Grosvenor Prints

My Ass in a Band Box.
R. Dighton fecit.
Pub as the Act directs, Feb.t 1793.
Hand-coloured etching. Plate: 200 x 150mm (8 x 6''), with large margins. Staining at bottom margin, hole at bottom left platemark.
A illustration of a course answer to the offer of anything inadequate to the purpose.
BM Satire 7793.
[Ref: 50996] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Tilleman Hodgkinson Bobart] The Classical Almamater Coachman Oxford.
Drawn, Etch.d & Pub.d, by Dighton, Char.g Cross. Jan.y 1808.
Hand-coloured etching, with manuscript annotation. Plate: 220 x 290mm, (8¾ x 11½"). Some diagonal creasing.
A portrait of Tilleman Hodgkinson Bobart (c.1771-1838), a coachman who ran a four horse coach between Oxford and London. Bobart had attended University College but never graduated. He was forced to give up the road due to accidents and was made Esquire Bedel in Law in 1815. 'Mr. Bobart' annotated in plate.
[Ref: 41517] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Madame Catalani in Semiramide. her first Appearance in England, Dec.r 13th, 1806.
Drawn Etch,d & Pub,d by Dighton, 21 New Bond Street, Dec.r 1806.
Fine coloured etching. 275 x 205mm (10¾ x 8"), paper watermarked ''E & P 1805''. Small margins.
A full-length portrait of Angelica Catalani (1780-1849), as Semiramide the Assyrian, in the opera by Gioachino Rossini. a soprano with a range of nearly three octaves.
[Ref: 62799] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[George Frederick Cooke.] Mr Cooke. Ha! am I king? 'tis so - but - Edward lives.
Drawn, Etch'd by Dighton.
Pub.d Dec.r 1st 1800 by Dighton. Char.g Cross No 12.
Fine coloured etching, (Ed)meads 1808 watermark; 270 x 210mm (10½ x 8¼"). Very large margins.
The actor George Frederick Cooke (1756-1812) as Shakespeare's Richard III, performed at the Theatre Royal, the role that made him famous. However his career was blighted by his drinking.
Not in BM Satires.
[Ref: 39321] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Vil you give us a Glass of Gin. I'll see you D-n'd First.
R. Dighton sc.
Pub. Jan.y 4 1793 by R. Dighton.
Hand-coloured etching. Plate: 200 x 150mm (8 x 6''), with large margins. Staining at bottom margin.
A scene showing two street sellers: an oyster woman and a vegetable seller, standing next to each other, the woman looks imploringly at the cross-looking man.
BM Satire 8396.
[Ref: 50995] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[William Hanger.] Lord [image of a sword]
Drawn & Pub.d by Dighton Char.g Cross. Jan.y 1808.
Hand-coloured etching. 280 x 175mm (11 x 7"), on paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1801', very large margins. Slight spotting at top of plate. Crease top right.
A caricature of William Hanger, third Lord Coleraine, in riding dress with spurs, cane under his arm Hanger (1744-1814) was MP for East Retford 1775-8, Aldborough 1778-80 and St Michael's 1780-4. In 1794 he succeeded his elder brother John in the barony (Irish Peerage), in turn succeeded by his brother George.
BM Satires: 10154.
[Ref: 58407] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Rebecca Howse] Mother Goose of Oxford.
Dighton. ad Vivam del.t.
Pub. July 1807 by Dighton, Char.g Cross.
Coloured etching. 280 x 195mm (11 x 7¾"), large margins. Old ink mss. in lower margin. Mint
Portrait of Rebecca Howse (1737-1818, née Wildgoose), a one-time procuress who took to selling flowers after going blind, being known to the undergraduates as 'Flora'.
[Ref: 63810] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[William Jackson] A Jack in Office.
R.t Dighton del.
Pub. Jan.y 4.th 1793.
Hand-coloured etching. Plate: 200 x 150mm (8 x 6''), with large margins. Staining at bottom margin.
A caricature portrait of exciseman William Jackson shown with his excise book in his pocket and a poodle urinating on his legs.
BM Satire 8395.
[Ref: 50997] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[William Jackson] A Jack in Office.
R Dighton del.t.
Pub. Jan.y 4.th 1793.
Hand-coloured etching, plate: 200 x 150mm (8 x 6''), with very large margins, watermarked 1816.
A caricature portrait of exciseman William Jackson shown with his excise book in his pocket and a poodle urinating on his legs.
BM Satire 8395.
[Ref: 60039] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[John Kemble] We serve a King whom we love = a God whom we Adore. Pizarro
Drawn. Etch'd & Pub.d by Dighton. Char.g Cross June. 1799.
Coloured etching. 225 x 170mm (9 x 6¾"), with large margins. Creasing
A slightly satirical portrait of John Philip Kemble (1757-1823) as Rolla the noble Peruvian in the play 'Pizarro', which opened on May 24, 1799, with Barrymore as Pizarro and Mrs Sarah Siddons as Elvira.
BM Satires 9436.
[Ref: 58314] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[John Kemble] We serve a King whom we love = a God whom we Adore. Pizarro
Drawn. Etch'd & Pub.d by Dighton. Char.g Cross June. 1799.
Fine coloured etching, mint. 225 x 170mm (9 x 6¾"), with large margins.
A slightly satirical portrait of John Philip Kemble (1757-1823) as Rolla the noble Peruvian in the play 'Pizarro', which opened on May 24, 1799, with Barrymore as Pizarro and Mrs Sarah Siddons as Elvira.
BM Satires 9436.
[Ref: 39319] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Hamlet in Scotland. A Large manager in a Great Character. ... that I have thought some of nature's journeymen had made men, and not made them well, they imitated humanity so abominably.
Drawn & Etch'd by R. Dighton. 12 Charing Cross.
Pub.d Dec.r 6.th 1794.
Coloured etching. 225 x 160mm (8¾ x 6¼"). Very large margins.
Satirical portrait of George Stephen Kemble (1758-1822), actor and theatre manager, brother of Charles Kemble, John Philip Kemble and Sarah Siddons. In 1794 he took over management of the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh, with his opening play being Hamlet, played by his brother John. However this caricature focuses on Stephen when he played Hamlet when he weighed 18 stone. He wears the sash of the Order of the Elephant, the highest order of Denmark.
[Ref: 39297] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[William Philip Molyneux] Lord Dashalong bent on driving.
Dighton. Ad. Viv.m Del.t.
Pub.d Nov.r 1801. by Dighton Char.g Cross.
Hand-coloured etching, sheet 210 x 165mm (8¼ x 6½"). Trimmed within plate. Some time staining to edges. Holes left and top right.
Caricature portrait of William Philip Molyneux (1772-1838), 2nd Earl of Sefton, seated on a high box-seat, driving; he leans slightly forward, his head in profile to the left, a bunch of reins in the left hand, a long whip in the right. Sefton acquired the nickname 'Lord Dashalong' because of his fondness for racing through the streets of London in a carriage with four horses.
BM 9743.
[Ref: 60016] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[William Philip Molyneux] Lord Dashalong bent on driving.
Dighton. Ad. Viv.m Del.t.
Pub.d Nov.r 1801. by Dighton Char.g Cross.
Hand-coloured fine etching. 225 x 175mm (8¾ x 7"), with large margins. Mounted in album paper.
Caricature portrait of William Philip Molyneux (1772-1838), 2nd Earl of Sefton, seated on a high box-seat, driving; he leans slightly forward, his head in profile to the left, a bunch of reins in the left hand, a long whip in the right. Sefton acquired the nickname 'Lord Dashalong' because of his fondness for racing through the streets of London in a carriage with four horses.
BM 9743.
[Ref: 64088] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Descriptions of Battes by Sea & Land, in Two Volumes, From the Kings Library's at Greenwich & Chelsea.
Drawn, Etch'd & Pub. by Dighton, 12 Charing Cross, March 1801.
Hand-coloured etching. Plate: 220 x 175mm (8¾ x 7''), with large margins. Staining at bottom margin.
A scene showing two pensioners, a naval pensioner from Greenwich Hospital and a military pensioner from Chelsea Hospital in deep conversation over pipes and beer.
BM Satire 9746.
[Ref: 50998] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

A Striking View of Richmond.
Drawn, Etch'd & Pub'd By Dighton, 6 Charing Cross, March 1810.
Etching with hand colour. 325 x 220mm (12¾ x 8¾''), paper watermarked 1812? Colour faded.
A portrait of Bill Richmond (1763-1829), born a slave in Richmondtown, Staten Island, Richmond moved to England in 1777 and spent the rest of his life there. After being educated Richmond was apprenticed to a cabinet maker in York. While in Yorkshire he fought in several boxing matches, and then in 1795 he moved to London and ran the pub the Horse and Dolphin in Leicester Square, he made his name boxing and he fought against Tom Cribb, George Maddox, Tom Molineaux and Tom Shelton. The title jokily refers to topographical views of Richmond, Surrey.
Siltzer:p327. BM Satire 11587.
[Ref: 57975] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Mrs. Siddons.] Hold! - Pizarro - hear me! - if not always Justly, at least act always Greatly.
Drawn Etch'd & Pubd. by Dighton, Charg. Cross. Dec. 14th. 1799.
Hand-coloured etching, 220 x 175mm. 8¾ x 7".
The actress Sarah Siddons (1755 - 1831) as Elvira in 'Pizarro'. Her words are from Act III. iii (in Pizarro's tent). She stands with her head turned in profile to the left, right arm extended in a commanding gesture. She wears a high-waisted, quasi-classical dress, with a long cloak bordered with gold, folds of which are twisted round her left arm Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751 - 1816), dramatist and politician, adapted August Friedrich Kotzebue's comedy 'Die Sonnenjungfrau and Die Spanier in Peru' as 'Pizarro' to critical acclaim and popular success in 1799 (and became known by satirists as 'Doctor Pizarro'). By Robert Dighton (1752 - 1814).
BM Satires: 9437.
[Ref: 11533] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

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