- tions and a new air and chorus (the music by Dr. Arne),’ &c., anon., London, 1774, 8vo.
- ‘The Rival Candidates, a comic opera in two acts,’ &c., London, 1775, 8vo.
- ‘The Blackamoor washed White, a comic opera,’ London, 1776, 8vo. The songs only of this opera were printed. It was acted for four nights in February 1776, at Drury Lane, but led to such disturbances that it was obliged to be withdrawn.
- ‘The Flitch of Bacon, a comic opera in two acts; as it is performed at the Theatre Royal in the Haymarket,’ London, 1779, 8vo. It was set to music by William Shield, and was the first of his compositions which appeared on the stage.
- ‘The Dramatic Puffers, a prelude, as performed at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden,’ anon., London, 1782, 8vo.
- ‘The Magic Picture, a play’ (altered from Massinger), London, 1783, 8vo.
- ‘Remarks on Gilbert's Last Bill for the Relief of the Poor,’ London, 1788, 8vo.
- ‘The Woodman, a comic opera, in three acts; as performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, with universal applause,’ London, 1791, 8vo. The music was composed by Shield.
- ‘The Travellers in Switzerland, a comic opera, in three acts, as performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden,’ London, 1794, 8vo. The music was composed by Shield.
- ‘Passages selected by Distinguished Personages, on the great Literary Trial of Vortigern and Rowena; a comi-tragedy, “whether it be or be not from the immortal pen of Shakespeare?”’ 5th ed. London, 1795?–1807, 4 vols. 8vo. This is a satire on the leading public characters of the day in a series of passages professing to be quotations from Ireland's play. It originally appeared from time to time in the ‘Morning Herald,’ and was written by Dudley and his wife.
- ‘Letters, &c., which have lately passed between the Bishop of London and the Rev. H. B. Dudley respecting the Advowson of the vacant rectory of Bradwell near the Sea, Essex,’ London, 1798, 8vo.
- ‘A Few Observations respecting the present state of the Poor; and the Defects of the Poor Laws: with some remarks upon Parochial Assessments and Expenditures,’ 3rd edit. London, 1802, 8vo.
- ‘A Short Address to the … Lord Primate of all Ireland, recommendatory of some Commutation or Modification of the Tythes of that Country; with a few Remarks upon the present state of the Irish Church,’ 3rd edit. London, 1808, 8vo. This tract was republished in ‘The Pamphleteer,’ vi. 239–56.
- ‘Letter to the Rev. R. Hodgson on his “Life of Bishop Porteous,”’ 1811, 8vo.
- ‘A Sermon delivered at the Cathedral of Ely on Monday, 17 June 1816, before Mr. Justice Abbott, Mr. Justice Burrough, and Chief-justice Christian, on the opening of their special commission for the trial of the rioters. Printed at the request of the grand jury,’ Cambridge, 1816, 4to.
[Burke's Extinct Baronetage, 1844, p. 175; Gent. Mag. 1810, vol. lxxx. pt. i. p. 183, 1824, vol. xciv. pt. i. pp. 273–6, 638–40, 1828, vol. xcviii. pt. i. p. 496; Annual Register, 1824, Chron. pp. 296–7; Baker's Biog. Dram. (1812), vol. i. pt. i. p. 210; Reminiscences of Henry Angelo (1828), i. 153–69; Public Characters (1823), i. 538–9; Rose's Biog. Dict. 1848, vii. 162–3; The Vauxhall Affray, or the Macaronies Defeated (1773); London Mag. 1773, xlii. 461–2; Andrews's Hist. of British Journalism (1859), i. 211–13, 222–3; Watt's Bibl. Brit. (1824); Allibone's Dict. of English Literature (1859), i. 526; Dict. of Living Authors (1816), pp. 100–1; Notes and Queries, 1st ser. ii. 114, iii. 130, xii. 471; Brit. Mus. Cat.]
DUDLEY, HOWARD (1820–1864), wood engraver, was the only son of George Dudley of Tipperary, and Sarah, daughter of Nathaniel Cove, coal merchant, of Salisbury Square, Fleet Street, London. He lost his father at an early age, and removed with his mother to Easebourne, near Midhurst, Sussex. Here he devoted his holiday time to the history and antiquities of the neighbourhood, and when only fourteen years of age determined to illustrate these in print. Setting up a small printing-press of his own he produced in 1835 a small volume entitled ‘Juvenile Researches, or a Description of some of the Principal Towns in the Western Part of Sussex and the Borders of Hants, interspersed with various pieces of Poetry by a Sister, and illustrated by numerous wood-engravings executed by the Author.’ Dudley set the types himself, and without any teaching engraved the numerous illustrations. These, though very rough, show great taste, and are very remarkable for an artist of so tender an age. He printed it one page at a time, and his sister, Miss M. A. Dudley, supplied the poetry. This little volume met with so much success that Dudley was encouraged to reprint it in a slightly enlarged form, and in 1836 to publish another similar volume, entitled ‘The History and Antiquities of Horsham,’ containing thirty woodcuts and four lithographic views, all executed by himself. He made collections for a quarto volume entitled ‘The History and Antiquities of Midhurst,’ to be illustrated with 150 woodcuts and lithographic drawings; but having now adopted the profession of a wood engraver, and obtained sufficient employment, he was unable to carry it out. From 1845 to 1852 he resided and exercised his art in Edinburgh, but eventually
