E.F. LAMBERT
Illustrations of the drama
N°I, from original drawings. Drawn on stone by E.F. Lambert. London; Published by W. Sheldrick at his lithographic press. N°3, Ball Alley, Lombard street.; 1823; price 12shill. 37x30cm, 8p. text, 4 hand-colored plates: 1. Mr. Kean as Othello. Iago. O. Beware, my Lord, of jealousy,- 2. Mr. Liston as Apollo Belvi in Killing no Murder. 3. Mr. Cooper as Edgar. There could I have him now, - and there, - and there. – 4. Mifs. Stephens as Lucy Bertram in Guy Mannering.
Info
First fascicule of a ‘showbiz’ magazine in the UK in 1823. Ref.2
4 hand-colored lithographs of actors, each followed by 2 pages of biography in the original covers and bound with a Japanese stitch. The cover has moisture stains, light spotting and residual traces from a label. Uncut, inside good with darkening on the edges, the plates have come loose. See pictures.
Very rare.
- E.F. Lambert (active 1790-1846), printmaker and draughtsman (National Portret Gallery)
pl.1 Edmund Kean (in Shakespeare) * Ref.1: p.9, n°29 * Coll. Victoria and Albert Museum
pl.2 Liston (in Theodore Hook) *Ref.1: p.12 n°49 * Coll. Royal Collection Trust
pl.3 Mr. Cooper (in Shakespeare) *Ref.1: p.9 n°30 * Coll. National Portret Gallery n°: NPG D34113
pl.4 Miss Stephens (in Walter Scott) * Ref.1: p.12 n°48 * Coll. The Britisch Museum
References
- Ref.1 Catalog: The Grafton Galleries, 8, Grafton street, Bond street, W., Exhibition of Dramatic & Musical Art, 1897 (Internet Archive)
- Ref.2 A comparable print, possibly from the 2nd fascicule (I cannot verify the indication of the plate number at the top right of the lithographic frame) is shown in the National Portret Gallery NPG D2306: Robert William Elliston, by and published by William Sheldrick, after E. F. Lambert, lithograph, published May 1823
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