A Guinea-Pig, Robert Dighton, between 1790 and 1799

Design in an oval. A foppish man (half length) in profile to the left, holds up and closely inspects a licence to weaf hair-powder (see bmsat 8628): 'stamp office certificate, n° 1702, june 1795 - no 50 lombard st for the year 1795 london district [signed] w. Gillman. ' his powdered hair or wig frames his face and falls in a queue. He wears a round hat and voluminous neckcloth. Under his left arm is a cane. For the powder-tax see bmsat 8629, &c. C. 1795? hand-coloured mezzotint. Date: between 1790 and 1799. Dimensions: Height: 150 mm; Width: 113 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: W Gillman. Collection: British Museum. A Guinea-Pig (BM 1935,0522.2.123.b)