- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [January 1808]
- Call Number:
- 808.01.00.01
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 32. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "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.
- Publisher:
- Robert Dighton
- Subject (Name):
- Bobart, Tilleman Hodgkinson, 1770-1838,
- Subject (Topic):
- Coach drivers and Whips
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The classical almamater coachman Oxford [graphic]
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- Creator:
- Phillips, John, active 1825-1831, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- April 1829.
- Call Number:
- 829.04.00.14+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A satire on the Duke's pressure on the King to accept Emancipation. Wellington stands in profile to the right, dressed as the driver of a mail-coach, holding his whip and (as way-bill) a paper resembling the 'Gazette', headed 'Bill' [i.e. for Catholic Relief]. His (gloved) left hand touches the broad brim of his hat. He wears a triple-caped greatcoat, tight at the waist, over tightly strapped white trousers, and is smart and erect
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Plate signed using an imitation of William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., A close copy, apparently by 'Sharpshooter' (i.e. John Phillips), of a print by William Heath. See British Museum catalogue., and Mounted on gray wove paper: 43.4 x 29.7 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by E. King, Chancery-Lane
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- George V, King of Great Britain, 1865-1936. and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
- Subject (Topic):
- Catholic emancipation, Coach drivers, Newspapers, and Whips
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The man wot drives the sovereign [graphic]
- Creator:
- Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [April 1829]
- Call Number:
- 829.04.00.15+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A satire on the Duke's pressure on the King to accept Emancipation. "Wellington stands in profile to the right, dressed as the driver of a mail-coach, holding his whip and (as way-bill) a paper resembling the 'Gazette', headed 'Bill' [i.e. for Catholic Relief]. His (gloved) left hand touches the broad brim of his hat. He wears a triple-caped greatcoat, tight at the waist, over tightly strapped white trousers, and is smart and erect, in contrast with his rival, see British Museum satires no. 15736"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Plate signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., For a close copy published by E. King, see no. 15731A in the British Museum catalogue., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1829.
- Publisher:
- Pub. April 1829 by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830. and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
- Subject (Topic):
- Catholic emancipation, Coach drivers, Newspapers, and Whips
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The man wot drives the sovereign [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [not before April 1829]
- Call Number:
- 829.04.00.13
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Wellington stands full-length in profile to the left, dressed as the driver of a mail-coach, holding his whip in his left hand. His (gloved) right hand touches the broad brim of his hat. He wears a triple-caped greatcoat, tight at the waist, over tightly strapped white trousers, and is smart and erect. The speech-balloon above his head reads, "While I hold the Reins (your Honnor) I'll drive against all Opposition!!!"
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Date of publication based on other prints with the same title and of similar composition. Cf. Nos. 15731 and 15731A in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 11., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to: 23.4 x 17.1 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by J.L. Marks, Artillery St., Bishopsgate, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
- Subject (Topic):
- Catholic emancipation, Coach drivers, and Whips
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The man wot drives the sovereign [graphic].