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1. Radical meteors of 1821 [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Richard, 1795-1880, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Septr. 14, 1821.
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 835G v.2 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An imitation of Patriotick Meteors, British Museum Satires No. 4887 (1771). Three heads, with rays or fire streaming from them, dart downwards and to the right into the gaping jaws of a monster from which issue the flames of Hell (cf., e.g., British Museum Satires No. 10011), inscribed Gulf of Oblivion. Alderman Wood is foremost, from his neck hangs a rolled document: Queen's Will. His trail of fire expands behind him from the end of his tiny pigtail, and is inscribed Wisdom [see British Museum Satires No. 13899, &c.]. Next is the profile head of Sheriff Waithman; the fiery trail expands from the end of his black bag, and is inscribed Inquest. Last is the head of a horse, with a black bag and tail like that of Waithman, inscribed Queen's Mayor [Thorpe]. Double civic chains hang from the necks of the last two."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Exitus acta probat
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 105 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Waithman" and "Wood" identified in ink below image; date "14 Sept. 1821" written in lower right corner. Typed extract of sixteen lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted opposite (on verso of preceding leaf).
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, Waithman, Robert, 1764-1833, Thorp, John Thomas., and Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
- Subject (Topic):
- Death and burial, Meteors, Monsters, Wills, Sheriffs, Municipal officials, and Horses
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Radical meteors of 1821 [graphic]
2. Sheriff double-hue; half devil half radical [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Richard, 1795-1880, printmaker, artist
- Published / Created:
- Septr. 2, 1821.
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 835G v.2 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Waithman stands in his shop, in profile to the right, holding a yard-stick of 2 yards, like a wand of office. He wears black court dress, with black bag attached to his short hair or coat-collar, ruffles, knee-breeches, and sword, his alderman's chain round his shoulders. From his coat-tails project a barbed tail and a roll of fringed Shawls. The right leg terminates in a cloven hoof. At his feet are rolls of Shawls and H. Ell Wide Stuff [cf. British Museum Satires No. 14194]. A long counter extends across the shop behind him, with a fashionably dressed young shopman rolling material. On the wall behind is a row of neat drawers below a shelf on which are rolls of textiles. The head seems to be copied from Dighton's earlier portrait, British Museum Satires No. 13024."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 105 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figure of "Waithman" identified in ink at bottom of sheet; date "1 Sept. 1821" written in lower right corner. Typed extract of six lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted opposite (on verso of preceding leaf).
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Waithman, Robert, 1764-1833 and Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
- Subject (Topic):
- Death and burial, Interiors, Fabric shops, Counters, Sheriffs, Rulers (Instruments), Shawls, and Textiles
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Sheriff double-hue; half devil half radical [graphic]
