This caricature entitled 'A View from St Mary's Church Cambridge' shows a vicar in a pulpit, his right hand across his breast, his left on a book, presumably a bible, resting on a red cushion on the edge of the pulpit.

Richard Dighton (1795/6-1865) was the son of Robert Dighton (1751-1814), a singer and draughtsman whose father was a printseller. Robert Dighton began producing caricatures in 1781 and continued until his death when Richard continued his work in much the same style.

The Dighton's subjects ranged from Royal and parlimentary figures to people from the city and the stage. Those that the Herschels collected have quite a clear biographical relationship with John FW Herschel. This print, 'A View from St Mary's Church, Cambirdge' produced in 1815 makes reference to both the Church (for which his father had hoped he might train while he preferred the idea of becoming a lawyer), and specifically a Church in Cambridge where John FW Herschel was at this time a Fellow of St John's College.