A view taken from the town hall Oxford [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- A view taken from the town hall Oxford [graphic]
- Creator
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Contributor
-
Quiz, Tim, pseud.
Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, publisher. - Published / Created
- pubd. as the act directs May 1st, 1807.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Robert Dighton
- Abstract
-
"Representation of Mr William Elias Taunton in smart attire, leaning on a walking stick with his right hand, with his left hand tucked in the pocket of his breeches. He wears black boots, a brown, double-breasted over-coat and a black hat, and leans forward with his head and body turned to the left. He also sports a small ponytail."--British Museum online catalogue
"Taunton (1773-1835), son of the Town Clerk of Oxford, Justice of the King's Bench 1830, was made Recorder of Oxford in 1806."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
'Tim Quiz' is a pseudonym for Robert Dighton; see British Museum catalogue.
Publisher and place of publication from British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1935,0522.17.43.
Leaf 35 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton.
1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 27.8 x 20.2 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm. - Provenance
- Sold at Dominic Winter Auctions, 9 October 2020, lot 502, purchased through Jarndyce; October 2020.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 28 x 21 cm, on sheet 31 x 24 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 35. Characatures by Dighton.
- Collection Date
- [England], [not before 1812]
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Caricatures
Satires (Visual works) England 1807
Etchings England London 1807 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- Oxford (England)
- Subject (Name)
- Taunton, William Elias, Sir, 1773-1835
- Subject (Topic)
-
builings, structures, etc
Government officials - Subjects
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Taunton, William Elias, Sir, 1773-1835 > Caricatures and cartoons
Oxford (England) > builings, structures, etc
Government officials
England > 1807
England > London > 1807
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8646944
- Object ID (OID)
- 33185619
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