If you'd know who this is, Read [graphic]

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Title: If you'd know who this is, Read [graphic]
Creator: Dighton, Robert, 1786-1865, printmaker
Contributor: Dighton, Robert, 1786-1865, publisher.
Published / Created: [1805?]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Robert Dighton
Abstract: "An obese man, one Read, stands directed to the right, head in profile, sucking a straw and holding a cane against right shoulder. He has short legs, accentuated by a long waistcoat, and wears round hat with curved brim, riding-breeches, and spurred boots with deep tops."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Date of publication from British Museum catalogue.
Leaf 2 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton.
Provenance: Sold at Dominic Winter Auctions, 9 October 2020, lot 502, purchased through Jarndyce; October 2020.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 25.6 x 12.0 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English