"The Duke of Grafton stands directed to the left, his head in profile, both (gloved) hands resting on the head of his stick. He wears his accustomed and characteristic dress of an earlier fashion: small tricorne and full-skirted coat buttoned at the waist, with a star, and spurred top-boots."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Leaf 30 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and Figure identified as "Duke of Grafton" in pencil below plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 20th, 1801, by Dighton, Charg. Cross
Subject (Name):
Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811
"An elderly man shambles from right to left in profile, right hand on his stick, left hand in his coat-pocket. He wears a hat with a curved brim, a curled, old-fashioned brown wig, a long coat, and an overcoat, with ill-fitting gaiters reaching to the thigh. Two seals hang from a fob. He is Councillor John Morris or Morriss."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Leaf 57 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton.