Portraits in Profile:
the Dighton Family


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Robert Dighton 1751-1814

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'Mother Goose of Oxford', Rebecca Howse (1737-1818), published 1807

Rebecca Wildgoose, an ex-procuress, became blind and married a William Howse who then led her around Oxford selling flowers. She was a well known character, affectionately called 'Flora' by the students.

Earlier in the same year she was depicted in a very similar etching after a drawing by James Gillray, published by H. Humphrey.

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