Term time, or, The lawyers all alive in Westminster Hall [art original]

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Title: Term time, or, The lawyers all alive in Westminster Hall [art original]
Alternative Title: Lawyers all alive in Westminster Hall
Peep into the Court of Kings Bench
Creator: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, artist
Published / Created: [1795]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: A watercolor drawing of a scene in Westminster Hall with three judges presiding over a crowded courtroom
Description: Title "A peep into the Court of Kings Bench" written in lower margin but scored through; a new title "Term time or The lawyers all alive in Westminster Hall" is written below in the same hand.
Signed by the artist in lower right corner of image.
Date from: Padbury, D. View of Dightons.
Numbered "557" beneath lower left corner of image.
Provenance: Sotheby's, London, 23 February 1978 (Jeffrey Rose sale), lot 68; Christie's, London, 7 April 1992, lot 125; Christie's, London, 17 November 2005, lot 50; Forum Auctions, London, 9 June 2020, lot 356. Formerly in the collection of David Padbury. Purchased by The Lewis Walpole Library from The Lawbook Exchange Ltd., March 2024.
Extent: 1 drawing : image 32.3 x 26 cm, on sheet 34 x 25 cm, mounted to 46 x 37
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English