Robert Dighton was born c.1752 in London and died there in 1814. An English portrait painter, print maker and caricaturist, he was the founder of a dynasty of artists who followed in his footsteps.
Robert Dighton was the son of the London print seller John Dighton. In the 1770s he began acting and singing in plays at the Haymarket Theatre, Covent Garden and Sadler’s Wells while at the same time training and exhibiting at the Royal Academy. He also exhibited at the Free Society of Artists between 1769-1773. The first prints he designed were of actors for John Bell's edition of Shakespeare (1775-6).
- Geography Bewitched!
- London: Printed for Bowles & Carver, No. 69 St Paul's Church Yard.
- Art by Robert Dighton, printed circa 1795
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