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Madame Davis.
P.Lely pinxit. R.Tompson excudit.
[n.d., c.1675.]
Mezzotint. 335 x 247mm (13¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate and laid on separate sheet repaired tear right side.
Mary 'Moll' Davis, playing a guitar. An actress and mistress of Charles II, her child Mary Tudor (1673-1726) married the second Earl of Derwentwater.
CS: 11: ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 17006] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
P.Lely pinxit. R.Tompson excudit.
[n.d., c.1675.]
Mezzotint. 335 x 247mm (13¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate and laid on separate sheet repaired tear right side.
Mary 'Moll' Davis, playing a guitar. An actress and mistress of Charles II, her child Mary Tudor (1673-1726) married the second Earl of Derwentwater.
CS: 11: ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 17006] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Galerie de la Presse, de la Litterature & des Beaux Arts. M.lle Dejazet.
Chez Augbert gal. Vero-Dodat.
Imp d'Aubert & Co. [n.d., c.1830].
Lithograph with large margins. Sheet size: 290 x 225mm. (11½ x 8¾).
A portrait of Pauline Virginie Déjazet (1798 - 1875), a French actress, who made her first appearance on the stage at the age of five. It was not until 1820, when she began her enrollment with the recently founded Gymnase, that she gained recognition with parts which came to be known as 'Dejazets'. She played at the Theatre des Varietes and finally became manager. It was then renamed Theatre Dejazet. She took a touring company to London's Opera Comique in 1870. One of the great names of the French stage.
[Ref: 31676] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Chez Augbert gal. Vero-Dodat.
Imp d'Aubert & Co. [n.d., c.1830].
Lithograph with large margins. Sheet size: 290 x 225mm. (11½ x 8¾).
A portrait of Pauline Virginie Déjazet (1798 - 1875), a French actress, who made her first appearance on the stage at the age of five. It was not until 1820, when she began her enrollment with the recently founded Gymnase, that she gained recognition with parts which came to be known as 'Dejazets'. She played at the Theatre des Varietes and finally became manager. It was then renamed Theatre Dejazet. She took a touring company to London's Opera Comique in 1870. One of the great names of the French stage.
[Ref: 31676] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Mr. Denman in the Character of Mr. Grim-Gruffinhoff, In the Farce of Matrimony.
D. Ibbetson Delint.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Hand coloured etching with aquatint, sheet 355 x 230mm. 14 x 9". Trimmed to plate, upper right corner missing.
A well-known actor in character, a semi-caricatured depiction.
[Ref: 10604] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
D. Ibbetson Delint.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Hand coloured etching with aquatint, sheet 355 x 230mm. 14 x 9". Trimmed to plate, upper right corner missing.
A well-known actor in character, a semi-caricatured depiction.
[Ref: 10604] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Charlote Desmares.
Lepicie Sculp 1733.
A Paris chez Louis Surugue graveur du Rue des Noyers...[imprint faint]. Avec privilege du Roy.
Engraving, laid paper. Unclear collector's stamp on verso. Image 405 x 285mm. 16 x 11¼". Cut to image, slight stain.
Portrait of French actress and comedienne Christine Antoinette Charlotte Desmares (1682 - 1753); in oval masonry fame on a pedestal lettered with four-line tribute. She is in costume, holding dagger and comic mask in left hand. Two collector's stamps to verso. After Charles Antoine Coypel (1694 - 1752).
[Ref: 23459] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Lepicie Sculp 1733.
A Paris chez Louis Surugue graveur du Rue des Noyers...[imprint faint]. Avec privilege du Roy.
Engraving, laid paper. Unclear collector's stamp on verso. Image 405 x 285mm. 16 x 11¼". Cut to image, slight stain.
Portrait of French actress and comedienne Christine Antoinette Charlotte Desmares (1682 - 1753); in oval masonry fame on a pedestal lettered with four-line tribute. She is in costume, holding dagger and comic mask in left hand. Two collector's stamps to verso. After Charles Antoine Coypel (1694 - 1752).
[Ref: 23459] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Mr. Dimond & Miss Wallis in the Characters of Romeo & Juliet. Romeo. "Let's fly together"
Ch.s Shirreff Pinx.t F. Bartolozzi R.A. sculp.t
London Publish'd as the Act directs by Ch.s Shirreff May 1796
Stipple, sheet 250 x 185mm (9¾ x 7¾"). Trimmed inside platemark.
Scene from Shakespeare's 'Romeo & Juliet' engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815) after Charles Shirreff (b.1750), British artist in India (Madras and Calcutta) 1796-1809. Bartolozzi (1725-1815) was born in Florence but migrated to England, and in 1768 was elected as a founding member of the Royal Academy in London (the RA did not admit engravers at this time but made an exception in his case). He was already hailed as the best engraver in Italy when he met George III's librarian Richard Dalton in 1763. Dalton invited Bartolozzi to London with a promise of an appointment as engraver to the king. In England he became the most celebrated exponent of the 'stipple' technique whereby he produced prints using dots rather than lines. In 1801 Bartolozzi was invited to Lisbon to reform the royal printing press, and he spent his final years in Portugal. This impression from the collection of Dr. Augusto Calabi of Milan, art historian who co-authored (with A.B. de Vesme) the authoritative catalogue raisonné of Bartolozzi's work. Inscription verso indicates this is the only impression of the print in this state seen by Calabi. This state is not in fact listed in the catalogue, which lists only different identifications of the actors playing the two roles on impressions in different collections.
Calabi & de Vesme 1213 (state not listed)
[Ref: 43138] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Ch.s Shirreff Pinx.t F. Bartolozzi R.A. sculp.t
London Publish'd as the Act directs by Ch.s Shirreff May 1796
Stipple, sheet 250 x 185mm (9¾ x 7¾"). Trimmed inside platemark.
Scene from Shakespeare's 'Romeo & Juliet' engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815) after Charles Shirreff (b.1750), British artist in India (Madras and Calcutta) 1796-1809. Bartolozzi (1725-1815) was born in Florence but migrated to England, and in 1768 was elected as a founding member of the Royal Academy in London (the RA did not admit engravers at this time but made an exception in his case). He was already hailed as the best engraver in Italy when he met George III's librarian Richard Dalton in 1763. Dalton invited Bartolozzi to London with a promise of an appointment as engraver to the king. In England he became the most celebrated exponent of the 'stipple' technique whereby he produced prints using dots rather than lines. In 1801 Bartolozzi was invited to Lisbon to reform the royal printing press, and he spent his final years in Portugal. This impression from the collection of Dr. Augusto Calabi of Milan, art historian who co-authored (with A.B. de Vesme) the authoritative catalogue raisonné of Bartolozzi's work. Inscription verso indicates this is the only impression of the print in this state seen by Calabi. This state is not in fact listed in the catalogue, which lists only different identifications of the actors playing the two roles on impressions in different collections.
Calabi & de Vesme 1213 (state not listed)
[Ref: 43138] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Mr. Dodd.
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp
Published as the act Directs July 10th 1779 by W.m Richardson No.68 High Holborn
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Thread margins.
James William Dodd (c.1740-1796), actor. Dodd became a strolling player aged sixteen, and acted in Sheffield, Norfolk and Bath before Garrick recruited him for his Drury Lane company in 1765. Dodd was to remain at Drury Lane for the next thirty years, and while he never challenged Tom King as the principal comedian of the company, he was respected by audiences and colleagues. More problematic was his private life: his indiscretions with Covent Garden actress Mary Bulkley caused scandal and his fledgling attempts at management were jeopardised by his rudeness and attempts to seduce young actresses. Physically Dodd was very small, and described as having a 'white, calf-like stupid face'. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836). Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 iii/iii.
[Ref: 36694] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp
Published as the act Directs July 10th 1779 by W.m Richardson No.68 High Holborn
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Thread margins.
James William Dodd (c.1740-1796), actor. Dodd became a strolling player aged sixteen, and acted in Sheffield, Norfolk and Bath before Garrick recruited him for his Drury Lane company in 1765. Dodd was to remain at Drury Lane for the next thirty years, and while he never challenged Tom King as the principal comedian of the company, he was respected by audiences and colleagues. More problematic was his private life: his indiscretions with Covent Garden actress Mary Bulkley caused scandal and his fledgling attempts at management were jeopardised by his rudeness and attempts to seduce young actresses. Physically Dodd was very small, and described as having a 'white, calf-like stupid face'. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836). Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 iii/iii.
[Ref: 36694] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Mr. Dodd.
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Published as the act Directs July 10th 1779 by W.m Richardson No.68 High Holborn
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Good impression with very large margins, uncut.
The prominent Georgian actor, James William Dodd (1740?-1796), engraved by Robert Laurie (1755?-1836) after Robert Dighton (1751-1814), as part of a series of small portraits of actors.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallenstein collection; CS 1 iii/iii. For individual portraits see refs. 36694-5.
[Ref: 36816] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Published as the act Directs July 10th 1779 by W.m Richardson No.68 High Holborn
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Good impression with very large margins, uncut.
The prominent Georgian actor, James William Dodd (1740?-1796), engraved by Robert Laurie (1755?-1836) after Robert Dighton (1751-1814), as part of a series of small portraits of actors.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallenstein collection; CS 1 iii/iii. For individual portraits see refs. 36694-5.
[Ref: 36816] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[William Dunlap.]](jpegs/9908.jpg)
[William Dunlap.]
Max Rosenthal Sc. 1897. [Signed in pencil lower right.] Charles C. Ingham, N.A. Pinx.
Engraved for the Dunlap Society [c.1897]. From the painting in the National Academy of Design, New York.
Mezzotint, signed engraver's proof on india laid paper, numbered '221' in pencil. 175 x 125mm, 7 x 5". Tear from left sheet edge.
William Dunlap (1766 - 1839) was a pioneer of the American theatre. He was a producer, playwright, and actor, as well as a historian. He managed two of New York's earliest and most prominent theaters, the John Street Theatre (from 1796-98) and the Park Theatre (from 1798-1805). He was also an artist, despite losing an eye in childhood.
[Ref: 9908] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Max Rosenthal Sc. 1897. [Signed in pencil lower right.] Charles C. Ingham, N.A. Pinx.
Engraved for the Dunlap Society [c.1897]. From the painting in the National Academy of Design, New York.
Mezzotint, signed engraver's proof on india laid paper, numbered '221' in pencil. 175 x 125mm, 7 x 5". Tear from left sheet edge.
William Dunlap (1766 - 1839) was a pioneer of the American theatre. He was a producer, playwright, and actor, as well as a historian. He managed two of New York's earliest and most prominent theaters, the John Street Theatre (from 1796-98) and the Park Theatre (from 1798-1805). He was also an artist, despite losing an eye in childhood.
[Ref: 9908] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Mathias Flecksippl, faisant le bel humeur aux jours maigres. 28
[by Martin Engelbrecht.]
[Augsburg: Martin Engelbrecht, c.1710.]
Etching. Sheet 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed to plate, library blind stamp on bottom right corner.
A dwarf comic actor, a broken jug on his head, carrying a shepherd's crook. Plate 28 from 'Het Dwergentooneel' by Martin Engelbrecht (1684 - 1756), engraver and publisher in Augsburg, with portraits of famous theatrical dwarfs in the style of Jacques Callot's 'Gobbi' or 'Lilliputian' figures. The portrait was also published within elaborate borders as 'Il Callotto resusciato oder Neü eingerichtes Zwerchen Cabinet'.
Rijksmuseum: FMH 3695-a/28
[Ref: 37564] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[by Martin Engelbrecht.]
[Augsburg: Martin Engelbrecht, c.1710.]
Etching. Sheet 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed to plate, library blind stamp on bottom right corner.
A dwarf comic actor, a broken jug on his head, carrying a shepherd's crook. Plate 28 from 'Het Dwergentooneel' by Martin Engelbrecht (1684 - 1756), engraver and publisher in Augsburg, with portraits of famous theatrical dwarfs in the style of Jacques Callot's 'Gobbi' or 'Lilliputian' figures. The portrait was also published within elaborate borders as 'Il Callotto resusciato oder Neü eingerichtes Zwerchen Cabinet'.
Rijksmuseum: FMH 3695-a/28
[Ref: 37564] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Malper Höllriglin... 32
[by Martin Engelbrecht.]
[Augsburg: Martin Engelbrecht, c.1710.]
Etching. Sheet 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed to plate, library blind stamp on bottom right corner.
The dwarf actress Malper Höllriglin as an angry landlady with a burning piece of wood. Plate 32 from 'Het Dwergentooneel' by Martin Engelbrecht (1684 - 1756), engraver and publisher in Augsburg, with portraits of famous theatrical dwarfs in the style of Jacques Callot's 'Gobbi' or 'Lilliputian' figures. The portrait was also published within elaborate borders as 'Il Callotto resusciato oder Neü eingerichtes Zwerchen Cabinet'.
Rijksmuseum: FMH 3695-a/32.
[Ref: 37566] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[by Martin Engelbrecht.]
[Augsburg: Martin Engelbrecht, c.1710.]
Etching. Sheet 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed to plate, library blind stamp on bottom right corner.
The dwarf actress Malper Höllriglin as an angry landlady with a burning piece of wood. Plate 32 from 'Het Dwergentooneel' by Martin Engelbrecht (1684 - 1756), engraver and publisher in Augsburg, with portraits of famous theatrical dwarfs in the style of Jacques Callot's 'Gobbi' or 'Lilliputian' figures. The portrait was also published within elaborate borders as 'Il Callotto resusciato oder Neü eingerichtes Zwerchen Cabinet'.
Rijksmuseum: FMH 3695-a/32.
[Ref: 37566] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Bertraüd Knörtzlin, Baÿerischen Diern. 42
[by Martin Engelbrecht.]
[Augsburg: Martin Engelbrecht, c.1710.]
Etching. Sheet 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed to plate, library blind stamp on bottom right corner.
The dwarf actress Bertraüd Knörtzlin carrying a chopping knife and basket of radishes making an obscene gesture with the other hand. Plate 42 from 'Het Dwergentooneel' by Martin Engelbrecht (1684 - 1756), engraver and publisher in Augsburg, with portraits of famous theatrical dwarfs in the style of Jacques Callot's 'Gobbi' or 'Lilliputian' figures. The portrait was also published within elaborate borders as 'Il Callotto resusciato oder Neü eingerichtes Zwerchen Cabinet'.
[Ref: 37565] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[by Martin Engelbrecht.]
[Augsburg: Martin Engelbrecht, c.1710.]
Etching. Sheet 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed to plate, library blind stamp on bottom right corner.
The dwarf actress Bertraüd Knörtzlin carrying a chopping knife and basket of radishes making an obscene gesture with the other hand. Plate 42 from 'Het Dwergentooneel' by Martin Engelbrecht (1684 - 1756), engraver and publisher in Augsburg, with portraits of famous theatrical dwarfs in the style of Jacques Callot's 'Gobbi' or 'Lilliputian' figures. The portrait was also published within elaborate borders as 'Il Callotto resusciato oder Neü eingerichtes Zwerchen Cabinet'.
[Ref: 37565] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Sophia Luxuria, General Staals leib mäscherin der gestusten... 30
[by Martin Engelbrecht.]
Cum Privil. S.C.M. [Augsburg: Martin Engelbrecht, c.1710.]
Etching. Sheet 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed to plate, library blind stamp on bottom right corner.
Sophia Luxuria, a dwarf actress, wearing military coat and hat, a sword at her feet. Plate 30 from 'Het Dwergentooneel' by Martin Engelbrecht (1684 - 1756), engraver and publisher in Augsburg, with portraits of famous theatrical dwarfs in the style of Jacques Callot's 'Gobbi' or 'Lilliputian' figures. The portrait was also published within elaborate borders as 'Il Callotto resusciato oder Neü eingerichtes Zwerchen Cabinet'.
Rijksmuseum: FMH 3695-a/30
[Ref: 37563] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[by Martin Engelbrecht.]
Cum Privil. S.C.M. [Augsburg: Martin Engelbrecht, c.1710.]
Etching. Sheet 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed to plate, library blind stamp on bottom right corner.
Sophia Luxuria, a dwarf actress, wearing military coat and hat, a sword at her feet. Plate 30 from 'Het Dwergentooneel' by Martin Engelbrecht (1684 - 1756), engraver and publisher in Augsburg, with portraits of famous theatrical dwarfs in the style of Jacques Callot's 'Gobbi' or 'Lilliputian' figures. The portrait was also published within elaborate borders as 'Il Callotto resusciato oder Neü eingerichtes Zwerchen Cabinet'.
Rijksmuseum: FMH 3695-a/30
[Ref: 37563] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Hanss Görge Prijann, gebohrner Donnerhüdt, von Scanderbeg aüs einer bastardirt Rottmeister der waghältz u.eisenfresser, Catharina, köpffer und Bluth gurgln contra Champmerdant 33
[by Martin Engelbrecht.]
[Augsburg: Martin Engelbrecht, c.1710.]
Etching. Sheet 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed to plate, library blind stamp on bottom right corner.
The dwarf Hanss Görge Prijann as a fierce officer with a raised sword. Plate 33 from 'Het Dwergentooneel' by Martin Engelbrecht (1684 - 1756), engraver and publisher in Augsburg, with portraits of famous dwarfs in the style of Jacques Callot's 'Gobbi' or 'Lilliputian' figures. The portrait was also published within elaborate borders as 'Il Callotto resusciato oder Neü eingerichtes Zwerchen Cabinet'.
Rijksmuseum: FMH 3695-a/33.
[Ref: 37569] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[by Martin Engelbrecht.]
[Augsburg: Martin Engelbrecht, c.1710.]
Etching. Sheet 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed to plate, library blind stamp on bottom right corner.
The dwarf Hanss Görge Prijann as a fierce officer with a raised sword. Plate 33 from 'Het Dwergentooneel' by Martin Engelbrecht (1684 - 1756), engraver and publisher in Augsburg, with portraits of famous dwarfs in the style of Jacques Callot's 'Gobbi' or 'Lilliputian' figures. The portrait was also published within elaborate borders as 'Il Callotto resusciato oder Neü eingerichtes Zwerchen Cabinet'.
Rijksmuseum: FMH 3695-a/33.
[Ref: 37569] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Eckhardt genannt Koch. Regisseur des K.K: Hof Burgtheaters.
Lieder lithog: 1824. Lith: Inst in Wien.
Lithograph. 297 x 235mm. 11¾ x 9¼". Foxing. Glue staining in the corners.
Siegfried Gotthilf Eckhardt (1754-1831), actor and director. From 1798 he was a tragic and comic actor at the Vienna Burgtheatre.
[Ref: 16511] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Lieder lithog: 1824. Lith: Inst in Wien.
Lithograph. 297 x 235mm. 11¾ x 9¼". Foxing. Glue staining in the corners.
Siegfried Gotthilf Eckhardt (1754-1831), actor and director. From 1798 he was a tragic and comic actor at the Vienna Burgtheatre.
[Ref: 16511] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
M.r Emery, (Son of the Late Celebrated John Emery) as John Peerybingle in Cha.s Dickens' admired Drama of the Cricket on the Hearth.
T.H. Wilson del.
Madeley, lith, 3 Wellington St. Strand.
A rare lithograph, signed in ink on right. Sheet: 420 x 255mm (16½ x 10"). Trimmed.
A portrait of Samuel Anderson Emery (1814-1881) in the role of John Perrybingle.
[Ref: 46853] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
T.H. Wilson del.
Madeley, lith, 3 Wellington St. Strand.
A rare lithograph, signed in ink on right. Sheet: 420 x 255mm (16½ x 10"). Trimmed.
A portrait of Samuel Anderson Emery (1814-1881) in the role of John Perrybingle.
[Ref: 46853] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Esslair. K. Bayer. Hofschauspieler.
München bey Hermann u. Barth. [Publisher's oval blindstamp underneath:] H & B.
Lithograph. 368 x 280mm. 14½ x 11".
Ferdinand Esslair (1772-1840) was an Austro-German actor of Slavonian Silesian origin. He turned first to a military career before descovering his acting abilities in Innsbruck in 1795. He travelled around performing in Stuttgart, Augsburg, Strasbourg and Salzburg. From 1801 to 1806 he acted as director in Nuremburg.
[Ref: 16563] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
München bey Hermann u. Barth. [Publisher's oval blindstamp underneath:] H & B.
Lithograph. 368 x 280mm. 14½ x 11".
Ferdinand Esslair (1772-1840) was an Austro-German actor of Slavonian Silesian origin. He turned first to a military career before descovering his acting abilities in Innsbruck in 1795. He travelled around performing in Stuttgart, Augsburg, Strasbourg and Salzburg. From 1801 to 1806 he acted as director in Nuremburg.
[Ref: 16563] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
![[Blanche Fane.]](jpegs/8713.jpg)
[Blanche Fane.]
Painted by James Edgell Collins Printed by Lemercier, Paris Lithographed by Léon-Noel.
Published by Henry Graves and Co. Publishers to the Queen. 6 Pall Mall March 1856.
Lithograph, 540 x 400mm. 21¼ x 15¾". Some foxing outside printed area.
Actress Blanche Fane, playing Gertrude in 'The Little Treasure', half-length, head turned slightly to the right.
[Ref: 8713] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by James Edgell Collins Printed by Lemercier, Paris Lithographed by Léon-Noel.
Published by Henry Graves and Co. Publishers to the Queen. 6 Pall Mall March 1856.
Lithograph, 540 x 400mm. 21¼ x 15¾". Some foxing outside printed area.
Actress Blanche Fane, playing Gertrude in 'The Little Treasure', half-length, head turned slightly to the right.
[Ref: 8713] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Miss Farren in the Character of Hermione. Winter's Tale, Act V.
Johann. Zoffany pinxt. E: Fisher Sculpt.
Publish'd July 15th: 1781, by Mess:rs Sayer & Bennett, Printsellers, No: 53, Fleet Street, & E. Fisher, No.11, Ludgate Street.
Mezzotint. Plate 603 x 406mm. 23¾ x 16". Creasing and repaired tear lower left, and centre left. Creasing to upper right corner. Damaged but still charming image.
Elizabeth Farren (1759-1829), actress and Countess of Derby. She performed most frequently at both the Drury Lane and Haymarket Theatres following her London debut in 1777. Here she is seen as Hermione in Shakespeare's "A Winter's Tale".
Harvard: 21.p.359. CS: 17, ii of ii. From the Stapleford Park Collection.
[Ref: 19625] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Johann. Zoffany pinxt. E: Fisher Sculpt.
Publish'd July 15th: 1781, by Mess:rs Sayer & Bennett, Printsellers, No: 53, Fleet Street, & E. Fisher, No.11, Ludgate Street.
Mezzotint. Plate 603 x 406mm. 23¾ x 16". Creasing and repaired tear lower left, and centre left. Creasing to upper right corner. Damaged but still charming image.
Elizabeth Farren (1759-1829), actress and Countess of Derby. She performed most frequently at both the Drury Lane and Haymarket Theatres following her London debut in 1777. Here she is seen as Hermione in Shakespeare's "A Winter's Tale".
Harvard: 21.p.359. CS: 17, ii of ii. From the Stapleford Park Collection.
[Ref: 19625] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Miss Farren.
T. Lawrence Pinxt. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t R.A. Engraver to his Majesty.
Publish'd Jan.y 1. 1792 by Bull & Jeffryes Ludgate Hill London
Stipple engraving, 560 x 360mm. 22 x 14".
Elizabeth (née Farren, 1759-1829), actress. She performed most frequently at the Drury Lane and Haymarket theatres following her London debut in 1777. In 1797 she married Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby, by whom she had a son and two daughters. Thomas Lawrence's portrait (from which this engraving was made) was exhibited in the Royal Academy in 1790 with the catalogue description 'Portrait of an Actress', to which Farren took exception. The portrait is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
NPG D17080.
[Ref: 12822] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
T. Lawrence Pinxt. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t R.A. Engraver to his Majesty.
Publish'd Jan.y 1. 1792 by Bull & Jeffryes Ludgate Hill London
Stipple engraving, 560 x 360mm. 22 x 14".
Elizabeth (née Farren, 1759-1829), actress. She performed most frequently at the Drury Lane and Haymarket theatres following her London debut in 1777. In 1797 she married Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby, by whom she had a son and two daughters. Thomas Lawrence's portrait (from which this engraving was made) was exhibited in the Royal Academy in 1790 with the catalogue description 'Portrait of an Actress', to which Farren took exception. The portrait is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
NPG D17080.
[Ref: 12822] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Mr W Farren as Sir Peter Teazle.
Drawn Etchd [---] by Richd. Dighton.
Pub.d by T McLean H [***][n.d., c.1824].
Etching. 300 x 195mm (11¾ x 7¾"), large margins. Several small tears in right margin, publication line weakly inked.
A full-length, slightly satirical portrait of the actor William Farren making his first London appearance as Sir Peter Teazle (in Sheridan's The School for Scandal), at Covent Garden in 1818.
BM Satires 13031.
[Ref: 63805] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn Etchd [---] by Richd. Dighton.
Pub.d by T McLean H [***][n.d., c.1824].
Etching. 300 x 195mm (11¾ x 7¾"), large margins. Several small tears in right margin, publication line weakly inked.
A full-length, slightly satirical portrait of the actor William Farren making his first London appearance as Sir Peter Teazle (in Sheridan's The School for Scandal), at Covent Garden in 1818.
BM Satires 13031.
[Ref: 63805] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Mrs. Theodore Martin. (Helen Faucit.)
Painted by R. Lehmann. Engraved by F. Joubert
London: Published Jan. 1st 1875 by Goupil & Co. (Successors to Holloway & Son) 25 Bedford Street, Strand _ Copyright Registered.
Engraving on india, platemark 530 x 400mm (21 x 15¾"), with large margins.
Helen Faucit (1814-98), actress. Widely admired (the writer Thomas de Quincey compared her to Helen of Troy), Carol J. Carlisle concludes in her DNB entry that Faucit's acting, 'though not ‘great' in the Siddons tradition (exciting by apparently superhuman power and grandeur), has probably been unexcelled in its artistic, interpretive, and emotional effectiveness'. Engraving after the painting by Rudolf Lehmann, German artist who portrayed many British luminaries in literature and the arts, now in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre Gallery, Stratford-upon-Avon.
Not in Harvard. Provenance: Edge Hall Library, Cheshire
[Ref: 47079] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by R. Lehmann. Engraved by F. Joubert
London: Published Jan. 1st 1875 by Goupil & Co. (Successors to Holloway & Son) 25 Bedford Street, Strand _ Copyright Registered.
Engraving on india, platemark 530 x 400mm (21 x 15¾"), with large margins.
Helen Faucit (1814-98), actress. Widely admired (the writer Thomas de Quincey compared her to Helen of Troy), Carol J. Carlisle concludes in her DNB entry that Faucit's acting, 'though not ‘great' in the Siddons tradition (exciting by apparently superhuman power and grandeur), has probably been unexcelled in its artistic, interpretive, and emotional effectiveness'. Engraving after the painting by Rudolf Lehmann, German artist who portrayed many British luminaries in literature and the arts, now in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre Gallery, Stratford-upon-Avon.
Not in Harvard. Provenance: Edge Hall Library, Cheshire
[Ref: 47079] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[Justine Favart] Marie-Justine-Benoît-Duroncerai](jpegs/62536.jpg)
[Justine Favart] Marie-Justine-Benoît-Duroncerai Epouse de M.r Favart Pensionnaire du Roi, reçu a la Comedie Italienne en 1752, Dans la Piece Des Trois Sultanes de M. Favart, Role de Roxelane.
Simonet del. Prunau sculp.
[n.d., c.1752.]
Rare etching. Sheet 280 x 185mm (11 x 7¼"). Trimmed within plate.
A portrait of Justine Favart (Marie Justine Benoîte Duronceray, 1727-72), playing the harp in the role of Roxelane in The Three Sultanas, written by her husband, Charles Simon Favart. An operatic singer, actress, playwright and dancer, Justine caught the attention of Maurice, comte de Saxe, a Marshal of France and her husband's patron. When he began to making advances, Charles was forced to flee so that Justine could be established as Maurice's mistress. When the marshal realised she was fickle, she was confined in a convent until she surrendered herself. Soon afterwards, in 1750, the marshal died and Favarts could resume their careers. This print was published two years later.
[Ref: 62536] £320.00
Simonet del. Prunau sculp.
[n.d., c.1752.]
Rare etching. Sheet 280 x 185mm (11 x 7¼"). Trimmed within plate.
A portrait of Justine Favart (Marie Justine Benoîte Duronceray, 1727-72), playing the harp in the role of Roxelane in The Three Sultanas, written by her husband, Charles Simon Favart. An operatic singer, actress, playwright and dancer, Justine caught the attention of Maurice, comte de Saxe, a Marshal of France and her husband's patron. When he began to making advances, Charles was forced to flee so that Justine could be established as Maurice's mistress. When the marshal realised she was fickle, she was confined in a convent until she surrendered herself. Soon afterwards, in 1750, the marshal died and Favarts could resume their careers. This print was published two years later.
[Ref: 62536] £320.00
Miss Fenton. While Crowds attentive sit to Polly's Voice...
J. Ellys Pinx. J. Faber Fecit.
Printed for John Bowles at No. 13 in Cornhill. [n.d., but post 1768.]
Mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10") with large margins.
Oval portrait of the actress Lavinia Fenton (1708-60), with verse praising her performance as the original Polly Peachum in John Gay's 'Beggar's Opera', January 1728. In April she ran off with Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of Bolton; Gay wrote to Jonathan Swift: ''The Duke of Bolton, I hear, has run away with Polly Peachum, having settled £400 a year on her during pleasure, and upon disagreement £200 a year''. After waiting for the first duchess's death, Lavinia finally married him in 1751. Originally engraved in 1728, this example was printed after Bowles moved to 13 Cornhill in 1768.
CS 127, state ii of ii.
[Ref: 48126] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
J. Ellys Pinx. J. Faber Fecit.
Printed for John Bowles at No. 13 in Cornhill. [n.d., but post 1768.]
Mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10") with large margins.
Oval portrait of the actress Lavinia Fenton (1708-60), with verse praising her performance as the original Polly Peachum in John Gay's 'Beggar's Opera', January 1728. In April she ran off with Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of Bolton; Gay wrote to Jonathan Swift: ''The Duke of Bolton, I hear, has run away with Polly Peachum, having settled £400 a year on her during pleasure, and upon disagreement £200 a year''. After waiting for the first duchess's death, Lavinia finally married him in 1751. Originally engraved in 1728, this example was printed after Bowles moved to 13 Cornhill in 1768.
CS 127, state ii of ii.
[Ref: 48126] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Miss Kitty Fischer.
J. Reynolds pinxt. J. Watson fecit.
Printed for John Bowles at No. 13 in Cornhill [n.d., c.1760].
Mezzotint, 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"). Glued to album page at corners.
Catherine Maria ('Kitty') Fisher (d.1767) as Cleopatra dissolving the pearl. Although originally a milliner, she became an aspiring actress known for her beauty, wit, daring horsemanship and high-profile affairs with men of wealth. She was a favourite model of Sir Joshua Reynolds.
Chaloner Smith: 53a, II of II. Hamilton: p.98, III of III. Goodwin: 10, II of II. Ex: Collection of Alec Clunes.
[Ref: 7876] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
J. Reynolds pinxt. J. Watson fecit.
Printed for John Bowles at No. 13 in Cornhill [n.d., c.1760].
Mezzotint, 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"). Glued to album page at corners.
Catherine Maria ('Kitty') Fisher (d.1767) as Cleopatra dissolving the pearl. Although originally a milliner, she became an aspiring actress known for her beauty, wit, daring horsemanship and high-profile affairs with men of wealth. She was a favourite model of Sir Joshua Reynolds.
Chaloner Smith: 53a, II of II. Hamilton: p.98, III of III. Goodwin: 10, II of II. Ex: Collection of Alec Clunes.
[Ref: 7876] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Buck Metamorphos'd Or Mr. Foote in the Character of the Englishman return'd from Paris.
Drawn & Engrav'd by Gab.l Smith.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Etching, sheet 345 x 285mm (13½ x 11¼"). Trimmed into lower part of plate. Horizontal centre crease, slightly soiled; laid to conservation backing.
Buck is shown wearing the latest 'French' fashions, including large fur muff, wig with pointed sides, mis-matched tights, and coat with over-sized cuffs. Two Englishmen in traditional dress smirk at him. A scene from 'The Englishman Returned from Paris', by actor and dramatist Samuel Foote (1720 - 1777), which premiered at Covent Garden in 1756. A rare print, by the engraver Gabriel Smith (1724 - c.1783).
[Ref: 13292] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn & Engrav'd by Gab.l Smith.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Etching, sheet 345 x 285mm (13½ x 11¼"). Trimmed into lower part of plate. Horizontal centre crease, slightly soiled; laid to conservation backing.
Buck is shown wearing the latest 'French' fashions, including large fur muff, wig with pointed sides, mis-matched tights, and coat with over-sized cuffs. Two Englishmen in traditional dress smirk at him. A scene from 'The Englishman Returned from Paris', by actor and dramatist Samuel Foote (1720 - 1777), which premiered at Covent Garden in 1756. A rare print, by the engraver Gabriel Smith (1724 - c.1783).
[Ref: 13292] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Mr. Foote in the Character of Smirk, of the Auctioneer taken off.
[n.d. c.1780.]
Etching. 175 x 198mm (7 x 7¾"). Some soiling.
Samuel Foote (1720-1777), an English dramatist, actor and theatre manager with an extraordinary gift as mimicry. He played Mr Smirk, a faux-auctioneer, in 'The Minor, 1760, one of his farces or 'comedies', in which he often performed more than one character.
Harvard Volume II. p.49: 36.
[Ref: 21014] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1780.]
Etching. 175 x 198mm (7 x 7¾"). Some soiling.
Samuel Foote (1720-1777), an English dramatist, actor and theatre manager with an extraordinary gift as mimicry. He played Mr Smirk, a faux-auctioneer, in 'The Minor, 1760, one of his farces or 'comedies', in which he often performed more than one character.
Harvard Volume II. p.49: 36.
[Ref: 21014] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
J. Forbes-Robertson. [Pencil lower right:] Yours truly, J. Forbes-Robertson. May 1913.
From a Painting by George Harcourt. Photogravure by Annans, Glasgow.
[1913.]
Photogravure, signed in pencil. Plate 570 x 305mm. 22½ x 12". Laid on board.
Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson (1853-1937) was an English actor and theatre manager. He was considered the finest Hamlet of the nineteenth century and one of the finest actors of his time.
[Ref: 22948] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
From a Painting by George Harcourt. Photogravure by Annans, Glasgow.
[1913.]
Photogravure, signed in pencil. Plate 570 x 305mm. 22½ x 12". Laid on board.
Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson (1853-1937) was an English actor and theatre manager. He was considered the finest Hamlet of the nineteenth century and one of the finest actors of his time.
[Ref: 22948] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Strive not Tragedy nor Comedy to Engross a Garrick, who to Your Noblest Characters does Equal Honour. Reddere Persona scit convenientia cuique.
J. Reynolds pinx.t. C. Corbutt fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer Map & Printseller at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street [n.d. c.1765].
Fine mezzotint. 255 x 355mm (10 x 14"), large margins.
David Garrick (1717-1779) caught between the Muses of Tragedy (Melpomene) and Comedy (Thalia). The original painting (now in Waddesdon Manor, owned by the National Trust and managed by the Rothschild Foundation) was completed in 1761 and first engraved by Edward Fisher in mezzotint the following year. This version, engraved by Richard Purcell under his pseudonym of Charles Corbutt, was one of at least fourteen mezzotint copies and pirates. Purcell was a native of Dublin and learned engraving from Brooks and Miller. He followed in the footsteps of McArdell and went to London, where he worked with Sayer copying the works of McArdell, Watson and others.
CS: 31 (only state.) Hamilton: p.29.
[Ref: 60870] £420.00
J. Reynolds pinx.t. C. Corbutt fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer Map & Printseller at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street [n.d. c.1765].
Fine mezzotint. 255 x 355mm (10 x 14"), large margins.
David Garrick (1717-1779) caught between the Muses of Tragedy (Melpomene) and Comedy (Thalia). The original painting (now in Waddesdon Manor, owned by the National Trust and managed by the Rothschild Foundation) was completed in 1761 and first engraved by Edward Fisher in mezzotint the following year. This version, engraved by Richard Purcell under his pseudonym of Charles Corbutt, was one of at least fourteen mezzotint copies and pirates. Purcell was a native of Dublin and learned engraving from Brooks and Miller. He followed in the footsteps of McArdell and went to London, where he worked with Sayer copying the works of McArdell, Watson and others.
CS: 31 (only state.) Hamilton: p.29.
[Ref: 60870] £420.00
Mr Garrick in the Character of Tancred. Act 1. Scene IV.
[Drawn and engraved by T.Worlidge, 1752.]
Printed for E.Jackson at Rembrandt's head Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1760.
Etching. 320 x 200mm.
David Garrick in James Thompson's 'Tancred and Sigismunda'.
Harvard: Garrick 302, state ii of iii, with Worlidge's name removed.
[Ref: 7478] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
[Drawn and engraved by T.Worlidge, 1752.]
Printed for E.Jackson at Rembrandt's head Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1760.
Etching. 320 x 200mm.
David Garrick in James Thompson's 'Tancred and Sigismunda'.
Harvard: Garrick 302, state ii of iii, with Worlidge's name removed.
[Ref: 7478] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Mr Garrick in the Character of Tancred.
Painted, Etch'd & Sold by Tho. Worlidge, at his House in the little Piazza Covent Garden.
[1752]
Etching, platemark 165 x 125mm (6½ x 5"). Large margins; good impression.
David Garrick in James Thomson's play 'Tancred and Sigismunda', which he acted at Drury Lane in 1752. The painter and printmaker Thomas Worlidge, who lived in Covent Garden and painted several portraits of the actors working in the nearby theatres, painted at least three of Garrick in this role (Garrick Club, Victoria & Albert Museum, and a private collection). Worlidge also made another, full-length etching of Garrick in a different pose. Posthumous impression after numbers erased.
W79; D80; for Worlidge's other etching of Garrick see ref. 7478. Information from V&A website. Ex collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32881] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Painted, Etch'd & Sold by Tho. Worlidge, at his House in the little Piazza Covent Garden.
[1752]
Etching, platemark 165 x 125mm (6½ x 5"). Large margins; good impression.
David Garrick in James Thomson's play 'Tancred and Sigismunda', which he acted at Drury Lane in 1752. The painter and printmaker Thomas Worlidge, who lived in Covent Garden and painted several portraits of the actors working in the nearby theatres, painted at least three of Garrick in this role (Garrick Club, Victoria & Albert Museum, and a private collection). Worlidge also made another, full-length etching of Garrick in a different pose. Posthumous impression after numbers erased.
W79; D80; for Worlidge's other etching of Garrick see ref. 7478. Information from V&A website. Ex collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32881] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Mr Garrick in the Character of Tancred.
Painted, Etch'd & Sold by Tho. Worlidge, at his House in the little Piazza Covent Garden.
[1752]
Etching, platemark 165 x 125mm (6½ x 5"). Margins; good impression; tipped into album page.
David Garrick in James Thomson's play 'Tancred and Sigismunda', which he acted at Drury Lane in 1752. The painter and printmaker Thomas Worlidge, who lived in Covent Garden and painted several portraits of the actors working in the nearby theatres, painted at least three of Garrick in this role (Garrick Club, Victoria & Albert Museum, and a private collection). Worlidge also made another, full-length etching of Garrick in a different pose. Posthumous impression after numbers erased.
W79; D80; for Worlidge's other etching of Garrick see ref. 7478. Information from V&A website. Ex collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32882] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Painted, Etch'd & Sold by Tho. Worlidge, at his House in the little Piazza Covent Garden.
[1752]
Etching, platemark 165 x 125mm (6½ x 5"). Margins; good impression; tipped into album page.
David Garrick in James Thomson's play 'Tancred and Sigismunda', which he acted at Drury Lane in 1752. The painter and printmaker Thomas Worlidge, who lived in Covent Garden and painted several portraits of the actors working in the nearby theatres, painted at least three of Garrick in this role (Garrick Club, Victoria & Albert Museum, and a private collection). Worlidge also made another, full-length etching of Garrick in a different pose. Posthumous impression after numbers erased.
W79; D80; for Worlidge's other etching of Garrick see ref. 7478. Information from V&A website. Ex collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32882] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Mr Garrick and Mrs Pritchard in the Tragedy of Macbeth. Act II Scene III. From the Original Picture painted by J. Zoffany, in the possession of George Keate Esq.r. To Whom this Plate is Inscribed, by his Most Humble Servant, John Boydell.
J. Zoffany Pinxit. V. Green Engraver to his Majesty fecit.
Published March 30th 1776 by J. Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 460 x 555mm (18 x 21¾"), with large margins. Central vertical crease.
Double portrait of two actors in character, in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth': Hannah Pritchard (1711-68) as Lady Macbeth holding dagger and indicating towards an open door, and David Garrick (1717-79) as Macbeth, hesitating. The original painting, at the time owned by poet and artist George Keate (1729-97), is now in the Garrick Club. Painted in 1768 it is said to show Hannah Prichard's last performance: she retired the same year and died shortly afterwards.
[Ref: 55678] £360.00
J. Zoffany Pinxit. V. Green Engraver to his Majesty fecit.
Published March 30th 1776 by J. Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 460 x 555mm (18 x 21¾"), with large margins. Central vertical crease.
Double portrait of two actors in character, in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth': Hannah Pritchard (1711-68) as Lady Macbeth holding dagger and indicating towards an open door, and David Garrick (1717-79) as Macbeth, hesitating. The original painting, at the time owned by poet and artist George Keate (1729-97), is now in the Garrick Club. Painted in 1768 it is said to show Hannah Prichard's last performance: she retired the same year and died shortly afterwards.
[Ref: 55678] £360.00
David Garrick Esq.r.
A. Pond Pinxit. M.cArdell Fecit.
[n.d. c.1750.]
Fine mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 330 x 225mm (13 x 9") with large margins.
Half-length portrait of David Garrick (1717-1779), the English actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer who influenced nearly all aspects of theatrical practice. He was a friend and one-time pupil of Dr Samuel Johnson.
Goodwin 185.II. CS 77.II.
[Ref: 60331] £360.00 (£432.00 incl.VAT)
A. Pond Pinxit. M.cArdell Fecit.
[n.d. c.1750.]
Fine mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 330 x 225mm (13 x 9") with large margins.
Half-length portrait of David Garrick (1717-1779), the English actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer who influenced nearly all aspects of theatrical practice. He was a friend and one-time pupil of Dr Samuel Johnson.
Goodwin 185.II. CS 77.II.
[Ref: 60331] £360.00 (£432.00 incl.VAT)
M.r Garrick in the Farmer's Return.
Zoffany Pinxit. J. Boydell excudit. J. G. Haid fecit.
Published according to Act of Parliament March 1st. 1766, by J. Boydell Engraver, in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint. Plate: 430 x 500mm (17 x 19¾"). Trimmed to plate on lower edge. Creasing in corners where glued to a backing sheet at corners. Slight staining in title area. Thread margins.
A theatrical scene showing David Garrick and Mary Bradshaw in Garrick's play 'The Farmer's Return from London' as performed at the Drury Lane Theatre. The farmer sits in the centre of the image recounting a tale to a woman and two children, the woman almost drops a jug in alarm and the young boy tips his candle dangerously.
CS: 3 II of II.
[Ref: 46179] £580.00
Zoffany Pinxit. J. Boydell excudit. J. G. Haid fecit.
Published according to Act of Parliament March 1st. 1766, by J. Boydell Engraver, in Cheapside London.
Mezzotint. Plate: 430 x 500mm (17 x 19¾"). Trimmed to plate on lower edge. Creasing in corners where glued to a backing sheet at corners. Slight staining in title area. Thread margins.
A theatrical scene showing David Garrick and Mary Bradshaw in Garrick's play 'The Farmer's Return from London' as performed at the Drury Lane Theatre. The farmer sits in the centre of the image recounting a tale to a woman and two children, the woman almost drops a jug in alarm and the young boy tips his candle dangerously.
CS: 3 II of II.
[Ref: 46179] £580.00
![Garrick [Between Tragedy & Comedy],](jpegs/21001.jpg)
Garrick [Between Tragedy & Comedy],
Engraved by Cardon, from the Original Picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds.
E. Evans, pub. Book & Print Seller, No.1, Great Queen Str.
Stipple with etching, india laid paper, image 180 x 220mm. 7 x 8¾". Trimmed to plate.
Allegorical image of the great actor David Garrick standing between Comedy and Tragedy, smiling towards the latter, but allowing the former to tug him towards her. Five lines of quotation from The Brothers below title. One of several engravings after the famous painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds.
Not in Hamilton.
[Ref: 21001] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved by Cardon, from the Original Picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds.
E. Evans, pub. Book & Print Seller, No.1, Great Queen Str.
Stipple with etching, india laid paper, image 180 x 220mm. 7 x 8¾". Trimmed to plate.
Allegorical image of the great actor David Garrick standing between Comedy and Tragedy, smiling towards the latter, but allowing the former to tug him towards her. Five lines of quotation from The Brothers below title. One of several engravings after the famous painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds.
Not in Hamilton.
[Ref: 21001] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
David Garrick Esq.r
Engraved by Rob.t Cooper from a Picture by Rob.t Edge Pine.
Published May 8. 1815, fro the Proprietor by E. Baldwyn, Catherine Street, London, and R. Cooper, Mornington Place, Hampstead Road.
A rare stipple and etching, with large margins. Plate 375 x 273mm. 14¾ x 10¾".
David Garrick (1717-1779), the English actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer who influenced nearly all aspects of theatrical practice. He was a friend and one-time pupil of Dr Samuel Johnson. Here seated, leaning with his elbows on a table to left, left hand on a script labelled 'Macbeth', near an ink-pot and book, looking towards the viewer, wearing a wig with a queue, plain coat and lace cravat and collars.
Harvard Volume II. p.87: 41.
[Ref: 20989] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved by Rob.t Cooper from a Picture by Rob.t Edge Pine.
Published May 8. 1815, fro the Proprietor by E. Baldwyn, Catherine Street, London, and R. Cooper, Mornington Place, Hampstead Road.
A rare stipple and etching, with large margins. Plate 375 x 273mm. 14¾ x 10¾".
David Garrick (1717-1779), the English actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer who influenced nearly all aspects of theatrical practice. He was a friend and one-time pupil of Dr Samuel Johnson. Here seated, leaning with his elbows on a table to left, left hand on a script labelled 'Macbeth', near an ink-pot and book, looking towards the viewer, wearing a wig with a queue, plain coat and lace cravat and collars.
Harvard Volume II. p.87: 41.
[Ref: 20989] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
D. Garrick. Acteur Anglois.
C.N. Cochin filius delin. C.N. Cochin, et N. Dupuis Sculpserunt.
[n.d. c.1780.]
Copper engraving, rare. 198 x 146mm. 7¾ x 5¾".
David Garrick (1717-1779), the English actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer who influenced nearly all aspects of theatricl practice throughout the 18th century. He was a pupil and friend of Dr Samuel Johnson.
Harvard Voume II. p.84: 1.
[Ref: 20978] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
C.N. Cochin filius delin. C.N. Cochin, et N. Dupuis Sculpserunt.
[n.d. c.1780.]
Copper engraving, rare. 198 x 146mm. 7¾ x 5¾".
David Garrick (1717-1779), the English actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer who influenced nearly all aspects of theatricl practice throughout the 18th century. He was a pupil and friend of Dr Samuel Johnson.
Harvard Voume II. p.84: 1.
[Ref: 20978] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Reddere Persona scit convenientia cuique.
J. Reynolds pinxit. E: Fisher Sculpsit Londini 1762.
Sold by Edw.d Fisher, at the Golden Head the South Side of Leicester Square, John Boydell Engraver, at the Unicorn, in Cheapside, and E: Bakewell, & H: Parke, Printsellers in Cornhill, opposite, Birchin Lane, London. Price 10/6.
Mezzotint, split plate for image and title area, small margins. Image plate 400 x 501mm (15¾ x 19¾"). Text area 24 x 501mm (1 x 19¾"). Some creasing.
David Garrick (1717-1779) between Comedy and Tragedy, smiling towards the latter on the right, but allowing the former to tug him towards her.
CS: 20, ii. Hamilton: p.29, ii.; for proof impression see ref. 25245
[Ref: 29963] £380.00
J. Reynolds pinxit. E: Fisher Sculpsit Londini 1762.
Sold by Edw.d Fisher, at the Golden Head the South Side of Leicester Square, John Boydell Engraver, at the Unicorn, in Cheapside, and E: Bakewell, & H: Parke, Printsellers in Cornhill, opposite, Birchin Lane, London. Price 10/6.
Mezzotint, split plate for image and title area, small margins. Image plate 400 x 501mm (15¾ x 19¾"). Text area 24 x 501mm (1 x 19¾"). Some creasing.
David Garrick (1717-1779) between Comedy and Tragedy, smiling towards the latter on the right, but allowing the former to tug him towards her.
CS: 20, ii. Hamilton: p.29, ii.; for proof impression see ref. 25245
[Ref: 29963] £380.00
![[Mr Garrick in Richard the Third.]](jpegs/36616.jpg)
[Mr Garrick in Richard the Third.]
N. Dance pinx.t. J. Dixon Fecit.
Published according to Act of Parliament April 28 1772 by John Boydell Engraver, Cheapside, London
Mezzotint, platemark 635 x 395mm (25 x 15½"). Finished proof with scratched inscription; small margins; slight foxing.
David Garrick (1717-1779), English actor and theatrical manager, in the role of Richard III. By the time this print was published Garrick was particularly associated with this role. Hogarth also painted Garrick in the same role. Engraved from the painting by Nathaniel Dance shortly after it was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1771. The painting is owned by Stratford-upon-Avon Town Council. It was acquired by Sir Watkin Williams Wynne, who reputedly outbidded Garrick himself (who had promised to buy the painting for his wife!). Garrick is known to have admired this print and sent impressions to his friends with complimentary lines printed and pasted on the back. It was also used as the model for Derby porcelain statuettes.
Lennox-Boyd 28 i/ii; CS 15 i/ii; for other prints of Garrick as Richard III see refs. 12907 and 20562.
[Ref: 36616] £620.00
N. Dance pinx.t. J. Dixon Fecit.
Published according to Act of Parliament April 28 1772 by John Boydell Engraver, Cheapside, London
Mezzotint, platemark 635 x 395mm (25 x 15½"). Finished proof with scratched inscription; small margins; slight foxing.
David Garrick (1717-1779), English actor and theatrical manager, in the role of Richard III. By the time this print was published Garrick was particularly associated with this role. Hogarth also painted Garrick in the same role. Engraved from the painting by Nathaniel Dance shortly after it was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1771. The painting is owned by Stratford-upon-Avon Town Council. It was acquired by Sir Watkin Williams Wynne, who reputedly outbidded Garrick himself (who had promised to buy the painting for his wife!). Garrick is known to have admired this print and sent impressions to his friends with complimentary lines printed and pasted on the back. It was also used as the model for Derby porcelain statuettes.
Lennox-Boyd 28 i/ii; CS 15 i/ii; for other prints of Garrick as Richard III see refs. 12907 and 20562.
[Ref: 36616] £620.00
Mr. Garrick.
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Pub.d as the Act Directs July 10. 1779 by W. Richardson No. 68 High Holborn
Mezzotint, platemark 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Thread (partly damaged) margins; water staining not showing on front.
David Garrick (1717-1779), English actor and theatrical manager. The most celebrated actor of his day, he did more than anyone else to change the British acting style, which prioritised energy and engagement above accuracy and control. As a manager (primarily of the Drury Lane Theatre, Covent Garden) he presided over the creation of Shakespeare as national poet and icon, while shaping the texts to suit the demands of his patrons. The supremacy of Drury Lane during Garrick's management was not to be matched until Irving's reign at the Lyceum in the following century, and in the names of pubs and streets, and the famous Garrick Club, Covent Garden is filled with echoes of one of the greatest men to have occupied the area. From a set of small mezzotint portraits of actors published by the printseller William Richardson in 1779. Garrick had died a few months before the print was published. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836). Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 iii/iii.
[Ref: 36674] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Pub.d as the Act Directs July 10. 1779 by W. Richardson No. 68 High Holborn
Mezzotint, platemark 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Thread (partly damaged) margins; water staining not showing on front.
David Garrick (1717-1779), English actor and theatrical manager. The most celebrated actor of his day, he did more than anyone else to change the British acting style, which prioritised energy and engagement above accuracy and control. As a manager (primarily of the Drury Lane Theatre, Covent Garden) he presided over the creation of Shakespeare as national poet and icon, while shaping the texts to suit the demands of his patrons. The supremacy of Drury Lane during Garrick's management was not to be matched until Irving's reign at the Lyceum in the following century, and in the names of pubs and streets, and the famous Garrick Club, Covent Garden is filled with echoes of one of the greatest men to have occupied the area. From a set of small mezzotint portraits of actors published by the printseller William Richardson in 1779. Garrick had died a few months before the print was published. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836). Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 iii/iii.
[Ref: 36674] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
[Garrick, in the character of Abel Drugger.
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds Engraved by S.W. Reynolds. Engraver to the King.
Mess.rs Colnaghi & Co,, Pall Mall, East, March 3rd 1825.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters. 530 x 355mm (21 x 14"). Wear and soiling of inscription area and margins, lacking pasted label correcting astist's name. Small margins.
The actor stands, pipe in hand, before a table of alchemist's books and paraphernalia. The plate has the name of Reynolds as painter instead of the Johann Zoffany; this proof was issued with a pasted correction label, resulting in a clean area around the name as in this example.
Whitman 98 state I.
[Ref: 48980] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds Engraved by S.W. Reynolds. Engraver to the King.
Mess.rs Colnaghi & Co,, Pall Mall, East, March 3rd 1825.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters. 530 x 355mm (21 x 14"). Wear and soiling of inscription area and margins, lacking pasted label correcting astist's name. Small margins.
The actor stands, pipe in hand, before a table of alchemist's books and paraphernalia. The plate has the name of Reynolds as painter instead of the Johann Zoffany; this proof was issued with a pasted correction label, resulting in a clean area around the name as in this example.
Whitman 98 state I.
[Ref: 48980] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Garrick Surrounded by His Friends. [Names listed underneath each sitter.]
Painted by W. Hogarth. Engraved by G.S. Shury.
London: Published Aug.t 20.th 1866, by A.J. Isaac, 56, Bishopsgate St.
Fine hand-coloured mezzotint and stipple. Plate 470 x 604mm. 18½ x 23¾". Mount stain.
Group portrait of Mr. Garrick surrounded by his friends (from left to right) John Beard, Robert Baddeley, Eva Maria Garrick, Henry Woodward, Unknown man, Francis or James Aickin, Charles Macklin, William 'Gentleman' Smith, Mary Ann Yates, Frances Abington, William Hogarth, William O'Brien, David Garrick and Peter Garrick.
NPG: D34380. V & A: S.499-2009.
[Ref: 20918] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by W. Hogarth. Engraved by G.S. Shury.
London: Published Aug.t 20.th 1866, by A.J. Isaac, 56, Bishopsgate St.
Fine hand-coloured mezzotint and stipple. Plate 470 x 604mm. 18½ x 23¾". Mount stain.
Group portrait of Mr. Garrick surrounded by his friends (from left to right) John Beard, Robert Baddeley, Eva Maria Garrick, Henry Woodward, Unknown man, Francis or James Aickin, Charles Macklin, William 'Gentleman' Smith, Mary Ann Yates, Frances Abington, William Hogarth, William O'Brien, David Garrick and Peter Garrick.
NPG: D34380. V & A: S.499-2009.
[Ref: 20918] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Mr. Garrick.
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Pub.d as the Act Directs July 10. 1779 by W. Richardson No. 68 High Holborn
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), a good impression, uncut.
David Garrick (1717-1779), English actor and theatrical manager. The most celebrated actor of his day, he did more than anyone else to change the British acting style, which prioritised energy and engagement above accuracy and control. As a manager (primarily of the Drury Lane Theatre, Covent Garden) he presided over the creation of Shakespeare as national poet and icon, while shaping the texts to suit the demands of his patrons. The supremacy of Drury Lane during Garrick's management was not to be matched until Irving's reign at the Lyceum in the following century, and in the names of pubs and streets, and the famous Garrick Club, Covent Garden is filled with echoes of one of the greatest men to have occupied the area. From a set of small mezzotint portraits of actors published by the printseller William Richardson in 1779. Garrick had died a few months before the print was published. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836). Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallenstein collection and collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 iii/iii.
[Ref: 36675] £330.00
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Pub.d as the Act Directs July 10. 1779 by W. Richardson No. 68 High Holborn
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), a good impression, uncut.
David Garrick (1717-1779), English actor and theatrical manager. The most celebrated actor of his day, he did more than anyone else to change the British acting style, which prioritised energy and engagement above accuracy and control. As a manager (primarily of the Drury Lane Theatre, Covent Garden) he presided over the creation of Shakespeare as national poet and icon, while shaping the texts to suit the demands of his patrons. The supremacy of Drury Lane during Garrick's management was not to be matched until Irving's reign at the Lyceum in the following century, and in the names of pubs and streets, and the famous Garrick Club, Covent Garden is filled with echoes of one of the greatest men to have occupied the area. From a set of small mezzotint portraits of actors published by the printseller William Richardson in 1779. Garrick had died a few months before the print was published. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836). Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallenstein collection and collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 iii/iii.
[Ref: 36675] £330.00
Mr Garrick in Hamlet. Act 1 Scene 4
B. Wilson Pinx.t J. McArdell Fecit
Publish'd by B. Wilson according to Act of Parliament Novem.r 1754.
Mezzotint, platemark 455 x 330mm (18 x 13"). Creases at top, small margins.
David Garrick (1717-1779), English actor and theatrical manage, in the role of Hamlet. The most celebrated actor of his day, he did more than anyone else to change the British acting style, which prioritised energy and engagement above accuracy and control. As a manager (primarily of the Drury Lane Theatre, Covent Garden) he presided over the creation of Shakespeare as national poet and icon, while shaping the texts to suit the demands of his patrons. The supremacy of Drury Lane during Garrick's management was not to be matched until Irving's reign at the Lyceum in the following century, and in the names of pubs and streets, and the famous Garrick Club, Covent Garden is filled with echoes of one of the greatest men to have occupied the area. This print illustrates the moment when Hamlet is confronted by the ghost of his dead father, the king of Denmark, who was murdered by his brother Claudius. Engraved after a portrait by Benjamin Wilson (1721 - 1788), portrait painter and scientist, etcher, occasional mezzotinter and collector of Rembrandt who was appointed Hogarth's successor as Serjeant-Painter to the King.
Lennox-Boyd. 'Theatre: The Age of Garrick' 22 iii/iv.
[Ref: 43747] £450.00
B. Wilson Pinx.t J. McArdell Fecit
Publish'd by B. Wilson according to Act of Parliament Novem.r 1754.
Mezzotint, platemark 455 x 330mm (18 x 13"). Creases at top, small margins.
David Garrick (1717-1779), English actor and theatrical manage, in the role of Hamlet. The most celebrated actor of his day, he did more than anyone else to change the British acting style, which prioritised energy and engagement above accuracy and control. As a manager (primarily of the Drury Lane Theatre, Covent Garden) he presided over the creation of Shakespeare as national poet and icon, while shaping the texts to suit the demands of his patrons. The supremacy of Drury Lane during Garrick's management was not to be matched until Irving's reign at the Lyceum in the following century, and in the names of pubs and streets, and the famous Garrick Club, Covent Garden is filled with echoes of one of the greatest men to have occupied the area. This print illustrates the moment when Hamlet is confronted by the ghost of his dead father, the king of Denmark, who was murdered by his brother Claudius. Engraved after a portrait by Benjamin Wilson (1721 - 1788), portrait painter and scientist, etcher, occasional mezzotinter and collector of Rembrandt who was appointed Hogarth's successor as Serjeant-Painter to the King.
Lennox-Boyd. 'Theatre: The Age of Garrick' 22 iii/iv.
[Ref: 43747] £450.00
Richard The Third, To the right hon.ble Baroness Howe, This print representing Garrick in the character of Richard the III, in the memorable Battle of Bosworth Field, Is dedicated by her ladyships most obedient humble Servant, John Boultbee.
Hayman & Boultbee pinx.t. W. Bromley sculp.t.
Chester, Published by John Boultbee, Jany, 21st 1811.
Stipple with etching, open letter state, 565 x 405mm (22¼ x 16"). Repaired small tear into upper margin and on right.
David Garrick (1717 - 1779), the greatest actor of his age, in a dramatic scene in the title role of William Shakespeare's history play Richard III. His costume is a suit of armour and robe, his sword is drawn and his helmet lies on the ground as he is surrounded by hostile forces; dying horse behind him. The painting by Hayman was probably prompted by Garrick's revival of the play at Drury Lane in 1759, although the attempts at historical veracity in evidence here owe more to history painting than the conventions of theatrical portraiture. The painting is in the collection of London's National Theatre.
Harvard p.104, 278; Brian Allen, 'Francis Hayman'
[Ref: 20562] £350.00
Hayman & Boultbee pinx.t. W. Bromley sculp.t.
Chester, Published by John Boultbee, Jany, 21st 1811.
Stipple with etching, open letter state, 565 x 405mm (22¼ x 16"). Repaired small tear into upper margin and on right.
David Garrick (1717 - 1779), the greatest actor of his age, in a dramatic scene in the title role of William Shakespeare's history play Richard III. His costume is a suit of armour and robe, his sword is drawn and his helmet lies on the ground as he is surrounded by hostile forces; dying horse behind him. The painting by Hayman was probably prompted by Garrick's revival of the play at Drury Lane in 1759, although the attempts at historical veracity in evidence here owe more to history painting than the conventions of theatrical portraiture. The painting is in the collection of London's National Theatre.
Harvard p.104, 278; Brian Allen, 'Francis Hayman'
[Ref: 20562] £350.00
Garrick.
J. Miller. sc:
[n.d. c.1780.]
Stipple and engraving, with large margins. Plate 121 x 95mm. 4¾ x 3¾". A fine impression.
David Garrick (1717-1779), the English actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer who influenced nearly all aspects of theatrical practice throughout the 18th century. He was a pupil and friend of Dr Samuel Johnson.
Ex Collection: R. Hobson of Hove. See NPG: D20571.
[Ref: 25328] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
J. Miller. sc:
[n.d. c.1780.]
Stipple and engraving, with large margins. Plate 121 x 95mm. 4¾ x 3¾". A fine impression.
David Garrick (1717-1779), the English actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer who influenced nearly all aspects of theatrical practice throughout the 18th century. He was a pupil and friend of Dr Samuel Johnson.
Ex Collection: R. Hobson of Hove. See NPG: D20571.
[Ref: 25328] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Garrick.
Holl sculp [after Robert Edge Pine].
[n.d., 1819.]
Stipple set in letterpress. Sheet 220 x 130mm (8¾ x 5¼").
An oval miniature portrait of the actor, published in the 'Biographical Magazine containing portraits and characters of eminent and ingenious persons'.
[Ref: 58654] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Holl sculp [after Robert Edge Pine].
[n.d., 1819.]
Stipple set in letterpress. Sheet 220 x 130mm (8¾ x 5¼").
An oval miniature portrait of the actor, published in the 'Biographical Magazine containing portraits and characters of eminent and ingenious persons'.
[Ref: 58654] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Garrick in the Green Room. From the original of the same size Painted by Hogarth in the Possession of the Publisher, J.W. Southgate, 22 Fleet Street.
Painted by W.m Hogarth [but Pietro Longhi]. Engraved by William Ward, Engraver to H.R.H. The Duke of Clarence. Printed by J. Lahee.
[n.d., c.1829.]
Scarce mezzotint. Sheet 560 x 740mm (22 x 29"). Trimmed within plate on three sides. Few minor repairs. Repaired tear top centre.
David Garrick lounging in a chair, arm raised to an informal audience. Behind the actor is the winged figure of Fame. According to a key in G. Daniel's "A Biographical and Critical Analysis of a Picture' (published in 1829, probably to coincide with the publication of this print), the audience consists of other English actors and Garrick's family, with William Hogarth at the front, back to the audience, head turned, gesturing at Garrick. These attributions were made by the owner of the painting and publisher of the print, James Webb Southgate, who, as an auctioneer and art dealer, had a vested interest in improving the attribution. The BM now attributes the painting to Pietro Longhi (1701-85) and describes the scene as Garrick in a Venetian salon in front of the Duke of Parma; The Lady Lever Art Gallery, where the painting currently resides, titles it merely 'A Poet Declaiming His Verses', despite the masks of comedy and tragedy under the seat suggesting a more theatrical theme.
BM 1856,0308.1322; Lady Lever Art Gallery LL 3526; Highfill, 'A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers', vol 6, p.84.
[Ref: 53917] £480.00
Painted by W.m Hogarth [but Pietro Longhi]. Engraved by William Ward, Engraver to H.R.H. The Duke of Clarence. Printed by J. Lahee.
[n.d., c.1829.]
Scarce mezzotint. Sheet 560 x 740mm (22 x 29"). Trimmed within plate on three sides. Few minor repairs. Repaired tear top centre.
David Garrick lounging in a chair, arm raised to an informal audience. Behind the actor is the winged figure of Fame. According to a key in G. Daniel's "A Biographical and Critical Analysis of a Picture' (published in 1829, probably to coincide with the publication of this print), the audience consists of other English actors and Garrick's family, with William Hogarth at the front, back to the audience, head turned, gesturing at Garrick. These attributions were made by the owner of the painting and publisher of the print, James Webb Southgate, who, as an auctioneer and art dealer, had a vested interest in improving the attribution. The BM now attributes the painting to Pietro Longhi (1701-85) and describes the scene as Garrick in a Venetian salon in front of the Duke of Parma; The Lady Lever Art Gallery, where the painting currently resides, titles it merely 'A Poet Declaiming His Verses', despite the masks of comedy and tragedy under the seat suggesting a more theatrical theme.
BM 1856,0308.1322; Lady Lever Art Gallery LL 3526; Highfill, 'A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers', vol 6, p.84.
[Ref: 53917] £480.00
[Garrick, Between Tragedy & Comedy. Engraved by Anthony Cardon from a Picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds, in the Collection of John Julius Angerstein, Esq. To John Philip Kemble Esq. who from a laudable regard to Historical propriety & to the merits of our great national Dramatist, has revived many of his admirable Plays, in a style honourable to himself and to the character of the British Stage, with the annexed Essay, are inscribed by J. Britton.]
[Class I. Painting for the Fine Arts of the English School. London: Pub'd Decr. 1. 1811 by Longman & Co. Paternoster Row, J. Taylor, High Holborn, & Wm. Bond, Newman Street.]
Stipple and etching, proof before all letters. 290 x 315mm (11½ x 12¼"). Ink mss. in margin and inscription area.
David Garrick standing between Comedy and Tragedy, smiling towards the latter, but allowing the former to tug him towards her. Illustration to "The Fine Arts of the English School" [ed. John Britton, London: 1811.]
[Ref: 41251] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
[Class I. Painting for the Fine Arts of the English School. London: Pub'd Decr. 1. 1811 by Longman & Co. Paternoster Row, J. Taylor, High Holborn, & Wm. Bond, Newman Street.]
Stipple and etching, proof before all letters. 290 x 315mm (11½ x 12¼"). Ink mss. in margin and inscription area.
David Garrick standing between Comedy and Tragedy, smiling towards the latter, but allowing the former to tug him towards her. Illustration to "The Fine Arts of the English School" [ed. John Britton, London: 1811.]
[Ref: 41251] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
David Garrick Esqr
Thos. Hudson pinxt. J. Dixon fecit.
London, Publish'd as the Act directs 11th. Octr. 1779, by Robert Wilkinson, at No. 58 in Cornhill.
Mezzoint 278 x 385mm, 11 x 15¼inches. Large margins, faint stain from old mount, slight band of rubbing in centre.
David Garrick (1717-1779), English actor and theatrical manager, was descended from a good French Protestant family named Garric or Garrique of Bordeaux, which had settled in England on the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. His passion for the stage completely engrossed him; he tried his hand both at dramatic criticism and at dramatic authorship. His first appearance on the stage was made in March 1741, incognito, as Harlequin at Goodman's Fields. In person, Garrick was a little below middle height; in his later years he seems to have inclined to stoutness. The extraordinary mobility of his whole person, and his power of as it were transforming himself at will, are attested to by many anecdotes and descriptions, but the piercing power of his eye is said to have been his most irresistable feature.
CS:16 [only state]
[Ref: 12899] £360.00
Thos. Hudson pinxt. J. Dixon fecit.
London, Publish'd as the Act directs 11th. Octr. 1779, by Robert Wilkinson, at No. 58 in Cornhill.
Mezzoint 278 x 385mm, 11 x 15¼inches. Large margins, faint stain from old mount, slight band of rubbing in centre.
David Garrick (1717-1779), English actor and theatrical manager, was descended from a good French Protestant family named Garric or Garrique of Bordeaux, which had settled in England on the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. His passion for the stage completely engrossed him; he tried his hand both at dramatic criticism and at dramatic authorship. His first appearance on the stage was made in March 1741, incognito, as Harlequin at Goodman's Fields. In person, Garrick was a little below middle height; in his later years he seems to have inclined to stoutness. The extraordinary mobility of his whole person, and his power of as it were transforming himself at will, are attested to by many anecdotes and descriptions, but the piercing power of his eye is said to have been his most irresistable feature.
CS:16 [only state]
[Ref: 12899] £360.00