"An obese officer stands in profile to the left, his hands clasped behind him, holding a cane by a loop. He wears a cocked hat, one peak over his face, the other on his shoulders, a sword-belt clasped over his sash, and tasselled boots. Identified as Major [Charles] Ashurst."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Leaf 77 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and Figure identified as "Major Ashurst" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.
Page 174. Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title devised by curator., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date based on death date of Horace Walpole, who assembled the collection in which this drawing is found., and Mounted on page 174 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).