A figure of a man, Mr. Read (?), shown full-length walking to the right, with a riding crop in his right and wearing a top hat. He has a toothpick(?) hanging from his mouth
Description:
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from unverified data from local card catalog record., Identified in ms. note as a Mr. Read in red ink below image, by a comtemporary hand., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
"An obese man, one Read, stands directed to the right, head in profile, sucking a straw and holding a cane against right shoulder. He has short legs, accentuated by a long waistcoat, and wears round hat with curved brim, riding-breeches, and spurred boots with deep tops."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., and Leaf 2 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton.
"The famous soprano advances trippingly towards the spectator, head turned in profile to the right, left arm extended as if beckoning, a handkerchief in her right hand. She wears a gold fillet in her hair from which hang draperies, falling over her left arm, a dress with a double tunic, and a long train or mantle with tasselled ends flung over her shoulder and looped under her gold belt. All her quasi-barbaric draperies are heavily embroidered with gold. She has long rucked transparent sleeves. ... Not a caricature."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Leaf 27 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 27.8 x 20.4 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm.
Publisher:
Robert Dighton
Subject (Name):
Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868. and Catalani, Angelica 1780-1849,
"The famous soprano advances trippingly towards the spectator, head turned in profile to the right, left arm extended as if beckoning, a handkerchief in her right hand. She wears a gold fillet in her hair from which hang draperies, falling over her left arm, a dress with a double tunic, and a long train or mantle with tasselled ends flung over her shoulder and looped under her gold belt. All her quasi-barbaric draperies are heavily embroidered with gold. She has long rucked transparent sleeves. ... Not a caricature."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Robert Dighton
Subject (Name):
Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868. and Catalani, Angelica 1780-1849,
"Brook Watson (1735-1807) walks in profile to the right, using a sturdy tasselled cane; his right hand is in his coat-pocket. He is well preserved; a slight stoop suggests hurried walking (on his (right) wooden leg) rather than age. He wears a round hat, double-breasted coat, frilled shirt, and breeches; a small pigtail and a spatterdash suggest a quasi-military career."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Elderly man with peg leg and cane
Description:
Title and printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Text in lower left portion of design, possibly an additional publication line "Pubd. by Dighton", has been obscured with etched lines., Leaf 7 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.5 x 15.1 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm., and Pencil annotation in lower left corner of sheet is mostly trimmed away.
"Brook Watson (1735-1807) walks in profile to the right, using a sturdy tasselled cane; his right hand is in his coat-pocket. He is well preserved; a slight stoop suggests hurried walking (on his (right) wooden leg) rather than age. He wears a round hat, double-breasted coat, frilled shirt, and breeches; a small pigtail and a spatterdash suggest a quasi-military career."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Elderly man with peg leg and cane
Description:
Title and printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Text in lower left portion of design, possibly an additional publication line "Pubd. by Dighton", has been obscured with etched lines., and Ms. note in contemporary hand below design.
"Two officers stand together directed to the right, almost in profile, dressed alike. The taller (right) holds a sheathed sword crooked in the left elbow; his shorter and slightly stouter friend stands very erect, and takes his right arm. They wear cocked hats with small plumes and side-tassels, stock and jabot under high-collared tunics, wide crossed belts, high cavalry boots, and gauntlet gloves. They are Robert Christopher Packe, Captain Royal Horse Guards, killed at Waterloo, and Lieut. George Augustus Fenwick."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Two soldiers
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., Leaf 75 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.6 x 18.4 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm.
Publisher:
Dighton Junr.
Subject (Name):
Packe, Robert Christopher, -1815 and Fenwick, George Augustus, active 1805
"Two officers stand together directed to the right, almost in profile, dressed alike. The taller (right) holds a sheathed sword crooked in the left elbow; his shorter and slightly stouter friend stands very erect, and takes his right arm. They wear cocked hats with small plumes and side-tassels, stock and jabot under high-collared tunics, wide crossed belts, high cavalry boots, and gauntlet gloves. They are Robert Christopher Packe, Captain Royal Horse Guards, killed at Waterloo, and Lieut. George Augustus Fenwick."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Two soldiers
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue. and Ms. annotations below plate mark identify figures in the print: Capt. Pack & Fenwick.
Publisher:
Dighton Junr.
Subject (Name):
Packe, Robert Christopher, -1815 and Fenwick, George Augustus, active 1805
