Oil is spilling on to a man as he walks by the ladder of the lamplighter. Etching by Richard Dighton, 1821.

  • Dighton, Richard, 1795-1880.
Date:
1821
Reference:
35912i
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London (26 Haymarket) : Thos. McLean, 1821.

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1 print : etching ; platemark 28 x 23 cm

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London nuisance. Ple.3rd. One of the advantages of oil over gas. Richard Dighton inv. et sculp.

References note

David Padfield, A view of Dightons: the Dighton family, their times, caricatures and portraits, London 2007, p. 102

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Wellcome Collection 35912i

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