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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].