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Do you know Me[e]?

Caricature
1824 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Caricature portrait of Richard Mee Raikes, Director (later Governor) of the Bank of England. Lettered with a title (almost completely erased) 'Me[e] a Guardian Angel?' and 'Drawn Etchd & Pubd by Richd. Dighton as the Act directs. May 1824' and inscribed in pencil 'Mr Wilson'.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleDo you know Me[e]? (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Etching, coloured by hand
Brief description
Richard Dighton. One of 40 caricatures bound in a volume.
Physical description
Caricature portrait of Richard Mee Raikes, Director (later Governor) of the Bank of England. Lettered with a title (almost completely erased) 'Me[e] a Guardian Angel?' and 'Drawn Etchd & Pubd by Richd. Dighton as the Act directs. May 1824' and inscribed in pencil 'Mr Wilson'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 27.62cm
  • Width: 20.00cm
Taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1953 London: HMSO 1963
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Me[e] a Guardian Angel?' (Lettered with a title (almost completely erased))
  • 'Drawn Etchd & Pubd by Richd. Dighton as the Act directs. May 1824' (Lettered)
  • 'Mr Wilson' (Inscribed in pencil)
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1953 London: HMSO, 1963
Collection
Accession number
E.3801-1953

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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