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Mrs Elizabeth Inchbald

Also known as: Mrs Elizabeth Inchbald; primary name: Inchbald, Elizabeth; other name: Simpson, Elizabeth
Details: individual; actor/entertainer; author/poet; British; Female
Life dates: 1753-1821
Biography: Actress, playwright and novelist; editor of a series of editions of plays 'from the manager's book at the Theatre Royal'. This text was used by various publishers for different illustrated editions: eg Longman's edition of Shakespeare in 1806; and his sequel 'The British Theatre, or a collection of plays acted at the Theatre Royal, printed from the prompt books with biographical and critical remarks by Mrs Inchbald', 25 vols, London 1806-19 [BL.1345.a.1 to 25]. This was in duodecimo, and heavily illustrated with a frontispiece to each play: for proofs of a complete set of the prints see 1854,0513.431 to 519.

180 related objects

book; print; illustrated book

Museum number: 1864,0213.203-252 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankBlock cut by:John Byfield |
Production date: 1825 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1857,0606.163.+ |
Producer name: BIOG23515 Drawn by:Richard Cook |
Production date: 1799-1857

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1882,0311.425 |
Producer name: BIOG23515 Drawn by:Richard Cook |
Production date: 1799-1857

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1857,0606.164 |
Producer name: BIOG23515 Drawn by:Richard Cook |
Production date: 1799-1857

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1857,0606.162.+ |
Producer name: BIOG23515 Drawn by:Richard Cook |
Production date: 1799-1857

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1857,0606.167 |
Producer name: BIOG23515 Drawn by:Richard Cook |
Production date: 1808

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1857,0606.165 |
Producer name: BIOG23515 Drawn by:Richard Cook |
Production date: 1799-1857

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1857,0606.187 |
Producer name: BIOG23515 Drawn by:Richard Cook |
Production date: 1805

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1857,0606.202 |
Producer name: BIOG23515 Drawn by:Richard Cook |
Production date: 1799-1857

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1857,0606.166 |
Producer name: BIOG23515 Drawn by:Richard Cook |
Production date: 1808

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1882,0311.381-382 |
Producer name: BIOG23515 Drawn by:Richard Cook |
Production date: 1806

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1857,0606.162 |
Producer name: BIOG23515 Drawn by:Richard Cook |
Production date: 1799-1857

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1857,0606.165.+ |
Producer name: BIOG23515 Drawn by:Richard Cook |
Production date: 1808

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1857,0606.163 |
Producer name: BIOG23515 Drawn by:Richard Cook |
Production date: 1799-1857

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1890,0512.102 |
Producer name: BIOG31009 Drawn by:Charles Heath |
Production date: 1805-1811

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1857,0606.198 |
Producer name: BIOG23515 Drawn by:Richard Cook |
Production date: 1799-1857

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1857,0606.203 |
Producer name: BIOG23515 Drawn by:Richard Cook |
Production date: 1799-1857

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1857,0606.199 |
Producer name: BIOG23515 Drawn by:Richard Cook |
Production date: 1806

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1882,0311.380 |
Producer name: BIOG23515 Drawn by:Richard Cook |
Production date: 1799-1857

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1864,0213.154-202 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankBlock cut by:Mary Byfield |
Production date: 1825 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book

Museum number: 1864,0213.305-356 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankAfter:Thomas Charles Wageman |
Production date: 1827 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book

Museum number: 1864,0213.253-304 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankAfter:Thomas Charles Wageman |
Production date: 1826 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,0513.505 |
Producer name: After:Henry HowardPrint made by:William Poole |
Production date: 1808 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1926,0331.599 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles WarrenAfter:Henry Singleton |
Production date: 1810 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1890,0512.103 |
Producer name: Print made by:James HeathAfter:Charles Heath |
Production date: 1809-1811

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,0513.499 |
Producer name: After:Samuel WoodfordePrint made by:Richard Rhodes |
Production date: 1806-1808

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,0513.472 |
Producer name: After:Henry SingletonPrint made by:James Fittler |
Production date: 1807 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,0513.500 |
Producer name: After:Henry HowardPrint made by:William Poole |
Production date: 1808 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Mrs Inchbald |
Museum number: K,61.19 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WalkerAfter:Samuel Collings |
Production date: 1787 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,0513.511 |
Producer name: After:Henry SingletonPrint made by:John Romney |
Production date: 1807 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,0513.452 |
Producer name: After:Henry SingletonPrint made by:James Fittler |
Production date: 1806 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,0513.449 |
Producer name: After:William Marshall CraigPrint made by:Samuel Noble |
Production date: 1810-1820 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1852,0705.87 |
Producer name: After:Richard CookPrint made by:Niccolo Schiavonetti

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.5363 |
Producer name: Print made by:Niccolo SchiavonettiAfter:Henry Howard |
Production date: 1780-1810

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Mrs Inchbald |
Museum number: K,61.18 |
Producer name: Print made by:William RidleyAfter:Samuel Drummond |
Production date: 1797 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,0513.474 |
Producer name: After:Henry SingletonPrint made by:John Romney |
Production date: 1808 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Zara |
Museum number: 1854,0513.493 |
Producer name: After:Samuel WoodfordePrint made by:Charles Heath |
Production date: 1806-1808

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,0513.486 |
Producer name: BIOG31009 Print made by:Charles Heath |
Production date: 1816-1817

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Mrs Inchbald. From an original painting |
Museum number: 1853,0112.1739 |
Producer name: Print made by:J G WoodingAfter:John Russell |
Production date: 1788 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Portrait of a Lady in Character |
Museum number: 1875,0710.7086 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry Richard CookAfter:John Hoppner |
Production date: 1832 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,0513.471 |
Producer name: After:Henry SingletonPrint made by:J Meyron |
Production date: 1806 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,0513.513 |
Producer name: BIOG32153 After:Henry Howard |
Production date: 1808-1817 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Mrs inchbald in the character of Lady Abbess |
Museum number: K,61.23 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward ScrivenAfter:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1806 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Mrs Inchbald |
Museum number: K,61.22 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel FreemanAfter:Sir Thomas Lawrence |
Production date: 1785 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,0513.488 |
Producer name: After:Henry SingletonPrint made by:Charles Warren |
Production date: 1807 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1870,0514.1957 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert DightonPublished by:Robert Dighton |
Production date: 1798 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,0513.482 |
Producer name: BIOG46343 After:Henry Singleton |
Production date: 1807 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,0513.518 |
Producer name: After:Henry SingletonPrint made by:James Stewart |
Production date: 1808 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; frontispiece

Museum number: 1868,0822.5380 |
Producer name: Print made by:William PooleAfter:Richard Cook |
Production date: 1808

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.5381 |
Producer name: Print made by:Luigi SchiavonettiAfter:Henry Howard |
Production date: 1808 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,0513.516 |
Producer name: After:Henry SingletonPrint made by:James Stewart |
Production date: 1806 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,0513.443 |
Producer name: After:Henry HowardPrint made by:Charles Heath |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Mrs Inchbald |
Museum number: 1837,0513.107 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel FreemanAfter:Sir Thomas Lawrence |
Production date: 1785 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,0513.491 |
Producer name: After:Henry SingletonPrint made by:J G Walker |
Production date: 1807 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Isabella |
Museum number: 1854,0513.464 |
Producer name: After:Samuel WoodfordePrint made by:Charles Heath |
Production date: 1806-1808

print

Museum number: 1853,0112.1740 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WalkerAfter:Samuel Collings |
Production date: 1787

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,0513.497 |
Producer name: After:Henry HowardPrint made by:Samuel Noble |
Production date: 1808 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,0513.487 |
Producer name: After:Henry SingletonPrint made by:Ebenezer Stalker |
Production date: 1807 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Widows Vow |
Museum number: K,65.187 |
Producer name: BIOG47520 After:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1780s

print; book-illustration

Title: Mr Terry, as Sir Adam Contest |
Museum number: 1875,0710.7306 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Holl (the Elder)After:Thomas Charles Wageman |
Production date: 1823 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,0513.458 |
Producer name: After:Henry SingletonPrint made by:Francis Engleheart |
Production date: 1806 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,0513.476 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francis EngleheartAfter:Richard Smirke |
Production date: 1810

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,0513.439 |
Producer name: After:Henry SingletonPrint made by:Charles Warren |
Production date: 1810 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: W.H.W. Betty, as Frederick in Lovers Vows |
Museum number: K,239.8 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry Richard CookAfter:Robert Dighton (Junior) |
Production date: 1805 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,0513.512 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francis EngleheartAfter:Charles Heath |
Production date: 1808

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,0513.453 |
Producer name: BIOG23944 After:William Marshall Craig |
Production date: 1810-1820

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.5367 |
Producer name: After:John James HallsPrint made by:Thomas Bragg |
Production date: 1807 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.5362 |
Producer name: Print made by:James StewartPrint made by:John Burnet |
Production date: 1806-1809

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Mrs Inchbald |
Museum number: K,61.20 |
Producer name: BIOG201708 Print made by:T S Seed |
Production date: 1794

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,0513.481 |
Producer name: BIOG46343 After:Henry Singleton |
Production date: 1805 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,0513.517 |
Producer name: After:Henry SingletonPrint made by:John Burnet |
Production date: 1807 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.5385 |
Producer name: After:Henry HowardPrint made by:Charles Heath |
Production date: 1808 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: William Lewis Esq |
Museum number: 1868,0808.1296 |
Producer name: Print made by:John JonesAfter:Sir Martin Archer Shee |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,0513.466 |
Producer name: After:Henry HowardPrint made by:Charles Heath |
Production date: 1808-1817 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.5359 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles WarrenAfter:Henry Howard |
Production date: 1800-1821 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1865,1014.152 |
Producer name: After:Henry SingletonPrint made by:Charles Heath |
Production date: 1818 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Mrs Inchbald |
Museum number: 1889,0409.81 |
Producer name: BIOG25699 After:Samuel Drummond |
Production date: 1800-1830

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1875,0710.3584 |
Producer name: Print made by:John RomneyAfter:Henry Singleton |
Production date: 1808

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,0513.494 |
Producer name: BIOG46510 Print made by:Anker Smith |
Production date: 1807 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Grecian Daughter |
Museum number: 1852,0705.76 |
Producer name: Print made by:Anker SmithAfter:Richard Cook |
Production date: 1806 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,0513.473 |
Producer name: After:Henry SingletonPrint made by:John Romney |
Production date: 1807 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1849,0721.44-55 |
Producer name: After:Thomas StothardPrint made by:James Heath |
Production date: 1780 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,0513.463 |
Producer name: After:Henry HowardPrint made by:James Heath |
Production date: 1808 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1932,0507.28 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Holl (the Elder)After:Robert Dighton (Junior) |
Production date: 1800

print

Title: Mr Johnson [sic] as Sir Robert Ramble |
Museum number: 1943,0410.1249 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Holl (the Elder)After:Thomas Charles Wageman |
Production date: 1822 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1875,0710.3422 |
Producer name: After:Henry HowardPrint made by:Charles Warren |
Production date: 1800-1823 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Mrs Inchbald |
Museum number: 1853,0112.1943 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel FreemanAfter:Sir Thomas Lawrence |
Production date: 1785 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Mrs Inchbald |
Museum number: 1853,0112.1942 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WalkerAfter:Samuel Collings |
Production date: 1787

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1865,1014.174 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles HeathAfter:Richard Smirke |
Production date: 1808

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1867,0309.1454 |
Producer name: After:Henry SingletonPrint made by:James Fittler |
Production date: 1806 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,0513.489 |
Producer name: After:Henry HowardPrint made by:Isaac Taylor (I) |
Production date: 1808 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1875,0710.3420 |
Producer name: After:Henry HowardPrint made by:Isaac Taylor (I) |
Production date: 1808 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1878,0713.4338 |
Producer name: After:John ThurstonPrint made by:Anker Smith |
Production date: 1800

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Mrs Inchbald. From an original painting |
Museum number: 1853,0112.1742 |
Producer name: Print made by:J G WoodingAfter:John Russell |
Production date: 1788 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; frontispiece

Title: Mrs Inchbald in the character of Lady Abbess Bell's Shakespeare |
Museum number: 1868,0822.5474 |
Producer name: After:Johann Heinrich RambergPrint made by:Charles Sherwin |
Production date: 1785 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

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