Portraits in Profile:
the Dighton Family


© National Portrait Gallery, London

Previous | Next

Richard Dighton 1796?-1880

NPG D10814
Robert Montgomery (1807-1855), lithograph, circa 1840

Writer of religious verses, the most acclaimed of which was 'The Omniprescence of the Diety', first published in 1828. A further twenty-eight editions were published during the next thirty years.

This is an example of the lithographic portraits produced by Richard Dighton from 1835 onwards, essentially following the same format as the etchings. Though Richard drew directly onto the lithographic stone himself, the printing was done by George Rowe, 1796-1864. Rowe had established the town's first lithographic press in 1833. He was one of the most prolific topographcial printers in England and later moved to Australia were he became a watercolour painter of some repute.

Go to a large print, text-only version of this site

All images and text are subject to copyright protection. 22 November 2008