A noble commander from South Gloucester taken on the Steyne at Brighton / [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- A noble commander from South Gloucester taken on the Steyne at Brighton / [graphic]
- Contributor
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, artist, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [December 1801]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pub. Decr. 1801 by Dighton, Charg. Cross
- Abstract
-
"A whole length portrait of a military officer standing in profile to the left holding papers in his (gloved) left hand; right hand behind his back. He wears a small pigtail, cocked hat, and sash. His sabre hangs very low, resting on the ground. He is Lord Berkeley (1745-1810), colonel of the South Gloucester Regiment (gazetted 14 Mar. 1794), see British Museum Satires No. 5140."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Leaf 72 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton.
Figure identified as "Lord Berkley" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.
On verso is some arithmetic in pencil, beside which is written "3 plates" in ink. - Provenance
- Sold at Dominic Winter Auctions, 9 October 2020, lot 502, purchased through Jarndyce; October 2020.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 27.5 x 19.7 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 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 72. Characatures by Dighton.
- Collection Date
- [England], [not before 1812]
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Caricatures
Satires (Visual works) England 1801
Etchings England London 1801 - Material
- etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Berkeley, Frederick Augustus Berkeley, Earl of, 1745-1810
- Subject (Topic)
-
Military officers
British
Daggers & swords - Subjects
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Berkeley, Frederick Augustus Berkeley, Earl of, 1745-1810 > Caricatures and cartoons
Military officers > British
Daggers & swords
England > 1801
England > London > 1801
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 15767208
- Object ID (OID)
- 33185691