Characteristic Figures
Lithograph
1821 (made)
1821 (made)
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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', lettered with publisher's address, dated 'June 1821' and numbered 'Pl.13'.
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Title | Characteristic 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', lettered with publisher's address, dated 'June 1821' and numbered 'Pl.13'. |
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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 |
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Accession number | E.3466-1953 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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