The Honble Geo[r]ge Lamb
Caricature Portrait
1819 (published)
1819 (published)
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Caricature portrait of the Hon. George Lamb, M.P.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Etching, coloured by hand |
| Brief description | 'The Honble Geo[r]ge Lamb', caricature by Richard Dighton, etching from West End Characters, 1819. |
| Physical description | Caricature portrait of the Hon. George Lamb, M.P. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Drawn Etchd by Richd Dighton 1819. Pubd by T McLean Haymarket' (Lettered with title and) |
| Object history | This print is from a set of caricature portraits originally published as single plates. These were collected together into two volumes with the titles City Characters, Drawn and Etched by Richard Dighton (referred to as City Characters, published by T. McLean, London, 1924); and Characters at the West End of the Town, Drawn and Etched by Richard Dighton (referred to as West End Characters), published by McLean, 1825. The latter volume contains an additional plate by George Cruikshank. A number of these portraits were included in a reduced form in a roll entitles The Mirror of Fashion, published by W. Samms, London, 1822-3, re-issued by McLean, 1825 (BM:S.14817), an impression of which is in the Department of Prints and Drawings, E.2257-1929. The caricatures are discussed and listed by Sir Henry Hake in 'Dighton Caricatures', The Print Collector's Quarterly, Vol.13, London, 1926. |
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| 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.1841-1953 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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