Dighton, Robert
Record IDcnp01347543
URIhttp://data.cerl.org/thesaurus/cnp01347543
Gendermale
Biographical Data1752 - 1814
Place of DeathLondon
Last Edit2024-02-08
General Note
Caricaturiste, peintre de portrait et aquafortiste. - Père de Richard. - Il s'est spécialisé dans la caricature après 1799
Technique(s) privilégiée(s): gouache
More Information
Further Biographical Data1752-1814. Geburtsjahr ca.
1752?-1814
Artistic Domainpeinture, dessin
Intellectual ResponsibilityAuteur
ActivityDrucker (gnd)
Karikaturist (gnd)
Maler (gnd)
Schauspieler (gnd)
peintre, aquarelliste, dessinateur
Personen zu Malerei, Zeichnung, Grafik (13.4p) (sswd)
Geographic NoteGB (iso3166)
Großbritannien
NationalityUnited Kingdom
Place of Activity
Place of ActivityLondon
Wirkungsort
Wirkungsort
Place of DeathLondres (Royaume-Uni) (1814)
Lieu de mort
Lieu de mort
London
Sterbeort
Sterbeort
Names
HeadingDighton, Robert
used in: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris; Integrated Authority File (GND), Germany
used in: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris; Integrated Authority File (GND), Germany
Dighton, Robert
used in: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
used in: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
Variant NameDeighton
Sources
Found inAKL. — LCAuth. — Thieme-Becker. — Bénézit. — DNB. — IBN. — Thieme, Becker. — The Funeral : or, The Grief a-la-mode. A Comedy / Written by sir Richard Steele, 1777 [Front. gr. s. c. signé "Dighton ad viv del." et "W. Walker sculp." : les acteurs Quick et Clarke dans les rôles de Mr Sable et lord Brumpton]
Offered for sale in July 2021 by Abbott and Holder, when it was described as "Self Portrait; a frontispiece for the artist's 'Book of Heads'. Etching and engraving. Engraving from a self portrait drawing now in the NPG (NPG 2815). Carington Bowles engraved and published Dighton's self portrait, in 1787. It was reprinted as the frontispiece to the 'Book of Heads', also published by Bowles, in 1795. 6x4.5 inches."
[Robert Dighton / https://www.abbottandholder-thelist.co.uk/ -- Public domain -- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Robert Dighton - self portrait - 6801.jpg]
[Robert Dighton / https://www.abbottandholder-thelist.co.uk/ -- Public domain -- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Robert Dighton - self portrait - 6801.jpg]
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Bibliothèque nationale de France: Catalogue général
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