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Richard Newton

British artist (1777–1798)

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Images from the collections

Images by Richard Newton

12 images from works
  • An obese physician pleased with the progress of his emaciated terminally ill patient. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1813?, after R. Newton.
  • An undertaker's visit. Etching by Richard Newton, 17--.
  • A doctor and footman hurling pudding at each other in an attempt to make the obese patient laugh in order to cure his quinsey. Coloured engraving by R. Newton, 1797.
  • An obese physician pleased with the progress of his emaciated terminally ill patient. Coloured etching by A.M.D. after R. Newton.
  • A man suffering from attack by blue devils; representing depression or mental illness. Coloured etching after R. Newton, 1795.
  • A physician by his patient's death-bed; represented with a skeletal death figure at the window and an undertaker's assistant arriving with a coffin. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1813?, after R. Newton.
  • Men being shaved and having their hair cut, styled and crimped by various male and female barbers. Coloured etching by R. Newton after himself, 1791.
  • A physician by his patient's death-bed; represented with a skeletal death figure at the window and an undertaker's assistant arriving with a coffin. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1813?, after R. Newton.
  • Four men sit round a tax collector and blow smoke in his face. Coloured aquatint,by J.C. Ziegler, 1799, after R. Newton.
  • An undertaker visiting a sick man in the hope of gaining a new client. Coloured etching after R. Newton.
  • An undertaker visiting a sick man in the hope of gaining a new client. Coloured etching after R. Newton.
  • A man suffering from attack by blue devils; representing depression or mental illness. Coloured etching R. Newton, 1795, after himself.

Works from the collections

12 works

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    A man suffering from attack by blue devils; representing depression or mental illness. Coloured etching after R. Newton, 1795.

    Richard Newton | Reference: 11867i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Four men sit round a tax collector and blow smoke in his face. Coloured aquatint,by J.C. Ziegler, 1799, after R. Newton.

    Richard Newton | Date: 1799 | Reference: 24852i
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    A physician being tormented with medical and surgical treatments by grotesque figures representing his former patients. Coloured etching by R. Newton, 1792, after G.M. Woodward.

    George Murgatroyd Woodward | Date: Nov.r 11 1792 | Reference: 2491101i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    An undertaker visiting a sick man in the hope of gaining a new client. Coloured etching after R. Newton.

    Richard Newton | Date: [26 February 1822] | Reference: 11906i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    An obese physician pleased with the progress of his emaciated terminally ill patient. Coloured etching by A.M.D. after R. Newton.

    Richard Newton | Reference: 11219i
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Related topics

House furnishings
Patients
Undertakers and undertaking
Dogs
Physicians
Costume - History - 19th century
Smoking
Death
Coffins

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