Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to and within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Bath: Master of the Ceremonies -- Benefit balls.
Title etched below image., Printmaker from series title on plate no. 1., No. 7 in the series: Twelve prints representing the most interesting, sentimental and humourous scenes in Tristam Shandy / by R. Dighton., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Folding tables -- Toys: horse and wagon -- Weapons: pistols -- Weapons: sword -- Female costume, ca 1785 -- Male costume, ca 1785.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard
Subject (Name):
Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.
Subject (Topic):
Illustrations, Toys, Carpets, Fireplaces, Interiors, and Wigs
Title from item., Printmaker and publication date from British Museum catalogue., Two lines of text below title: This portrait of Lady Hibernia Bull ..., Temporary local subject terms: Comic maps -- Witch as a map -- Capes -- Harbors -- Emblems: Irish harp., and Text below title erased from this impression.
Publisher:
Printed for Bowles & Carver, No. 69 St Paul's Church Yard
Title from item., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Maps: comic maps -- Punch as a map -- Scotland: capes -- Scotland: harbors -- Emblems: thistle (Scotland)., and Mounted to 37 x 28 cm.
Publisher:
Printed for Bowles & Carver, No. 69 St Paul's Church Yard
"The King, wearing military uniform, walks in profile to the left, bending forward and holding a cocked hat in his right hand, left forefinger extended. He wears a close-fitting wig with side-curl and tail, a star, high cavalry boots without spurs, and a large sword."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
George the Third aged 72 1810 and George III aged 72 1810
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1935,0522.17.31., Leaf 1 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 27.2 x 19.8 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm.
"The King, wearing military uniform, walks in profile to the left, bending forward and holding a cocked hat in his right hand, left forefinger extended. He wears a close-fitting wig with side-curl and tail, a star, high cavalry boots without spurs, and a large sword."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
George the Third aged 72 1810 and George III aged 72 1810
Description:
Title etched below image. and Publisher from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1935,0522.17.31.
"The enormously fat Stephen Kemble, as Hamlet, gesticulates, right arm extended, left arm thrown back, fingers (very large) pointing awkwardly; his head is turned in profile to the left. He wears quasi-contemporary dress, much dishevelled, with a star and ribbon from which hangs the elephant of the Danish order."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: J,2.22., Two lines of text from Hamlet are etched below title: ---------- that I have thought some of nature's journeymen had made men, and not made them well; they imitated humanity so abominably., Leaf 23 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., 1 print : etching and stipple engraving on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 22.5 x 16.1 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm., and Figure identified as "Stephen Kemble" in pencil below plate mark.
Publisher:
Robert Dighton
Subject (Name):
Kemble, Stephen, 1758-1822
Subject (Topic):
Actors, British, Obesity, and Theatrical productions
"Mrs. Siddons as Elvira in 'Pizarro'. Her words are from Act III. iii (in Pizarro's tent). She stands with her head turned in profile to the left, right arm extended in a commanding gesture. She wears a high-waisted, quasi-classical dress, with a long cloak bordered with gold, folds of which are twisted round her left arm."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Theater: actors in performance -- Literature: Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Pizarro, iii.3 -- Female costume: theater costume., Leaf 28 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., 1 print : etching with drypoint on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 22.3 x 17.4 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm., and Figure identified as "Siddons" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.
Publisher:
Robert Dighton
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816. and Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831
"An obese butcher (three-quarter length), in profile to the left, leans back from the waist, sucking a long pipe held in his right hand. His ill-fitting wig is perched on a bald head. He wears apron and oversleeves, a steel hanging from his waist."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Trades -- Dutchmen -- Tools: butchers' steel., Leaf 5 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 19.8 x 14.9 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm.
