"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
"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.
"Napoleon plays a double bass, stooping forward, and looking with an agonized expression towards a music-book on a high stand, the pages headed 'Conquest of / Spain & Portugal' and ending in 'Volti Su . . . .' He says: "Plague take it! I never met with so difficult a 'passage' before - But if I can once get over the 'Flats', we shall do pretty well for you see the 'Key' will then change to B sharp." Behind Napoleon and on the right stand the Russian bear on his hind legs, muzzled, and blowing a French horn. He says: "Why that is 'Natural' enough brother Boney though this 'French horn' of yours seems rather out of Order I think." Napoleon, who wears a large bicorne, stands on a 'Map of the Continent' showing 'Spain' and 'Portugal'. Behind him are a drum and a roll of 'Boney's Orations Vol. 10th'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Boney playing base on the Continent and Boney playing bass on the Continent
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Watermark, mostly trimmed: J. Whatman., and Mounted on leaf 11 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Sept. 24, 1808, by R. Ackermann, N. 101 Strand
"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.
"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.
"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.
"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.
"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.
"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.
"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.
