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64. We serve a King whom we love - a God whom we adore. Pizarro [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [June 1799]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 75 D569 812
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 26. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Kemble (scarcely caricatured), as Rolla (the noble Peruvian), stands with his left hand pointing upwards, his right arm thrown back, his head in profile to the right. He wears quasi-classical dress, with barbarian adornments, feathered head-dress, heavy gold belt, and ornaments. The costume appears substantially correct, with some exaggeration of the gold chains and ornaments."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Leaf 26 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and Figure identified as "Kemble" in pencil below plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Robert Dighton
- Subject (Name):
- Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816. and Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors, British, and Theatrical productions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > We serve a King whom we love - a God whom we adore. Pizarro [graphic]
65. [Brook Watson] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1786-1865, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- August 1803.
- Call Number:
- Quarto 75 D569 812
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 7. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "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.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by R. Dighton Junr
- Subject (Name):
- Watson, Brook, 1735-1807
- Subject (Topic):
- Amputees, Peg legs, and Staffs (Sticks)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Brook Watson] [graphic].
66. [Dr. Parsons] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [February 1808]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 75 D569 812
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 46. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A man wearing a black and red gown with bands stands in profile to the left, holding his mortar-board, with an expression of wary deference. He has short hair and bushy eyebrows."--British Museum online catalogue and "William Parsons (1746?-1817), a singing-master, Master and Conductor of His Majesty's Band of Music from 1786, matriculated Magdalen College, 23 June 1790, aged 42, was B. and D.Mus. 26 June; he was knighted in Ireland 1795. The portrait does not resemble a more flattering bust portrait "a painting in water-colours by Francis Wilkin, Jun." in the 'European Mag.', Aug. 1808."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from British Museum catalogue., Leaf 46 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and Figure identified as "Dr. Parsons, late Vice Chancellor, Oxford" in pencil at bottom of sheet.
- Publisher:
- Robert Dighton
- Subject (Name):
- Parsons, William, 1746?-1817 and University of Oxford
- Subject (Topic):
- Faculty, Teachers, and Conductors
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Dr. Parsons] [graphic]
67. [Johnson sleeping, Sir John Hawkins awaiting his arousal] [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1786]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 53 Sp3 820a v.1
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, after page xxxvi. Anecdotes, observations, and characters, of books and men.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Samuel Johnson is shown full-length on the left, facing right and apparently asleep standing up; his knees are bent, his eyes are closed, and his head rests on his left hand. A second man stands on the right, hands in his coat pockets, looking over at Johnson; this figure may be Sir John Hawkins
- Alternative Title:
- Scene from Boswell's 'Tour'
- Description:
- Title and date supplied by curator., Alternative title from description of original drawing in: Riely, J. The age of Horace Walpole in caricature. New Haven : Yale University Library, 1973, no. 48., After a drawing that is probably the work of Samuel Collings., Printmaker attribution to Rowlandson from unverified data in local card catalog record., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Mounted to 38 x 27 cm., and Bound in after page xxxvi (leaf numbered '41' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Spence, J. Anecdotes, observations, and characters, of books and men.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 and Hawkins, John, 1719-1789
- Subject (Topic):
- Sleeping
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Johnson sleeping, Sir John Hawkins awaiting his arousal] [graphic].
68. [Prince of Orange] [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1801?]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 75 D569 812
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 78. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The Prince of Orange in old-fashioned uniform, heavily gold-laced, stands in profile to the left, looking up, both hands resting on a tall cane. He wears a cocked hat, long pigtail, aiguillettes, a star, a long sword, and clumsy jack-boots. He has not the heavy somnolent appearance of Gillray's portraits, cf. British Museum Satires No. 9065, &c."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from British Museum catalogue., Possible signature "D12[?]" in lower right, partly scored through. The British Museum catalogue gives a tentative attribution to either Denis or Richard Dighton., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., and Leaf 78 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- William V, Prince of Orange, 1748-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Military uniforms, Princes, and Staffs (Sticks)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Prince of Orange] [graphic]
69. [Views of the Blues] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1786-1865, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [June 1805]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 75 D569 812
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 75. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "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
- Subject (Topic):
- Military officers and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Views of the Blues] [graphic]