"An elderly man with an alert, wrinkled face, stands very erect in profile to the left, his hands resting on his cane. He wears an old-fashioned cocked hat with cockade, with white or powdered hair in a neat (military) pigtail; his long double-breasted blue coat has a small scarlet facing on the high collar; his shoes have large buckles. He is General Robert Donkin, father of Sir R. F. Donkin, died 1821, aged 94."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Leaf 58 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and Figure identified as "Genl. Donkin" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.
Publisher:
Robert Dighton
Subject (Name):
Donkin, Robert, 1727-1821
Subject (Topic):
Generals, British, Older people, and Staffs (Sticks)
"Social satire: a crowd of invalids and loungers on the North Parade in Bath."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Questionable attribution to Joshua Kirby Baldrey from unverified data in local card catalog record., Published between 1780-1790; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1948,0214.797., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Bath: North Parade Street -- Prepoint Street -- City buildings -- Walking staves -- Parasols -- Pavement -- Candy in baskets -- Street vending -- Iron fences -- Female costume, 1785 -- Male costume, 1785., 1 print : etching with stipple, hand-colored ; plate mark 272 x 412 mm., and Data in local record (attribution to John Kirby; 1795 date) from Joan Sussler, Lewis Walpole Library.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Bath (England),
Subject (Topic):
Gout, Health resorts, City & town life, Terraces, Crowds, Staffs (Sticks), Wheelchairs, People with disabilities, Umbrellas, Wheelbarrows, and Street vendors
"Social satire: a crowd of invalids and loungers on the North Parade in Bath."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Questionable attribution to Joshua Kirby Baldrey from unverified data in local card catalog record., Published between 1780-1790; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1948,0214.797., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Bath: North Parade Street -- Prepoint Street -- City buildings -- Walking staves -- Parasols -- Pavement -- Candy in baskets -- Street vending -- Iron fences -- Female costume, 1785 -- Male costume, 1785.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Bath (England),
Subject (Topic):
Gout, Health resorts, City & town life, Terraces, Crowds, Staffs (Sticks), Wheelchairs, People with disabilities, Umbrellas, Wheelbarrows, and Street vendors
Leaf 57. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Social satire: a crowd of invalids and loungers on the North Parade in Bath."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Restrike. For original issue of the plate, published approximately 1780-1790, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1948,0214.797., Questionable attribution to Joshua Kirby Baldrey from unverified data in local card catalog record., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], and On leaf 57 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Field & Tuer
Subject (Geographic):
Bath (England),
Subject (Topic):
City & town life, Terraces, Crowds, Staffs (Sticks), Wheelchairs, People with disabilities, Umbrellas, Wheelbarrows, and Street vendors
"An elderly man shambles from right to left in profile, right hand on his stick, left hand in his coat-pocket. He wears a hat with a curved brim, a curled, old-fashioned brown wig, a long coat, and an overcoat, with ill-fitting gaiters reaching to the thigh. Two seals hang from a fob. He is Councillor John Morris or Morriss."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Leaf 57 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton.
"An elderly man of clerical appearance, stands in profile to the right knees slightly flexed, right hand resting on a heavy cane, left hand raised in an expository gesture. He wears an ill-fitting powdered wig with a curl at the back, a round hat with the brim turned up at the side, long buttoned coat, wrinkled stockings, high-quartered buckled shoes, and gloves. Identified as Dr. John Shepherd."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Leaf 56 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton.
A version of British Museum satire no. 4765, in reverse. A narrow design with les sky and slightly less ground. Half of the dog on the left is cut off in the design. Two soldiers showing a party of civilians around their tents erected in an open space. The civilian gentleman have walking sticks tucked under their arms, and one carries a quizzing glass. The short, stout lady wears a large hooded cloak and carries a large umbrella
Description:
Title from caption below image., Questionable date of publication from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Dogs, Military camps, Military uniforms, British, Staffs (Sticks), Soldiers, Tents, and Umbrellas
Two soldiers showing a party of civilians around their tents erected in an open space. The civilian gentleman have walking sticks tucked under their arms, and one carries a quizzing glass. The short, stout lady wears a large hooded cloak and carries a large umbrella
Description:
Title from caption below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate numbered "1" in upper left corner., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Publish'd Decr. 1st, 1779, by Watson & Dickinson, No. 158 New Bond Street
Subject (Topic):
Dogs, Military camps, Military uniforms, British, Staffs (Sticks), Soldiers, Tents, and Umbrellas
A tour guide leading two men with astonished looks on their caricatured faces (one holds a simple walking stick and his hat) and a fashionably dressed women through Westminster Abbey, points to a monument decorated with the effigies of three knights
Description:
Title etched below image., Former questionable attribution to Newton from local card catalog record., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publisher's advertisement below title: In Holland's exhibition rooms may be seen the largest collection in Europe of humorous prints. Admitce. 1 shillg., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Mounted to 43 x 30 cm., and Watermark: countermark W.
Publisher:
Pubd. by W. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Subject (Name):
Westminster Abbey.
Subject (Topic):
Staffs (Sticks), Tombs & sepulchral monuments, Tour guides, and Tourists