Details
Robert Dighton (1752-1814)
A Sharp between two Flats
signed 'Dighton del' and inscribed 'A Sharp between two Flats/... ly Shell for him and thee The Latter is the Lawyer's fee' and numbered, '604' twice in the margin; pencil, pen and ink with touches of white heightening
13¾ x 9¾in. (349 x 248mm.)
A Sharp between two Flats
signed 'Dighton del' and inscribed 'A Sharp between two Flats/... ly Shell for him and thee The Latter is the Lawyer's fee' and numbered, '604' twice in the margin; pencil, pen and ink with touches of white heightening
13¾ x 9¾in. (349 x 248mm.)
Provenance
Jeffrey Rose; Sotheby's, 23 February 1978, lot 65
Literature
M.D. George, Catalogue of the Political and Personal Satires, London, p. 98, pl. 86
Engraved
By Carington Bowles, (G. 3762) mezzotint. Engraved beneath with the relevant musical signs are: 'A Pearly Shell for Him and Thee-/The Oyster is the Lawyer's fee'