Richard Newton (caricaturist)

Richard Newton ( born May 19, 1777 London, † December 8, 1798 in Covent Garden, London ) was a British cartoonist.

Life and work

Richard Newton was born in 1777 in London and died at the age of 21 from typhoid fever, which was then known as jail fever. At age 13, he began to publish first caricatures. During his lifetime were published approximately 300 of his works. William Holland, who ran a printing company, published the drawings of Newton and let him have his print during his ( caused by radical activities) time in prison from 1793 to 1794. Newgate prison in Newton visited him regularly and drew his fellow prisoners.

He was a contemporary of Thomas Rowlandson, Isaac Cruikshank and James Gillray. Newton erased satirical representations of kings, politicians, greedy churchmen, actresses and courtesans. Some of his earliest drawings negotiated by George III. A series of anti - slavery cartoons come from his pen. His works are owned by the British Museum in London.

Exhibitions (selection)

• 2012-9/2013 Wilhelm Busch Museum, Hannover
• 2011 Richard Newton - Jancar Gallery, Los Angeles, | solo
• 2011 Best Kept Secret: UCI and the Development of Contemporary Art in Southern California, 1964-1971 - Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
• 2009 English cartoons from the 18th and early 19th century. Hamburger Kunsthalle