A half-length portrait in profile of a clergyman wearing spectacles and a wig. He holds a stack of paper in his right hand, while his left hand is raised with his finger pointing upward
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Sitter tentatively identified as Edward Bearcroft., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pub. as the act directs
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Bearcroft, Edward, ?1737-1796
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Clergy, Eyeglasses, Lawyers, and Wigs
"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
No. 10 from the series: Twelve prints representing the most interesting, sentimental and humourous scenes in Tristam Shandy / by R. Dighton., Printmaker from series title on plate no. 1., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Gardens -- Garden gates -- Cannons -- Cannon balls -- Pick axes -- Sentry boxes -- Wheelbarrows -- Baskets -- Weapons: battle axes -- Weapons: spears -- Quizzing glasses -- Crying -- Female costume, ca 1785 -- Male costume, ca 1785.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard
A woman in a pink dress gazes expectantly at a man on the right of the print, whilst hitching up her apron to reveal a green underskirt by placing her hands on her hips. The man returns her gaze in profile with a disapproving expression, whilst clutching onto carrots and turnips in the crook of his right elbow and left hand. The woman has ginger hair, and wears a white bonnet with red ribbons, and the man wears a black hat
Alternative Title:
Will you give us a glass of gin
Description:
Title from dialogue etched below image., Leaf 13 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 19.9 x 14.7 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. Jany. 4, 1793, by R. Dighton
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Gin, Occupations, Oysters, and Vegetables
A woman in a pink dress gazes expectantly at a man on the right of the print, whilst hitching up her apron to reveal a green underskirt by placing her hands on her hips. The man returns her gaze in profile with a disapproving expression, whilst clutching onto carrots and turnips in the crook of his right elbow and left hand. The woman has ginger hair, and wears a white bonnet with red ribbons, and the man wears a black hat
Alternative Title:
Will you give us a glass of gin
Description:
Title from dialogue etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Jany. 4, 1793, by R. Dighton
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Gin, Occupations, Oysters, and Vegetables
No. 11 from the series: Twelve prints representing the most interesting, sentimental and humourous scenes in Tristam Shandy / by R. Dighton., Printmaker from series title on plate no. 1., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Country houses -- Walking staves -- Military uniforms -- Female costume, ca 1785 -- Male costume, ca 1785.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard
Title from item., No. 6 from the series: Twelve prints representing the most interesting, sentimental and humourous scenes in Tristam Shandy / by R. Dighton., Printmaker from series title on plate no. 1., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Fortifications -- Cannons -- Wheelbarrows -- Baskets -- Cannon balls -- Crutches -- Spades -- Pick-axes Military uniforms -- Corporals' uniforms-- Male costume, ca 1785.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard. Published as the act directs
Title from item., No. 8 in the series: Twelve prints representing the most interesting, sentimental and humourous scenes in Tristam Shandy / by R. Dighton., Printmaker from series title on plate no. 1., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Vehicles: post chaise -- Horses -- French male costume, ca 1785.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard
Title from item., No. 9 from the series: Twelve prints representing the most interesting, sentimental and humourous scenes in Tristam Shandy / by R. Dighton., Printmaker from series title on plate no. 1., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: French -- Mules -- French female costume, ca 1785 -- French male costume, ca 1785.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard
Louis XVI gives his last speech as he stands before the guillotine
Description:
Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Quote below title: "To thee, O God, I commend my soul! I forgive my enemies, I die innocent."
"A half length portrait of Christie standing in his auctioneer's rostrum, the upper part of which forms the base of the design. He leans insinuatingly to the left, his head in profile, spectacles on his forehead, his hammer delicately raised."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Three lines of text below title: Will your ladyship do me the honor to say £50-000 - a mere trifle - a brilliant of the first water, an unheard of price for such a lot, surely., Temporary local subject terms: Auctioneers' hammers., Leaf 10 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., 1 print : etching with stipple on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 19.8 x 14.9 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm., and Figure identified as "Mr. Christie" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.
"A half length portrait of Christie standing in his auctioneer's rostrum, the upper part of which forms the base of the design. He leans insinuatingly to the left, his head in profile, spectacles on his forehead, his hammer delicately raised."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Three lines of text below title: Will your ladyship do me the honor to say £50-000 - a mere trifle - a brilliant of the first water, an unheard of price for such a lot, surely., and Temporary local subject terms: Auctioneers' hammers.
Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark at bottom., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Loans -- Reference to the Opposition -- Coins: guineas -- Flies -- Roosters., and Mounted to 31 x 26 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd by Dighton, Charg. Cross
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
"An obese officer stands in profile to the left, his hands clasped behind him, holding a cane by a loop. He wears a cocked hat, one peak over his face, the other on his shoulders, a sword-belt clasped over his sash, and tasselled boots. Identified as Major [Charles] Ashurst."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Leaf 77 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and Figure identified as "Major Ashurst" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.
Title from item. and Temporary local subject terms: Reference to war taxation -- Reference to budget -- Opposition: reference to the secession of Foxites -- Allusion to the Duke of Portland's coalition, 1794 -- Allusion to the failure of peace negotiations with France, 1797 --Trumpets.
Publisher:
Dighton
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Title from item., Publisher from companion print: The royal cock-pitt., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Loans -- Emblems: loaves and fishes -- Money bags -- Expressions: 'out of place'., and Mounted to 38 x 30 cm.
Publisher:
Dighton?
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Pitt, William, 1759-1806.
"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.
"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.
"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., Leaf 32 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 28.2 x 21.5 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm., Watermark, trimmed: [E]dmeads & Co. 1808., and Figure identified as "Mr. Bobart" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.
"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
"Townsend, the Bow Street Officer, stands in profile to the right, left hand on a tall stick, pointing with right forefinger. He is neatly dressed, with broad-brimmed top-hat, long coat over a long waistcoat, and short loose trousers, with high-quartered tied shoes."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Townsend
Description:
Title etched below image., Leaf 3 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., Watermark, trimmed: [Ed]meads 1808., and Figure identified as "Mr. Townsend" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.
Title from item., No. 4 from the series: Twelve prints representing the most interesting, sentimental and humourous scenes in Tristam Shandy / by R. Dighton., Printmaker from series title on plate no. 1., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Horseback riding -- Church buildings -- Hats -- Beggars -- Female costume, ca. 1785 -- Male costume, ca 1785.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard
"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
"Queensberry (right), walking beside a buxom young milliner, puts out an arm to touch her. His left hand is in a large muff. He wears a star and from his coat-pocket issue bottles labelled 'Renovating Balsam' and 'Velno's Vegetable Syrup' (see British Museum Satires No. 7592). She carries an arched-topped coffer (as in British Museum Satires No. 4923) and seems not unwilling."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Old Quiz the old goat of Piccadilly
Description:
Title etched below image., Two lines of text below title: A shining star - in the British Peerage, and a usefull ornament to society. Fudge., Temporary local subject terms: Male dress -- Trades: Milliners -- Velno's vegetable syrup -- Renovating balsam -- Containers: Milliners' coffer., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Sex behavior -- Velno's Syrup., Leaf 9 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.8 x 23.9 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm.
Publisher:
Published Feby. 25th, 1796, by R. Dighton, Charing Cross
"Queensberry (right), walking beside a buxom young milliner, puts out an arm to touch her. His left hand is in a large muff. He wears a star and from his coat-pocket issue bottles labelled 'Renovating Balsam' and 'Velno's Vegetable Syrup' (see British Museum Satires No. 7592). She carries an arched-topped coffer (as in British Museum Satires No. 4923) and seems not unwilling."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Old Quiz the old goat of Piccadilly
Description:
Title etched below image., Two lines of text below title: A shining star - in the British Peerage, and a usefull ornament to society. Fudge., Temporary local subject terms: Male dress -- Trades: Milliners -- Velno's vegetable syrup -- Renovating balsam -- Containers: Milliners' coffer., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Sex behavior -- Velno's Syrup., and 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; image and text 240 x 192 mm.
Publisher:
Published Feby. 25th, 1796, by R. Dighton, Charing Cross
"Queensberry (right), walking beside a buxom young milliner, puts out an arm to touch her. His left hand is in a large muff. He wears a star and from his coat-pocket issue bottles labelled 'Renovating Balsam' and 'Velno's Vegetable Syrup' (see British Museum Satires No. 7592). She carries an arched-topped coffer (as in British Museum Satires No. 4923) and seems not unwilling."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Old Quiz the old goat of Piccadilly
Description:
Title etched below image., Two lines of text below title: A shining star - in the British Peerage, and a usefull ornament to society. Fudge., Temporary local subject terms: Male dress -- Trades: Milliners -- Velno's vegetable syrup -- Renovating balsam -- Containers: Milliners' coffer., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Sex behavior -- Velno's Syrup., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.6 x 23.8 cm, on sheet 34.9 x 27.8 cm., and Formerly mounted on leaf 89 of volume 1 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Published Feby. 25th, 1796, by R. Dighton, Charing Cross
"Queensberry (right), walking beside a buxom young milliner, puts out an arm to touch her. His left hand is in a large muff. He wears a star and from his coat-pocket issue bottles labelled 'Renovating Balsam' and 'Velno's Vegetable Syrup' (see British Museum Satires No. 7592). She carries an arched-topped coffer (as in British Museum Satires No. 4923) and seems not unwilling."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Old Quiz the old goat of Piccadilly
Description:
Title etched below image., Two lines of text below title: A shining star - in the British Peerage, and a usefull ornament to society. Fudge., Temporary local subject terms: Male dress -- Trades: Milliners -- Velno's vegetable syrup -- Renovating balsam -- Containers: Milliners' coffer., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Sex behavior -- Velno's Syrup.
Publisher:
Published Feby. 25th, 1796, by R. Dighton, Charing Cross
Obadiah's ill timed complaisance to Doctor Slop in the Dirty Lane
Description:
Title etched below image., Series title etched above image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Muddy roads -- Church buildings.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard
Subject (Name):
Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.
Subject (Topic):
Illustrations, Horseback riding, Stone walls, and Mud
"Design in an oval. A young man (three-quarter length), directed to the right, with arms folded, smiles complacently. His elaborate neck-cloth swathes his chin, his hair, parted in the centre, falls loosely on his forehead and shoulders. He holds a looped hat. 'The kick' denotes the present fashion. Grose, 'Dict. Vulg. Tongue', 1796. Cf. BMSat 8191. For the series see BMSat 9101, &c."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Quite the kick
Description:
Title from item. and Temporary local subject terms: Male dress: neckcloth.
Publisher:
Printed for Bowles & Carver, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard
"A boy is seated on an ass which stands in a rectangular band-box. He is directed to the right and looks at the spectator grinning, his left hand extended as if pointing. He wears a round hat, a handkerchief knotted round his neck, ungartered stockings, shoes tied with strings, and a bludgeon under his right arm."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
My ass in a bandbox
Description:
Title etched below image., For a variant (earlier?) state lacking imprint statement, see no. 7793 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Leaf 12 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton.
A monkey wearing a military uniform and holding a sword and a flag "Volunteer cavalry" sits astride an ass. From a basket hanging from the saddle hang a portrait of Fox with the caption "In place" and a portrait of Fox with the words "Out of place"; below the portraits can be seen a papers, the top the words "Tantararara rogues all" . The ass stands in a trunk with bundles of newspapers and paper hanging off the sides or in the lid, identified with the words: Telegraph, Parliament speeches, Gazettes extraordinary, Fashionable occurrences, Independent [sic] elections, Law suits. On the ground around the trunk are papers with titles: Speech of Mr. Deputy Did[...], 20 s. notes, Examination of Faro's daughters before the Justice
Description:
Title from item., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: I Taylor 1801.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 10, 1797, 12 Charg. Cross
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic):
Animals in human situations, Baskets, Donkeys, Military uniforms, Monkeys, and Newspapers
Title from item., No. 3 from the series: Twelve prints representing the most interesting, sentimental and humourous scenes in Tristam Shandy / by R. Dighton., Printmaker from series title on plate no. 1., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Interiors -- Furniture: chairs -- Weapons: muskets -- Weapons: swords -- Boots -- Crutches -- Walking staves -- Military uniforms -- Corporals' uniforms -- Male costume, ca. 1785.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard
"The actor George Frederick Cooke as Richard III, standing and turning with his right leg forward, arms to left, holding a scroll in his right hand, head turned and looking three-quarters to right, wearing regal red and gold costume with fur-trimmed robe, red hat with crown and feathers, purple breeches and spurred boots, sword at left hip."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Ha! Am I King? 'Tis so - but - Edward lives
Description:
Title etched within banners below image; the banner containing the actor's name is etched upon a vignette of theatrical attributes, while the banner containing lines from the play is etched beneath the vignette., "From a drawing in the possession of Thos. Harris Esq."--Etched at bottom of plate., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching ; plate mark 27.5 x 21.2 cm, on sheet 35.5 x 22 cm., and Printed on wove paper; hand-colored.
Publisher:
Pubd. Decr. 1st, 1800, by Dighton, Charg. Cross, No. 12
Subject (Name):
Cooke, George Frederick, 1756-1812, Cooke, George Frederick, 1756-1812,, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, Cooke, George Frederick, 1756-1812., Richard III, King of England, 1452-1485., and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Subject (Topic):
Performances, Characters, King Richard III, Actors, Literature, British, and Theatrical productions
"The actor George Frederick Cooke as Richard III, standing and turning with his right leg forward, arms to left, holding a scroll in his right hand, head turned and looking three-quarters to right, wearing regal red and gold costume with fur-trimmed robe, red hat with crown and feathers, purple breeches and spurred boots, sword at left hip."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Ha! Am I King? 'Tis so - but - Edward lives
Description:
Title etched within banners below image; the banner containing the actor's name is etched upon a vignette of theatrical attributes, while the banner containing lines from the play is etched beneath the vignette., "From a drawing in the possession of Thos. Harris Esq."--Etched at bottom of plate., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Leaf 25 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton.
Publisher:
Pubd. Decr. 1st, 1800, by Dighton, Charg. Cross, No. 12
Subject (Name):
Cooke, George Frederick, 1756-1812, Cooke, George Frederick, 1756-1812,, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, Cooke, George Frederick, 1756-1812., Richard III, King of England, 1452-1485., and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Subject (Topic):
Performances, Characters, King Richard III, Actors, Literature, British, and Theatrical productions
"Braham, in fantastically elaborate dress as an Italian prince, steps to the left, his head in profile, singing, right hand on breast. He wears a high-feathered hat of hussar type, with tasselled bags, broad sword-belt studded with gold, sword, wrinkled boots. He has a broad whisker and small moustache."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Dedication etched below title: To Mr. Thos. Dibdin (the author of The cabinet &c) this print is inscrib'd by his friend, Robt. Dighton., 1 print : etching ; plate mark 27.3 x 19.7 cm, on sheet 32.1 x 23.3 cm., and Printed on wove paper; hand-colored.
"Braham, in fantastically elaborate dress as an Italian prince, steps to the left, his head in profile, singing, right hand on breast. He wears a high-feathered hat of hussar type, with tasselled bags, broad sword-belt studded with gold, sword, wrinkled boots. He has a broad whisker and small moustache."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Dedication etched below title: To Mr. Thos. Dibdin (the author of The cabinet &c) this print is inscrib'd by his friend, Robt. Dighton., and Leaf 24 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton.
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)
"Norfolk (left) and Fox (right) sit close together, hands on knees, the left knee of Norfolk and the right knee of Fox touching; their heads are turned in profile, each gazing fixedly at the other with a melancholy expression. On the back of Norfolk's chair is a ducal coronet; Fox sits on a stool. At their feet is an open book: 'List of his Maje[stys] \ Privy Council \ Earl of.. Lord.. \ Duke of D...\ Earl of... \ Rt Hon. C. J. Fox [scored through] Duke of Leed[s]'. By Norfolk is a torn paper: 'Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding York . .' Under Fox's feet: 'A Seat in Parliament to be disposed off enquire at next General Election'. Under this is another paper: 'Speech Whig Club'. Their words (or thoughts) are etched beneath the title (left): 'Charley, keep a civil \ Tongue in your Head'. (right) 'Jocky of Norfolk \ be not so bold'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Leaf 64 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., 1 print : etching and stipple engraving on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 20.1 x 15.0 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm., and Watermark, trimmed: [E]dmeads 1808.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 25th, 1798, by Dighton, Charg. Cross
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Leeds, Francis Godolphin Osborne, Duke of, 1751-1799., and Whig Club (London, England)
"Norfolk (left) and Fox (right) sit close together, hands on knees, the left knee of Norfolk and the right knee of Fox touching; their heads are turned in profile, each gazing fixedly at the other with a melancholy expression. On the back of Norfolk's chair is a ducal coronet; Fox sits on a stool. At their feet is an open book: 'List of his Maje[stys] \ Privy Council \ Earl of.. Lord.. \ Duke of D...\ Earl of... \ Rt Hon. C. J. Fox [scored through] Duke of Leed[s]'. By Norfolk is a torn paper: 'Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding York . .' Under Fox's feet: 'A Seat in Parliament to be disposed off enquire at next General Election'. Under this is another paper: 'Speech Whig Club'. Their words (or thoughts) are etched beneath the title (left): 'Charley, keep a civil \ Tongue in your Head'. (right) 'Jocky of Norfolk \ be not so bold'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 32 x 25 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 25th, 1798, by Dighton, Charg. Cross
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Leeds, Francis Godolphin Osborne, Duke of, 1751-1799., and Whig Club (London, England)
"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
"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.
"A fashionably dressed man stands directed to the left, erect and debonair, a cane under his left arm. He takes a pinch of snuff, holding, besides the snuff-box, his top-hat. He has whiskers and small pigtail. From his coat-pocket projects a bottle labelled 'Two Spoonsfull to be taken at Bed time'. On the ground is a pill-box on its side, spilling its contents. He wears two thistles in the breast of his coat; a thistle-plant grows near his feet."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Trip from Oxford to the land of cakes
Description:
Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Prescriptions -- Thorn stick canes -- Scotland -- Male costume: 1809 -- Snuff boxes., Leaf 4 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 27.2 x 19.8 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm., Watermark, trimmed: [E]dmeads & Co. 1808., and Figure identified as "Mr. Ireland" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.
Publisher:
Robert Dighton
Subject (Name):
Ireland, John, 1745-1839
Subject (Topic):
Physicians, Medicines, Pills, Staffs (Sticks), Snuff, and Thistles
"A fashionably dressed man stands directed to the left, erect and debonair, a cane under his left arm. He takes a pinch of snuff, holding, besides the snuff-box, his top-hat. He has whiskers and small pigtail. From his coat-pocket projects a bottle labelled 'Two Spoonsfull to be taken at Bed time'. On the ground is a pill-box on its side, spilling its contents. He wears two thistles in the breast of his coat; a thistle-plant grows near his feet."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Trip from Oxford to the land of cakes
Description:
Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Prescriptions -- Thorn stick canes -- Scotland -- Male costume: 1809 -- Snuff boxes., and Watermark: 1814.
Publisher:
Robert Dighton
Subject (Name):
Ireland, John, 1745-1839
Subject (Topic):
Physicians, Medicines, Pills, Staffs (Sticks), Snuff, and Thistles
"A fashionably dressed man stands directed to the left, erect and debonair, a cane under his left arm. He takes a pinch of snuff, holding, besides the snuff-box, his top-hat. He has whiskers and small pigtail. From his coat-pocket projects a bottle labelled 'Two Spoonsfull to be taken at Bed time'. On the ground is a pill-box on its side, spilling its contents. He wears two thistles in the breast of his coat; a thistle-plant grows near his feet."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Trip from Oxford to the land of cakes
Description:
Title etched below image. and Temporary local subject terms: Prescriptions -- Thorn stick canes -- Scotland -- Male costume: 1809 -- Snuff boxes.
Publisher:
Robert Dighton
Subject (Name):
Ireland, John, 1745-1839
Subject (Topic):
Physicians, Medicines, Pills, Staffs (Sticks), Snuff, and Thistles
"Two men, wearing patched and ragged clothes, stand together. One (left) stands full-face, arms folded, shoulders hunched, staring to the right with fierce despair. From his pocket issues a bulky document: 'By Law I'm Ruin'd quite'. The other (right) stands in profile to the left, his left hand in his coat-pocket from which hang papers inscribed: 'Spent all my Money & Lost my Cause'; 'Mortgage'; 'Officer's Fees'. He looks down with an expression of angry melancholy."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
John Doe & Richd. Roe, brothers in law and John Doe and Richd. Roe, brothers in law
Description:
Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Law: legal fees., Leaf 62 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 20.8 x 16.4 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm.
"Two men, wearing patched and ragged clothes, stand together. One (left) stands full-face, arms folded, shoulders hunched, staring to the right with fierce despair. From his pocket issues a bulky document: 'By Law I'm Ruin'd quite'. The other (right) stands in profile to the left, his left hand in his coat-pocket from which hang papers inscribed: 'Spent all my Money & Lost my Cause'; 'Mortgage'; 'Officer's Fees'. He looks down with an expression of angry melancholy."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
John Doe & Richd. Roe, brothers in law and John Doe and Richd. Roe, brothers in law
Description:
Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Law: legal fees., and Watermark: Horn on shield.
"An obese butcher (three-quarter length), in profile to the left, leans back from the waist, sucking a long pipe held in his right hand. His ill-fitting wig is perched on a bald head. He wears apron and oversleeves, a steel hanging from his waist."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Trades -- Dutchmen -- Tools: butchers' steel., Leaf 5 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 19.8 x 14.9 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm.
"An obese butcher (three-quarter length), in profile to the left, leans back from the waist, sucking a long pipe held in his right hand. His ill-fitting wig is perched on a bald head. He wears apron and oversleeves, a steel hanging from his waist."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., and Temporary local subject terms: Trades -- Dutchmen -- Tools: butchers' steel.
"Mrs. Siddons as Elvira in 'Pizarro'. Her words are from Act III. iii (in Pizarro's tent). She stands with her head turned in profile to the left, right arm extended in a commanding gesture. She wears a high-waisted, quasi-classical dress, with a long cloak bordered with gold, folds of which are twisted round her left arm."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Theater: actors in performance -- Literature: Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Pizarro, iii.3 -- Female costume: theater costume., Leaf 28 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., 1 print : etching with drypoint on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 22.3 x 17.4 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm., and Figure identified as "Siddons" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.
Publisher:
Robert Dighton
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816. and Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831
"The enormously fat Stephen Kemble, as Hamlet, gesticulates, right arm extended, left arm thrown back, fingers (very large) pointing awkwardly; his head is turned in profile to the left. He wears quasi-contemporary dress, much dishevelled, with a star and ribbon from which hangs the elephant of the Danish order."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: J,2.22., Two lines of text from Hamlet are etched below title: ---------- that I have thought some of nature's journeymen had made men, and not made them well; they imitated humanity so abominably., Leaf 23 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., 1 print : etching and stipple engraving on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 22.5 x 16.1 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm., and Figure identified as "Stephen Kemble" in pencil below plate mark.
Publisher:
Robert Dighton
Subject (Name):
Kemble, Stephen, 1758-1822
Subject (Topic):
Actors, British, Obesity, and Theatrical productions
