The father of the Corporation of Oxford Omnibus Carus / [graphic]

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Title: The father of the Corporation of Oxford Omnibus Carus / [graphic]
Creator: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Contributor: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, artist, publisher.
Published / Created: [March 1808]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Robert Dighton
Abstract: "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.
Provenance: Gift of Joseph Verner Reed (Yale 1926) to the Yale Library, 1958. Portions were transferred to Lewis Walpole Library 1960. For other items from this gift refer to Beinecke Library's GEN MSS 1000.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 27.4 x 19.2 cm, on sheet 36 x 22 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Caricatures
Satires (Visual works) England 1808
Etchings England London 1808
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Oxford.
Subject (Name): William Fletcher, 1739-1826
Subject (Topic): Mayors
Bankers
Subjects: William Fletcher, 1739-1826 > Caricatures and cartoons
Mayors > England > Oxford
Bankers
England > 1808
England > London > 1808

Access: Public
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