A lawyer and his agent [graphic]

Description

Title: A lawyer and his agent [graphic]
Contributor: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, artist.
Published / Created: pub. Jany. 27, 1793.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "A lawyer (half length) is seated in an arm-chair holding a legal document headed 'Middlesex to Wit'. Before him on a table is a bundle of papers. He holds a pen in his mouth, his head is turned to the right and in profile, meditating with a fixed and sinister stare. Behind his shoulder is the Devil (left), who stretches his arm behind the lawyer's back, holding his right arm."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Day of publication in imprint may be "21" instead of "27"; see British Museum catalogue.
Temporary local subject terms: Reference to Middlesex.
Leaf 61 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton.
1 print : etching and stipple engraving on laid paper, hand-colored ; circular image 14.9 cm, plate mark 24.4 x 20.6 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm.
Watermark, trimmed: [E]dmeads 1808.
Provenance: Sold at Dominic Winter Auctions, 9 October 2020, lot 502, purchased through Jarndyce; October 2020.
Extent: 1 print : circular image 14.9 cm in diameter, plate mark 24.3 x 20.8 cm, on sheet 36 x 28 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English