A view from Trinity College Oxford [graphic]

Description

Title: A view from Trinity College Oxford [graphic]
Creator: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Contributor: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, publisher.
Published / Created: [June 1807]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. June 1807 by Dighton, Charg. Cross
Abstract: "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.
Figure identified as "Mr. Kett" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.
Provenance: Sold at Dominic Winter Auctions, 9 October 2020, lot 502, purchased through Jarndyce; October 2020.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 26.9 x 19.7 cm, on sheet 29 x 24 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English