An unfinished manuscript notebook containing Lord Eldon’s comments on the first 38 caricatures in James Sayers’s album containing his own copies of his caricatures. (James Sayers’ Folio Album of 144 Caricatures, Lewis Walpole Library Folio 75 Sa85 810).
LWL Mss Vol. 202
Acquired June 2012
Portrait of Mrs Yates as Jane Shore; bust in an oval frame, right arm raised, resting her forehead against it, eyes half-closed, with dark hair loosely dressed up with tresses over the shoulders, and a low-necked dress; scratched-letter state after engraver’s name.
Catalog Record & Digital Collection
Acquired June 2012
Half length portrait of Henry Angelo as a fencer, directed towards the right, facing and looking towards the left, with long hair and a double-breasted fencing jacket (formerly misidentified as a Guernsay jacket). He holds a foil in his right hand.
Catalog Record & Digital Collection
Acquired June 2012
Catalog Record & Digital Collection
Acquired June 2012
A contract between tenants of the property and a carpenter Sampson Marks to divide and repair the property, with a pen and ink drawing of the present house and the proposed new layout. Included is a discussion of the repair of the associated coach house and stables. With the signatures of the tenants, both husbands and wives, as well as the carpenter and other interested parties, with revisions through 1786 with the last dated 22 November 1786. All witnessed and with penny stamps and wax seals.
Acquired June 2012
An Italian translation of David Garrick’s farce in two acts, A miss in her teens. The anonymous translator notes in the preface that he has altered the production by creating three acts from the original two. With decorated paper wrappers.