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Passionate Customer Service Museum Quality Art Prints Customization Options AvailableDenis Dighton was born into an artistic dynasty. His grandfather was the London print merchant John Dighton, his father the portrait painter, caricaturist and graphic artist Robert Dighton. Denis's father Robert first dabbled in acting before entering the Royal Academy Schools in 1722. He gained great fame for his satirical caricatures of lawyers, actors, and military officers. His success enabled him to open a store in Charing Cross, where he dealt in prints. In 1806, however, it turned out that parts of the prints he offered for sale came from the British Museum. Robert Dighton had to admit that, while making portraits of an official friend of the museum and his daughter, he had hidden prints in his portfolio and stolen them from the collection. Scandal! Robert Dighton could escape prosecution only by leaving the capital.
Only a year later, the family would be able to return to London to open a studio again. Denis Dighton worked there with his father and older brother Richard. His inherited artistic talent quickly became apparent. And so Denis enrolled at the Royal Academy at the age of 15. Through the connections of his mother, who was a close friend of the Prince of Wales, the Prince took him under his wing. Denis embarked on a military career and, in his early 20s, earned the title "Military Painter to H.R.H. the Prince Regent." As such, the Prince sent him to the Netherlands, shortly before the Battle of Waterloo. The artist visited the battlefield a few days after the victory over Napoleon and recorded his impressions in nine paintings. The Prince in Wales purchased all the works, which naturally boosted Denis Dighton's career. From year to year, his works were exhibited at the Royal Academy.
Soon after, however, the court withdrew its favor from Denis Dighton. His previous patron Sir Benjamin Bloomfield, the Prince Regent, lost his position, and his successor William Knighton had little interest in showing Dighton's works to the Prince and proposing them for purchase. Dighton's largest source of income dried up - a slight the artist was not to overcome. His ambitions to be admitted to the board of the Royal Academy were also disappointed time and again. He sank into a deep depression. To restore his mental health, he moved with his wife Phoebe Earle and his son to Saint-Servant in the north of France, where he lived - supported by the Artist's Benevolent Fund - until his death in 1827. Denis Dighton died at the age of only 35 in Brittany, where he is buried.
Denis Dighton is best known today for his battle scenes, including "The Fall of Nelson." The painting shows how the famous admiral was shot on the upper deck of the "Victory" during the naval battle of Cape Trafalgar. Dighton painted it a few years after the event. The depiction of the "Victory" is therefore not historically accurate: for example, the so-called "Gun Wales" (= gunwales; a plank closing off the side of the deck and covering the ribs), which he shows in the painting, were installed only after the battle.
Denis Dighton was born into an artistic dynasty. His grandfather was the London print merchant John Dighton, his father the portrait painter, caricaturist and graphic artist Robert Dighton. Denis's father Robert first dabbled in acting before entering the Royal Academy Schools in 1722. He gained great fame for his satirical caricatures of lawyers, actors, and military officers. His success enabled him to open a store in Charing Cross, where he dealt in prints. In 1806, however, it turned out that parts of the prints he offered for sale came from the British Museum. Robert Dighton had to admit that, while making portraits of an official friend of the museum and his daughter, he had hidden prints in his portfolio and stolen them from the collection. Scandal! Robert Dighton could escape prosecution only by leaving the capital.
Only a year later, the family would be able to return to London to open a studio again. Denis Dighton worked there with his father and older brother Richard. His inherited artistic talent quickly became apparent. And so Denis enrolled at the Royal Academy at the age of 15. Through the connections of his mother, who was a close friend of the Prince of Wales, the Prince took him under his wing. Denis embarked on a military career and, in his early 20s, earned the title "Military Painter to H.R.H. the Prince Regent." As such, the Prince sent him to the Netherlands, shortly before the Battle of Waterloo. The artist visited the battlefield a few days after the victory over Napoleon and recorded his impressions in nine paintings. The Prince in Wales purchased all the works, which naturally boosted Denis Dighton's career. From year to year, his works were exhibited at the Royal Academy.
Soon after, however, the court withdrew its favor from Denis Dighton. His previous patron Sir Benjamin Bloomfield, the Prince Regent, lost his position, and his successor William Knighton had little interest in showing Dighton's works to the Prince and proposing them for purchase. Dighton's largest source of income dried up - a slight the artist was not to overcome. His ambitions to be admitted to the board of the Royal Academy were also disappointed time and again. He sank into a deep depression. To restore his mental health, he moved with his wife Phoebe Earle and his son to Saint-Servant in the north of France, where he lived - supported by the Artist's Benevolent Fund - until his death in 1827. Denis Dighton died at the age of only 35 in Brittany, where he is buried.
Denis Dighton is best known today for his battle scenes, including "The Fall of Nelson." The painting shows how the famous admiral was shot on the upper deck of the "Victory" during the naval battle of Cape Trafalgar. Dighton painted it a few years after the event. The depiction of the "Victory" is therefore not historically accurate: for example, the so-called "Gun Wales" (= gunwales; a plank closing off the side of the deck and covering the ribs), which he shows in the painting, were installed only after the battle.
 1812 (colored etching) - (MeisterDrucke-74950).jpg "Portrait of John Bellingham by Denis Dighton")
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.jpg "An action during the Peninsular War, with riflemen of 95th (Rifle) Regiment acting as snipers by Denis Dighton")
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.jpg "Defeat of Ashantees by the British Forces Under the Command of Colonel Sutherland, 11th July 1824, Published by J. Ronis, 1825 by Denis Dighton")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-192570).jpg "Studies for the figure of Sergeant Ewart, Scots Greys, for the painting showing his capture of the French Eagle at the Battle of Waterloo, 1815, c.1817 by Denis Dighton")
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.jpg "No 9 Farme du Gourman from the Right, 1815 by Denis Dighton")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-175344).jpg "Studies for the figure of Sergeant Ewart, Scots Greys, for the painting showing his capture of the French Eagle at the Battle of Waterloo, 1815 by Denis Dighton")
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.jpg "No 5 The House of du Gourmon from the Wood on the Left by Denis Dighton")
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.jpg "John Bellingham, Taken at the Sessions House, Old Bailey, 15 May 1812 by Denis Dighton")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-955524).jpg "The New Costume of the British Light Dragoons by Denis Dighton")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-176577).jpg "No 7 La Belle Alliance from the High Road, 1815 by Denis Dighton")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-159769).jpg "No 6 La Belle Alliance, 1815 by Denis Dighton")
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.jpg "The Baked Potato Seller, 1821 by Denis Dighton")
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_-_-_(MeisterDrucke-962076).jpg "Russian cavalry attacking French infantry at Borodino - Denis Dighton (1792-1827) - ca 1813 - Private Collection by Denis Dighton")
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.jpg "Caricature of a French Military Officer by Denis Dighton")
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.jpg "Louis XVIII, 1814 by Denis Dighton")
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.jpg "A Sand Wind on the Desert by Denis Dighton")
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.jpg "No 1 Hougomont The House and Farme du - Gourman from the Right, 1815 by Denis Dighton")
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.jpg "Russian Cavalry Attacking French Infantry at Borodino by Denis Dighton")
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.jpg "A Slave Kaffle by Denis Dighton")
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.jpg "No 4 La Belle Alliance and NeuvCour... by Denis Dighton")
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.jpg "A view of Westminster Hall during the banquet given in honor of the Coronation of King George IV by Denis Dighton")
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_at_the_Battle_of_Trafalgar_October_21_-_(MeisterDrucke-1508195).jpg "The fall of Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), at the Battle of Trafalgar, October 21 by Denis Dighton")
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.jpg "John Bellingham by Denis Dighton")
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.jpg "The Battle of Waterloo, 18th June 1815 by Denis Dighton")
.jpg "Defence of the Chateau de Hougoumont by the flank Company, Coldstream Guards 1815 by Denis Dighton")
.jpg "Attack on the British Squares by French Cavalry at the Battle of Waterloo, 1815 by Denis Dighton")
 - (MeisterDrucke-66349).jpg "The Battle of Waterloo, 18th June 1815 (detail) by Denis Dighton")