Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Dighton, Denis, 1792-1827
Title:
[Sketches of rural life]
Published / Created:
[London : Printed & published at Rowney & Foster's Lithographic Press, 1821]
Physical Description:
15 leaves : chiefly ill. ; 23 x 29 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
N8217.C65 D54 1821+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Lacks t.p.

Lithographed throughout.

Title from Abbey bibliography.

Imprint taken from plates. Plates are dated from January to August, 1821. No titles. Numbered at top from 1 to 15.

Illustrations by Denis Dighton.

Fairman, Elisabeth R. Pleasures and pastimes, 162

Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 121

BAC: This copy is the Abbey copy. Original wrappers.
Exhibition History:
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
Subject Terms:
Country life in art. | Country life -- Pictorial works. | Great Britain -- Rural conditions -- 19th century. | Great Britain -- Rural conditions -- Pictorial works. | Rowney & Fosters -- Publisher.
Form/Genre:
Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- [1821].
Contributors:
Dighton, Denis, 1792–1827, ill.