The specious orator [graphic]

Description

Title: The specious orator [graphic]
Creator: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Contributor: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, publisher.
Published / Created: March 25, 1794.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. by R. Dighton
Abstract: "A half length portrait of Christie standing in his auctioneer's rostrum, the upper part of which forms the base of the design. He leans insinuatingly to the left, his head in profile, spectacles on his forehead, his hammer delicately raised."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Three lines of text below title: Will your ladyship do me the honor to say £50-000 - a mere trifle - a brilliant of the first water, an unheard of price for such a lot, surely.
Temporary local subject terms: Auctioneers' hammers.
Leaf 10 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton.
1 print : etching with stipple on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 19.8 x 14.9 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm.
Figure identified as "Mr. Christie" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.
Provenance: Sold at Dominic Winter Auctions, 9 October 2020, lot 502, purchased through Jarndyce; October 2020.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 19.8 x 14.8 cm, on sheet 35 x 25 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English