"A caricatured old man shown half-length to right, sipping from a small glass and his arms around a bottle, resting his elbows on a table, wearing tattered clothes and a hat over a scarf around his head; in an oval."--British Museum online catalogue, description of the related print
Alternative Title:
Drap of whiskey
Description:
Title written in ink beneath image., Signed by the artist in lower right., Date from: Padbury, D. View of Dightons., Numbered "404" in ink in lower left., and For the related print, published by Bowles & Carver, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 2010,7081.1738.
Page 164. Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss
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Alternative Title:
Noted butcher hollering at the Westminster Election 1782
Description:
Title and statement of responsibility from contemporary annotation in ink on verso. and Mounted on page 164 in a volume containing Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his Description of the villa of Horace Walpole (Hazen 2523) and his Catalogue of pictures and drawings in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry-Hill (Hazen 2619.4). Part of the collection: Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss Sebright, Miss Knight, Mrs. Damer, John Gooch, Samuel Lysons, Sir Edward Walpole, and Thomas Walpole (Hazen 3641).
Page 172. Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss
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Alternative Title:
Caricatures copied from George Lord Townshend
Description:
Title written in ink beside image, in a contemporary hand., Artist unidentified; after designs by George Townshend., Numbered key below title identifies the figures in the image: 1. Thomas Pelham, Duke of Newcastle; 2. Geo. Lord Lyttelton; 3. William, Duke of Cumberland; 4. Henry Fox, Lord Holland., Date based on death date of Horace Walpole, who assembled the collection in which this drawing is found., and Mounted on page 172 in a volume containing Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his Description of the villa of Horace Walpole (Hazen 2523) and his Catalogue of pictures and drawings in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry-Hill (Hazen 2619.4). Part of the collection: Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss Sebright, Miss Knight, Mrs. Damer, John Gooch, Samuel Lysons, Sir Edward Walpole, and Thomas Walpole (Hazen 3641).
Subject (Name):
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, and Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
A collection of original caricatures by Robert Dighton, published 1792-1812
Alternative Title:
Caricatures by Dighton
Description:
Title from spine., Etching, several leaves watermarked 'Edmeades & Pine' and dated 1808 and 1807; sheet size 31.0 x 25.5 cm., Bound in early 19th century black half morocco, gilt-decorated spine, titled in gilt 'Characatures by Dighton', recased with original spine laid down., With the bookplate of James Barratt, Lymm Hall, inside front cover., and For further information, consult library staff.
Page 171. Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss
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Alternative Title:
Duke of Newcastle
Description:
Title and statement of responsibility from contemporary annotation in ink on verso., Artist unidentified; after a design by George Townshend., Date based on death date of Horace Walpole, who assembled the collection in which this drawing is found., and Mounted on page 171 in a volume containing Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his Description of the villa of Horace Walpole (Hazen 2523) and his Catalogue of pictures and drawings in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry-Hill (Hazen 2619.4). Part of the collection: Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss Sebright, Miss Knight, Mrs. Damer, John Gooch, Samuel Lysons, Sir Edward Walpole, and Thomas Walpole (Hazen 3641).
Subject (Name):
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
Five rows with titled dot-and-line figure vignettes engaged in various activities including fencing, duelling, interpersonal actions. Top row from left to right show the stick figures (or "pin men"): "Asking to dance", "Leading out", "Hands round", "Down the middle", "Right & left" and "Setting". Second row from left to right: "Cross hands", "Pousette", "Hornpipe", "Tete à tete", "Fainting", and "Taking home royal". Third row: "Battledore", Tight rope", "Single stick". Fourth row: "Believe me", "O' how lovely", "Don't [illegible] me", "Feeling queer". Fifth row: "Feeling querrer", "Attack", and "Friends arriving too late"
Description:
Title from related published print., Formerly mounted on blue paper with residue on the back of the sheet., The first two lines are identical (with the exception for a slight change in the title of the third figure, top row) to a plate entitled "Dottator et lineator loquitur" and published in: Ackermann's Repository of Arts for February 1, 1817, following page 90., An example of the "line and dot" caricature., The genre was perhaps originated by G.M. Woodward who designed two plates of acrobatic feats, &c., entitled 'Multum in Parvo, or Lilliputian Sketches shewing what may be done by lines and dots'. See Curator's note to British Museum online catalogue, Registration number: 1935,0522.10.220.b, and The published print was accompanied by a satirical poem from the artist's perspecive, scorning the great masters' classical training in figure drawing and sculpture.
Page 184. Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss
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Alternative Title:
Dutch officer / by Miss Conway
Description:
Title and statement of responsibility from note in ink on a five of clubs playing card (56 x 83 mm) mounted below drawing; alternative title and statement of responsibility written in pencil at top of image: Dutch officer, by Miss Conway., Date inferred from the use of artist Anne Seymour Damer's maiden name Conway; she was married to John Damer in 1767., and Mounted on page 184 in a volume containing Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his Description of the villa of Horace Walpole (Hazen 2523) and his Catalogue of pictures and drawings in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry-Hill (Hazen 2619.4). Part of the collection: Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss Sebright, Miss Knight, Mrs. Damer, John Gooch, Samuel Lysons, Sir Edward Walpole, and Thomas Walpole (Hazen 3641).
Page 183. Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss
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Alternative Title:
English officer in his morning dress / by Miss Conway
Description:
Title and statement of responsibility from note in ink on a four of hearts playing card (57 x 85 mm) mounted below drawing; alternative title and statement of responsibility written in pencil at top of image: English officer in his morning dress, by Miss Conway., A transformation card., Date inferred from the use of artist Anne Seymour Damer's maiden name Conway; she was married to John Damer in 1767., and Mounted on page 183 in a volume containing Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his Description of the villa of Horace Walpole (Hazen 2523) and his Catalogue of pictures and drawings in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry-Hill (Hazen 2619.4). Part of the collection: Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss Sebright, Miss Knight, Mrs. Damer, John Gooch, Samuel Lysons, Sir Edward Walpole, and Thomas Walpole (Hazen 3641).
Subject (Topic):
Military officers, British, and Ethnic stereotypes
Page 181. Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss
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Alternative Title:
French officer and English alehouse man and Officer francois / by Miss Conway
Description:
Title and statement of responsibility from note in ink on a five of clubs playing card (60 x 86 mm) mounted below drawing; alternative title and statement of responsibility written in pencil at top of image: Officer francois, by Miss Conway., Date inferred from the use of artist Anne Seymour Damer's maiden name Conway; she was married to John Damer in 1767., and Mounted on page 181 in a volume containing Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his Description of the villa of Horace Walpole (Hazen 2523) and his Catalogue of pictures and drawings in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry-Hill (Hazen 2619.4). Part of the collection: Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss Sebright, Miss Knight, Mrs. Damer, John Gooch, Samuel Lysons, Sir Edward Walpole, and Thomas Walpole (Hazen 3641).
Subject (Topic):
Military officers, French, Ethnic stereotypes, Drinking vessels, and Obesity
Page 182. Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss
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Alternative Title:
German officer / by Miss Conway
Description:
Title and statement of responsibility from note in ink on a nine of spades playing card (60 x 86 mm) mounted below drawing; alternative title and statement of responsibility written in pencil at top of image: German officer, by Miss Conway., Date inferred from the use of artist Anne Seymour Damer's maiden name Conway; she was married to John Damer in 1767., and Mounted on page 182 in a volume containing Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his Description of the villa of Horace Walpole (Hazen 2523) and his Catalogue of pictures and drawings in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry-Hill (Hazen 2619.4). Part of the collection: Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss Sebright, Miss Knight, Mrs. Damer, John Gooch, Samuel Lysons, Sir Edward Walpole, and Thomas Walpole (Hazen 3641).
