Richard Dighton (1795-1880), Portrait painter and caricaturist
Sitter associated with 1 portrait
Artist associated with 268 portraits
Richard Dighton was best known for his numerous portraits of City and West End characters. Apprenticed in his father Robert Dighton's studio, he continued the production of full-length, profile etchings. He began his extensive series of City and West End characters in 1817, publishing over one hundred etchings during the next ten years. In 1828, Dighton ceased producing etchings and moved to the provinces - Cheltenham and Worcester - where he lived and worked over the next twenty years, before returning to London. He focused his attention primarily on watercolour portraits and, from 1835, lithographic portraits.
Unknown man, formerly known as Richard Dighton
attributed to Richard Dighton
watercolour
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Sir James Steuart Denham, 8th Bt
by Richard Dighton
watercolour, 1836-1837
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by and published by Richard Dighton
hand-coloured etching, circa 1815-1827
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James Henry Monk ('A view from Trinity Chapel, Cambridge')
by Richard Dighton
hand-coloured etching, circa 1815-1816
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Sir Isaac Pennington ('A walk from Bridge Street to St John's Hall')
by and published by Richard Dighton
hand-coloured etching, published 1815
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by and published by Richard Dighton
hand-coloured etching, published 1816
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'A view taken in Hyde Park' (Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort)
by and published by Richard Dighton
hand-coloured etching, published 1817
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Thomas Hall ('Sell and repent')
by and published by Richard Dighton
hand-coloured etching, published 29 November 1817
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Arthur Trumbull Hill, 3rd Marquess of Downshire ('A view of Hill near Downshire')
by and published by Richard Dighton, reissued by Thomas McLean
hand-coloured etching, published 1817
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Arthur Percy Upton ('Up-Town')
by and published by Richard Dighton, reissued by Thomas McLean
hand-coloured etching, published 1817
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John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland ('A sketch of Westmoreland')
after Richard Dighton
hand-coloured etching, circa 1817-1825
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'Absolute wisdom, or Queen's owl. Taken from a wood' (Sir Matthew Wood, 1st Bt)
by and published by Richard Dighton
hand-coloured etching, circa 1817-1825
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Levi Barent Cohen or Mr Ripley
by and published by Richard Dighton
hand-coloured etching, published 5 November 1817
NPG D13220
probably by Richard Dighton
hand-coloured etching, circa 1817-1825
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by Richard Dighton
coloured etching, published 1817
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Jones Lloyd ('A view in Lothbury')
probably by and published by Richard Dighton, reissued by Thomas McLean
hand-coloured etching, circa 1817-1825
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Sir Robert Bolton ('A view from the Horse Guards')
by and published by Richard Dighton, reissued by Thomas McLean
hand-coloured etching, published 16 July 1817
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Nathan Meyer Rothschild ('A view from the Royal Exchange')
by and published by Richard Dighton, reissued by Thomas McLean
etching, published October 1817
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