Ax about

Description

Title: Ax about
Contributor: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, attributed name.
Bowles & Carver, publisher.
Published / Created: published as the Act directs 9 Novr. 1795.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for & sold by Bowles & Carver, No. 69 St Paul's Church Yard, London
Description: Title from text below image.
"This is probably from a group of half-length caricatures in ovals or roundels after Dighton. The majority are published by Bowles & Carver in the 1790s ..."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 2010,7081.1637.
Plate numbered "399" in lower left corner.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Ink stamp of "J. Bell" in lower right corner of sheet.
Provenance: Grosvenor Prints; July 2025. Former owner from pencil note on verso: 1910 H.W. Burnett, Uppershott, Langenhoe, Essex.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 15.2 x 11.2 cm, on sheet 20.4 x 14.5 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English