- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [January 1808]
- Call Number:
- 808.01.00.02
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 55. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "William Crowe stands in profile to the right holding his mortar-board in his right hand, his left hand extended, slightly stooping, as if making a speech. He has short thick hair (or wig) and wears bands and cassock under his gown."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Watermark: H S & S., and Countermark: 182[?].
- Publisher:
- Robert Dighton
- Subject (Name):
- Crowe, William, 1745-1829
- Subject (Topic):
- People associated with education & communication and Public speaking
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A celebrated public orator [graphic]
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- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- May 1808.
- Call Number:
- 808.05.00.02 Impression 1
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 39. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A tall imposing man, wearing a clerical wig and bands, mortar-board, gown, and cassock, stands directed slightly to the left, head in profile, one gloved hand on his breast, the right arm hanging by his side."--British Museum online catalogue and "He is William Cleaver (1742-1815), Principal of Brasenose College 1785-1809, who continually lived there, giving it a (temporary) leadership in scholarship and discipline, according to De Quincey. He was Bishop of Chester 1787, Bangor 1800, St. Asaph 1806. ... He was Lord Grenville's tutor, and was active in his election (see British Museum Satires No. 11384)."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by Dighton, Charg. Cross
- Subject (Name):
- Cleaver, William, 1742-1815
- Subject (Topic):
- College administrators
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A view from Brazen Nose College, Oxford [graphic].
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [June 1808]
- Call Number:
- 808.06.00.01
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 42. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Dr. Ford walks right to left in profile, looking at the ground, and clutching his gown in his right hand. He wears mortarboard, bands, and cassock. "--British Museum online catalogue and "Henry Ford matriculated 1776, aged 23, at Pembroke, was Lord Almoner's professor of Arabic 1780-1813, D.C.L. Magdalen Hall 1788, Principal 1788-1813. "--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Figure identified by multiple ms. notes in lower portion of sheet.
- Publisher:
- Robert Dighton
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A view from Magdalen Hall, Oxford [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [June 1808]
- Call Number:
- 808.06.00.02
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 44. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A tall slim man stands in profile to the left, wearing a long gown over lay dress and holding out a round hat. He is sharp-featured, and wears (?) a wig simulating short natural hair with a curl at the neck."--British Museum online catalogue and "Identified as Samuel Kilner (1732-1815), Fellow of Merton till 1815, Sub-warden in 1814. He appears younger than his age."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Figure identified by ms. note in contemporary hand in lower right corner of sheet., and Sheet numbered '63' by ms. note in upper right corner.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. June 1808 by Dighton, Charg. Cross
- Subject (Name):
- Kilner, Samuel, 1732-1815
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A view from Merton College Oxford [graphic].
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [May 1808]
- Call Number:
- 808.05.00.04
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 49. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Dr. Eveleigh stands in profile to the right, holding to his person his voluminous gown. He wears a clerical wig, mortar-board, and cassock. He is tall and dignified with sharply cut, alert, sensitive features."--British Museum online catalogue and "Eveleigh, Provost of Oriel 1781-1814, was Bampton Lecturer in 1792. He did much to raise the college to its high position in the early nineteenth century, and was a vigorous university reformer."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. May 1808 by Dighton, Charg. Cross
- Subject (Name):
- Eveleigh, John, 1748-1814
- Subject (Topic):
- Teachers and College administrators
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A view from Oriel College, Oxford [graphic].
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [January 1808]
- Call Number:
- Print00666
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 33. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Representation of Dr Grosvenor in smart attire, walking to the left whilst clutching the glove of his right hand in his left hand. He wears black boots, a blue, double-breasted over-coat, and a black hat, and is accompanied by a white dog."--British Museum online catalogue and "Grosvenor (1742-1823), who became the most noted practical surgeon in Oxford, was admitted to the priviliges of the University in 1768, as 'chirurgus'. On the death of the University Printer in 1795 he became chief proprietor and editor of the Oxford Journal."--British Museum catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Surgeons -- Oxford University -- Oxford Journal., and 1 print : etching, hand-colored ; plate mark 278 x 204 mm.
- Publisher:
- Robert Dighton
- Subject (Name):
- Grosvenor, John, 1742-1823
- Subject (Topic):
- Physicians and Dogs
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > A view from St. Aldate's Oxford [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [January 1808]
- Call Number:
- 808.01.00.03
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 47. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Dr. John Smith, portly and very round-shouldered, stands in profile to the right, wearing mortar-board, gown, and cassock, with bands. An eye-glass hangs from a ribbon. Smith (1744-1809), B.D. and D.D. 1796, was Rector of Fairford, Glos., 1768-1809, and Master of Pembroke College 1796-1809."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Robert Dighton
- Subject (Name):
- Smith, John, 1744-1809
- Subject (Topic):
- College administrators and Clergy
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A view taken at Oxford [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [January 1808]
- Call Number:
- 808.01.00.01
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 32. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A man wearing a hat, long coat, and top-boots, stands directed to the left, head in profile, holding a long-lashed coach whip; over his left arm hangs a bulky multiple-collared coat, in his hand is a 'Way Bill'."--British Museum online catalogue and "He is Tilleman Hodgkinson Bobart who matriculated as a Commoner 1790 at University College, aged eighteen, but never graduated. He ran a four-horse coach between Oxford and London, had to give up the road owing to accidents, and in 1815 was made Esquire Bedel in Law. He died 1838."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Classical alma mater coachman Oxford
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Robert Dighton
- Subject (Name):
- Bobart, Tilleman Hodgkinson, 1770-1838,
- Subject (Topic):
- Coach drivers and Whips
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The classical almamater coachman Oxford [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [March 1808]
- Call Number:
- 808.03.00.01
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 48. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An elderly man stands in profile to the left, holding a looped tricorne in his left hand. He wears a small wig and a buttoned coat, with buckled shoes, his dress being plain, neat, and old-fashioned. He is William Fletcher (1739-1826), banker and bookseller of Oxford, Mayor of Oxford in 1782, 1796, and 1809."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Temporary local subject terms: Oxford bankers -- Mayor of Oxford.
- Publisher:
- Robert Dighton
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and Oxford.
- Subject (Name):
- William Fletcher, 1739-1826
- Subject (Topic):
- Mayors and Bankers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The father of the Corporation of Oxford Omnibus Carus / [graphic]