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- 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]
