A view from Magdalen Hall, Oxford [graphic]

Description

Creator

Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker

Contributor

Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, artist, publisher.

Published / Created

[June 1808]

Publication Place

London

Publisher

Robert Dighton

Abstract

"Dr. Ford walks right to left in profile, looking at the ground, and clutching his gown in his right hand. He wears mortarboard, bands, and cassock. "--British Museum online catalogue

"Henry Ford matriculated 1776, aged 23, at Pembroke, was Lord Almoner's professor of Arabic 1780-1813, D.C.L. Magdalen Hall 1788, Principal 1788-1813. "--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue

Description

Title etched below image.
Leaf 42 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton.
1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 27.9 x 17.7 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm.
Watermark, trimmed: [Ed]meads & Co. 1808.
Figure identified as "Dr. Ford" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.

Provenance