| Title: |
A London Nuisance: Plate 6: An Unlucky Hit |
| Artist: |
Dighton, Richard (London, 1795 - 1880) |
| Date: |
October 1821 (Thomas McLean edition) |
| Medium: |
Original Hand-Coloured Etching |
| Publisher: |
Thomas McLean, Haymarket, London |
| Series: |
A London Nuisance: Plate 6 |
| Note: |
The Golden Age of English satirical art began in the late eighteenth
century with the etchings of Thomas Rowlandson and James Gillray and ended
in the mid 1830's with the etchings of William Heath and George Cruikshank.
After that time the emerging morals of Victorian society put an end to
such forms of always exuberant and often outrageous compositions. During
its height many artists supplied the London print sellers with their satirical
etchings and caricatures. A father and son, the Dightons, were major contributors. |
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Richard Dighton trained in London under his father, Robert
Dighton (1752-1814).
Both father and son were popular etchers in the English satirical tradition.
Unlike their contemporaries, however, their compositions are distinguishable
by a more gentle and less critical brand of caricature. With the emphasis
applied more to character the Dightons have often been seen as precursors
of the Vanity Fair style of the late nineteenth century. |
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Richard Dighton published his first etching in 1815. By 1828 he had created
over one hundred works of art in this medium. At that date he ceased etching
and moved to the provinces, settling in both Cheltenham and Worcester.
Over the next twenty years Richard Dighton worked mainly as a watercolor portraitist.
After 1835 he again produced original prints, this time in the medium of
lithography. |
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This etching was published as the final print of a six
part series published under the name of A London Nuisance.
The titles for the complete set are as follows:
- 1) "Passing a Mud Cart"
- 2) "A Heavy Fall of Snow"
- 3) "One of the Advantages of Oil Over Gas"
- 4) "A Pleasant Way to Lose an Eye"
- 5) "One of the Advantages of Gas Over Oil"
- 6) "An Unlucky Hit"
In the final print, a porter, with his eyes to the ground, carts a cucumbersome chest of drawers. He collides
with an elderly lady, and her footman, trying to protect her, steps on the dog's hind paw. |
| Raisonne: |
M. Dorothy George, Catalogue of Political and Personal Satire,
The British Museum, London, 1952, Vol. X, pp. 267-268. Catalogue # 1429. |
| Size: |
10 1/8 X 8 1/8 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height
preceding width of plate-mark or image.) |
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Matted with 100% Archival Materials |
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Price: $265.00 US |
| Condition: |
Printed on 19th century wove paper, trimmed to the outside border of the plate-mark on all sides. Published October 1821 (Thomas McLean edition). Bearing the series title and number "A London Nuisance, Pl. 6" in the upper margin. Also bearing the artist's name, "Richard Dighton Invt. et Sculp.", the publisher's name and address "Pub'd by Tho's McLean, 26 Haymarket, London", the title, "An Unlucky Hit" in the lower margin. This original etching is in good condition throughout, with strong unfaded hand colouring. The etching has been trimmed to the outside bordering. This original etching represents a prime, original example of the early nineteenth century satirical art of Richard Dighton. |
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