Yale Center for British Art

Creator:: Robert Dighton, 1752–1814, British
Title:: A Lesson Westward, or, A Morning Visit to Betsy Cole
Date:: 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, pen, and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 x 10 inches (33 x 25.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:: Inscribed in black ink, in margin, lower right: "Dighton- del"; in brown ink, lower left: "466"; a small part of inscription in ink across the bottom margin remains
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:: Public Domain
Accession Number:: B1986.29.371
Classification:: Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:: driving | cart | morning | horse (animal) | courtesan | teaching | man | carriage | caricature | pigs
Currently On View:: Not on view
Exhibition History:: Roads to Rails - Revolution in British Transport (Yale Center for British Art, 1992-04-15 - 1992-06-28)
British Comic Art 1730 - 1830 (Museum of Art and Archaelogy, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1988-10-14 - 1988-12-04)
Publications:: Elisabeth Fairman, Roads to rails : revolution in British transport, , New Haven, CT, 1992, p. 10, no. 40, HE243 .F25 1992 (YCBA)
Link:: https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:2012