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1. Members of the Whig Club [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [25 May 1798]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 75 D569 812
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 64. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Norfolk (left) and Fox (right) sit close together, hands on knees, the left knee of Norfolk and the right knee of Fox touching; their heads are turned in profile, each gazing fixedly at the other with a melancholy expression. On the back of Norfolk's chair is a ducal coronet; Fox sits on a stool. At their feet is an open book: 'List of his Maje[stys] \ Privy Council \ Earl of.. Lord.. \ Duke of D...\ Earl of... \ Rt Hon. C. J. Fox [scored through] Duke of Leed[s]'. By Norfolk is a torn paper: 'Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding York . .' Under Fox's feet: 'A Seat in Parliament to be disposed off enquire at next General Election'. Under this is another paper: 'Speech Whig Club'. Their words (or thoughts) are etched beneath the title (left): 'Charley, keep a civil \ Tongue in your Head'. (right) 'Jocky of Norfolk \ be not so bold'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Leaf 64 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., 1 print : etching and stipple engraving on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 20.1 x 15.0 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm., and Watermark, trimmed: [E]dmeads 1808.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. May 25th, 1798, by Dighton, Charg. Cross
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Leeds, Francis Godolphin Osborne, Duke of, 1751-1799., and Whig Club (London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Members of the Whig Club [graphic]
2. Members of the Whig Club [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [25 May 1798]
- Call Number:
- 798.05.25.01 Impression 1
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 64. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Norfolk (left) and Fox (right) sit close together, hands on knees, the left knee of Norfolk and the right knee of Fox touching; their heads are turned in profile, each gazing fixedly at the other with a melancholy expression. On the back of Norfolk's chair is a ducal coronet; Fox sits on a stool. At their feet is an open book: 'List of his Maje[stys] \ Privy Council \ Earl of.. Lord.. \ Duke of D...\ Earl of... \ Rt Hon. C. J. Fox [scored through] Duke of Leed[s]'. By Norfolk is a torn paper: 'Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding York . .' Under Fox's feet: 'A Seat in Parliament to be disposed off enquire at next General Election'. Under this is another paper: 'Speech Whig Club'. Their words (or thoughts) are etched beneath the title (left): 'Charley, keep a civil \ Tongue in your Head'. (right) 'Jocky of Norfolk \ be not so bold'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 32 x 25 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. May 25th, 1798, by Dighton, Charg. Cross
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Leeds, Francis Godolphin Osborne, Duke of, 1751-1799., and Whig Club (London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Members of the Whig Club [graphic]