"Graham, the well-known quack, stands above and behind a crowd of listeners, all men, some in profile, some in back view, some full-face, the heads and shoulders only being visible, except in the foreground where there is a row of half length figures seated apparently on a bench. The expressions of the audience vary, some look up at the lecturer, others turn their backs, many are grinning. Graham holds a rolled document in one hand as in British Museum Satires No. 6324, &c. The room is lit by a small pendant chandelier with four candles, and by single candles in sconces round the walls."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Dr. James Graham lecturing in Edinburgh
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., Later state, with year "1785" added in lower right (digit "7" etched backwards). For earlier state lacking year, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1935,0522.13.7., Possibly a nineteenth-century reissue; cf. A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Hugh Paton, Carver and Gilder, 1837-1838, v. 1. no. 12., and Annotation in pencil on verso: Dr. Jas. Graham lecturing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Graham, James, 1745-1794
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Public speaking, Audiences, Chandeliers, and Sconces
Title from manuscript annotation on print., Place and date of publication conjectured from imprint of book., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings / by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, v. ii., Plate numbered '305' in the lower right corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Figure identified in ms. annotations in pencil.
"A man wearing a black and red gown with bands stands in profile to the left, holding his mortar-board, with an expression of wary deference. He has short hair and bushy eyebrows."--British Museum online catalogue and "William Parsons (1746?-1817), a singing-master, Master and Conductor of His Majesty's Band of Music from 1786, matriculated Magdalen College, 23 June 1790, aged 42, was B. and D.Mus. 26 June; he was knighted in Ireland 1795. The portrait does not resemble a more flattering bust portrait "a painting in water-colours by Francis Wilkin, Jun." in the 'European Mag.', Aug. 1808."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., Leaf 46 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and Figure identified as "Dr. Parsons, late Vice Chancellor, Oxford" in pencil at bottom of sheet.
Publisher:
Robert Dighton
Subject (Name):
Parsons, William, 1746?-1817 and University of Oxford
Title devised by curator., From: Das Leben und die Meinungen des Tristram Shandy: Karl Ernst Bohn, Berlin, 1776., Top inscription: VIII. ; VI. Th. pag.11., Sheet trimmed through top inscription., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Title assigned by cataloger., Place and date of publication conjectured from imprint of book., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay (1842)., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Hay, Thomas, -1816. and Stirling, James, Sir, 1740 or 1741-1805
Title supplied by cataloger., Place and date of publication conjectured from imprint of book., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, v. ii., and Numbered "258" in lower right of plate.
Title devised by curator., Unsigned; attribution to Rowlandson from curator., Date based on artist's death date., and This record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Title devised by cataloger., Date based other drawings signed, dated, and executed by F. James for Harrison and Co., and Profile of a man in pencil on left margin.