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1. A Jack in office [graphic]

Published / Created:: pub. Jany. 4th, 1793.
Call Number:: Quarto 75 D569 812
Collection Title:: Leaf 59. Characatures by Dighton.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "An exciseman stands in profile to the left, his lower lip protruding grotesquely; his chest is much thrown out, right hand thrust under his coat, left arm behind his back. From his pocket protrudes an 'Excise Book'. His ink-bottle is attached to his coat; in it is a pen; another pen projects from his cocked hat. A dog (right) befouls his leg."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Excisemen -- Excise books -- Ink bottles., Leaf 59 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 19.8 x 14.9 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm., and Watermark, trimmed: [Ed]meads 1808.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):: Taxes, Writing materials, Dogs, and Urination
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A Jack in office [graphic]

2. A Jack in office [graphic]

Published / Created:: pub. Jany. 4th, 1793.
Call Number:: 793.01.04.01.2 Impression 1
Collection Title:: Leaf 59. Characatures by Dighton.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "An exciseman stands in profile to the left, his lower lip protruding grotesquely; his chest is much thrown out, right hand thrust under his coat, left arm behind his back. From his pocket protrudes an 'Excise Book'. His ink-bottle is attached to his coat; in it is a pen; another pen projects from his cocked hat. A dog (right) befouls his leg."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Excisemen -- Excise books -- Ink bottles., and Watermark: 1814.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):: Taxes, Writing materials, Dogs, and Urination
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A Jack in office [graphic]

3. A general view of Old England [graphic]

Creator:: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Published / Created:: [September 1808]
Call Number:: Quarto 75 D569 812
Collection Title:: Leaf 71. Characatures by Dighton.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "An elderly general rides a high-stepping horse in profile to the left, posed like an equestrian statue. He wears a high cocked hat with cockade and plume; his sword-belt is buckled over his sash, which girds a heavy paunch. In his right hand is a cane. He is Lt.-General Richard England of Lifford, co. Clare, Colonel of the 5th Foot and Lt.-Governor of Plymouth, father of Sir Richard England (b. 1793). He was a veteran of the American War, and had been one of the first colonists of Western Upper Canada."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides, with minimal loss of image from right edge., Leaf 71 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and Watermark, trimmed: [Ed]meads 1808.
Publisher:: Robert Dighton
Subject (Name):: England, Richard, approximately 1750-1812
Subject (Topic):: Military officers, British, Horses, and Obesity
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A general view of Old England [graphic]

4. A lawyer and his agent [graphic]

Published / Created:: pub. Jany. 27, 1793.
Call Number:: Quarto 75 D569 812
Collection Title:: Leaf 61. Characatures by Dighton.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A lawyer (half length) is seated in an arm-chair holding a legal document headed 'Middlesex to Wit'. Before him on a table is a bundle of papers. He holds a pen in his mouth, his head is turned to the right and in profile, meditating with a fixed and sinister stare. Behind his shoulder is the Devil (left), who stretches his arm behind the lawyer's back, holding his right arm."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Day of publication in imprint may be "21" instead of "27"; see British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Reference to Middlesex., Leaf 61 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., 1 print : etching and stipple engraving on laid paper, hand-colored ; circular image 14.9 cm, plate mark 24.4 x 20.6 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm., and Watermark, trimmed: [E]dmeads 1808.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):: Devil and Lawyers
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A lawyer and his agent [graphic]

5. A lawyer and his agent [graphic]

Published / Created:: pub. Jany. 27, 1793.
Call Number:: 793.01.27.01
Collection Title:: Leaf 61. Characatures by Dighton.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A lawyer (half length) is seated in an arm-chair holding a legal document headed 'Middlesex to Wit'. Before him on a table is a bundle of papers. He holds a pen in his mouth, his head is turned to the right and in profile, meditating with a fixed and sinister stare. Behind his shoulder is the Devil (left), who stretches his arm behind the lawyer's back, holding his right arm."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Day of publication in imprint may be "21" instead of "27"; see British Museum catalogue., and Temporary local subject terms: Reference to Middlesex.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):: Devil and Lawyers
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A lawyer and his agent [graphic]

6. A master parson & his journeyman [graphic].

Published / Created:: May 1812.
Call Number:: Quarto 75 D569 812
Collection Title:: Leaf 54. Characatures by Dighton.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A grossly obese bishop, almost spherical, walks with a lean parson, right to left, and slightly towards the spectator. Both wear hat, gown, and bands. Their features are not dissimilar in type, but one is gross, carbuncled, and surly, the other lean and melancholy. One has a ticket for a 'Turtle Dinner' tucked into his waistcoat, the other holds a large Bible in both hands."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: A master parson and his journeyman
Description:: Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Parsons., Leaf 54 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 27.5 x 21.0 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm., and Watermark, trimmed: [Ed]meads 1808.
Publisher:: Pubd. by Dighton, Spring Gardens
Subject (Topic):: Clergy, Bishops, and Bibles
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A master parson & his journeyman [graphic].

7. A master parson & his journeyman [graphic].

Published / Created:: May 1812.
Call Number:: 812.05.00.01 Impression 1
Collection Title:: Leaf 54. Characatures by Dighton.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A grossly obese bishop, almost spherical, walks with a lean parson, right to left, and slightly towards the spectator. Both wear hat, gown, and bands. Their features are not dissimilar in type, but one is gross, carbuncled, and surly, the other lean and melancholy. One has a ticket for a 'Turtle Dinner' tucked into his waistcoat, the other holds a large Bible in both hands."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: A master parson and his journeyman
Description:: Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Temporary local subject terms: Parsons.
Publisher:: Pubd. by Dighton, Spring Gardens
Subject (Topic):: Clergy, Bishops, and Bibles
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A master parson & his journeyman [graphic].

8. A striking view of Richmond [graphic]

Creator:: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Published / Created:: [March 1810]
Call Number:: Quarto 75 D569 812
Collection Title:: Leaf 17. Characatures by Dighton.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Bill Richmond, the black pugilist, stands directed to the right, left leg advanced, fists raised. He is stripped to the waist, wearing a spotted handkerchief for belt, with neat breeches, stockings, and tied shoes."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top and bottom., Although born into slavery in New York, he lived most his life in England., Leaf 17 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and Watermark, trimmed: [E]dmeads 1808.
Publisher:: Robert Dighton
Subject (Name):: Richmond, Bill, 1763-1829, and Richmond, Bill, 1763-1829.
Subject (Topic):: African American boxers, Boxers (Sports), and British
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A striking view of Richmond [graphic]

9. A view from Peter House, Cambridge [graphic]

Published / Created:: [January 1810]
Call Number:: Quarto 75 D569 812
Collection Title:: Leaf 53. Characatures by Dighton.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Dr. Barnes, wearing cap and gown, a clerical wig, and bands, stands in profile to the right. He is tall, with a fierce Punch-like profile. A second imprint is etched in reversed characters in the shadow at his feet: 'Whitt . . . N° 31 Shoe La[ne], London'."--British Museum online catalogue and "Francis Barnes, D.D., Master of Peterhouse from 1788, was Knightsbridge Professor of Moral Philosophy from 1813 to 1838, but gave no lectures. He was 'a disreputable survival from the eighteenth century'. Winstanley, 'Early Victorian Cambridge', 1940, pp. 80, 175."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Leaf 53 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., Watermark, trimmed: [Ed]meads 1808., and Figure identified as "Dr. Barnes" in lower left corner of sheet.
Publisher:: Robert Dighton
Subject (Name):: Barnes, Francis, 1744-1838
Subject (Topic):: Philosophers and Teachers
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A view from Peter House, Cambridge [graphic]