Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Robert Dighton, 1752–1814, British

Printed by Carington Bowles, 1724–1793, British
Title:
Mr. Deputy Dumpling and Family Enjoying a Summer Afternoon
Date:
1781
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/16 × 10 1/8 inches (35.7 × 25.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered, lower left: "463"; lower center: "MR. DEPUTY DUMPLING and FAMILY enjoying a SUMMER AFTERNOON. | Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No69 in St Pauls Church Yard, LONDON. Published as the Act directs 9 Novr 1781"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.1737
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
buttons | caricature | genre subject | cart | carriage | toys | draperies | hats | robes | coats | tights | wigs | shoes | feathers | bonnets | deputy | sons | daughters | wife | husband | children | satire | summer | outside | round | fancy dress | dolls | illustration | walking | family | obese | curls | sweating | playing
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The New Child - The Origins of Modern Childhood in English Art 1730-1830 (Berkeley Art Museum, 1995-08-23 - 1995-11-19)

The New Child - The Origins of Modern Childhood in English Art 1730-1830 (Dixon Gallery & Gardens, 1995-12-10 - 1996-02-04)

The New Child - The Origins of Modern Childhood in English Art 1730-1830 (Joslyn Art Museum, 1996-03-09 - 1996-05-05)

Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
Publications:
James Christen Steward, The New Child : British Art and the Origins of Modern Childhood, 1730-1830, , University Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, 1995, p. 179, fig. 76, N6766 S78 1995 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:42666