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1. A gentle ride from Exeter 'Change to Pimlico [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [August 1812]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 75 D569 812
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 6. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An elderly man in profile to the right sits heavily on a horse which plods slowly with lowered head. He holds the single rein awkwardly; in his right hand is a cudgel. He wears old-fashioned dress with round hat and high-quartered buckled shoes with spurs. Identified as Thomas Clark of Exeter Change."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Gentle ride from Exeter Exchange to Pimlico
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Leaf 6 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 28.1 x 22.4 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm., and Figure identified as "Mr. Clark" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.
- Publisher:
- Robert Dighton
- Subject (Name):
- Clark, Thomas 1737-1816
- Subject (Topic):
- Horses and Staffs (Sticks)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A gentle ride from Exeter 'Change to Pimlico [graphic]
2. A view from the Pump Room, Bath [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [January 1809]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 75 D569 812
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 58. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An elderly man with an alert, wrinkled face, stands very erect in profile to the left, his hands resting on his cane. He wears an old-fashioned cocked hat with cockade, with white or powdered hair in a neat (military) pigtail; his long double-breasted blue coat has a small scarlet facing on the high collar; his shoes have large buckles. He is General Robert Donkin, father of Sir R. F. Donkin, died 1821, aged 94."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Leaf 58 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and Figure identified as "Genl. Donkin" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.
- Publisher:
- Robert Dighton
- Subject (Name):
- Donkin, Robert, 1727-1821
- Subject (Topic):
- Generals, British, Older people, and Staffs (Sticks)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A view from the Pump Room, Bath [graphic]
3. A view taken from Bladuds Buildings, Bath [print]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [January 1809]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 75 D569 812
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 57. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An elderly man shambles from right to left in profile, right hand on his stick, left hand in his coat-pocket. He wears a hat with a curved brim, a curled, old-fashioned brown wig, a long coat, and an overcoat, with ill-fitting gaiters reaching to the thigh. Two seals hang from a fob. He is Councillor John Morris or Morriss."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Leaf 57 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton.
- Publisher:
- Robert Dighton
- Subject (Name):
- Morris, John, active 1809
- Subject (Topic):
- Older people and Staffs (Sticks)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A view taken from Bladuds Buildings, Bath [print]
4. A view taken from Chatham Row, Bath [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [January 1809]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 75 D569 812
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 56. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An elderly man of clerical appearance, stands in profile to the right knees slightly flexed, right hand resting on a heavy cane, left hand raised in an expository gesture. He wears an ill-fitting powdered wig with a curl at the back, a round hat with the brim turned up at the side, long buttoned coat, wrinkled stockings, high-quartered buckled shoes, and gloves. Identified as Dr. John Shepherd."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Leaf 56 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton.
- Publisher:
- Robert Dighton
- Subject (Geographic):
- Bath (England).
- Subject (Topic):
- Clergy, Older people, and Staffs (Sticks)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A view taken from Chatham Row, Bath [graphic]
5. Ireland in Scotland, or, A trip from Oxford to the land of cakes [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [June 1807]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 75 D569 812
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 4. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A fashionably dressed man stands directed to the left, erect and debonair, a cane under his left arm. He takes a pinch of snuff, holding, besides the snuff-box, his top-hat. He has whiskers and small pigtail. From his coat-pocket projects a bottle labelled 'Two Spoonsfull to be taken at Bed time'. On the ground is a pill-box on its side, spilling its contents. He wears two thistles in the breast of his coat; a thistle-plant grows near his feet."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Trip from Oxford to the land of cakes
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Prescriptions -- Thorn stick canes -- Scotland -- Male costume: 1809 -- Snuff boxes., Leaf 4 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 27.2 x 19.8 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm., Watermark, trimmed: [E]dmeads & Co. 1808., and Figure identified as "Mr. Ireland" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.
- Publisher:
- Robert Dighton
- Subject (Name):
- Ireland, John, 1745-1839
- Subject (Topic):
- Physicians, Medicines, Pills, Staffs (Sticks), Snuff, and Thistles
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Ireland in Scotland, or, A trip from Oxford to the land of cakes [graphic]
6. Sr. David Dundas, KB, Commander in Chief [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [April 1810]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 75 D569 812
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 74. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Dundas, tall and elegant, stands directed to the left, right hand on a cane, left on his scabbard. He wears a cocked hat with side-peaks, with loop, cockade, and small plume, double-breasted uniform, coat with star, boots of Hessian pattern, a sword-belt under, and a sash over his coat."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Sir David Dundas, KB, Commander in Chief
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Leaf 74 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton.
- Publisher:
- Robert Dighton
- Subject (Name):
- Dundas, David, Sir, 1735-1820
- Subject (Topic):
- Generals, British, Staffs (Sticks), and Daggers & swords
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Sr. David Dundas, KB, Commander in Chief [graphic]
7. The Towns-end [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [4 December 1804]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 75 D569 812
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 3. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Townsend, the Bow Street Officer, stands in profile to the right, left hand on a tall stick, pointing with right forefinger. He is neatly dressed, with broad-brimmed top-hat, long coat over a long waistcoat, and short loose trousers, with high-quartered tied shoes."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Townsend
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Leaf 3 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., Watermark, trimmed: [Ed]meads 1808., and Figure identified as "Mr. Townsend" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.
- Publisher:
- Robert Dighton
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Townsend, John, 1760-1832
- Subject (Topic):
- Politicians and Staffs (Sticks)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Towns-end [graphic]