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1. If you'd know who this is, Read [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1786-1865, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1805?]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 75 D569 812
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 2. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An obese man, one Read, stands directed to the right, head in profile, sucking a straw and holding a cane against right shoulder. He has short legs, accentuated by a long waistcoat, and wears round hat with curved brim, riding-breeches, and spurred boots with deep tops."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., and Leaf 2 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton.
- Publisher:
- Robert Dighton
- Subject (Topic):
- Obesity and Staffs (Sticks)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > If you'd know who this is, Read [graphic]
2. [Brook Watson] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1786-1865, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- August 1803.
- Call Number:
- Quarto 75 D569 812
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 7. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Brook Watson (1735-1807) walks in profile to the right, using a sturdy tasselled cane; his right hand is in his coat-pocket. He is well preserved; a slight stoop suggests hurried walking (on his (right) wooden leg) rather than age. He wears a round hat, double-breasted coat, frilled shirt, and breeches; a small pigtail and a spatterdash suggest a quasi-military career."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Elderly man with peg leg and cane
- Description:
- Title and printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Text in lower left portion of design, possibly an additional publication line "Pubd. by Dighton", has been obscured with etched lines., Leaf 7 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.5 x 15.1 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm., and Pencil annotation in lower left corner of sheet is mostly trimmed away.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by R. Dighton Junr
- Subject (Name):
- Watson, Brook, 1735-1807
- Subject (Topic):
- Amputees, Peg legs, and Staffs (Sticks)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Brook Watson] [graphic].
3. [Views of the Blues] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1786-1865, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [June 1805]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 75 D569 812
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 75. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Two officers stand together directed to the right, almost in profile, dressed alike. The taller (right) holds a sheathed sword crooked in the left elbow; his shorter and slightly stouter friend stands very erect, and takes his right arm. They wear cocked hats with small plumes and side-tassels, stock and jabot under high-collared tunics, wide crossed belts, high cavalry boots, and gauntlet gloves. They are Robert Christopher Packe, Captain Royal Horse Guards, killed at Waterloo, and Lieut. George Augustus Fenwick."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Two soldiers
- Description:
- Title from British Museum catalogue., Leaf 75 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.6 x 18.4 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm.
- Publisher:
- Dighton Junr.
- Subject (Name):
- Packe, Robert Christopher, -1815 and Fenwick, George Augustus, active 1805
- Subject (Topic):
- Military officers and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Views of the Blues] [graphic]