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1. Term time, or, The lawyers all alive in Westminster Hall [art original]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1795]
- Call Number:
- Drawings D574 no. 7 Box D205
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A watercolor drawing of a scene in Westminster Hall with three judges presiding over a crowded courtroom
- Alternative Title:
- Lawyers all alive in Westminster Hall and Peep into the Court of Kings Bench
- Description:
- Title "A peep into the Court of Kings Bench" written in lower margin but scored through; a new title "Term time or The lawyers all alive in Westminster Hall" is written below in the same hand., Signed by the artist in lower right corner of image., Date from: Padbury, D. View of Dightons., and Numbered "557" beneath lower left corner of image.
- Subject (Name):
- Westminster Hall (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Courtrooms, Judicial proceedings, Lawyers, Judges, and Juries
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Term time, or, The lawyers all alive in Westminster Hall [art original]
2. [A master parson with a good living] [art original].
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, artist
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1782]
- Call Number:
- Drawings D574 no. 6 Framed, shelved in LFS Bin 63
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In a richly decorated and carpeted interior, an obese clergyman with his equally large, bespectacled wife sit at a dining table with their three children; on the back wall hangs a portrait of the clergyman. He raises a wineglass to his lips as a servant uncorks another bottle of wine
- Description:
- Title from pencil inscription on verso., Date of production based on date of published mezzotint after this design., The daughter's face has been redrawn on a small piece of paper that has been pasted over the original sheet., and For a mezzotint engraving of this design, see no. 3753 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3.
- Subject (Topic):
- Clergy, Families, Dining tables, Eating & drinking, Servants, Sconces, and Rugs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [A master parson with a good living] [art original].
3. [Drawings for The prodigal son] [art original].
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1780s]
- Call Number:
- 75 D569 780
- Image Count:
- 12
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A series of six drawings illustrating the story of The prodigal son. The six scenes include: The prodigal son receives his patrimony; the prodigal son takes leave of his father; the prodigal son drinking and reveling in the company of harlots; the prodigal son destitute, seated in the countryside watching pigs eat at a trough; the prodigal son returns to his father's home and is embraced, at harvest time; the prodigal son at a feasting at the family table, in celebration of his return. Musicians play their instruments in the gallery above
- Alternative Title:
- Prodigal son
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Attributed to Robert Dighton., Oval images (11.0 x 15.3 cm) drawn on rectangular sheets laid paper (12.5 x 16.5 cm), one with a partial watermark, tipped-in to 19th century album leaves; bound in later (probably 20th century) antique-style half morocco over marbled boards, with red morocco title 'Prodigal Son' to spine., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Prodigal son (Parable), Sin, and Parables
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Drawings for The prodigal son] [art original].
4. [The barber riding to Margate] [art original].
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1782]
- Call Number:
- Drawings D574 no. 1 Box D205
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- A scene outside a posting inn: A man, his hat flying off, rides right to left clutching his horse round the neck as he has lost his stirrups. The horse is rearing, startled by the drum and fifes of a recruiting party in Guards' uniforms led by an officer with a drawn sword and followed by three recruits wearing ribbon favours in their hats. The rider is fashionably dressed in riding clothes, a pair of curling tongs falls from his pocket; a box which he was carrying has fallen to the ground and various articles of the barber's trade have fallen out: tresses of hair, a packet of "Powder", a comb, razor, &c. In the background is a three-storied inn, with bay-windows on all floors. Spectators watch from the windows. The sign hangs from a standard (right); behind (left) are outhouses inscribed "Licensed to [hire] post horses"; a coach stands in front of them
- Description:
- Title from print based on this drawing. See British Museum catalogue., Number inscribed on drawing in lower left corner: 474., and Original drawing for a mezzotint published by Carington Bowles, 20 May 1782. See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 6158.
- Subject (Topic):
- Barbers, Recruiting & enlistment, and Taverns (Inns)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The barber riding to Margate] [art original].
5. [The sailor riding to Portsmouth] [art original].
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1782]
- Call Number:
- Drawings D574 no. 3 Box D117
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- A sailor, holding a bowl of water, sits on a bucking horse. The townspeople seem to mock the sailor
- Description:
- Title from published print based on this drawing: Published by Carington Bowles, 20 May 1782., Robert Dighton, English draughtsman, 1752-1814., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Sailors and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The sailor riding to Portsmouth] [art original].
6. [Young lady and gentleman descending steps, near pond] [art original].
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, artist
- Published / Created:
- [after 1780?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings D574 no. 2 Box D117
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A man holds a lady's hand as she descends a flight of stairs overlooking a pond. To the left in the distance are shown two figures in a row boat on the water
- Description:
- Inscription in pencil on verso: Cut mount to fit shape of inlay piece., Robert Dighton, English draughtsman, 1752-1814., For further information, consult library staff., and Watermark.
- Subject (Topic):
- Couples and Etiquette
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Young lady and gentleman descending steps, near pond] [art original].