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Characteristic Figures

Lithograph
1821 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

1 of a set of plates showing boys sailing a boat in a water-trough, a fortune-telling scene, masons at work, youths outside a butcher's stall and a beadle pursuing schoolboys. Stitched in a paper cover with a pictorial title on the front, and the publisher's price-list in letterpress on the back. Signed 'Denis Dighton'.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleCharacteristic Figures (series title)
Materials and techniques
Lithograph
Brief description
Denis Dighton. One of five prints from Characteristic Figures, By Denis Dighton, 1821.
Physical description
1 of a set of plates showing boys sailing a boat in a water-trough, a fortune-telling scene, masons at work, youths outside a butcher's stall and a beadle pursuing schoolboys. Stitched in a paper cover with a pictorial title on the front, and the publisher's price-list in letterpress on the back. Signed 'Denis Dighton'.
Dimensions
  • Size of volume height: 24.13cm
  • Size of volume width: 30.48cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Denis Dighton' (Signed)
Credit line
Given by Mr. Allan Wade
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1953 London: HMSO, 1963
Collection
Accession number
E.3465-1953

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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