Richard Dighton
(1795-1880), Portrait painter and caricaturistSitter associated with 1 portrait
Artist associated with 313 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.
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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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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Levi Barent Cohen or Mr Ripley
by and published by Richard Dighton
hand-coloured etching, published 5 November 1817
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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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Samuel Jones Loyd, 1st Baron Overstone ('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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Lee La Chamette ('A view from the Royal Exchange')
by and published by Richard Dighton
hand-coloured etching, published October 1817
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Levi Barent Cohen or Mr Ripley
by and published by Richard Dighton
hand-coloured etching, published 5 November 1817
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Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort ('A view taken in Hyde Park')
by and published by Richard Dighton
hand-coloured etching, published 1817
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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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'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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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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Lee La Chamette ('A view from the Royal Exchange')
by and published by Richard Dighton, reissued by Thomas McLean
hand-coloured etching, published October 1817
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Nathan Meyer Rothschild ('A view from the Royal Exchange')
by and published by Richard Dighton
hand-coloured etching, published October 1817
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Nathan Meyer Rothschild ('A view from the Royal Exchange')
by and published by Richard Dighton
hand-coloured etching, published October 1817
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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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Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort ('A view taken in Hyde Park')
by and published by Richard Dighton, reissued by Thomas McLean
hand-coloured etching, published 1817
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Related People
- Denis Dighton (brother)
- Joshua Dighton (son)
- Robert Dighton (father)
- Robert Dighton Jr (brother)
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