Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Robert Dighton, 1752–1814, British
Title:
Margaret Nicholson Attempting to Assassinate His Majesty, George III, at the Garden Entrance of St. James's Palace, 2nd August 1786
Date:
1786
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite, and gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 7/8 x 10 1/8 inches (32.7 x 25.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in black ink, lower left: "576"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1986.29.373
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
historical subject | garden | palace | monarchy | assassination
Associated Places:
Greater London | London | United Kingdom | England | Europe
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)

Crown Pictorial - Art and the British Monarchy (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-12-05 - 1991-02-17)
Publications:
Linda Colley, Crown Pictorial : Art and the British Monarchy : Exhibition Labels, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1990, p. 28, No. 65, N8219 K5 C761 1990 (YCBA)

Linda Colley, Crown Pictorial : Art and the British Monarchy, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1990, p. 32, no. 65, N8219 K5 C76 1990 (YCBA)

Dennis Rose, Life, times and recorded works of Robert Dighton (1752-1814), actor, artist and printseller and three of his artist sons, Element Books, Salisbury, 1981, pp. 23, 64, NJ18 .D589 R67 YCBA

Sotheby's sale catalogue : Watercolours by Robert Dighton including military, naval, sporting, political, ecclesiastical, literary and legal caricatures : 23 February 1978, Sotheby's, London, 1978, pp. 38-9, lot 36, Auction Catalogues (YCBA)

Scott Wilcox, Line of beauty : British drawings and watercolors of the eighteenth century, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2001, p. 50, cat. no. 39, NC228 W53 2001 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:2014