Robert Dighton, 1752–1814, BritishRobert Dighton Jr., 1786–1865
Title:
Sir Alexander Hood, Bart.
Date:
ca. 1810
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and black ink, gouache, and graphite on thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 11/16 × 17 3/16 inches (52.5 × 43.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower left: "Sir Alexander Hood Bt. | in his Oxford Gentleman Commoners Costume, by Deighton [...]"; inscribed in pen, with brown ink, verso, upper left: "The Head of thie drawing of [...] Hood Bt | by Deighton [...] the great caricaturist. the | figure, dress, is, by his son---"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection