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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)
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)
An Aristocrat.
Dighton del.
London: London Printed for Bowles & Carver, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard. [n.d. c, 1790]
Mezzotint. Plate: 110 x 145mm (4¼ x 5¾"). Large margins. Some slight paper tone.
Portrait of a man in an oval smoking a long pipe, who holds a piece of paper on which is written 'AN HONEST MAN will FEAR GOD. HONOUR the KING. and DO as HE would be DONE BY.' Beside the man rests a glass, a decanter of wine and a book titled 'British Peerage', whilst on the wall behind hangs a diagram of 'British Constitution' in which 'Lords', 'Commons' and 'King' form an equilateral triangle with 'Public Good' in the centre. A framed portrait of George III rests below.
BM 9045. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 35002] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Dighton del.
London: London Printed for Bowles & Carver, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard. [n.d. c, 1790]
Mezzotint. Plate: 110 x 145mm (4¼ x 5¾"). Large margins. Some slight paper tone.
Portrait of a man in an oval smoking a long pipe, who holds a piece of paper on which is written 'AN HONEST MAN will FEAR GOD. HONOUR the KING. and DO as HE would be DONE BY.' Beside the man rests a glass, a decanter of wine and a book titled 'British Peerage', whilst on the wall behind hangs a diagram of 'British Constitution' in which 'Lords', 'Commons' and 'King' form an equilateral triangle with 'Public Good' in the centre. A framed portrait of George III rests below.
BM 9045. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 35002] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
The Artillery Driver. 'I once was a Waggoner sly and dry, As e'er joggd over the Downs, . . . But hating a tiresome, lazy life, And fearless of wounds and death, I set out on a tramp, to follow the Camp, And drive, to the jig of a drum and a fife, King's cattle on Bagshot heath...'
[Robert Dighton.]
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, No.69 St. Pauls Church Yard, London.
Mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Surface dirt, crease in upper right,
A camp scene. In the foreground (right) stands a yokel in a smock-frock, his hair falling on his shoulders but wearing a military hat. He holds a long whip and points with his right forefinger as if addressing an audience. Beneath the title are the words of his song (39 lines) beginning: 'I once was a Waggoner sly and dry, As e'er joggd over the Downs... But hating a tiresome, lazy life, And fearless of wounds and death, I set out on a tramp, to follow the Camp, And drive, to the jig of a drum and a fife, King's cattle on Bagshot heath.' Behind are tents and cannon in a landscape with small figures: sentries, officers, and ladies. The nearest tent (right) has the Prince of Wales's feathers and the word 'Demezy'.
[Ref: 7249] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Robert Dighton.]
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, No.69 St. Pauls Church Yard, London.
Mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Surface dirt, crease in upper right,
A camp scene. In the foreground (right) stands a yokel in a smock-frock, his hair falling on his shoulders but wearing a military hat. He holds a long whip and points with his right forefinger as if addressing an audience. Beneath the title are the words of his song (39 lines) beginning: 'I once was a Waggoner sly and dry, As e'er joggd over the Downs... But hating a tiresome, lazy life, And fearless of wounds and death, I set out on a tramp, to follow the Camp, And drive, to the jig of a drum and a fife, King's cattle on Bagshot heath.' Behind are tents and cannon in a landscape with small figures: sentries, officers, and ladies. The nearest tent (right) has the Prince of Wales's feathers and the word 'Demezy'.
[Ref: 7249] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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)
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)
Bachelors Hall. 609.
[after Robert Dighton.]
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs, 24 June, 1791.
Mezzotint with hand colour. 355 x 250mm (14 x 10") very large margins.
Men in riding garb eating and drinking around a table, a parson drinking near the window. On the wall is a rack of guns and ramrods.
[Ref: 51825] £380.00
[after Robert Dighton.]
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs, 24 June, 1791.
Mezzotint with hand colour. 355 x 250mm (14 x 10") very large margins.
Men in riding garb eating and drinking around a table, a parson drinking near the window. On the wall is a rack of guns and ramrods.
[Ref: 51825] £380.00
Mr Deputy Dumpling and Family enjoying a Summer Afternoon. 463.
[after Robert Dighton.]
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs [n.d., c.1781].
Mezzotint with fine hand colour. 350 x 255mm (13¾ x10"). Thread margins on three sides, trimmed into plate at bottom, worm holes, mounted on card..
A fat citizen, his wig awry and dripping with perspiration, carries a little girl who holds a whip. Behind is his equally fat wife, his son, who pulls a cart, in which is a small girl and her doll. This scene, taking place outside Bagnigge Wells, one of the most popular 18th-century spas (on the King's Cross Road, London), is a burlesque of William Hogarth's 'Evening'.
BM Satires 5955.
[Ref: 58497] £550.00
[after Robert Dighton.]
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs [n.d., c.1781].
Mezzotint with fine hand colour. 350 x 255mm (13¾ x10"). Thread margins on three sides, trimmed into plate at bottom, worm holes, mounted on card..
A fat citizen, his wig awry and dripping with perspiration, carries a little girl who holds a whip. Behind is his equally fat wife, his son, who pulls a cart, in which is a small girl and her doll. This scene, taking place outside Bagnigge Wells, one of the most popular 18th-century spas (on the King's Cross Road, London), is a burlesque of William Hogarth's 'Evening'.
BM Satires 5955.
[Ref: 58497] £550.00
![Miss Harper [in pencil]](jpegs/36671.jpg)
Miss Harper [in pencil]
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Pub.d as the Act Directs March 1st 1780 by W. Richardson No. 68 High Holborn
Rare mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), a good impression, uncut. Glued to backing sheet along left edge.
Elizabeth Bannister (née Harper) (1757-1849), actress and singer. She also accompanied herself on the guitar, as shown in John Russell's 1799 portrait. At the time this print was made Harper was only three years into her career but was already earning high salaries. In 1778 she was contracted to perform at the Pantheon (on London's Oxford Street) for two years, earning one thousand pounds in the process. In 1783 she married the actor and comedian John Bannister, and she retired in 1792. From a set of small mezzotint portraits of actresses and singers, published by the printseller William Richardson in 1780, apparently to follow up a similar set of actor portraits published the previous year. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836). Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 ii/iii. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection.
[Ref: 36671] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Pub.d as the Act Directs March 1st 1780 by W. Richardson No. 68 High Holborn
Rare mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), a good impression, uncut. Glued to backing sheet along left edge.
Elizabeth Bannister (née Harper) (1757-1849), actress and singer. She also accompanied herself on the guitar, as shown in John Russell's 1799 portrait. At the time this print was made Harper was only three years into her career but was already earning high salaries. In 1778 she was contracted to perform at the Pantheon (on London's Oxford Street) for two years, earning one thousand pounds in the process. In 1783 she married the actor and comedian John Bannister, and she retired in 1792. From a set of small mezzotint portraits of actresses and singers, published by the printseller William Richardson in 1780, apparently to follow up a similar set of actor portraits published the previous year. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836). Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 ii/iii. Ex: Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection.
[Ref: 36671] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Miss Harper
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Pub.d as the Act Directs March 1st 1780 by W. Richardson No. 68 High Holborn
Rare mezzotint, with very large margins; platemark 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Good impression; glued to backing sheet along left edge at corners; uncut.
Elizabeth Bannister (née Harper) (1757-1849), actress and singer. She also accompanied herself on the guitar, as shown in John Russell's 1799 portrait. At the time this print was made Harper was only three years into her career but was already earning high salaries. In 1778 she was contracted to perform at the Pantheon (on London's Oxford Street) for two years, earning one thousand pounds in the process. In 1783 she married the actor and comedian John Bannister, and she retired in 1792. From a set of small mezzotint portraits of actresses and singers, published by the printseller William Richardson in 1780, apparently to follow up a similar set of actor portraits published the previous year. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836). Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallenstein collection, and collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 iii/iii.
[Ref: 36669] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Pub.d as the Act Directs March 1st 1780 by W. Richardson No. 68 High Holborn
Rare mezzotint, with very large margins; platemark 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Good impression; glued to backing sheet along left edge at corners; uncut.
Elizabeth Bannister (née Harper) (1757-1849), actress and singer. She also accompanied herself on the guitar, as shown in John Russell's 1799 portrait. At the time this print was made Harper was only three years into her career but was already earning high salaries. In 1778 she was contracted to perform at the Pantheon (on London's Oxford Street) for two years, earning one thousand pounds in the process. In 1783 she married the actor and comedian John Bannister, and she retired in 1792. From a set of small mezzotint portraits of actresses and singers, published by the printseller William Richardson in 1780, apparently to follow up a similar set of actor portraits published the previous year. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836). Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallenstein collection, and collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 iii/iii.
[Ref: 36669] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Well! I Can't Help It.
[after Robert Dighton]
Printed for & Sold by Bowles & Carver / No. 69 St Pauls Church Yard, London. [n.d., c.1796] 400
Mezzotint with hand-colouring, sheet 150 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Trimmed to image; late impression.
Man making a 'horns' sign with his right hand. One of many 'droll' mezzotints in roundels made from the designs of Robert Dighton (1751-1814) who, after the death of John Collet in 1780, became the foremost designer of such images.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; BM Satires 8918.
[Ref: 32366] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[after Robert Dighton]
Printed for & Sold by Bowles & Carver / No. 69 St Pauls Church Yard, London. [n.d., c.1796] 400
Mezzotint with hand-colouring, sheet 150 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Trimmed to image; late impression.
Man making a 'horns' sign with his right hand. One of many 'droll' mezzotints in roundels made from the designs of Robert Dighton (1751-1814) who, after the death of John Collet in 1780, became the foremost designer of such images.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; BM Satires 8918.
[Ref: 32366] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Well! I Can't Help It.
[after Robert Dighton]
Printed for & Sold by Bowles & Carver / No. 69 St Pauls Church Yard, London. [n.d., c.1796] 400.
Mezzotint. 155 x 110mm (6 x 4½"), with large margins,
Man making a 'horns' sign with his right hand. One of many 'droll' mezzotints in roundels made from the designs of Robert Dighton (1751-1814) who, after the death of John Collet in 1780, became the foremost designer of such images.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; BM Satires 8918.
[Ref: 32365] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[after Robert Dighton]
Printed for & Sold by Bowles & Carver / No. 69 St Pauls Church Yard, London. [n.d., c.1796] 400.
Mezzotint. 155 x 110mm (6 x 4½"), with large margins,
Man making a 'horns' sign with his right hand. One of many 'droll' mezzotints in roundels made from the designs of Robert Dighton (1751-1814) who, after the death of John Collet in 1780, became the foremost designer of such images.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; BM Satires 8918.
[Ref: 32365] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
My Charming Boy! 431
Dighton del.
London printed for Bowles & Carver, No. 69 St Paul's Church Yard. Published 5 March 1795.
Mezzotint. 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"), with large margins. Small stain in title area.
A woman shown three-quarters length to right, smiling towards the viewer and holding a little boy in skirts, while he plays with her hair; in an oval.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32845] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Dighton del.
London printed for Bowles & Carver, No. 69 St Paul's Church Yard. Published 5 March 1795.
Mezzotint. 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"), with large margins. Small stain in title area.
A woman shown three-quarters length to right, smiling towards the viewer and holding a little boy in skirts, while he plays with her hair; in an oval.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32845] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
My Charming Boy! 431
Dighton del.
London printed for Bowles & Carver, No. 69 St Paul's Church Yard.
Hand coloured mezzotint with very large margins Platemark: 150 x 110mm (6 x4¼"). Small puncture mark in top margin outside platemark. Light creasing to sheet. Small tear to lower left platemark.
A woman shown three-quarters length to right, smiling towards the viewer and holding a little boy in skirts, while he plays with her hair; in an oval.
CLB i/iii. Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32844] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Dighton del.
London printed for Bowles & Carver, No. 69 St Paul's Church Yard.
Hand coloured mezzotint with very large margins Platemark: 150 x 110mm (6 x4¼"). Small puncture mark in top margin outside platemark. Light creasing to sheet. Small tear to lower left platemark.
A woman shown three-quarters length to right, smiling towards the viewer and holding a little boy in skirts, while he plays with her hair; in an oval.
CLB i/iii. Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32844] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![[James Christie] The Specious Orator.](jpegs/62180.jpg)
[James Christie] The Specious Orator. Will Your Ladyship Dome the Honor to day £50-000- A Mere Trifle- A Brilliant of the Finest Water, an unheard of price for such a lot, surely.
R. Dighton 1794.
Pub by R. Dighton March 25 1794.
Coloured etching. Sheet 165 x 135mm (6½ x 5½"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper at edges.
A portrait of auctioneer James Christie (1730-1803) shown standing at an auctioneer's rostrum.
BM Satire 8526.
[Ref: 62180] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
R. Dighton 1794.
Pub by R. Dighton March 25 1794.
Coloured etching. Sheet 165 x 135mm (6½ x 5½"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper at edges.
A portrait of auctioneer James Christie (1730-1803) shown standing at an auctioneer's rostrum.
BM Satire 8526.
[Ref: 62180] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[George Frederick Cooke.] Mr Cooke.](jpegs/39321.jpg)
[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)
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)
Court of Equity, Bell-Savage Ludgate Hill.
Rob.t Dighton Pinxit. Rob.t Laurie Fecit.
Published Nov.r 1st 1778, by John Smith, Cheapside, London.
Scarce mezzotint. Sheet 360 x 430mm (14¼ x 16¾"). Trimmed to plate, laid on card, extensive cracking and surface rubbing. Damaged.
The interior of a club room, with a convivial group of men drinking and smoking. The motto behind the presiding officer's chair reads 'Mirth with Justice'. Through its lifespan The Bell Savage Inn was an Elizabethan playhouse, the coaching inn where Pocahontas stayed, the home of England's first rhinoceros and John Cassell's publishing house. It was demolished in 1873. George writes: ''The persons are well-characterized portraits. The chairman is 'Hurford, the Guildhall orator' (William Hurford, Deputy of Castlebaynard Ward). On his r., and on the extreme l. are Wright, distiller in Fleet Street, and Hamilton, clerk to William Woodfall, printer, holding the 'Morning Chronicle'. Opposite the latter sits Smith the printseller. On the chairman's l. are (l. to r.), Lamb, silversmith in Fetter Lane; Clark, sausage maker; Stephenson, an attorney; Clark, a bricklayer in Shoe Lane; Russell, a broker of Harp-Alley; Good, the auctioneer; Thorn; Dighton, the artist, on the extreme r. In the foreground (r.) by a small table sits Dighton's father; between the two Dightons is a man reading the 'Morning Post'. In front of him and facing the chairman stands Towse of Vauxhall, speaking, pipe in his l. hand, r. hand thrust in his waistcoat. Pipes, glasses, pots, papers of tobacco, and a punch-bowl are on the tables. Tom Thorpe, of the Globe Tavern, advances in the middle of the room, carrying a punch-bowl''. A rare print: the British Museum has two proof examples, yet George takes the title from Chaloner Smith, 'Court of Equity or Convivial City Meeting' with a date 1779. Apparently neither had seen a titled example.
BM Satire: 5530; CS 18. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 44334] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Rob.t Dighton Pinxit. Rob.t Laurie Fecit.
Published Nov.r 1st 1778, by John Smith, Cheapside, London.
Scarce mezzotint. Sheet 360 x 430mm (14¼ x 16¾"). Trimmed to plate, laid on card, extensive cracking and surface rubbing. Damaged.
The interior of a club room, with a convivial group of men drinking and smoking. The motto behind the presiding officer's chair reads 'Mirth with Justice'. Through its lifespan The Bell Savage Inn was an Elizabethan playhouse, the coaching inn where Pocahontas stayed, the home of England's first rhinoceros and John Cassell's publishing house. It was demolished in 1873. George writes: ''The persons are well-characterized portraits. The chairman is 'Hurford, the Guildhall orator' (William Hurford, Deputy of Castlebaynard Ward). On his r., and on the extreme l. are Wright, distiller in Fleet Street, and Hamilton, clerk to William Woodfall, printer, holding the 'Morning Chronicle'. Opposite the latter sits Smith the printseller. On the chairman's l. are (l. to r.), Lamb, silversmith in Fetter Lane; Clark, sausage maker; Stephenson, an attorney; Clark, a bricklayer in Shoe Lane; Russell, a broker of Harp-Alley; Good, the auctioneer; Thorn; Dighton, the artist, on the extreme r. In the foreground (r.) by a small table sits Dighton's father; between the two Dightons is a man reading the 'Morning Post'. In front of him and facing the chairman stands Towse of Vauxhall, speaking, pipe in his l. hand, r. hand thrust in his waistcoat. Pipes, glasses, pots, papers of tobacco, and a punch-bowl are on the tables. Tom Thorpe, of the Globe Tavern, advances in the middle of the room, carrying a punch-bowl''. A rare print: the British Museum has two proof examples, yet George takes the title from Chaloner Smith, 'Court of Equity or Convivial City Meeting' with a date 1779. Apparently neither had seen a titled example.
BM Satire: 5530; CS 18. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 44334] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
A Democrat.
[after Robert Dighton.]
424. London: Bowles & Carver., No.69 St. Paul's Church Yard [n.d., c.1797].
Mezzotint with strong original colour.180mm x 140mm (7''x 5''). Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
A Jacobin brandishes a dagger titled 'fraternity' as he carrries papers on equality & assasination, Paine's Rights of Man and an illustration of a many-headed hydra. A picture of a guillotine on the wall suggests his future. American interest.
BM Satires 9103.
[Ref: 52127] £520.00
[after Robert Dighton.]
424. London: Bowles & Carver., No.69 St. Paul's Church Yard [n.d., c.1797].
Mezzotint with strong original colour.180mm x 140mm (7''x 5''). Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
A Jacobin brandishes a dagger titled 'fraternity' as he carrries papers on equality & assasination, Paine's Rights of Man and an illustration of a many-headed hydra. A picture of a guillotine on the wall suggests his future. American interest.
BM Satires 9103.
[Ref: 52127] £520.00
The First Day of Term - or, The Devil among the Lawyers. The Lawyers are met, a terrible shew. 625.
[After Robert Dighton.]
Printed for & Sold by Bowles & Carver, No.69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London. [n.d. c.1780.]
Hand coloured mezzotint, frame 420 x 320mm (16½ x 12½"). Some surface dirt, tear on bottom edge. Unexamined outside of frame.
The Devil stands scattering lucrative briefs among a crowd of lawyers, while in the foreground an elderly man hands over gold coins to another lawyer who accepts the case of 'Gaffer Flatscull agt. Ralph Clodpole'. A packet of papers wrapped in red tape and lettered 'Began in 1699 not yet finished In Chancery' lies on the ground.
BM Satires: 3764.
[Ref: 59068] £450.00
[After Robert Dighton.]
Printed for & Sold by Bowles & Carver, No.69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London. [n.d. c.1780.]
Hand coloured mezzotint, frame 420 x 320mm (16½ x 12½"). Some surface dirt, tear on bottom edge. Unexamined outside of frame.
The Devil stands scattering lucrative briefs among a crowd of lawyers, while in the foreground an elderly man hands over gold coins to another lawyer who accepts the case of 'Gaffer Flatscull agt. Ralph Clodpole'. A packet of papers wrapped in red tape and lettered 'Began in 1699 not yet finished In Chancery' lies on the ground.
BM Satires: 3764.
[Ref: 59068] £450.00
![[Woman in enormous hat.]](jpegs/36691.jpg)
[Woman in enormous hat.]
Rob. Dighton pinxit. R. Laurie Fecit.
London: Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett No 53 Fleet Street, 26 Feb.y 1778, as the Act directs.
Extremely rare mezzotint. 115 x 90mm (4½ x 3½"), with large margins. Uncut; glued to backing sheet along left side.
Decorative mezzotint by engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836), after Robert Dighton (1751-1814), draughtsman and singer. After the death of John Collett in 1780, Dighton became the foremost designer of droll mezzotints such as this. As business in the art world declined during the Napoleonic Wars, Dighton began stealing prints from the British Museum, only getting caught after several years of theft.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallenstein collection and collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; not in CS.
[Ref: 36691] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Rob. Dighton pinxit. R. Laurie Fecit.
London: Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett No 53 Fleet Street, 26 Feb.y 1778, as the Act directs.
Extremely rare mezzotint. 115 x 90mm (4½ x 3½"), with large margins. Uncut; glued to backing sheet along left side.
Decorative mezzotint by engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836), after Robert Dighton (1751-1814), draughtsman and singer. After the death of John Collett in 1780, Dighton became the foremost designer of droll mezzotints such as this. As business in the art world declined during the Napoleonic Wars, Dighton began stealing prints from the British Museum, only getting caught after several years of theft.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallenstein collection and collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; not in CS.
[Ref: 36691] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Woman holding quill and letter.]](jpegs/36690.jpg)
[Woman holding quill and letter.]
Rob. Dighton pinxit. R. Laurie Fecit.
London: Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett No 53 Fleet Street, and J. Smith No 35 Cheapside, as the Act directs, 1st January 1778
Extremely rare mezzotint. 115 x 95mm (4¼ x 3½"), with large margins. Glued to backing sheet at lower left corner.
Decorative mezzotint by engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836), after Robert Dighton (1751-1814), draughtsman and singer. Shows a woman holding a letter inscribed 'My Lord Duke' and seemingly contemplating what to write next. After the death of John Collett in 1780, Dighton became the foremost designer of droll mezzotints such as this. As business in the art world declined during the Napoleonic Wars, Dighton began stealing prints from the British Museum, only getting caught after several years of theft.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallenstein collection and collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; not in CS.
[Ref: 36690] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Rob. Dighton pinxit. R. Laurie Fecit.
London: Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett No 53 Fleet Street, and J. Smith No 35 Cheapside, as the Act directs, 1st January 1778
Extremely rare mezzotint. 115 x 95mm (4¼ x 3½"), with large margins. Glued to backing sheet at lower left corner.
Decorative mezzotint by engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836), after Robert Dighton (1751-1814), draughtsman and singer. Shows a woman holding a letter inscribed 'My Lord Duke' and seemingly contemplating what to write next. After the death of John Collett in 1780, Dighton became the foremost designer of droll mezzotints such as this. As business in the art world declined during the Napoleonic Wars, Dighton began stealing prints from the British Museum, only getting caught after several years of theft.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallenstein collection and collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; not in CS.
[Ref: 36690] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Descriptions of Battles by Sea & Land, in Two Volumes, From the Kings Library's at Greenwich & Chelsea.
Drawn Etch'd & Pub'd by Dighton 12 Charing Cross March 1801.
Etching with fine hand-colouring and large margins, platemark 225 x 175mm (8¾ x 7"). Good colour.
Caricature of Greenwich and Chelsea pensioners, free to spend their retirement drinking, smoking and recounting their adventures. By Robert Dighton (1751-1814), prolific designer of gently satirical prints.
[Ref: 33706] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn Etch'd & Pub'd by Dighton 12 Charing Cross March 1801.
Etching with fine hand-colouring and large margins, platemark 225 x 175mm (8¾ x 7"). Good colour.
Caricature of Greenwich and Chelsea pensioners, free to spend their retirement drinking, smoking and recounting their adventures. By Robert Dighton (1751-1814), prolific designer of gently satirical prints.
[Ref: 33706] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Pair of watercolours by Robert Dighton.] 360 Up to every thing. [&] who cares for you.](jpegs/35769.jpg)
[Pair of watercolours by Robert Dighton.] 360 Up to every thing. [&] who cares for you.
['who cares...' signed] Dighton -del-.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Two watercolours. Each sheet 155 x 120mm (6 x 4¾"). Some spotting on 'Up to everything', ink mss slightly trimmed on 'who cares'.
Two buxom prostitutes, drawn half-length in oval borders. Both caricatures were published by Carington Bowles c.1780: 'Who Cares for You?' BM Satires 8418; and 'Up to Every Thing' BM 2010,7081.2173.
[Ref: 35769] £1,500.00 view all images for this item
['who cares...' signed] Dighton -del-.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Two watercolours. Each sheet 155 x 120mm (6 x 4¾"). Some spotting on 'Up to everything', ink mss slightly trimmed on 'who cares'.
Two buxom prostitutes, drawn half-length in oval borders. Both caricatures were published by Carington Bowles c.1780: 'Who Cares for You?' BM Satires 8418; and 'Up to Every Thing' BM 2010,7081.2173.
[Ref: 35769] £1,500.00 view all images for this item
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Mr. Dodd.
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Published as the act Directs July 10th 1779 by W.m Richardson No.68 High Holborn
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Good impression with very large margins, uncut.
The prominent Georgian actor, James William Dodd (1740?-1796), engraved Robert Laurie (1755?-1836) after Robert Dighton (1751-1814), as part of a series of small portraits of actors.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallenstein collection; CS 1 iii/iii. For individual portraits see refs. 36694-5.
[Ref: 36816] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Published as the act Directs July 10th 1779 by W.m Richardson No.68 High Holborn
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Good impression with very large margins, uncut.
The prominent Georgian actor, James William Dodd (1740?-1796), engraved Robert Laurie (1755?-1836) after Robert Dighton (1751-1814), as part of a series of small portraits of actors.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallenstein collection; CS 1 iii/iii. For individual portraits see refs. 36694-5.
[Ref: 36816] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Mr. Dodd.
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp
Published as the act Directs July 10th 1779 by W.m Richardson No.68 High Holborn
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Thread margins.
James William Dodd (c.1740-1796), actor. Dodd became a strolling player aged sixteen, and acted in Sheffield, Norfolk and Bath before Garrick recruited him for his Drury Lane company in 1765. Dodd was to remain at Drury Lane for the next thirty years, and while he never challenged Tom King as the principal comedian of the company, he was respected by audiences and colleagues. More problematic was his private life: his indiscretions with Covent Garden actress Mary Bulkley caused scandal and his fledgling attempts at management were jeopardised by his rudeness and attempts to seduce young actresses. Physically Dodd was very small, and described as having a 'white, calf-like stupid face'. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836). Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 iii/iii.
[Ref: 36694] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp
Published as the act Directs July 10th 1779 by W.m Richardson No.68 High Holborn
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Thread margins.
James William Dodd (c.1740-1796), actor. Dodd became a strolling player aged sixteen, and acted in Sheffield, Norfolk and Bath before Garrick recruited him for his Drury Lane company in 1765. Dodd was to remain at Drury Lane for the next thirty years, and while he never challenged Tom King as the principal comedian of the company, he was respected by audiences and colleagues. More problematic was his private life: his indiscretions with Covent Garden actress Mary Bulkley caused scandal and his fledgling attempts at management were jeopardised by his rudeness and attempts to seduce young actresses. Physically Dodd was very small, and described as having a 'white, calf-like stupid face'. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836). Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 iii/iii.
[Ref: 36694] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Old Q-uiz the old Goat of Piccadilly. A Shining Star- in the British Peerage and a Usefull Ornament to Society-Fudge.
Drawn & Etch'd by R. Dighton.
Publish'd Feb.y 25.th by R. Dighton, Charing Cross.
Hand-coloured etching. Plate: 250 x 230mm (9¾ x 9''). Staining at bottom margin, trimmed on left and right edge.
A portrait of William Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensbury (1725-1810), shown walking with a pretty young woman.
BM Satire 8867.
[Ref: 50994] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn & Etch'd by R. Dighton.
Publish'd Feb.y 25.th by R. Dighton, Charing Cross.
Hand-coloured etching. Plate: 250 x 230mm (9¾ x 9''). Staining at bottom margin, trimmed on left and right edge.
A portrait of William Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensbury (1725-1810), shown walking with a pretty young woman.
BM Satire 8867.
[Ref: 50994] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
An English Sloop engaging a Dutch Man of War. 455.
[after Robert Dighton.]
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No.69 in St. Pauls Church Yard London. Published as the Act Directs. [4 June 1781]
Mezzotint with fine hand colour, 18th century watermark. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾") very large margins. A few small repairs, the date scratched out (as in two BM examples).
A prostitute propositions a Dutch sailor (caricatured with a round hat and baggy breeches).
BM Satires 5952.
[Ref: 48873] £480.00
[after Robert Dighton.]
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No.69 in St. Pauls Church Yard London. Published as the Act Directs. [4 June 1781]
Mezzotint with fine hand colour, 18th century watermark. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾") very large margins. A few small repairs, the date scratched out (as in two BM examples).
A prostitute propositions a Dutch sailor (caricatured with a round hat and baggy breeches).
BM Satires 5952.
[Ref: 48873] £480.00
The Enthusiastic Orator. 6.
[after Robert Dighton] Printed and Sold by Carrington Bowles, at N.o 69 in S.t Pauls Church Yard, London.
Publish'd as the Act directs; 25 Sep.r 1782.
Etching, 18th century watermark, plate 175 x 280mm (6¾ x 11), with large margins.
A republishing from the series 'Twelve elegant and humorous prints of rural scenes, adorned with comic figures, by Robert Dighton.' Preaching to a small group of pious elderly women and artisans, a minister is standing on a bench beneath a tree with his arms raised and a handkerchief in his right hand. Approaching from the right, two young chimney sweeps, astride the same donkey, make fun of the preacher. The scene is rural, with grass and bushes, but St. Paul's dome can be seen in the distance.
See BM Satires 6752.
[Ref: 61962] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[after Robert Dighton] Printed and Sold by Carrington Bowles, at N.o 69 in S.t Pauls Church Yard, London.
Publish'd as the Act directs; 25 Sep.r 1782.
Etching, 18th century watermark, plate 175 x 280mm (6¾ x 11), with large margins.
A republishing from the series 'Twelve elegant and humorous prints of rural scenes, adorned with comic figures, by Robert Dighton.' Preaching to a small group of pious elderly women and artisans, a minister is standing on a bench beneath a tree with his arms raised and a handkerchief in his right hand. Approaching from the right, two young chimney sweeps, astride the same donkey, make fun of the preacher. The scene is rural, with grass and bushes, but St. Paul's dome can be seen in the distance.
See BM Satires 6752.
[Ref: 61962] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Father Paul disturb'd or the Lay-Brother reprov'd.
Printed for Carington Bowles, No.69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. Publish'd as the Act directs.
Mezzotint. Sheet: 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼''). Trimmed.
A scene in a monastry in which a fat monk berrates a younger, tall monk for disturbing their prayers. In the background a third monk goes behind a curtain behind which women can be seen.
BM Satire 3782 (reduced version).
[Ref: 55594] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Printed for Carington Bowles, No.69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. Publish'd as the Act directs.
Mezzotint. Sheet: 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼''). Trimmed.
A scene in a monastry in which a fat monk berrates a younger, tall monk for disturbing their prayers. In the background a third monk goes behind a curtain behind which women can be seen.
BM Satire 3782 (reduced version).
[Ref: 55594] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Father Paul in his Cups, or the Private Devotion of a Convent. In the Duenna.
[After Robert Dighton.]
Printed for Carington Bowles, No.69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs [10 Nov. 1777].
Mezzotint. 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"). Date scratched out. Small margins.
A group of eight monks seated round a table in their monastery carousing with glasses of wine. On the floor are two books, ''The Roman Ritual'' and ''The Woman of Pleasure''.
BM Satire 3781. Ex. Collection the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 51690] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[After Robert Dighton.]
Printed for Carington Bowles, No.69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs [10 Nov. 1777].
Mezzotint. 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"). Date scratched out. Small margins.
A group of eight monks seated round a table in their monastery carousing with glasses of wine. On the floor are two books, ''The Roman Ritual'' and ''The Woman of Pleasure''.
BM Satire 3781. Ex. Collection the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 51690] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Father Paul disturb'd or the Lay-Brother reprov'd. The Door resounds, the toping Father's fly...
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No.69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs 10.th Nov.r 1777.
Mezzotint. Sheet: 370 x 250mm (14½ x 9¾''). Trimmed, damage to edges.
A scene in a monastry in which a fat monk berrates a younger, tall monk for disturbing their prayers. In the background a third monk goes behind a curtain behind which women can be seen. Text from R.B. Sheridan's hugely popular comic opera 'The Duenna' are inscribed below the image.
BM Satire 3782. Ex. Collection the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 48829] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No.69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs 10.th Nov.r 1777.
Mezzotint. Sheet: 370 x 250mm (14½ x 9¾''). Trimmed, damage to edges.
A scene in a monastry in which a fat monk berrates a younger, tall monk for disturbing their prayers. In the background a third monk goes behind a curtain behind which women can be seen. Text from R.B. Sheridan's hugely popular comic opera 'The Duenna' are inscribed below the image.
BM Satire 3782. Ex. Collection the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 48829] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Father Paul in his Cups, or the Private Devotion of a Convent. See, with these Friars how religion thrives...
[After Robert Dighton.]
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No.69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs.
Mezzotint. Plate: 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾''). Damaged., marking. Tears in edges.
A scene in a monastery in which a group of monks drink around a large table, at the head of the table sits a very large monk. Text from R.B. Sheridan's hugely popular comic opera 'The Duenna' are inscribed below the image. Two open books on floor The Roman Ritual and The Woman of Pleasure.
BM Satire 3781. Ex. Collection the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 48831] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[After Robert Dighton.]
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No.69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs.
Mezzotint. Plate: 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾''). Damaged., marking. Tears in edges.
A scene in a monastery in which a group of monks drink around a large table, at the head of the table sits a very large monk. Text from R.B. Sheridan's hugely popular comic opera 'The Duenna' are inscribed below the image. Two open books on floor The Roman Ritual and The Woman of Pleasure.
BM Satire 3781. Ex. Collection the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 48831] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
The First Interview, or Happiness Sacrificed to Riches. 516
[after Robert Dighton.]
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, No.69 St. Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs [****] [1784.]
Mezzotint with fine hand colour. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Large margins, left margin repaired, tears in edges, date erased.
A young woman turns aside in disgust from a simian-looking suitor. Her father looks very unhappy.
BM Satires 6762; ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 37579] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[after Robert Dighton.]
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, No.69 St. Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs [****] [1784.]
Mezzotint with fine hand colour. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Large margins, left margin repaired, tears in edges, date erased.
A young woman turns aside in disgust from a simian-looking suitor. Her father looks very unhappy.
BM Satires 6762; ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 37579] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Five in the Morning. Iam Allm_o_st do_n_e up_Dam_me.
[after Robert Dighton.]
London, Published 18 June 1795, by Haines & Son, No 19 Rolls Buildings, Fetter Lane.
Mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Heavily restored, with mss. fill.
A scene in the arcade of Covent Garden: a drunken dandy in shocking condition is poured into a sedan chair by two members of the Watch. At their feet is an advert for 'The Road to Ruin' at the Theatre Royal. From a set of Times of Day.
Not in BM Satires; ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 37584] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[after Robert Dighton.]
London, Published 18 June 1795, by Haines & Son, No 19 Rolls Buildings, Fetter Lane.
Mezzotint. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Heavily restored, with mss. fill.
A scene in the arcade of Covent Garden: a drunken dandy in shocking condition is poured into a sedan chair by two members of the Watch. At their feet is an advert for 'The Road to Ruin' at the Theatre Royal. From a set of Times of Day.
Not in BM Satires; ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 37584] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Fives, Played at the Tennis Court, Leicester Fields. 6.
[after Robert Dighton]
Printed for & Sold by Bowles & Carver, N.o 69 St Paul's Church Yard, London. [n.d. c.1788]
Very rare etching, 165 x 215mm (6½ x 8½"). Small margins.
A view of the interior of the court is displayed in an oval shape. Seven men with wigs are holding little rackets against a wall that has a dark area on it and minor ball-related marks all over it. The man in front of the ball is holding the ball as play is about to begin.
[Ref: 62040] £480.00
[after Robert Dighton]
Printed for & Sold by Bowles & Carver, N.o 69 St Paul's Church Yard, London. [n.d. c.1788]
Very rare etching, 165 x 215mm (6½ x 8½"). Small margins.
A view of the interior of the court is displayed in an oval shape. Seven men with wigs are holding little rackets against a wall that has a dark area on it and minor ball-related marks all over it. The man in front of the ball is holding the ball as play is about to begin.
[Ref: 62040] £480.00
Mr. Garrick.
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Pub.d as the Act Directs July 10. 1779 by W. Richardson No. 68 High Holborn
Mezzotint, platemark 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Thread (partly damaged) margins; water staining not showing on front.
David Garrick (1717-1779), English actor and theatrical manager. The most celebrated actor of his day, he did more than anyone else to change the British acting style, which prioritised energy and engagement above accuracy and control. As a manager (primarily of the Drury Lane Theatre, Covent Garden) he presided over the creation of Shakespeare as national poet and icon, while shaping the texts to suit the demands of his patrons. The supremacy of Drury Lane during Garrick's management was not to be matched until Irving's reign at the Lyceum in the following century, and in the names of pubs and streets, and the famous Garrick Club, Covent Garden is filled with echoes of one of the greatest men to have occupied the area. From a set of small mezzotint portraits of actors published by the printseller William Richardson in 1779. Garrick had died a few months before the print was published. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836). Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 iii/iii.
[Ref: 36674] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Pub.d as the Act Directs July 10. 1779 by W. Richardson No. 68 High Holborn
Mezzotint, platemark 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Thread (partly damaged) margins; water staining not showing on front.
David Garrick (1717-1779), English actor and theatrical manager. The most celebrated actor of his day, he did more than anyone else to change the British acting style, which prioritised energy and engagement above accuracy and control. As a manager (primarily of the Drury Lane Theatre, Covent Garden) he presided over the creation of Shakespeare as national poet and icon, while shaping the texts to suit the demands of his patrons. The supremacy of Drury Lane during Garrick's management was not to be matched until Irving's reign at the Lyceum in the following century, and in the names of pubs and streets, and the famous Garrick Club, Covent Garden is filled with echoes of one of the greatest men to have occupied the area. From a set of small mezzotint portraits of actors published by the printseller William Richardson in 1779. Garrick had died a few months before the print was published. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836). Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 iii/iii.
[Ref: 36674] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Mr. Garrick.
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Pub.d as the Act Directs July 10. 1779 by W. Richardson No. 68 High Holborn
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), a good impression, uncut.
David Garrick (1717-1779), English actor and theatrical manager. The most celebrated actor of his day, he did more than anyone else to change the British acting style, which prioritised energy and engagement above accuracy and control. As a manager (primarily of the Drury Lane Theatre, Covent Garden) he presided over the creation of Shakespeare as national poet and icon, while shaping the texts to suit the demands of his patrons. The supremacy of Drury Lane during Garrick's management was not to be matched until Irving's reign at the Lyceum in the following century, and in the names of pubs and streets, and the famous Garrick Club, Covent Garden is filled with echoes of one of the greatest men to have occupied the area. From a set of small mezzotint portraits of actors published by the printseller William Richardson in 1779. Garrick had died a few months before the print was published. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836). Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallenstein collection and collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 iii/iii.
[Ref: 36675] £330.00
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Pub.d as the Act Directs July 10. 1779 by W. Richardson No. 68 High Holborn
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), a good impression, uncut.
David Garrick (1717-1779), English actor and theatrical manager. The most celebrated actor of his day, he did more than anyone else to change the British acting style, which prioritised energy and engagement above accuracy and control. As a manager (primarily of the Drury Lane Theatre, Covent Garden) he presided over the creation of Shakespeare as national poet and icon, while shaping the texts to suit the demands of his patrons. The supremacy of Drury Lane during Garrick's management was not to be matched until Irving's reign at the Lyceum in the following century, and in the names of pubs and streets, and the famous Garrick Club, Covent Garden is filled with echoes of one of the greatest men to have occupied the area. From a set of small mezzotint portraits of actors published by the printseller William Richardson in 1779. Garrick had died a few months before the print was published. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836). Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallenstein collection and collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 iii/iii.
[Ref: 36675] £330.00
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)
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)
![[The Rev.d James Hackman, From the Original Drawing by M,,r Dighton.]](jpegs/62533.jpg)
[The Rev.d James Hackman, From the Original Drawing by M,,r Dighton.]
[Dighton del. Laurie Sc.]
Publish'd as the Act Directs May 17th 1779.
Mezzotint, proof state with scratched publication line only. 160 x 110mm (6¼ x 4¼") very large margins. Small crease top left margin.
A profile portrait of James Hackman (1752-1779), hanged for the shooting murder of Martha Ray (1746-1779), singer and long-time mistress of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich. He gained much sympathy for his 'crime of passion'. Engraved by Robert Laurie after Robert Dighton.
CS 26.
[Ref: 62533] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[Dighton del. Laurie Sc.]
Publish'd as the Act Directs May 17th 1779.
Mezzotint, proof state with scratched publication line only. 160 x 110mm (6¼ x 4¼") very large margins. Small crease top left margin.
A profile portrait of James Hackman (1752-1779), hanged for the shooting murder of Martha Ray (1746-1779), singer and long-time mistress of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich. He gained much sympathy for his 'crime of passion'. Engraved by Robert Laurie after Robert Dighton.
CS 26.
[Ref: 62533] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
The Rev.d James Hackman.
Dighton ad vivum del. I. Taylor Aqua-forte fecit.
Publish'd by G. Kearsley in Fleet Street, April 24th 1779.
Etching. Sheet 160 x 110mm (6¼ x 4¼"). Trimmed within plate, backed with album paper.
A profile portrait of James Hackman (1752-1779), hanged for the shooting murder of Martha Ray (1746-1779), singer and long-time mistress of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich. He gained much sympathy for his 'crime of passion'. Engraved by Isaac Taylor after Robert Dighton. Frontis to the 4th edition "Memoirs of the late Rev. Mr. James Hackman".
[Ref: 62534] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Dighton ad vivum del. I. Taylor Aqua-forte fecit.
Publish'd by G. Kearsley in Fleet Street, April 24th 1779.
Etching. Sheet 160 x 110mm (6¼ x 4¼"). Trimmed within plate, backed with album paper.
A profile portrait of James Hackman (1752-1779), hanged for the shooting murder of Martha Ray (1746-1779), singer and long-time mistress of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich. He gained much sympathy for his 'crime of passion'. Engraved by Isaac Taylor after Robert Dighton. Frontis to the 4th edition "Memoirs of the late Rev. Mr. James Hackman".
[Ref: 62534] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[William Hanger.] Lord [image of a sword]](jpegs/58407.jpg)
[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)
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)
![[Captain John Hunter]](jpegs/37543.jpg)
[Captain John Hunter]
[R. Dighton pinxit. D. Orme sculpsit]
[London: Pub.d Sepr 9 1792 by J. Stockdale, Piccadilly.]
Stipple engraving, sheet 175 x 150mm (7 x 6"). Trimmed to image, losing all text.
John Hunter (1737-1821), naval officer and colonial governor. An officer of the Royal Navy who rose to the rank of Vice-Admiral, Hunter succeeded Arthur Philip as governor of New South Wales, Australia. He explored the Parramatta River in 1788 and was the first to suggest that Tasmania might be an island. Prior to his appointment as Governor in 1795 he saw action at the Glorious First of June in 1794. Hunter's name is commemorated in Hunter Region, Hunter River, Hunter's Hill and Hunter Street. Frontispiece to Hunter's 'Journal of Transactions of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island' (1792), showing him holding papers including a landscape with a ship navigating a river.
O'D 1.
[Ref: 37543] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[R. Dighton pinxit. D. Orme sculpsit]
[London: Pub.d Sepr 9 1792 by J. Stockdale, Piccadilly.]
Stipple engraving, sheet 175 x 150mm (7 x 6"). Trimmed to image, losing all text.
John Hunter (1737-1821), naval officer and colonial governor. An officer of the Royal Navy who rose to the rank of Vice-Admiral, Hunter succeeded Arthur Philip as governor of New South Wales, Australia. He explored the Parramatta River in 1788 and was the first to suggest that Tasmania might be an island. Prior to his appointment as Governor in 1795 he saw action at the Glorious First of June in 1794. Hunter's name is commemorated in Hunter Region, Hunter River, Hunter's Hill and Hunter Street. Frontispiece to Hunter's 'Journal of Transactions of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island' (1792), showing him holding papers including a landscape with a ship navigating a river.
O'D 1.
[Ref: 37543] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
A Jack in Office.
R.t Dighton del.
Pub. Jan.y 4 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 dog urinating on his legs.
BM Satire 8395.
[Ref: 50997] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
R.t Dighton del.
Pub. Jan.y 4 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 dog urinating on his legs.
BM Satire 8395.
[Ref: 50997] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Iohn Doe & Rich.d Roe. Brothers in Law.
Drawn & Etch'd by R. Dighton.
Pub.d Nov.r 6. 1796 by Dighton Char.g Cross.
Hand-coloured etching. Plate: 210 x 165mm (8¼ x 6½''), with large margins Staining in bottom margin.
A caricature showing two disgruntled men, both with papers in their pockets which state 'by Law & Ruin'd quite', 'mortgage' and 'officers fees'.
BM Satire 8912.
[Ref: 50986] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn & Etch'd by R. Dighton.
Pub.d Nov.r 6. 1796 by Dighton Char.g Cross.
Hand-coloured etching. Plate: 210 x 165mm (8¼ x 6½''), with large margins Staining in bottom margin.
A caricature showing two disgruntled men, both with papers in their pockets which state 'by Law & Ruin'd quite', 'mortgage' and 'officers fees'.
BM Satire 8912.
[Ref: 50986] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
A Journeyman Parson with a Bare Existance. 344.
[After Robert Dighton].
London, Printed for & sold by Bowles & Carver, No.69 in St. Pauls Church Yard. [n.d., c.1782].
Hand coloured mezzotint. Platemark: 152 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"), with large margins. Light staining to margins. Small puncture mark in title area.
A scene in a poor interior of a wooden house. A dining room with a parson's family of four around a table eating beans, while the parson sits on the right, gnawing a bone, with a kitten looking up at the table from below. In the bottom right corner on the floor is a book incribed, 'A Charity Sermon'.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32985] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[After Robert Dighton].
London, Printed for & sold by Bowles & Carver, No.69 in St. Pauls Church Yard. [n.d., c.1782].
Hand coloured mezzotint. Platemark: 152 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"), with large margins. Light staining to margins. Small puncture mark in title area.
A scene in a poor interior of a wooden house. A dining room with a parson's family of four around a table eating beans, while the parson sits on the right, gnawing a bone, with a kitten looking up at the table from below. In the bottom right corner on the floor is a book incribed, 'A Charity Sermon'.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32985] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
A Journeyman Parson going on Duty.
[after Robert Dighton.]
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, No.69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs, 9 Nov.r 1785. [But later]
Mezzotint, watermark 1832. 350 x 255mm (13¾ x 10"). Several tears.
A parson says farewell to his family outside a thatched cottage near a milestone indicating that they are 70 miles from London. A paper in his jacket reads 'Charity Sermon'. His small son holds a copy of 'The Youth's Instructor'.
[Ref: 60439] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[after Robert Dighton.]
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, No.69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs, 9 Nov.r 1785. [But later]
Mezzotint, watermark 1832. 350 x 255mm (13¾ x 10"). Several tears.
A parson says farewell to his family outside a thatched cottage near a milestone indicating that they are 70 miles from London. A paper in his jacket reads 'Charity Sermon'. His small son holds a copy of 'The Youth's Instructor'.
[Ref: 60439] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[John Kemble] We serve a King whom we love = a God whom we Adore. Pizarro](jpegs/39319.jpg)
[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 wide 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)
Drawn. Etch'd & Pub.d by Dighton. Char.g Cross June. 1799.
Fine coloured etching, mint. 225 x 170mm (9 x 6¾"), with wide 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)
![[John Kemble] We serve a King whom we love = a God whom we Adore. Pizarro](jpegs/58314.jpg)
[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)
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)
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)
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)
The Knowing-One's Rib. 358
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles. No. 69 St Paul's Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs, 9 Nov.r 1790.
Mezzotint with fine hand colour. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4¼"), large margins. Pinholes in corners of margin.
A three-quarter portrait in oval of a young woman with a raffish air.
[Ref: 60968] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles. No. 69 St Paul's Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs, 9 Nov.r 1790.
Mezzotint with fine hand colour. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4¼"), large margins. Pinholes in corners of margin.
A three-quarter portrait in oval of a young woman with a raffish air.
[Ref: 60968] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Lady Gorget raising Recruits for the Army.
[after Robert Dighton.]
Printed for Bowles & Carver, No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs. [n.d., c.1795].
Mezzotint. 150 x 112mm (6 x 4¼"), with wide margins. Small holes in upper margin.
An interior scene in which a lady, wearing a riding dress, officers coat, gorget and a large feathered hat, is seated on a settee to the right, with a cane in her left hand. She is looking towards, and addressing, three modestly dressed men who stand to the left. Through the window to the left, the tents of an army camp can be seen. Military interest.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 33104] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[after Robert Dighton.]
Printed for Bowles & Carver, No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs. [n.d., c.1795].
Mezzotint. 150 x 112mm (6 x 4¼"), with wide margins. Small holes in upper margin.
An interior scene in which a lady, wearing a riding dress, officers coat, gorget and a large feathered hat, is seated on a settee to the right, with a cane in her left hand. She is looking towards, and addressing, three modestly dressed men who stand to the left. Through the window to the left, the tents of an army camp can be seen. Military interest.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 33104] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Lady Gorget raising Recruits for Cox-Heath.
[after Robert Dighton.]
Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs, 4 June 1781.
Mezzotint with fine hand colour. 150 x 112mm (6 x 4¼"). Time staining.
An interior scene in which a lady, wearing a riding dress, officers coat, gorget and a large feathered hat, is seated on a settee to the right, with a cane in her left hand. She is looking towards, and addressing, three modestly dressed men who stand to the left. Through the window to the left, the tents of an army camp can be seen. Coxheath in Kent was often used as a military camp, with reviews and mock battles common there.
[Ref: 58390] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[after Robert Dighton.]
Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs, 4 June 1781.
Mezzotint with fine hand colour. 150 x 112mm (6 x 4¼"). Time staining.
An interior scene in which a lady, wearing a riding dress, officers coat, gorget and a large feathered hat, is seated on a settee to the right, with a cane in her left hand. She is looking towards, and addressing, three modestly dressed men who stand to the left. Through the window to the left, the tents of an army camp can be seen. Coxheath in Kent was often used as a military camp, with reviews and mock battles common there.
[Ref: 58390] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)