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1. Lieut. Genl. Macdonald [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1812]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 75 D569 812
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 73. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A tall and elegant officer walks left to right and slightly towards the spectator, his hand on the hilt of his sword. He wears cocked hat, high tasselled Hessian boots; gold aiguillettes hang from his right shoulder below the waist. Donald Macdonald, of the 55th Foot, Lieutenant-Governor of Fort William, was commissioned Lieutenant-General in 1810."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Lieutenant General Macdonald
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Publisher tentatively identified as Robert Dighton; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1848,1221.44., Leaf 73 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and Watermark, trimmed: [E]dmeads 1808.
- Publisher:
- Robert Dighton?
- Subject (Name):
- Macdonald, Donald, -1812
- Subject (Topic):
- Military officers, British, and Daggers & swords
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Lieut. Genl. Macdonald [graphic]
2. London sportsmen finding a hare [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.128
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A satire on London hunters: A hare crouching in long grass beside an old tree at left while a young man runs forward dragging his gun, and holding out his hat to throw it over the animal. Two dogs follow behind him and a second man squats down with his gun to watch
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Date suggested by Isaac and by British Museum record for another popular print by Davison., A copy of Gillray's print "Cockney-sportsmen finding a hare", published 12 November 1800. Cf. No. 9599 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 7., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Topic):
- Hunters and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > London sportsmen finding a hare [graphic].
3. London sportsmen recharging [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [between 1812 and 1817]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.127
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A young huntsmen with a barnyard rooster hanging from his waist, negligently uses a ramrod. His pot-bellied companion leans against a fence, voraciously gnawing a cold chicken, a bottle of 'Porter' in front of him. Near him lies a dead cat. The men are accompanied by two dogs
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Date suggested by Isaac and by British Museum record for another popular print by Davison., A copy of Gillray's print "Cockney-sportsmen re-charging", published 12 November 1800. Cf. No. 9598 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 7., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
- Subject (Topic):
- Hunters and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > London sportsmen recharging [graphic].