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1. A first rate man of war taken from the dock yard, Plymouth / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [January 1809]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 75 D569 812
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 8. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Admiral Sir George Young, in naval uniform, stands in profile to the left, slim and erect, heels together, hand on the hilt of his sword. He wears a cocked hat and high boots. His expression is firm, alert, benevolent."--British Museum catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Leaf 8 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and Figure identified as "Admiral Young" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.
- Publisher:
- Robert Dighton
- Subject (Name):
- Young, George, Sir, 1732-1810
- Subject (Topic):
- Military uniforms, British, and Admirals
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A first rate man of war taken from the dock yard, Plymouth / [graphic]
2. A general view of Old England [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [September 1808]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 75 D569 812
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 71. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An elderly general rides a high-stepping horse in profile to the left, posed like an equestrian statue. He wears a high cocked hat with cockade and plume; his sword-belt is buckled over his sash, which girds a heavy paunch. In his right hand is a cane. He is Lt.-General Richard England of Lifford, co. Clare, Colonel of the 5th Foot and Lt.-Governor of Plymouth, father of Sir Richard England (b. 1793). He was a veteran of the American War, and had been one of the first colonists of Western Upper Canada."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides, with minimal loss of image from right edge., Leaf 71 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and Watermark, trimmed: [Ed]meads 1808.
- Publisher:
- Robert Dighton
- Subject (Name):
- England, Richard, approximately 1750-1812
- Subject (Topic):
- Military officers, British, Horses, and Obesity
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A general view of Old England [graphic]
3. 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]
4. A view of Somerset [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Decr. 1811.
- Call Number:
- Quarto 75 D569 812
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 69. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The Duke of Somerset in military uniform rides in profile to the left. He wears a double-peaked cocked hat with plume. In the background is a camp with tiny soldiers being drilled."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge., and Leaf 69 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by Dighton, Spring Gardens
- Subject (Name):
- Somerset, Edward Adolphus Seymour, Duke of, 1775-1855
- Subject (Topic):
- Military uniforms, British, Military camps, and Horses
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A view of Somerset [graphic]
5. A view of a Temple near Buckingham [graphic].
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- July 1811.
- Call Number:
- Quarto 75 D569 812
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 76. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A caricature portrait of the Marquis of Buckingham (George Grenville Nugent Temple) walking in profile to the left. He wears military uniform with cocked hat and spurred Hessians, and is enormously obese, his sword-belt grotesquely clasped across his paunch. His hand is on the hilt of his sword. He was Lord Lieutenant of Bucks. Unlike other caricatures of Buckingham."--British Museum online catalogue and "George identified the subject as George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, Marquess of Buckingham (1753-1813) but it is, rather, his son Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, first duke of Buckingham and Chandos (1776-1839), known until 1813 as Earl Temple."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Leaf 76 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., Watermark, trimmed: [E]dmeads 1808., and Figure identified as "Marquess Buckingham" in pencil at bottom of sheet.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by Dighton, Spring Gardens
- Subject (Name):
- Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos, Duke of, 1776-1839 and Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813,
- Subject (Topic):
- Military uniforms, British, and Obesity
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A view of a Temple near Buckingham [graphic].
6. Hamlet in Scotland a large manager in a great character / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- pubd. Decr. 6th, 1794.
- Call Number:
- Quarto 75 D569 812
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 23. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The enormously fat Stephen Kemble, as Hamlet, gesticulates, right arm extended, left arm thrown back, fingers (very large) pointing awkwardly; his head is turned in profile to the left. He wears quasi-contemporary dress, much dishevelled, with a star and ribbon from which hangs the elephant of the Danish order."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Publisher from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: J,2.22., Two lines of text from Hamlet are etched below title: ---------- that I have thought some of nature's journeymen had made men, and not made them well; they imitated humanity so abominably., Leaf 23 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., 1 print : etching and stipple engraving on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 22.5 x 16.1 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm., and Figure identified as "Stephen Kemble" in pencil below plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Robert Dighton
- Subject (Name):
- Kemble, Stephen, 1758-1822
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors, British, Obesity, and Theatrical productions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Hamlet in Scotland a large manager in a great character / [graphic]
7. Hold! Pizarro, hear me! If not always justly, at least act always greatly. Pizarro [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [14 December 1799]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 75 D569 812
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 28. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Mrs. Siddons as Elvira in 'Pizarro'. Her words are from Act III. iii (in Pizarro's tent). She stands with her head turned in profile to the left, right arm extended in a commanding gesture. She wears a high-waisted, quasi-classical dress, with a long cloak bordered with gold, folds of which are twisted round her left arm."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Theater: actors in performance -- Literature: Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Pizarro, iii.3 -- Female costume: theater costume., Leaf 28 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., 1 print : etching with drypoint on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 22.3 x 17.4 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm., and Figure identified as "Siddons" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.
- Publisher:
- Robert Dighton
- Subject (Name):
- Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816. and Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831
- Subject (Topic):
- Actresses, British, and Theatrical productions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Hold! Pizarro, hear me! If not always justly, at least act always greatly. Pizarro [graphic]
8. 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]
9. Lieut. Genl. Sir George Provost Governor of Canada. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Novr. 1812.
- Call Number:
- Quarto 75 D569 812
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 70. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Equestrian portrait of Sir George Prevost, full-length, in profile to the right, holding a despatch in his gloved hand and the reins in the other, a cocked hat on his head, dressed in military uniform with light blue facings and trousers, an epaulette and an aiguillette on his shoulder, spurs on the heels of his boots, his black horse standing quietly with a a saddle-blanket and a docked tail, a military camp on the hills."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
- Alternative Title:
- Lieutenant General Sir George Provost and Lieutenant General Sir George Prevost
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker identified as Dighton; see description of later state in the British Museum online catalogue., Early state, before Dighton's title and publication line burnished from plate and replaced with those of Thomas Palser. For the later state with the title "Sir George Prevost, Governor of Canada", see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1848,1221.47., Cf. Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 3, page 513., and Leaf 70 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by Dighton, Spring Gardens
- Subject (Name):
- Prevost, George, 1767-1816
- Subject (Topic):
- Governors, British, Military officers, Military camps, and Horses
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Lieut. Genl. Sir George Provost Governor of Canada. [graphic]