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1. Lieut. Genl. Macdonald [graphic]

Creator:: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1812]
Call Number:: Quarto 75 D569 812
Collection Title:: Leaf 73. Characatures by Dighton.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A tall and elegant officer walks left to right and slightly towards the spectator, his hand on the hilt of his sword. He wears cocked hat, high tasselled Hessian boots; gold aiguillettes hang from his right shoulder below the waist. Donald Macdonald, of the 55th Foot, Lieutenant-Governor of Fort William, was commissioned Lieutenant-General in 1810."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Lieutenant General Macdonald
Description:: Title etched below image., Publisher tentatively identified as Robert Dighton; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1848,1221.44., Leaf 73 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and Watermark, trimmed: [E]dmeads 1808.
Publisher:: Robert Dighton?
Subject (Name):: Macdonald, Donald, -1812
Subject (Topic):: Military officers, British, and Daggers & swords
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Lieut. Genl. Macdonald [graphic]

2. Lieut. Genl. Sir George Provost Governor of Canada. [graphic]

Creator:: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Published / Created:: Novr. 1812.
Call Number:: Quarto 75 D569 812
Collection Title:: Leaf 70. Characatures by Dighton.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Equestrian portrait of Sir George Prevost, full-length, in profile to the right, holding a despatch in his gloved hand and the reins in the other, a cocked hat on his head, dressed in military uniform with light blue facings and trousers, an epaulette and an aiguillette on his shoulder, spurs on the heels of his boots, his black horse standing quietly with a a saddle-blanket and a docked tail, a military camp on the hills."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Alternative Title:: Lieutenant General Sir George Provost and Lieutenant General Sir George Prevost
Description:: Title etched below image., Printmaker identified as Dighton; see description of later state in the British Museum online catalogue., Early state, before Dighton's title and publication line burnished from plate and replaced with those of Thomas Palser. For the later state with the title "Sir George Prevost, Governor of Canada", see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1848,1221.47., Cf. Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 3, page 513., and Leaf 70 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton.
Publisher:: Pubd. by Dighton, Spring Gardens
Subject (Name):: Prevost, George, 1767-1816
Subject (Topic):: Governors, British, Military officers, Military camps, and Horses
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Lieut. Genl. Sir George Provost Governor of Canada. [graphic]

3. A lawyer & his client [graphic].

Creator:: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Published / Created:: May 1812.
Call Number:: Quarto 75 D569 812
Collection Title:: Leaf 60. Characatures by Dighton.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A stout lawyer puts his left arm across the shoulders of a lean and distraught client, gripping him with a sinister show of affection, while he scrutinizes his face with the calculating smile of false friendship. He takes a sheaf of 'One' pound notes from his victim's hand. The lawyer is fashionably dressed; a brief-bag is slung from his arm. The client wears old-fashioned dress; his shoes are distended by bunions."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Lawyer and his client
Description:: Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Law -- Brief bag -- Bunions -- Lawyers and clients., Leaf 60 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 27.4 x 21.2 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm.
Publisher:: Pubd. by Dighton, Spring Gardens
Subject (Topic):: Lawyers, Bags, and Money
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A lawyer & his client [graphic].

4. Molineaux [graphic].

Creator:: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Published / Created:: Jany. 1812.
Call Number:: Quarto 75 D569 812
Collection Title:: Leaf 16. Characatures by Dighton.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Print of Molyneux in a fighting stance, likely during his fight against English champion Tom Cribb of 1810 or 1811
Description:: Thomas "The Moor" Molineaux, although usually called Tom Molineaux (which is sometimes spelled Molyneaux) was an African-American bare-knuckle boxer and former slave. He spent much of his career in Great Britain and Ireland, where he had some notable successes. He arrived in England in 1809 and started his fighting career there in 1810. It was his two fights against Tom Cribb, widely viewed as the Champion of England that brought fame to Molineaux, although he lost both contests. His prizefighting career ended in 1815. After a tour that took him to Scotland and Ireland, he died in Galway, Ireland in 1818, aged 34., Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top and bottom., and Leaf 16 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton.
Publisher:: Pubd. by Dighton, Spring Gardens
Subject (Name):: Molyneux, Tom, 1784-1818, and Molyneux, Tom, 1784-1818.
Subject (Topic):: African American boxers, Prints, and Boxers (Sports)
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Molineaux [graphic].

5. A gentle ride from Exeter 'Change to Pimlico [graphic]

Creator:: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Published / Created:: [August 1812]
Call Number:: Quarto 75 D569 812
Collection Title:: Leaf 6. Characatures by Dighton.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "An elderly man in profile to the right sits heavily on a horse which plods slowly with lowered head. He holds the single rein awkwardly; in his right hand is a cudgel. He wears old-fashioned dress with round hat and high-quartered buckled shoes with spurs. Identified as Thomas Clark of Exeter Change."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Gentle ride from Exeter Exchange to Pimlico
Description:: Title etched below image., Leaf 6 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 28.1 x 22.4 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm., and Figure identified as "Mr. Clark" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.
Publisher:: Robert Dighton
Subject (Name):: Clark, Thomas 1737-1816
Subject (Topic):: Horses and Staffs (Sticks)
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A gentle ride from Exeter 'Change to Pimlico [graphic]

6. A gentle ride from Exeter 'Change to Pimlico [graphic]

Creator:: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Published / Created:: [August 1812]
Call Number:: 812.08.00.03
Collection Title:: Leaf 6. Characatures by Dighton.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "An elderly man in profile to the right sits heavily on a horse which plods slowly with lowered head. He holds the single rein awkwardly; in his right hand is a cudgel. He wears old-fashioned dress with round hat and high-quartered buckled shoes with spurs. Identified as Thomas Clark of Exeter Change."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Gentle ride from Exeter Exchange to Pimlico
Description:: Title etched below image. and Written in lower right corner in red ink: Mr Clark.
Publisher:: Robert Dighton
Subject (Name):: Clark, Thomas 1737-1816
Subject (Topic):: Horses and Staffs (Sticks)
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A gentle ride from Exeter 'Change to Pimlico [graphic]

7. A lawyer & his client [graphic].

Creator:: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Published / Created:: May 1812.
Call Number:: 812.05.00.02
Collection Title:: Leaf 60. Characatures by Dighton.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A stout lawyer puts his left arm across the shoulders of a lean and distraught client, gripping him with a sinister show of affection, while he scrutinizes his face with the calculating smile of false friendship. He takes a sheaf of 'One' pound notes from his victim's hand. The lawyer is fashionably dressed; a brief-bag is slung from his arm. The client wears old-fashioned dress; his shoes are distended by bunions."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Lawyer and his client
Description:: Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Temporary local subject terms: Law -- Brief bag -- Bunions -- Lawyers and clients.
Publisher:: Pubd. by Dighton, Spring Gardens
Subject (Topic):: Lawyers, Bags, and Money
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A lawyer & his client [graphic].

8. A view of a Temple near Buckingham [graphic].

Creator:: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Published / Created:: July 1811.
Call Number:: Quarto 75 D569 812
Collection Title:: Leaf 76. Characatures by Dighton.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A caricature portrait of the Marquis of Buckingham (George Grenville Nugent Temple) walking in profile to the left. He wears military uniform with cocked hat and spurred Hessians, and is enormously obese, his sword-belt grotesquely clasped across his paunch. His hand is on the hilt of his sword. He was Lord Lieutenant of Bucks. Unlike other caricatures of Buckingham."--British Museum online catalogue and "George identified the subject as George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, Marquess of Buckingham (1753-1813) but it is, rather, his son Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, first duke of Buckingham and Chandos (1776-1839), known until 1813 as Earl Temple."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Leaf 76 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., Watermark, trimmed: [E]dmeads 1808., and Figure identified as "Marquess Buckingham" in pencil at bottom of sheet.
Publisher:: Pubd. by Dighton, Spring Gardens
Subject (Name):: Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos, Duke of, 1776-1839 and Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813,
Subject (Topic):: Military uniforms, British, and Obesity
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A view of a Temple near Buckingham [graphic].

9. A view of Somerset [graphic]

Creator:: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Published / Created:: Decr. 1811.
Call Number:: Quarto 75 D569 812
Collection Title:: Leaf 69. Characatures by Dighton.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "The Duke of Somerset in military uniform rides in profile to the left. He wears a double-peaked cocked hat with plume. In the background is a camp with tiny soldiers being drilled."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge., and Leaf 69 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton.
Publisher:: Pubd. by Dighton, Spring Gardens
Subject (Name):: Somerset, Edward Adolphus Seymour, Duke of, 1775-1855
Subject (Topic):: Military uniforms, British, Military camps, and Horses
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A view of Somerset [graphic]

10. Sr. David Dundas, KB, Commander in Chief [graphic]

Creator:: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Published / Created:: [April 1810]
Call Number:: Quarto 75 D569 812
Collection Title:: Leaf 74. Characatures by Dighton.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Dundas, tall and elegant, stands directed to the left, right hand on a cane, left on his scabbard. He wears a cocked hat with side-peaks, with loop, cockade, and small plume, double-breasted uniform, coat with star, boots of Hessian pattern, a sword-belt under, and a sash over his coat."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Sir David Dundas, KB, Commander in Chief
Description:: Title etched below image. and Leaf 74 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton.
Publisher:: Robert Dighton
Subject (Name):: Dundas, David, Sir, 1735-1820
Subject (Topic):: Generals, British, Staffs (Sticks), and Daggers & swords
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Sr. David Dundas, KB, Commander in Chief [graphic]

11. A view from Trinity College, Cambridge [graphic].

Creator:: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Published / Created:: [10 January 1810]
Call Number:: Quarto 75 D569 812
Collection Title:: Leaf 52. Characatures by Dighton.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Mansel, Bishop of Bristol and Master of Trinity (from 1798), walks from left to right, and slightly towards the spectator, head in profile, and thrown back, his mortar-board in his left hand. His voluminous, inflated, and much convoluted gown covers a bulky figure. He wears a clerical wig."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Printmaker tentatively identified as Dighton in the British Museum online catalogue., Leaf 52 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., Watermark, trimmed: [Ed]meads 1808., and Figure identified as "Bishop of Bristol" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.
Publisher:: Pubd. Jany. 10th, 1810, by Dighton, 6 Charg. Cross
Subject (Geographic):: England.
Subject (Name):: Mansel, William Lort, 1753-1820
Subject (Topic):: Bishops, Clergy, College administrators, and Obesity
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A view from Trinity College, Cambridge [graphic].

12. A view from Baxter's Livery Stables, Cambridge [graphic]

Creator:: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Published / Created:: [January 1810]
Call Number:: Quarto 75 D569 812
Collection Title:: Leaf 19. Characatures by Dighton.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Baxter stands directed to the left, his heels together, elbows bent. He wears a top-hat, a long coat over a striped and protruding waistcoat, with breeches, wrinkled stockings, and tied shoes. He has a humorous face."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge., and Leaf 19 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton.
Publisher:: Robert Dighton
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A view from Baxter's Livery Stables, Cambridge [graphic]

13. A striking view of Richmond [graphic]

Creator:: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Published / Created:: [March 1810]
Call Number:: Quarto 75 D569 812
Collection Title:: Leaf 17. Characatures by Dighton.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Bill Richmond, the black pugilist, stands directed to the right, left leg advanced, fists raised. He is stripped to the waist, wearing a spotted handkerchief for belt, with neat breeches, stockings, and tied shoes."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top and bottom., Although born into slavery in New York, he lived most his life in England., Leaf 17 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and Watermark, trimmed: [E]dmeads 1808.
Publisher:: Robert Dighton
Subject (Name):: Richmond, Bill, 1763-1829, and Richmond, Bill, 1763-1829.
Subject (Topic):: African American boxers, Boxers (Sports), and British
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A striking view of Richmond [graphic]

14. George the IIIrd aged 72 1810 reign'd 50 years. A royal jubilee / [graphic]

Creator:: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Published / Created:: pubd. Octr. 25th, 1810.
Call Number:: Quarto 75 D569 812
Collection Title:: Leaf 1. Characatures by Dighton.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "The King, wearing military uniform, walks in profile to the left, bending forward and holding a cocked hat in his right hand, left forefinger extended. He wears a close-fitting wig with side-curl and tail, a star, high cavalry boots without spurs, and a large sword."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: George the Third aged 72 1810 and George III aged 72 1810
Description:: Title etched below image., Publisher from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1935,0522.17.31., Leaf 1 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 27.2 x 19.8 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm.
Publisher:: Robert Dighton
Subject (Name):: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > George the IIIrd aged 72 1810 reign'd 50 years. A royal jubilee / [graphic]

15. George the IIIrd aged 72 1810 reign'd 50 years. A royal jubilee / [graphic]

Creator:: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Published / Created:: pubd. Octr. 25th, 1810.
Call Number:: 810.10.25.04
Collection Title:: Leaf 1. Characatures by Dighton.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "The King, wearing military uniform, walks in profile to the left, bending forward and holding a cocked hat in his right hand, left forefinger extended. He wears a close-fitting wig with side-curl and tail, a star, high cavalry boots without spurs, and a large sword."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: George the Third aged 72 1810 and George III aged 72 1810
Description:: Title etched below image. and Publisher from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1935,0522.17.31.
Publisher:: Robert Dighton
Subject (Name):: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > George the IIIrd aged 72 1810 reign'd 50 years. A royal jubilee / [graphic]

16. A view from the Pump Room, Bath [graphic]

Creator:: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Published / Created:: [January 1809]
Call Number:: Quarto 75 D569 812
Collection Title:: Leaf 58. Characatures by Dighton.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "An elderly man with an alert, wrinkled face, stands very erect in profile to the left, his hands resting on his cane. He wears an old-fashioned cocked hat with cockade, with white or powdered hair in a neat (military) pigtail; his long double-breasted blue coat has a small scarlet facing on the high collar; his shoes have large buckles. He is General Robert Donkin, father of Sir R. F. Donkin, died 1821, aged 94."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Leaf 58 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and Figure identified as "Genl. Donkin" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.
Publisher:: Robert Dighton
Subject (Name):: Donkin, Robert, 1727-1821
Subject (Topic):: Generals, British, Older people, and Staffs (Sticks)
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A view from the Pump Room, Bath [graphic]

17. A view taken from Bladuds Buildings, Bath [print]

Creator:: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Published / Created:: [January 1809]
Call Number:: Quarto 75 D569 812
Collection Title:: Leaf 57. Characatures by Dighton.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "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.
Publisher:: Robert Dighton
Subject (Name):: Morris, John, active 1809
Subject (Topic):: Older people and Staffs (Sticks)
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A view taken from Bladuds Buildings, Bath [print]

18. A view taken from Chatham Row, Bath [graphic]

Creator:: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Published / Created:: [January 1809]
Call Number:: Quarto 75 D569 812
Collection Title:: Leaf 56. Characatures by Dighton.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "An elderly man of clerical appearance, stands in profile to the right knees slightly flexed, right hand resting on a heavy cane, left hand raised in an expository gesture. He wears an ill-fitting powdered wig with a curl at the back, a round hat with the brim turned up at the side, long buttoned coat, wrinkled stockings, high-quartered buckled shoes, and gloves. Identified as Dr. John Shepherd."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image. and Leaf 56 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton.
Publisher:: Robert Dighton
Subject (Geographic):: Bath (England).
Subject (Topic):: Clergy, Older people, and Staffs (Sticks)
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A view taken from Chatham Row, Bath [graphic]

19. A view from St Iohn's College Cambridge [graphic]

Creator:: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Published / Created:: [May 1809]
Call Number:: Quarto 75 D569 812
Collection Title:: Leaf 51. Characatures by Dighton.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Dr. Wood walks meditatively in profile to the left, holding his gown to his waist. He has short white hair or wig, a white eyebrow, wears a mortar-board, bands over a shirt-frill, and knee-breeches, showing a neat leg."--British Museum online catalogue and "James Wood (1760-1839), Fellow of St. John's and mathematician, was the son of a Lancashire weaver. He was B.D. 1793, D.D. 1815, Master of his College 1815-39, and Dean of Ely from 1820. He was the most influential man in the University, and according to the 'D.N.B.' the model head of a college ..."--British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:: View from St John's College Cambridge
Description:: Title etched below image., Leaf 51 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and Figure identified as "Mr. Wood" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.
Publisher:: Robert Dighton
Subject (Name):: Wood, James, 1760-1839
Subject (Topic):: College administrators and Mathematicians
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A view from St Iohn's College Cambridge [graphic]

20. A view from Magdalen College, Cambridge [graphic]

Creator:: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Published / Created:: [June 1809]
Call Number:: Quarto 75 D569 812
Collection Title:: Leaf 50. Characatures by Dighton.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Dr. Gretton walks in profile to the left, wearing mortar-board, gown, bands, and cassock. He has a pouched and wrinkled face and short white hair or wig. He holds a handkerchief in his right hand which rests on his breast, the left is in the pocket of his cassock. William Gretton (1736-1813) was Master of Magdalene from 1797, and Vice-Chancellor 1800-1."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: View from Magdalene College, Cambridge
Description:: Title etched below image., Leaf 50 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and Figure identifed as "Dr. Gretton" in pencil at bottom of sheet; this note corrects another pencil annotation, now scored through, identifying the figure as "Dr. Grafton".
Publisher:: Robert Dighton
Subject (Name):: Gretton, William, 1736-1813
Subject (Topic):: College administrators
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A view from Magdalen College, Cambridge [graphic]

21. A first rate man of war taken from the dock yard, Plymouth / [graphic]

Creator:: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Published / Created:: [January 1809]
Call Number:: Quarto 75 D569 812
Collection Title:: Leaf 8. Characatures by Dighton.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Admiral Sir George Young, in naval uniform, stands in profile to the left, slim and erect, heels together, hand on the hilt of his sword. He wears a cocked hat and high boots. His expression is firm, alert, benevolent."--British Museum catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Leaf 8 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and Figure identified as "Admiral Young" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.
Publisher:: Robert Dighton
Subject (Name):: Young, George, Sir, 1732-1810
Subject (Topic):: Military uniforms, British, and Admirals
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A first rate man of war taken from the dock yard, Plymouth / [graphic]

22. A general view of Old England [graphic]

Creator:: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Published / Created:: [September 1808]
Call Number:: Quarto 75 D569 812
Collection Title:: Leaf 71. Characatures by Dighton.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "An elderly general rides a high-stepping horse in profile to the left, posed like an equestrian statue. He wears a high cocked hat with cockade and plume; his sword-belt is buckled over his sash, which girds a heavy paunch. In his right hand is a cane. He is Lt.-General Richard England of Lifford, co. Clare, Colonel of the 5th Foot and Lt.-Governor of Plymouth, father of Sir Richard England (b. 1793). He was a veteran of the American War, and had been one of the first colonists of Western Upper Canada."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides, with minimal loss of image from right edge., Leaf 71 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and Watermark, trimmed: [Ed]meads 1808.
Publisher:: Robert Dighton
Subject (Name):: England, Richard, approximately 1750-1812
Subject (Topic):: Military officers, British, Horses, and Obesity
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A general view of Old England [graphic]

23. A celebrated public orator [graphic]

Creator:: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Published / Created:: [January 1808]
Call Number:: Quarto 75 D569 812
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., Leaf 55 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 27.8 x 20.4 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm., and Figure identified as "Mr. Crow" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.
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]

24. A view from Oriel College, Oxford [graphic].

Creator:: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Published / Created:: [May 1808]
Call Number:: Quarto 75 D569 812
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., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Leaf 49 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 27.8 x 20.0 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm., and Figure identified as "Dr. Eveligh" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.
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].

25. The father of the Corporation of Oxford Omnibus Carus / [graphic]

Creator:: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Published / Created:: [March 1808]
Call Number:: Quarto 75 D569 812
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., Temporary local subject terms: Oxford bankers -- Mayor of Oxford., Leaf 48 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 27.2 x 19.1 cm, on sheet 30.9 x 25.5 cm.
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]

26. A view taken at Oxford [graphic]

Creator:: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Published / Created:: [January 1808]
Call Number:: Quarto 75 D569 812
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., Leaf 47 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 27.3 x 20.5 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm.
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]

27. [Dr. Parsons] [graphic]

Creator:: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Published / Created:: [February 1808]
Call Number:: Quarto 75 D569 812
Collection Title:: Leaf 46. Characatures by Dighton.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "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
Subject (Topic):: Faculty, Teachers, and Conductors
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Dr. Parsons] [graphic]

28. A view from Merton College, Oxford [graphic].

Creator:: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Published / Created:: June 1808.
Call Number:: Quarto 75 D569 812
Collection Title:: Leaf 45. Characatures by Dighton.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A young man in cap and gown over fashionable dress, with short but not cropped hair, walks in profile to the right, his arms by his sides, bending slightly forward. He is Winchcombe Hartley who matriculated 9 Dec. 1806, aged eighteen, and was a Fellow of Merton 1808-13."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Leaf 45 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and Figure identified as "Mr. Hartley" in pencil below plate mark.
Publisher:: Pubd. by Dighton, Charg. Cross
Subject (Name):: Hartley, Winchcombe Henry Howard, 1788-1832
Subject (Topic):: Students
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A view from Merton College, Oxford [graphic].

29. A view from Merton College Oxford [graphic].

Creator:: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Published / Created:: [June 1808]
Call Number:: Quarto 75 D569 812
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., Leaf 44 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 27.3 x 19.6 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm., and Figure identified as "Mr. Kilner" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.
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].

30. A view from Magdalen Hall, Oxford [graphic]

Creator:: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Published / Created:: [June 1808]
Call Number:: Quarto 75 D569 812
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., Leaf 42 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 27.9 x 17.7 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm., Watermark, trimmed: [Ed]meads & Co. 1808., and Figure identified as "Dr. Ford" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.
Publisher:: Robert Dighton
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A view from Magdalen Hall, Oxford [graphic]