Ralph Bigland, Garter K.A from a portrait in the possession of G. Bigland Esq. of Bigland, Co. Lancaster, 1800. [art original][1800]engPortrait of the English antiquarian Ralph Bigland, three quarter length, directed to right, looking over his shoulder to left; wearing official robes decorated in armorial emblems, a short wig, and the chain of office; his right hand gloved and grasping the hilt of his sword, his left hand resting upon papers with a coat of arms visible on the uppermost sheetTitle and date from contemporary note in brown ink on verso.Unsigned; artist not identified.Probably drawn after a painting by Richard Brompton; cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.5322.Mounted opposite page lx of volume 2 of James Dallaway's interleaved, extra-illustrated copy of his: Inquiries into the origin and progress of the science of heraldry in England. Gloucester : Printed by R. Raikes, for T. Cadell, London, 1793.