A view of the Telegraph, Cambridge [graphic]

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Description

Title
A view of the Telegraph, Cambridge [graphic]
Contributor
Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker.
Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, artist, publisher.
Published / Created
[May 1809]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Robert Dighton
Abstract

"A coachman in a single-breasted coat reaching to his boot-tops stands looking to the left. His cylindrical hat has an irregular brim. A team-whip leans against his left shoulder and he holds the end of the lash between the tips of the fingers of both hands."--British Museum online catalogue

"Dick Vaughan, the driver of the Cambridge Telegraph, a famous coach, was known as Hell-Fire-Dick, and was 'a favourite companion of University fashionables'."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title etched below image.
Leaf 22 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 27.2 x 19.7 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Quarto 75 D569 812
Collection Title
Leaf 22. Characatures by Dighton.
Collection Date
[England], [not before 1812]

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Caricatures and cartoons
Caricatures
Satires (Visual works) England 1809
Etchings England London 1809
Material
etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
Vaughan, Richard, 1761-1816
Subject (Topic)
Coach drivers
Whips
Subjects
Vaughan, Richard, 1761-1816 > Caricatures and cartoons
Coach drivers
Whips
England > 1809
England > London > 1809

Access And Usage Rights

Access
Public

Identifiers

Orbis Record
15722909
Object ID (OID)
33185593

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