts that sooth the human breast, music (blest power) the sweetest is confest ... [graphic]
13. The Green Room scuffle, or, Drury Lane in an uproar
- Published / Created:
- [29 January 1746]
- Call Number:
- 746.01.29.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Alternative Title:
- Drury Lane in an uproar
- Description:
- Caption title in letterpress below image., Letterpress broadside song illustrated with etching (design 15.5 x 25 cm) at top of sheet. Title on plate: "Totus mundus agit histrionem." Signed in lower right corner: Tho. Booth sculp., Dated by Stephens 1725 from the British Museum impression that lacks the song and imprint., Sheet trimmed close to design and letterpress resulting in minor loss of title., "To the tune of Gossip Joan.", Sixteen stanzas of song in three columns below title: Ye peers, ye cits and beaux who haunt pit, box and gall'ry ..., Describes a fight between two actresses, Kitty Clive and Peg Woffington, which took place in 1746 when Henry IV was performed at Drury Lane, as related by Thomas Davies in his Dramatic miscellanies, 1784, v. 1, p. 231-3. The subjects in the print were identified by Horace Walpole (1717-1797) in his copy of Davies' Miscellanies., Temporary local subject terms: Theaters: Green Room, Drury Lane -- Actors: Owen MacSwinney and James Raftor., and Mounted to 38 x 27 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd persuant to act of Parliament, Jan. 29, 1746, by G. Foster on Ludgate-Hill, and sold at the print and pamphlet shop in London and Westminster
- Subject (Name):
- Clive, Kitty, 1711-1785, Woffington, Margaret, -1760, and Barry, Spranger, 1719-1777
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Green Room scuffle, or, Drury Lane in an uproar
14. The celebrated Mrs. Clive, late Miss Raftor in the character of Philida [graphic]
- Creator:
- Faber, John, 1695?-1756, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1734]
- 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 the actress Kitty Clive as the character Phillida from Cibber's 'Damon and Phillida' (previously 'Love in a Riddle'); in rural setting with shepherd approaching at left with his arm around her waist; three-quarter length slightly to left, eyes to front, right hand seeming to restrain the shepherd, left raised to her shoulder."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., State and artist from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: K,58.181., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on leaf numbered 36 in an album of 49 prints: sheet 60 x 47 cm., and Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd. For further information consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- Sold by J. Faber at [the] Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square Holbourn
- Subject (Name):
- Clive, Kitty, 1711-1785,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The celebrated Mrs. Clive, late Miss Raftor in the character of Philida [graphic]
15. The fair songster [graphic]
- Creator:
- Van Haecken, Alexander, 1701-1757, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1762]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 4
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of the actress Kitty Clive; three-quarter length seated directed to left, a book of music held open in her lap, right elbow resting on velvet cushion on a table beside her, wearing a gown with a bow at the breast, hair up with a coil over left shoulder."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Mrs. Clive : from the picture at Strawberry Hill and Of all the arts that sooth the human breast, music (blest power) the sweetest is confest ...
- Description:
- Title engraved below image, on either side of verses., Alternative title from later state; see Russell., After a painting by Jeremiah Davison that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Round Bedchamber at Strawberry Hill., State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states., Date "1735" has been removed and title and publication line have been added to the plate; these changes constitute the second state according to Smith, amended to the fourth state by Russell., Date of publication based on publisher's street address. See British Museum online catalogue., Four lines of verse engraved below image: Of all the arts that sooth the human breast, music (blest power) the sweetest is confest ..., Imperfect; sheet trimmed to plate mark on bottom edge and imprint statement has been erased. Imprint statement supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: K,58.180., Plate numbered "319" in lower left corner., and Mounted on page 220 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.
- Publisher:
- Printed for C. Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard
- Subject (Name):
- Clive, Kitty, 1711-1785, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The fair songster [graphic]
16. The theatrical contest 1743 [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [24 October 1743]
- Call Number:
- 743.10.24.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from caption above image., Temporary local subject terms: London: Covent Garden Piazza -- Pools -- Harlequin -- Playbills -- Signs: "Coffee tea" -- Petitions: petition of actors' grievances, 1743 -- Wages in theater: dispute over wages between actors and managers -- Inflated bladders with signs of characters in plays -- Henry Giffard, d. 1743 -- Richard Winstone, d. 1787 -- Turbutt, d.1740 -- Cashill or Cashel, d. 1748., and Lower left corner of sheet missing.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd according to act of Parliament, Octobr. 24th 1743 by G. Foster at the White Horse on Ludgate Hill
- Subject (Name):
- Grafton, Charles Fitzroy, 2nd Duke of, 1683-1757, Arthur, John, 1708?-1772, Fleetwood, Charles Gerard, active 1733-1744, Rich, John, 1692-1761, Clive, Kitty, 1711-1785, Garrick, David, 1717-1779, Macklin, Charles, 1697?-1797, Ryan, Lacy, 1694?-1760, Barry, Spranger, 1719-1777, Dunstall, John, 1717-1778, Woffington, Margaret, -1760, Pritchard, Hannah, 1711-1768, Covent Garden (London, England), and Covent Garden Market (Westminster, London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- City & town life, Occupations, Produce stands, Sedan chairs, and Wheelbarrows
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The theatrical contest 1743 [graphic].
17. Urn erected in the garden at Cliveden near Twickenham, 1792 [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1797]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of the monument to the memory of Kitty Clive that was erected by Horace Walpole at Little Strawberry Hill. The monument consists of an urn sitting upon a pedestal that bears the inscription: Ye smiles and jests still hover round; this is mirths consecrated ground; here lived the laughter loving dame, a matchless actress, Clive her name; the Comic Muse with her retired, and shed a tear when she expired. H.W.
- Description:
- Title from note in brown ink below image, in Horace Walpole's hand., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on death date of Horace Walpole, whose manuscript annotation is present., and Mounted on page 194 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.
- Subject (Name):
- Clive, Kitty, 1711-1785. and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Art collections, Monuments & memorials, and Urns
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Urn erected in the garden at Cliveden near Twickenham, 1792 [art original].
18. [Portrait of Kitty Clive] [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [before 1785?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings Un58 no. 83 Framed, shelved in Object Room Bin 6
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Portrait of Kitty Clive
- Alternative Title:
- Catherine Raftor Clive and Mrs. Clive
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Artist unidentified., Engraved British portraits refers to the engraving of this image by C. Mosley., and No. 33 in the Catalogue of Framed Pictures in the Lewis Walpole Library. For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Name):
- Clive, Kitty, 1711-1785,
- Subject (Topic):
- Actresses, British, and Women
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Portrait of Kitty Clive] [art original].