Lieut. Genl. Macdonald [graphic]

Description

Title: Lieut. Genl. Macdonald [graphic]
Alternative Title: Lieutenant General Macdonald
Creator: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Contributor: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, publisher.
Published / Created: [1812]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Robert Dighton?
Abstract: "A tall and elegant officer walks left to right and slightly towards the spectator, his hand on the hilt of his sword. He wears cocked hat, high tasselled Hessian boots; gold aiguillettes hang from his right shoulder below the waist. Donald Macdonald, of the 55th Foot, Lieutenant-Governor of Fort William, was commissioned Lieutenant-General in 1810."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Publisher tentatively identified as Robert Dighton; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1848,1221.44.
Leaf 73 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton.
Watermark, trimmed: [E]dmeads 1808.
Provenance: Sold at Dominic Winter Auctions, 9 October 2020, lot 502, purchased through Jarndyce; October 2020.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 27.4 x 19.6 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English