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1.
[Frank Sheridan] [graphic]

Creator:
Lane, Richard James, 1800-1872, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1844]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of politician Frank Sheridan; bust-length in profile to left, with beard and wearing a collar and jacket
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., "Frank Sheridan" written beneath Lewis Walpole Library impression, on mounting page., Richard James Lane lithographed the majority (possibly all) of the profile portraits after D'Orsay that were published by J. Mitchelll; see Curator's comments in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1907,1018.99., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted before page [vii] (leaf numbered '7' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Published by J. Mitchell, Royal Library, 33, Old Bond Street and C. Graf, lith. to Her Majesty
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Frank, active 1840s,
Subject (Topic):
Politicians
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Frank Sheridan] [graphic]

2.
[George Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Grafton] [graphic]

Creator:
Reynolds, Samuel William, 1794-1872, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1844]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of George Henry Fitzroy, 4th Duke of Grafton, three-quarter length, standing to front, with head turned to look to left, wearing fur-trimmed robe, his right hand resting on a table."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Alternative Title:
His Grace George Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Grafton : born 1760, died 1844
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger; alternative title from later state., Early (proof?) state, before title and imprint added below image. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1943,0410.821., Publisher and date of publication inferred from imprint on later state: London, Published Septr. 2, 1844, by Henry Graves & Co., printsellers to the Queen, & H.R.H. Prince Albert, 6, Pall Mall., Bound in opposite page 92 (leaf numbered '138' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan., and Manuscript title "Fourth Duke of Grafton" in ink below image.
Publisher:
Henry Graves & Co.
Subject (Name):
Grafton, George Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1760-1844,
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [George Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Grafton] [graphic]

3.
[Her Serene Highness the Margravine of Anspach] [graphic].

Creator:
Meyer, Henry Hoppner, 1783-1847, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1826]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Half-length portrait, seated, hair up with a strand of pearls; embracing a boy in the lower right who grasps at her waist
Description:
Title from lettered state., Printmaker and artist from text beneath title on lettered state: Engraved by H. Meyer, from a painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds in the possession of the Earl of Egremont., Proof before letters. For a lettered state with the imprint "London, Published by Henry Colburn, Jany. 1826", see Scottish National Portrait Gallery (Print Room) accession number: EP V 266.2., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 152 (leaf numbered '198' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Henry Colburn
Subject (Name):
Craven, Elizabeth, 1750-1828,
Subject (Topic):
Dramatists
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Her Serene Highness the Margravine of Anspach] [graphic].

4.
The Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan [graphic]

Creator:
Turner, Charles, 1774-1857, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 July 1825]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Half-length portrait of English dramatist and politician Richard Brinsley Sheridan, facing left and "Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1612); half-length directed to and facing the left, looking slightly to the front, his coat fastened by two buttons; curtain behind."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted as frontispiece (opposite title page) in volume 4 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Published July 1, 1825, by Messrs. Longman & Co., Paternoster Row
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816.
Subject (Topic):
Politicians and Dramatists
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan [graphic]

5.
Mr. C. Kemble as Charles Surface, in The school for scandal [graphic]

Creator:
Dighton, Richard, 1795-1880, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[not before 1824]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The actor stands directed to the left, head in profile, with a whimsical expression, holding up the right coat-tail. He wears the costume of c. 1821, with long tight pantaloons, and tied shoes, with gloves and without hat."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:
Mr. Charles Kemble as Charles Surface, in The school for scandal
Description:
Title etched below image., Reissue of a print published by Richard Dighton himself; a blank space in the statement of responsibility, between "etchd." and "by Richd. Dighton", contained the words "& pubd." in the original issue. See No. 14271 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 10. See also: Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 2, page 677, no. 2., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue entry for publisher Thomas McLean, which notes that "all prints dated before 1824 are reissues of 1824 or later"., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 184 (leaf numbered '226' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Pubd. by T. McLean, Haymarket
Subject (Name):
Kemble, Charles, 1775-1854, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816.
Subject (Topic):
Actors and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. C. Kemble as Charles Surface, in The school for scandal [graphic]

6.
Mr. W. Farren, as Sir Peter Teazle [graphic]

Creator:
Dighton, Richard, 1795-1880, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not before 1824]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of the actor William Farren, in character as Sir Peter Teazle in Sheridan's 'School for Scandal'; whole length, standing facing right, his right hand tucked inside his waistcoat
Description:
Title etched below image; the letter "z" in "Teazle" is etched backwards., Reissue of a print likely published by Richard Dighton himself; a blank space in the statement of responsibility, between "etchd." and "by Richd. Dighton", probably contained the words "& pubd." in the original issue of the print., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue entry for publisher Thomas McLean, which notes that "all prints dated before 1824 are reissues of 1824 or later"., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with partial loss of statement of responsibility and imprint statement., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 166 (leaf numbered '207' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Pubd. by T. McLean, Haymarket
Subject (Name):
Farren, William, 1786-1861, Farren, William, 1786-1861,, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816., and Farren, William, 1786-1861.
Subject (Topic):
Performances, Teazle, Peter, Sir (Fictitious character), Actors, and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. W. Farren, as Sir Peter Teazle [graphic]

7.
Mrs. Abington [graphic]

Creator:
Reynolds, Samuel William, 1773-1835, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1820]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 28); standing whole-length to front in woodland, resting her left arm on the pedestal of a statue of the Comic Muse, head inclined to left, eyes to front, holding mask in her right hand; wearing floral gown, sash and her hair up."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:
Title etched below image., Proof state, with the word "Proof" etched beneath title., "Samuel William Reynolds I issued a series of upwards of 350 small mezzotints after Sir Joshua Reynolds, from Bayswater, in four volumes. The engraved title-page is dated 1820, but many plates were issued a few years later. ... Some of these plates are stated to have been engraved by Samuel Cousins when an apprentice to S.W. Reynolds, according to Algernon Graves in his List of the works of Samuel Cousins (Whitman, p. 147)"--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.8282., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 176 (leaf numbered '214' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
S.W. Reynolds
Subject (Name):
Abington, Mrs. 1737-1815, (Frances Barton),
Subject (Topic):
Women
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Mrs. Abington [graphic]

8.
Mrs. Sheridan [graphic]

Creator:
Meyer, Henry Hoppner, 1783-1847, printmaker
Published / Created:
1817.
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Half-length portrait of Esther Jane Sheridan, second wife of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, with her son Charles on her back
Description:
Title etched below image., After painting by John Hoppner, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Accession Number: 65.203)., Probably an early state, before the incorrect artist's name "Sir Joshua Reynolds" was replaced by the correct name "J. Hoppner Esqr. R.A." For the later state with the correction, see impression at the National Library of Wales., Later state was the frontispiece to v.2 of: Watkins, J. Memoirs of the public and private life of the Right Honorable R.B. Sheridan. London : Printed for H. Colburn, 1817., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 557 (leaf numbered '145' in pencil) in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Published by Henry Colburn, Conduit Street
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Hester Jane, 1776-1817, and Sheridan, Charles Brinsley, 1796-1843,
Subject (Topic):
Mothers and Children
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Mrs. Sheridan [graphic]

9.
The Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan from an original picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds

Creator:
Scriven, Edward, 1775-1841, printmaker
Published / Created:
[21 January 1814]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1612); half-length directed to and facing the left, looking slightly to the front; curtain and pillar behind."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: The British Gallery of contemporary portraits. London : Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies ... by J. M'Creery ..., 1813-1822., and Bound in as frontispiece (opposite title page) in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Published Jan. 21, 1814, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816,
Subject (Topic):
Dramatists and Politicians
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan from an original picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds / [graphic]

10.
Richard Cumberland Esq. from an original picture by J. Clover in the possession of his daughter

Creator:
Scriven, Edward, 1775-1841, printmaker
Published / Created:
[12 April 1814]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Richard Cumberland; half length, seated, to the right, with short white hair over ears, wearing jacket fastened over waistcoat and high-necked shirt; a vignette."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: The British Gallery of contemporary portraits. London : Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies ... by J. M'Creery ..., 1813-1822., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 30 (leaf numbered '88' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Published April 12, 1814, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London
Subject (Name):
Cumberland, Richard, 1732-1811, and Cumberland, Richard, 1732-1811.
Subject (Topic):
Dramatists
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Richard Cumberland Esq. from an original picture by J. Clover in the possession of his daughter / [graphic]

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