[Brook Watson] [graphic].

Description

Title: [Brook Watson] [graphic].
Alternative Title: Elderly man with peg leg and cane
Creator: Dighton, Robert, 1786-1865, printmaker
Contributor: Dighton, Robert, 1786-1865, publisher.
Published / Created: August 1803.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. by R. Dighton Junr
Abstract: "Brook Watson (1735-1807) walks in profile to the right, using a sturdy tasselled cane; his right hand is in his coat-pocket. He is well preserved; a slight stoop suggests hurried walking (on his (right) wooden leg) rather than age. He wears a round hat, double-breasted coat, frilled shirt, and breeches; a small pigtail and a spatterdash suggest a quasi-military career."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title and printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Text in lower left portion of design, possibly an additional publication line "Pubd. by Dighton", has been obscured with etched lines.
Leaf 7 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton.
1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.5 x 15.1 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm.
Pencil annotation in lower left corner of sheet is mostly trimmed away.
Provenance: Sold at Dominic Winter Auctions, 9 October 2020, lot 502, purchased through Jarndyce; October 2020.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 25.5 x 15.3 cm, on sheet 30 x 23 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English