Richard Newton (caricaturist)

Richard Newton (London, 19 May 1777 – 8 December 1798, Covent Garden, London ) was an English caricaturist.

This short-lived but brilliant 18th-century caricaturist published his first caricature at thirteen. His work included definitive caricatures expressing the English prejudice of the Scots as lean and hungry opportunists. He worked for radical publisher William Holland, producing powerful anti-slavery works among his output. Newton minded Holland's shop when Holland was imprisoned for sedition during 1793–94. Newton died of typhus at the age of 21. )