"A tall slim man, in academic dress with mortar-board, stands in profile to the left, his arms akimbo, his gown forensically gathered up. He has whiskers, short hair, and a fashionable neck with clerical bands. He is Henry ('Horse') Kett (1761-1825), Fellow of Trinity, Bampton Lecturer 1790, Select Preacher 1801-2; he drowned himself."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Leaf 41 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 27.1 x 19.7 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm., and Figure identified as "Mr. Kett" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.
"A tall slim man, in academic dress with mortar-board, stands in profile to the left, his arms akimbo, his gown forensically gathered up. He has whiskers, short hair, and a fashionable neck with clerical bands. He is Henry ('Horse') Kett (1761-1825), Fellow of Trinity, Bampton Lecturer 1790, Select Preacher 1801-2; he drowned himself."--British Museum online catalogue
A promenade under trees, with college buildings forming a background. Ladies walk arm-in-arm with undergraduates; four dons walk alone. Four of the foreground figures are adapted from Dighton portraits of 1808. On the extreme left stands Dr. Kett ... Near him stands 'A Noble Student of Oxford' (Lord Nugent) ... and extending a hand to Dr. John Smith ... In the centre is Dr. Jackson (Dean of Christ Church d. 1819) ..."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Plate from: Westmacott, C.M. English spy. London : Sherwood, Jones, and Co., 1825-1826., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Watermark., and An ms. '6' was written over the last inscribed digit in the year of publication: 1824.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Sherwood, Jones, & Co.
Subject (Name):
Jackson, Cyril, 1746-1819, Kett, Henry, 1761-1825, and Nugent, George Nugent Grenville, Baron, 1788-1850
A promenade under trees, with college buildings forming a background. Ladies walk arm-in-arm with undergraduates; four dons walk alone. Four of the foreground figures are adapted from Dighton portraits of 1808. On the extreme left stands Dr. Kett ... Near him stands 'A Noble Student of Oxford' (Lord Nugent) ... and extending a hand to Dr. John Smith ... In the centre is Dr. Jackson (Dean of Christ Church d. 1819) ..."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title and imprint from published state., Plate etched for: Westmacott, C.M. English spy. London : Sherwood, Jones, and Co., 1825-1826., For published state see: No. 14935 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10., and Ms. note in pencil on front: Pave 278, vol. 1. Note change of plate, 2 figures in background are omitted.
Publisher:
Sherwood, Jones, & Co.
Subject (Name):
Jackson, Cyril, 1746-1819, Kett, Henry, 1761-1825, and Nugent, George Nugent Grenville, Baron, 1788-1850
