Call Number: Quarto 75 D569 812 / Subject (Name): Ashurst, Charles, active 1807

Creator:: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Published / Created:: [August 1807]
Call Number:: Quarto 75 D569 812
Collection Title:: Leaf 77. Characatures by Dighton.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "An obese officer stands in profile to the left, his hands clasped behind him, holding a cane by a loop. He wears a cocked hat, one peak over his face, the other on his shoulders, a sword-belt clasped over his sash, and tasselled boots. Identified as Major [Charles] Ashurst."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Leaf 77 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and Figure identified as "Major Ashurst" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.
Publisher:: Robert Dighton
Subject (Name):: Ashurst, Charles, active 1807
Subject (Topic):: Military officers, British, and Obesity
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The major part of the town of Portsmouth [graphic]