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46. 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]
47. The classical almamater coachman Oxford [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [January 1808]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 75 D569 812
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 32. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A man wearing a hat, long coat, and top-boots, stands directed to the left, head in profile, holding a long-lashed coach whip; over his left arm hangs a bulky multiple-collared coat, in his hand is a 'Way Bill'."--British Museum online catalogue and "He is Tilleman Hodgkinson Bobart who matriculated as a Commoner 1790 at University College, aged eighteen, but never graduated. He ran a four-horse coach between Oxford and London, had to give up the road owing to accidents, and in 1815 was made Esquire Bedel in Law. He died 1838."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Classical alma mater coachman Oxford
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Leaf 32 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 28.2 x 21.5 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm., Watermark, trimmed: [E]dmeads & Co. 1808., and Figure identified as "Mr. Bobart" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.
- Publisher:
- Robert Dighton
- Subject (Name):
- Bobart, Tilleman Hodgkinson, 1770-1838,
- Subject (Topic):
- Coach drivers and Whips
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The classical almamater coachman Oxford [graphic]
48. The father of the Corporation of Oxford Omnibus Carus / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [March 1808]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 75 D569 812
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 48. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An elderly man stands in profile to the left, holding a looped tricorne in his left hand. He wears a small wig and a buttoned coat, with buckled shoes, his dress being plain, neat, and old-fashioned. He is William Fletcher (1739-1826), banker and bookseller of Oxford, Mayor of Oxford in 1782, 1796, and 1809."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Oxford bankers -- Mayor of Oxford., Leaf 48 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 27.2 x 19.1 cm, on sheet 30.9 x 25.5 cm.
- Publisher:
- Robert Dighton
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and Oxford.
- Subject (Name):
- William Fletcher, 1739-1826
- Subject (Topic):
- Mayors and Bankers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The father of the Corporation of Oxford Omnibus Carus / [graphic]
49. The major part of the town of Portsmouth [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [August 1807]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 75 D569 812
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 77. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "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.
- Publisher:
- Robert Dighton
- Subject (Name):
- Ashurst, Charles, active 1807
- Subject (Topic):
- Military officers, British, and Obesity
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The major part of the town of Portsmouth [graphic]
50. The specious orator [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- March 25, 1794.
- Call Number:
- Quarto 75 D569 812
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 10. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A half length portrait of Christie standing in his auctioneer's rostrum, the upper part of which forms the base of the design. He leans insinuatingly to the left, his head in profile, spectacles on his forehead, his hammer delicately raised."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Three lines of text below title: Will your ladyship do me the honor to say £50-000 - a mere trifle - a brilliant of the first water, an unheard of price for such a lot, surely., Temporary local subject terms: Auctioneers' hammers., Leaf 10 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., 1 print : etching with stipple on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 19.8 x 14.9 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm., and Figure identified as "Mr. Christie" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by R. Dighton
- Subject (Name):
- Christie, Mr. 1730-1803 (James),
- Subject (Topic):
- Auctioneers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The specious orator [graphic]
51. Vil you give us a glass of gin I'll see you d--n'd first / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [4 January 1793]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 75 D569 812
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 13. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A woman in a pink dress gazes expectantly at a man on the right of the print, whilst hitching up her apron to reveal a green underskirt by placing her hands on her hips. The man returns her gaze in profile with a disapproving expression, whilst clutching onto carrots and turnips in the crook of his right elbow and left hand. The woman has ginger hair, and wears a white bonnet with red ribbons, and the man wears a black hat
- Alternative Title:
- Will you give us a glass of gin
- Description:
- Title from dialogue etched below image., Leaf 13 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 19.9 x 14.7 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pub. Jany. 4, 1793, by R. Dighton
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Gin, Occupations, Oysters, and Vegetables
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Vil you give us a glass of gin I'll see you d--n'd first / [graphic]
52. [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]