Quaker fiction: some collection highlights
Following the popular recent blogposts on fictional Quaker characters over on the Quakers in Britain blog we thought we’d highlight some of the wide range of fiction written both by and about Quak…
Representation of Quakers
Theatre: some collection highlights
We hope you enjoyed our blog post back in October exploring some of the many works of fiction in our collections. Returning to the theme, we’d like to focus this time on drama. You might not necess…
Quakers meeting [graphic] / Rowlandson & Pugin delt. et sculpt. ; Stadler aquat. - Yale University Library
Paper Doll | Sanders Wilson, Anne | V&A Explore The Collections
Paper doll, watercolour on card, made by Anne Sanders Wilson, London, 1832
Satirical Print | Unknown | V&A Explore The Collections
Print by unknown artist
Mrs Pope in the Character of Dorcas Zeal | John Bell | Roberts, J | L. Thornthwaite | V&A Explore The Collections
Print 'Mrs Pope as Dorcas Zeal in The Fair Quaker of Deal', engraving by Thornthwaite, London, 1777, Harry Beard Collection
The Fair Quaker of Deal
Mr Incledon as Steady | Thomas Charles Wageman | Woolnoth | V&A Explore The Collections
Print 'Mr Incledon as Steady in The Quaker', engraving by Woolnorth, from an original drawing by Wageman, published by Simpkin and Marshall, London, 1820, Harry Beard Collection
H Beard Print Collection | Asperne, J. | Ridley, William | Pye | V&A Explore The Collections
Portrait of Mr Charles Bannister, Comedian as Steady in The Quaker. Engraved by Ridley from an Original Painting by Pye. Published by J. Aspern in Cornhill on 1st December, 1804, Harry Beard Collection.
A Quaker Girl | Monckton, Lionel | Ross, Adrian | V&A Explore The Collections
Music sheet for A Quaker Girl from the musical play A Quaker Girl sung by Miss Gertie Millar, words by Adrian Ross, music by Lionel Monckton, published by Chappell & Co., London 1910.
That's What Puzzles The Quaker | Alfred Concanen | V&A Explore The Collections
Sheet music cover for 'That's What Puzzles The Quaker as sung by Fred Coyne, written and composed by Geoffrey Thorn. Published in London by Hopwood & Crew, 1860 to 1880.
On the Ice | Georges Jacobi | V&A Explore The Collections
Music sheet for On the Ice, a polka by G. Jacobi, and The Dance of the Quakers, a trio, published in London by J.R. Lafleur & Son, ca. late 19th century - early 20th century.
![Quaker Cousins. [A novel.] Collection Item](https://rdl.ink/render/https%3A%2F%2Fapi.bl.uk%2Fimage%2Fiiif%2Fark%3A%2F81055%2Fvdc_00000004F226.0x000007%2Ffull%2F!246%2C400%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg?width=92&height=69&ar=&mode=crop&format=avif&dpr=2)
Quaker Cousins. [A novel.] Collection Item
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![Dan's Mother; or, a Quaker Hero. A story ... by the author of 'Mary Constant,' etc. [The preface signed: M. M.]](https://rdl.ink/render/https%3A%2F%2Fapi.bl.uk%2Fimage%2Fiiif%2Fark%3A%2F81055%2Fvdc_00000004A05A.0x000007%2Ffull%2F!249%2C400%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg?width=92&height=69&ar=&mode=crop&format=avif&dpr=2)
Dan's Mother; or, a Quaker Hero. A story ... by the author of 'Mary Constant,' etc. [The preface signed: M. M.]
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The Fair Quaker: or, the Seraphic amours of John Bingley with a female friend; and his poetical lamentation just before his death. To which is prefix'd his funeral elegy. By a Lover of Truth Collection Item
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![The Country Innocence: or, The Chambermaid turn'd Quaker. A comedy [in five acts and in prose]. With alterations and amendments. [from “The Countrie Girle ... By T. B.”]](https://rdl.ink/render/https%3A%2F%2Fapi.bl.uk%2Fimage%2Fiiif%2Fark%3A%2F81055%2Fvdc_00000002C89A.0x000007%2Ffull%2F!248%2C400%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg?width=92&height=69&ar=&mode=crop&format=avif&dpr=2)
The Country Innocence: or, The Chambermaid turn'd Quaker. A comedy [in five acts and in prose]. With alterations and amendments. [from “The Countrie Girle ... By T. B.”]
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![Quaker Grandmother. [A novel.] By “Iota](https://rdl.ink/render/https%3A%2F%2Fapi.bl.uk%2Fimage%2Fiiif%2Fark%3A%2F81055%2Fvdc_00000004243A.0x000007%2Ffull%2F!250%2C400%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg?width=92&height=69&ar=&mode=crop&format=avif&dpr=2)
Quaker Grandmother. [A novel.] By “Iota
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![A Quaker Maid. [A tale.]](https://rdl.ink/render/https%3A%2F%2Fapi.bl.uk%2Fimage%2Fiiif%2Fark%3A%2F81055%2Fvdc_000000043B7A.0x000007%2Ffull%2F!238%2C400%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg?width=92&height=69&ar=&mode=crop&format=avif&dpr=2)
A Quaker Maid. [A tale.]
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Sarah, the Quaker [i.e. Sarah Stout], to Lothario [i.e. Spencer Cowper] lately deceased on meeting him in the Shades. [In verse.] [By Charles Beckingham] London : Printed for A. Moore, 1728.
![The Quaker, a comic opera [in two acts and in prose and verse by Charles Dibdin]. Third edition](https://rdl.ink/render/https%3A%2F%2Fapi.bl.uk%2Fimage%2Fiiif%2Fark%3A%2F81055%2Fvdc_00000004310C.0x000003%2Ffull%2F!214%2C400%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg?width=92&height=69&ar=&mode=crop&format=avif&dpr=2)
The Quaker, a comic opera [in two acts and in prose and verse by Charles Dibdin]. Third edition
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