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Richard Newton (19 May 1777 – 8 December 1798) was an English
caricaturist
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, miniaturist and book illustrator.
Life and works
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Born in
London
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, Newton published his first caricature at thirteen. His work included caricatures expressing the English prejudice of the Scots as lean and hungry opportunists. He worked for radical publisher
William Holland, producing anti-slavery works among his output, as well as "rude assaults" against Napoleon and the Royal Family.
Newton minded Holland's shop when Holland was imprisoned for sedition during 1793–94. His watercolour (now in the British Museum) of fashionably dressed Londoners looking at prints in Holland's shop in
Oxford Street
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, London, gives a depiction of an 18th-century print shop, and images of many of Holland's actual prints can be recognized on the walls.
In 1794, Holland published an edition of
Laurence Sterne
Laurence Sterne (24 November 1713 – 18 March 1768), was an Anglo-Irish novelist and Anglican cleric who wrote the novels ''The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman'' and ''A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy'', published ...
's ''
A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy
''A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy'' is a novel by Laurence Sterne, written and first published in 1768, as Sterne was facing death. In 1765, Sterne travelled through France and Italy as far south as Naples, and after returning det ...
'' with twelve plates by Newton.
Newton produced nearly 300 single sheet prints
of which the British Museum's collection includes more than half. M. Dorothy George's "
" lists 98 prints by Newton.
Newton died of
typhus
Typhus, also known as typhus fever, is a group of infectious diseases that include epidemic typhus, scrub typhus, and murine typhus. Common symptoms include fever, headache, and a rash. Typically these begin one to two weeks after exposure.
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in London at the age of 21.
Books illustrated by Richard Newton
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Henry Fielding
Henry Fielding (22 April 1707 – 8 October 1754) was an English novelist, irony writer, and dramatist known for earthy humour and satire. His comic novel '' Tom Jones'' is still widely appreciated. He and Samuel Richardson are seen as founders ...
''
Tom Jones'' (1799)
*
Laurence Sterne
Laurence Sterne (24 November 1713 – 18 March 1768), was an Anglo-Irish novelist and Anglican cleric who wrote the novels ''The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman'' and ''A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy'', published ...
''
A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy
''A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy'' is a novel by Laurence Sterne, written and first published in 1768, as Sterne was facing death. In 1765, Sterne travelled through France and Italy as far south as Naples, and after returning det ...
'' (1794)
Notes
References
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* (Vol. VI, Vol. VII, 1942; Vol. VIII, 1947)
External links
British Museum Bio for Richard Newton
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* https://www.lambiek.net/artists/n/newton_richard.htm
English illustrators
English cartoonists
English caricaturists
English satirists
Artists from London
1777 births
1798 deaths
Deaths from typhus
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