A view from Trinity College, Cambridge [graphic].

Description

Title: A view from Trinity College, Cambridge [graphic].
Creator: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Contributor: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, publisher.
Published / Created: [10 January 1810]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Jany. 10th, 1810, by Dighton, 6 Charg. Cross
Abstract: "Mansel, Bishop of Bristol and Master of Trinity (from 1798), walks from left to right, and slightly towards the spectator, head in profile, and thrown back, his mortar-board in his left hand. His voluminous, inflated, and much convoluted gown covers a bulky figure. He wears a clerical wig."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker tentatively identified as Dighton in the British Museum online catalogue.
Leaf 52 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton.
Watermark, trimmed: [Ed]meads 1808.
Figure identified as "Bishop of Bristol" 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 26.9 x 20.1 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English