"An obese man, one Read, stands directed to the right, head in profile, sucking a straw and holding a cane against right shoulder. He has short legs, accentuated by a long waistcoat, and wears round hat with curved brim, riding-breeches, and spurred boots with deep tops."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., and Leaf 2 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton.
"Brook Watson (1735-1807) walks in profile to the right, using a sturdy tasselled cane; his right hand is in his coat-pocket. He is well preserved; a slight stoop suggests hurried walking (on his (right) wooden leg) rather than age. He wears a round hat, double-breasted coat, frilled shirt, and breeches; a small pigtail and a spatterdash suggest a quasi-military career."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Elderly man with peg leg and cane
Description:
Title and printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Text in lower left portion of design, possibly an additional publication line "Pubd. by Dighton", has been obscured with etched lines., Leaf 7 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.5 x 15.1 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm., and Pencil annotation in lower left corner of sheet is mostly trimmed away.
"Two officers stand together directed to the right, almost in profile, dressed alike. The taller (right) holds a sheathed sword crooked in the left elbow; his shorter and slightly stouter friend stands very erect, and takes his right arm. They wear cocked hats with small plumes and side-tassels, stock and jabot under high-collared tunics, wide crossed belts, high cavalry boots, and gauntlet gloves. They are Robert Christopher Packe, Captain Royal Horse Guards, killed at Waterloo, and Lieut. George Augustus Fenwick."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Two soldiers
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., Leaf 75 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.6 x 18.4 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm.
Publisher:
Dighton Junr.
Subject (Name):
Packe, Robert Christopher, -1815 and Fenwick, George Augustus, active 1805