Chapter XVI

THE AUTHOR STEPS OUT OF HIS WAY. PLEADS HIS THEATRICAL CAUSE
IN CHANCERY, ETC. 192

SUPPLEMENTARY CHAPTER 257

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF COLLEY CIBBER 289

A BRIEF SUPPLEMENT TO COLLEY CIBBER, ESQ; HIS LIVES OF THE
LATE FAMOUS ACTORS AND ACTRESSES 299

MEMOIRS OF ACTORS AND ACTRESSES 319

LIST OF MEZZOTINT PORTRAITS.

NEWLY ENGRAVED BY R. B. PARKES.

VOLUME THE SECOND.

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I. COLLEY CIBBER, in the character of "Sir Novelty
Fashion, newley created Lord Foppington," in
Vanbrugh's play of "The Relapse; or, Virtue in
Danger." From the painting by J. Grisoni. The
property of the Garrick Club. _Frontispiece_

II. OWEN SWINEY. After the painting by John Baptist
Vanloo. 54

III. ANNE OLDFIELD. From the picture by Jonathan
Richardson. 70

IV. THEOPHILUS CIBBER, in the character of "Antient
Pistol." 86

V. HESTER SANTLOW (Mrs. Barton Booth). After an
original picture from the life. 104

VI. ROBERT WILKS. After the painting by John Ellys,
1732. 122

VII. RICHARD STEELE. From the painting by Jonathan
Richardson, 1712. 172

VIII. BARTON BOOTH. From the picture by George White. 206

IX. SUSANNA MARIA CIBBER. After a painting by Thomas
Hudson. 222

X. CHARLES FLEETWOOD. "Sir Fopling Flutter Arrested."
"Drawn from a real Scene." John Dixon _ad vivum del
et fect_. 254

XI. ALEXANDER POPE, at the age of 28. After the
picture by Sir Godfrey Kneller, painted in 1716. 272

XII. SUSANNA MARIA CIBBER, in the character of
Cordelia, "King Lear," act iii. After the
picture by Peter Van Bleeck. 288

XIII. CAVE UNDERHILL, in the character of Obadiah,
"The Fanatic Elder." After the picture by Robert
Bing, 1712. 306

LIST OF CHAPTER HEADINGS.

NEWLY ETCHED FROM CONTEMPORARY DRAWINGS BY
ADOLPHE LALAUZE.

VOLUME THE SECOND.

X. SCENE ILLUSTRATING CIBBER'S "CARELESS HUSBAND."
After the picture by Philip Mercier.

XI. COFFEE-HOUSE SCENE OF CIBBER'S DAY, "drawn from
the life" by G. Vander Gucht.

XII. SCENE ILLUSTRATING "THE ITALIAN OPERA," WITH
SENESINO, CUZZONI, &C. From a contemporary design.

XIII. SCENE ILLUSTRATING FARQUHAR'S "RECRUITING OFFICER."
After the picture by Philip Mercier.

XIV. SCENE ILLUSTRATING ADDISON'S "CATO." After the
contemporary design by Lud. du Guernier.

XV. SCENE ILLUSTRATING VANBRUGH AND CIBBER'S "PROVOKED
HUSBAND." After the contemporary design by
J. Vanderbank.

XVI. SCENE ILLUSTRATING VANBRUGH'S "PROVOKED WIFE."
After the contemporary design by Arnold Vanhaecken.

XVII. "THE STAGE MUTINY," with portraits of Theophilus
Cibber as "Antient Pistol," Mrs. Wilks, and others,
in character; Colley Cibber as Poet Laureate, with
his lap filled with bags of money. From a pictorial
satire of the time.

XVIII. ANTHONY ASTON'S "THE FOOL'S OPERA."

AN APOLOGY FOR THE LIFE OF MR. COLLEY CIBBER, &c.