"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.
Title supplied by cataloger., Place and date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark and into four sections., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Boot maker -- Soldier of the war., Watermark., and Manuscript annotations in pencil identify occupations of figures.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Shoemakers, Butchers, Veterans, Amputees, Peg legs, and Tailors
Title supplied by cataloger., Place and date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark and into four sections., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Boot maker -- Soldier of the war., Watermark., and Manuscript annotations in pencil identify occupations of figures.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Shoemakers, Butchers, Veterans, Amputees, Peg legs, and Tailors
Title supplied by cataloger., Place and date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark and into four sections., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Boot maker -- Soldier of the war., Watermark., and Manuscript annotations in pencil identify occupations of figures.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Shoemakers, Butchers, Veterans, Amputees, Peg legs, and Tailors
Title supplied by cataloger., Place and date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark and into four sections., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Boot maker -- Soldier of the war., Watermark., and Manuscript annotations in pencil identify occupations of figures.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Shoemakers, Butchers, Veterans, Amputees, Peg legs, and Tailors
Title supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from printmaker's nationality., Date derived from printmaker's date of death., In lower margin are verses in Latin and French., In image bottom center: 3., From: The Misery of Human Life., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Diseases, Wounds and injuries, Toothache, Blindness, Amputees, Prosthesis, Crutches, People with disabilities, Dogs, and Staffs (Sticks).
