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1. 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]
2. A celebrated public orator [graphic]
- 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]
3. A chance seller [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [14 February 1797]
- Call Number:
- 797.02.14.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed witihin plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Male costume: chancellor's robes -- Emblems: Great Seal -- Chancellor's mace.
- Publisher:
- Pubd Feby 14th 1797, 12 Charg Cross
- Subject (Name):
- Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A chance seller [graphic]
4. 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]
5. 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]
6. 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]
7. 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]
8. A great personage [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [25 May 1797]
- Call Number:
- 797.05.25.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Handbills.
- Publisher:
- Pub. May 25th, 1797 by Dighton, Charing Cross
- Subject (Name):
- Frederick I, King of Württemberg, 1754-1816
- Subject (Topic):
- Elephants and Obesity
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A great personage [graphic]
9. A hero of the turf & his agent [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1806]
- Call Number:
- 806.00.00.53+
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 21. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A tall man in fashionable riding-dress stands in profile to the left, talking to a jockey; he holds a notebook and pencil in gloved hands. He wears a top-hat with deeply curved brim, voluminous swathed neckcloth and shirt-frill, single-breasted coat, with breeches and top-boots like those of the jockey. The latter wears a white jacket with pink sleeves and cap, and holds riding-whip and papers."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Hero of the turf and his agent
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Figures identified by ms. note in contemporary hand at bottom plate.
- Publisher:
- Robert Dighton
- Subject (Name):
- Mellish, Henry Francis, 1782-1817 and Buckle, Francis, 1766-1832
- Subject (Topic):
- Jockeys and Riding habits
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A hero of the turf & his agent [graphic]
10. A hero of the turf & his agent [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1806]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 75 D569 812
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 21. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A tall man in fashionable riding-dress stands in profile to the left, talking to a jockey; he holds a notebook and pencil in gloved hands. He wears a top-hat with deeply curved brim, voluminous swathed neckcloth and shirt-frill, single-breasted coat, with breeches and top-boots like those of the jockey. The latter wears a white jacket with pink sleeves and cap, and holds riding-whip and papers."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Hero of the turf and his agent
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Leaf 21 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., 1 print : etching with stipple on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 27.5 x 19.9 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm., and Figures identified as "Captn. Mellish & Buckle" in pencil below plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Robert Dighton
- Subject (Name):
- Mellish, Henry Francis, 1782-1817 and Buckle, Francis, 1766-1832
- Subject (Topic):
- Jockeys and Riding habits
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A hero of the turf & his agent [graphic]
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]
21. 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]
22. A view from Magdalen Hall, 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]
23. 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].
24. A view from Merton College 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].
25. 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].
26. 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].
27. A view from Oriel 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].
28. 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]
29. A view from St. Aldate's 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]
30. A view from St. Aldate's Oxford [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [January 1808]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 75 D569 812
- 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., Leaf 33 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and Figure identified as "Dr. Grovernor" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.
- Publisher:
- Robert Dighton
- Subject (Name):
- Grosvenor, John, 1742-1823
- Subject (Topic):
- Physicians and Dogs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A view from St. Aldate's Oxford [graphic]
31. A view from Trinity College Oxford [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [June 1807]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 75 D569 812
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 41. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A tall slim man, in academic dress with mortar-board, stands in profile to the left, his arms akimbo, his gown forensically gathered up. He has whiskers, short hair, and a fashionable neck with clerical bands. He is Henry ('Horse') Kett (1761-1825), Fellow of Trinity, Bampton Lecturer 1790, Select Preacher 1801-2; he drowned himself."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Leaf 41 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 27.1 x 19.7 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm., and Figure identified as "Mr. Kett" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. June 1807 by Dighton, Charg. Cross
- Subject (Name):
- Kett, Henry, 1761-1825
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A view from Trinity College Oxford [graphic]
32. A view from Trinity College Oxford [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [June 1807]
- Call Number:
- 807.06.00.04 Impression 1
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 41. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A tall slim man, in academic dress with mortar-board, stands in profile to the left, his arms akimbo, his gown forensically gathered up. He has whiskers, short hair, and a fashionable neck with clerical bands. He is Henry ('Horse') Kett (1761-1825), Fellow of Trinity, Bampton Lecturer 1790, Select Preacher 1801-2; he drowned himself."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. June 1807 by Dighton, Charg. Cross
- Subject (Name):
- Kett, Henry, 1761-1825
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A view from Trinity College Oxford [graphic]
33. 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].
34. 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]
35. A view from the Swan Brewhouse Oxford [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [12 June 1807]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 75 D569 812
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 34. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A man stands looking to the left, (gloved) right hand on his cane, left arm akimbo, legs apart. He wears wide-brimmed hat, double-breasted coat, knee-breeches, high-quartered buckled shoes, and elaborate neck-cloth with kilted jabot and sleeve-ruffle. He is Mr. Hall of the Swan Brewery."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Mr. Hall., Leaf 34 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 27.4 x 19.5 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. June 12th, 1807, by Dighton at Oxford
- Subject (Topic):
- Brewing industry
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A view from the Swan Brewhouse Oxford [graphic]
36. A view from the Swan Brewhouse Oxford [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [12 June 1807]
- Call Number:
- 807.06.12.02
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 34. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A man stands looking to the left, (gloved) right hand on his cane, left arm akimbo, legs apart. He wears wide-brimmed hat, double-breasted coat, knee-breeches, high-quartered buckled shoes, and elaborate neck-cloth with kilted jabot and sleeve-ruffle. He is Mr. Hall of the Swan Brewery."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Temporary local subject terms: Mr. Hall.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. June 12th, 1807, by Dighton at Oxford
- Subject (Topic):
- Brewing industry
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A view from the Swan Brewhouse Oxford [graphic]
37. A view of Norfolk [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 February 1796]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 75 D569 812
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 65. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Full-length portrait in profile of the Duke of Norfolk looking left and holding his hat in his right hand and a gathering of sheets of paper in his left
- Description:
- Title engraved below image, with ducal crown above title., Leaf 65 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., 1 print : etching with stipple on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.9 x 21.1 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm., and Figure identified as "Duke Norfolk" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd Feby. 1st, 1796, by R. Dighton, No. 12 Charing Cross
- Subject (Name):
- Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815,
- Subject (Topic):
- Crowns and Peerage
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A view of Norfolk [graphic]
38. A view of Norfolk [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 February 1796]
- Call Number:
- 796.02.01.02
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 65. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Full-length portrait in profile of the Duke of Norfolk looking left and holding his hat in his right hand and a gathering of sheets of paper in his left
- Description:
- Title engraved below image, with ducal crown above title.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd Feby. 1st, 1796, by R. Dighton, No. 12 Charing Cross
- Subject (Name):
- Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815,
- Subject (Topic):
- Crowns and Peerage
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A view of Norfolk [graphic]
39. 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]
40. 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].
41. 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]
42. A view taken at 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]
43. 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]
44. 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]
45. A view taken from Christ Church Meadows Oxford [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [May 1807]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 75 D569 812
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 43. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The tall Dean of Christ Church [Cyril Jackson] and James Webber (B.D. 1807), both in academic dress, walk, right to left, and slightly towards the spectator, heads in profile. Webber expounds with extended hand, the Dean listens with grave intensity. The Dean wears a clerical wig, a cassock with sash, and high-quartered buckled shoes. The younger and smaller man has short hair, double-breasted coat, fashionable jabot, and knee-breeches, with tied shoes."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Leaf 43 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., 1 print : etching with drypoint on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 29.7 x 19.8 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm., and Figures identified as "Mr. Webber" and "Dr. Jackson, Dean, Christ Church" in pencil at bottom of sheet.
- Publisher:
- Robert Dighton
- Subject (Name):
- Jackson, Cyril, 1746-1819 and Webber, James, 1772-1847
- Subject (Topic):
- College administrators and Students
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A view taken from Christ Church Meadows Oxford [graphic]
46. A view taken from Christ Church Meadows Oxford [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [May 1807]
- Call Number:
- 807.05.00.03
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 43. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The tall Dean of Christ Church [Cyril Jackson] and James Webber (B.D. 1807), both in academic dress, walk, right to left, and slightly towards the spectator, heads in profile. Webber expounds with extended hand, the Dean listens with grave intensity. The Dean wears a clerical wig, a cassock with sash, and high-quartered buckled shoes. The younger and smaller man has short hair, double-breasted coat, fashionable jabot, and knee-breeches, with tied shoes."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Robert Dighton
- Subject (Name):
- Jackson, Cyril, 1746-1819 and Webber, James, 1772-1847
- Subject (Topic):
- College administrators and Students
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A view taken from Christ Church Meadows Oxford [graphic]
47. A view taken from the town hall Oxford [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- pubd. as the act directs May 1st, 1807.
- Call Number:
- Quarto 75 D569 812
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 35. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Representation of Mr William Elias Taunton in smart attire, leaning on a walking stick with his right hand, with his left hand tucked in the pocket of his breeches. He wears black boots, a brown, double-breasted over-coat and a black hat, and leans forward with his head and body turned to the left. He also sports a small ponytail."--British Museum online catalogue and "Taunton (1773-1835), son of the Town Clerk of Oxford, Justice of the King's Bench 1830, was made Recorder of Oxford in 1806."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., 'Tim Quiz' is a pseudonym for Robert Dighton; see British Museum catalogue., Publisher and place of publication from British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1935,0522.17.43., Leaf 35 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 27.8 x 20.2 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm.
- Publisher:
- Robert Dighton
- Subject (Geographic):
- Oxford (England)
- Subject (Name):
- Taunton, William Elias, Sir, 1773-1835
- Subject (Topic):
- builings, structures, etc and Government officials
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A view taken from the town hall Oxford [graphic]
48. A view taken from the town hall Oxford [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- pubd. as the act directs May 1st, 1807.
- Call Number:
- 807.05.01.02
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 35. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Representation of Mr William Elias Taunton in smart attire, leaning on a walking stick with his right hand, with his left hand tucked in the pocket of his breeches. He wears black boots, a brown, double-breasted over-coat and a black hat, and leans forward with his head and body turned to the left. He also sports a small ponytail."--British Museum online catalogue and "Taunton (1773-1835), son of the Town Clerk of Oxford, Justice of the King's Bench 1830, was made Recorder of Oxford in 1806."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., 'Tim Quiz' is a pseudonym for Robert Dighton; see British Museum catalogue., and Publisher and place of publication from British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1935,0522.17.43.
- Publisher:
- Robert Dighton
- Subject (Geographic):
- Oxford (England)
- Subject (Name):
- Taunton, William Elias, Sir, 1773-1835
- Subject (Topic):
- builings, structures, etc and Government officials
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A view taken from the town hall Oxford [graphic]
49. Billy caught napping [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- April 24th, 1797.
- Call Number:
- 797.04.24.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Reference to places and pensions -- Reference to supplies -- Reference to loans -- Red Book -- Reference to London Kalendar.
- Publisher:
- Design'd, drawn, etch'd & pub'd byR. Dighton, Charg Cross
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Devil and Sleeping
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Billy caught napping [graphic]
50. Corporal Trim reading the sermon to Mr. Shandy, Uncle Toby, and Doctor Slop [graphic].
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 3 Jan. 1785.
- Call Number:
- 785.01.03.02
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Printmaker from plate no. 1., Series title from plate no. 1., No. 2 from the Dighton's series: Twelve prints representing the most interesting, sentimental and humourous scenes in Tristam Shandy., Plate is numbered "2" in upper right corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Corporals' uniforms -- Male costume, ca. 1785.
- Publisher:
- Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard
- Subject (Name):
- Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.
- Subject (Topic):
- Illustrations, Crutches, Screens, Furniture, Tables, Chairs, Stools, Interiors, Military uniforms, British, Staffs (Sticks), and Smoking
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Corporal Trim reading the sermon to Mr. Shandy, Uncle Toby, and Doctor Slop [graphic].
51. Corporal Trim's reflections on mortality in the kitchen, on the death of Master Bobby [graphic].
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- published as the act directs 3 Jan. 1785.
- Call Number:
- 785.01.03.05
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., No. 5 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: Interiors: kitchens -- Interiors: stone floors -- Utensils -- Plates -- Candlesticks -- Coal buckets -- Coals -- Brooms -- Towels hanging on racks -- Fireplaces -- Kettles -- Female costume, ca. 1785 -- Male costume, ca 1785.
- Publisher:
- Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard
- Subject (Name):
- Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.
- Subject (Topic):
- Illustrations
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Corporal Trim's reflections on mortality in the kitchen, on the death of Master Bobby [graphic].
52. Descriptions of battles by sea & land in two volumes, from the Kings Library's at Greenwich & Chelsea / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [March 1801]
- Call Number:
- 801.03.00.01 Impression 1
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 63. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Two jovial old pensioners sit together on a bench, smoking and gesticulating. The sailor (left) holds a frothing tankard, and raises his pipe above his head; his wooden leg extends stiffly. The soldier turns his head in profile to the left, gesticulating with his right hand; he has lost his left arm. Both are neatly dressed."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Descriptions of battles by sea and land
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Medical: wooden leg -- Greenwich Hospital pensioner -- Chelsea Hospital pensioner -- Pensioners., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Prostheses -- Greenwich Hospitals -- Chelsea Hospital., and Provenance identification in contemporary hand near bottom of print.
- Publisher:
- Robert Dighton
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich. and Royal Hospital (Chelsea, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Hospitals, Prosthesis, Amputees, Older people, Veterans, Disabled veterans, Peg legs, Pipes (Smoking), and Drinking vessels
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Descriptions of battles by sea & land in two volumes, from the Kings Library's at Greenwich & Chelsea / [graphic]
53. Descriptions of battles by sea & land in two volumes, from the Kings Library's at Greenwich & Chelsea / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [March 1801]
- Call Number:
- Print01026
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 63. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Two jovial old pensioners sit together on a bench, smoking and gesticulating. The sailor (left) holds a frothing tankard, and raises his pipe above his head; his wooden leg extends stiffly. The soldier turns his head in profile to the left, gesticulating with his right hand; he has lost his left arm. Both are neatly dressed."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Descriptions of battles by sea and land
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Medical: wooden leg -- Greenwich Hospital pensioner -- Chelsea Hospital pensioner -- Pensioners., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Prostheses -- Greenwich Hospitals -- Chelsea Hospital., and 1 print : etching, hand-colored ; plate mark 223 x 172 mm.
- Publisher:
- Robert Dighton
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich. and Royal Hospital (Chelsea, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Hospitals, Prosthesis, Amputees, Older people, Veterans, Disabled veterans, Peg legs, Pipes (Smoking), and Drinking vessels
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Descriptions of battles by sea & land in two volumes, from the Kings Library's at Greenwich & Chelsea / [graphic]
54. Descriptions of battles by sea & land in two volumes, from the Kings Library's at Greenwich & Chelsea / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [March 1801]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 75 D569 812
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 63. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Two jovial old pensioners sit together on a bench, smoking and gesticulating. The sailor (left) holds a frothing tankard, and raises his pipe above his head; his wooden leg extends stiffly. The soldier turns his head in profile to the left, gesticulating with his right hand; he has lost his left arm. Both are neatly dressed."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Descriptions of battles by sea and land
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Medical: wooden leg -- Greenwich Hospital pensioner -- Chelsea Hospital pensioner -- Pensioners., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Prostheses -- Greenwich Hospitals -- Chelsea Hospital., Leaf 63 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 22.1 x 17.3 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm.
- Publisher:
- Robert Dighton
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich. and Royal Hospital (Chelsea, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Hospitals, Prosthesis, Amputees, Older people, Veterans, Disabled veterans, Peg legs, Pipes (Smoking), and Drinking vessels
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Descriptions of battles by sea & land in two volumes, from the Kings Library's at Greenwich & Chelsea / [graphic]
55. Dicky Dangle dance the Bath & Turnbridge Wells guide / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- October 1798.
- Call Number:
- 798.10.00.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to and within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Bath: Master of the Ceremonies -- Benefit balls.
- Publisher:
- Drawn, etch'd and pubd. by Dighton, Charing Cross
- Subject (Name):
- Tyson, Richard, 1735-1820
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Dicky Dangle dance the Bath & Turnbridge Wells guide / [graphic]
56. Doctor Slop and Susanna quarreling the nurse with Tristam Shandy in her lap. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- published as the act directs 3 Jan. 1785.
- Call Number:
- 785.01.03.07
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from series title on plate no. 1., No. 7 in the series: Twelve prints representing the most interesting, sentimental and humourous scenes in Tristam Shandy / by R. Dighton., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Folding tables -- Toys: horse and wagon -- Weapons: pistols -- Weapons: sword -- Female costume, ca 1785 -- Male costume, ca 1785.
- Publisher:
- Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard
- Subject (Name):
- Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.
- Subject (Topic):
- Illustrations, Toys, Carpets, Fireplaces, Interiors, and Wigs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Doctor Slop and Susanna quarreling the nurse with Tristam Shandy in her lap. [graphic]
57. Geography bewitched!, or, A droll caricature map of Ireland [graphic].
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1793]
- Call Number:
- 793.00.00.04
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A witch-like old woman floats in the air in profile to the left, playing an Irish harp. An infant is at her back, supported by her cloak. Beneath her is a pleasant landscape with a waterside town and a background of low mountains. Under the title: 'This Portrait of Lady Hibernia Bull is humbly dedicated to her Husband the great Mr John Bull'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Droll caricature map of Ireland
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker and publication date from British Museum catalogue., Two lines of text below title: This portrait of Lady Hibernia Bull ..., and Text below title erased from this impression.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Bowles & Carver, No. 69 St Paul's Church Yard
- Subject (Geographic):
- Ireland
- Subject (Topic):
- Harps, Leprechauns, Ethnic stereotypes, National emblems, Irish, and Witches
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Geography bewitched!, or, A droll caricature map of Ireland [graphic].
58. Geography bewitched!, or, A droll caricature map of Ireland [graphic].
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1793]
- Call Number:
- 793.00.00.04 Impression 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A witch-like old woman floats in the air in profile to the left, playing an Irish harp. An infant is at her back, supported by her cloak. Beneath her is a pleasant landscape with a waterside town and a background of low mountains. Under the title: 'This Portrait of Lady Hibernia Bull is humbly dedicated to her Husband the great Mr John Bull'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Droll caricature map of Ireland
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker and publication date from British Museum catalogue., Two lines of text below title: This portrait of Lady Hibernia Bull ..., 1 print : etching with engraving and stipple engraving ; sheet 20.4 x 16.2 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., and Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint statement from top edge.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Bowles & Carver, No. 69 St Paul's Church Yard
- Subject (Topic):
- Irish, Harps, Leprechauns, Ethnic stereotypes, National emblems, and Witches
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Geography bewitched!, or, A droll caricature map of Ireland [graphic].
59. Geography bewitched!, or, A droll caricature map of Scotland
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1793]
- Call Number:
- 793.00.00.03 Impression 3
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A grotesque figure, resembling Punch, kneels in profile to the left, with a large thistle in the foreground (right). He bestrides a sack or bundle which rests on the ground, one end forming the 'Mull of Galloway', the other 'St Abbs Head'. The coast-line from the 'Murray Firth' to the 'Firth of Tay' is formed by his hump."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Droll caricature map of Scotland
- Description:
- Title from item., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., 1 print : etching with engraving and stipple engraving ; sheet 19.8 x 16.2 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., and Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint statement from bottom edge.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Bowles & Carver, No. 69 St Paul's Church Yard
- Subject (Geographic):
- Scotland
- Subject (Topic):
- Scots, Ethnic stereotypes, National emblems, Scottish, and Maps
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Geography bewitched!, or, A droll caricature map of Scotland
60. Geography bewitched!, or, A droll caricature map of Scotland
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1793]
- Call Number:
- 793.00.00.03 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A grotesque figure, resembling Punch, kneels in profile to the left, with a large thistle in the foreground (right). He bestrides a sack or bundle which rests on the ground, one end forming the 'Mull of Galloway', the other 'St Abbs Head'. The coast-line from the 'Murray Firth' to the 'Firth of Tay' is formed by his hump."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Droll caricature map of Scotland
- Description:
- Title from item., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., and Mounted to 37 x 28 cm.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Bowles & Carver, No. 69 St Paul's Church Yard
- Subject (Topic):
- Ethnic stereotypes, National emblems, Scottish, and Maps
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Geography bewitched!, or, A droll caricature map of Scotland