Peter Bichsel   Fine Books

Dighton, Robert. Collection of 12 hand-coloured etched portraits of noblemen and military persons from the times of George IIIrd .

Mounted on stubs, different sizes. Large 4to. 19th-cent. quarter red morocco (gilt lettering on spine). – London, Dighton, 1801–1811.

Contains the following portraits, drawn, etched and published by Dighton (1751–1814), all with engr. captions, some with identifications in an old hand underneath: – 1. A Noble Commander from South Gloucester taken on the Steyne at Brighton (Lord Berkley, i.e. Frederick Augustus Berkely, 5th Earl of Berkeley, 1745-1810), 1801.2. (Captains Park & Fenwick (?), 1805.3. A Noble General (Lord Wellington, i.e. Arthur Wellesly, 1st Duke of Wellington, 1769-1852), 1804 (cropped).4. An Officer of the 15th, or Kings Hussars, taken from Life, n.d. 5. An Officer of the 10th, or Prince of Wales‘s Hussars, taken from Life (Col. Quentin ?), n.d.6. An Officer of the 7th, or Queens Hussars, taken from Life (Col. Kerridon ?), n.d.7. Noble Aiddecamp (Lord Peterstam ?), 1801.8. The Major part of the Town of Portsmouth (Major Ashurst, i.e. Charles Ashurst), 1801.9. A First Rate Man of War taken from the Dockyard Plymouth (Adm. Young, i.e. Sir George Young), 1809.10. Sr. David Dundas KB, Commander in Chief, 1810.11. George the IIIrd aged 72, 1810, reign‘d 50 years. A Royal Jubilee. Taken at Windsor, 1810.12. A View of a Temple near Buckingham (Marquess of Buckingham, i.e. George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham, 1752–1813), 1811. – Occasional spots. – Best.-Nr. 9981