A celebrated public orator [graphic]

Description

Title: A celebrated public orator [graphic]
Creator: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Contributor: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, artist, publisher.
Published / Created: [January 1808]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Robert Dighton
Abstract: "William Crowe stands in profile to the right holding his mortar-board in his right hand, his left hand extended, slightly stooping, as if making a speech. He has short thick hair (or wig) and wears bands and cassock under his gown."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Leaf 55 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton.
1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 27.8 x 20.4 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm.
Figure identified as "Mr. Crow" 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 27.7 x 20.5 cm, on sheet 30 x 23 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English