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A view from St Iohn's College Cambridge

Title
A view from St Iohn's College Cambridge [graphic] / drawn, etch'd, & pubd. May 1809 by Dighton, Charg. Cross.
Publication
[London] : [Robert Dighton], [May 1809]
Physical Description
1 print : etching ; plate mark 27.5 x 20.0 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm
Medium
laid paper
Notes
Title etched below image.
Summary
"Dr. Wood walks meditatively in profile to the left, holding his gown to his waist. He has short white hair or wig, a white eyebrow, wears a mortar-board, bands over a shirt-frill, and knee-breeches, showing a neat leg."--British Museum online catalogue.
"James Wood (1760-1839), Fellow of St. John's and mathematician, was the son of a Lancashire weaver. He was B.D. 1793, D.D. 1815, Master of his College 1815-39, and Dean of Ely from 1820. He was the most influential man in the University, and according to the 'D.N.B.' the model head of a college ..."--British Museum catalogue.
Variant and related titles
View from St John's College Cambridge
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 19, 2021
References
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 8, no. 11399
Burgess, R. Portraits of doctors & scientists in the Wellcome Institute, no. 3226.1
Rose, D. Life, times, and recorded works of Robert Dighton (1752-1814), page 39
Padfield, D. A view of Dightons: the Dighton family, their times, caricatures and portraits, page 89
Genre/Form
Portrait prints.
Caricatures.
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1809.
Etchings - England - London - 1809.
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