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11.
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].

12.
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].

13.
A man of fashion in 1700 A fashionable man in 1800 / [graphic]

Creator:
Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Published / Created:
[November 1800]
Call Number:
800.11.00.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Two gentlemen facing each other, one dressed in the fashion of 1700 and the other in the style of 1800. looking through his monocle. They examine each other with interest
Alternative Title:
Fashionable man in 1800
Description:
Titles from caption below images. and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Dighton
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A man of fashion in 1700 A fashionable man in 1800 / [graphic]

14.
A man of war crossing the mane [graphic]

Creator:
Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 March 1797]
Call Number:
797.03.01.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A man (left) holds the bridle of a horse as a red-faced, grinning sailor mounts the horse but facing backwards, leg over of the horse's mane
Description:
Title from item., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 1st, 1797, 15 Charg. Cross
Subject (Topic):
Horses, Sailors, and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A man of war crossing the mane [graphic]

15.
A noble student of Oxford [graphic]

Creator:
Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Published / Created:
[January 1808]
Call Number:
Quarto 75 D569 812
Collection Title:
Leaf 40. Characatures by Dighton.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait caricature of George Nugent Grenville when a student at Oxford, whole length, walking in profile to left, wearing academic gown and hat, tight jacket, breeches, glove on his right hand, holding another glove."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Leaf 40 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and Figure identifed as "Ld. G. Grenville" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.
Publisher:
Robert Dighton
Subject (Name):
Nugent, George Nugent Grenville, Baron, 1788-1850
Subject (Topic):
Students
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A noble student of Oxford [graphic]

16.
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]

17.
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]

18.
A view from Brazen Nose College, Oxford [graphic].

Creator:
Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Published / Created:
May 1808.
Call Number:
Quarto 75 D569 812
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., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Leaf 39 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 27.9 x 20.1 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm., and Figure identified as "Bishop of Bristol" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.
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].

19.
A view from Brazen Nose College, Oxford [graphic].

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].

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]