The father of the Corporation of Oxford [graphic] : Omnibus Carus / drawn, etch'd, & pubd. by Dighton, Charg. Cross, March 1808.

[London] : [Robert Dighton], [March 1808]

1 print : etching ; plate mark 27.4 x 19.2 cm, on sheet 36 x 22 cm

wove paper

Temporary local subject terms: Oxford bankers -- Mayor of Oxford.

Title etched below image.

Gift of Joseph Verner Reed (Yale 1926) to the Yale Library, 1958. Portions were transferred to Lewis Walpole Library 1960. For other items from this gift refer to Beinecke Library's GEN MSS 1000.

"An elderly man stands in profile to the left, holding a looped tricorne in his left hand. He wears a small wig and a buttoned coat, with buckled shoes, his dress being plain, neat, and old-fashioned. He is William Fletcher (1739-1826), banker and bookseller of Oxford, Mayor of Oxford in 1782, 1796, and 1809."--British Museum online catalogue.

English

May 13, 2009

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 8, no. 11068