He first exhibited at the Liverpool Academy in 1835, reaching its presidency in 1845, and resigning in 1852 in protest over an award of the £50 prize to William Holman Hunt for the then controversial Valentine Rescuing Sylvia from Proteus. Read More
Friday, December 25, 2009
Richard Ansdell
Richard Ansdell (11 May 1815, Liverpool, Lancashire - 20 April 1885, Frimley, Surrey) was an English painter who specialised in oil paintings of animal and sporting subjects.
He first exhibited at the Liverpool Academy in 1835, reaching its presidency in 1845, and resigning in 1852 in protest over an award of the £50 prize to William Holman Hunt for the then controversial Valentine Rescuing Sylvia from Proteus. Read More
He first exhibited at the Liverpool Academy in 1835, reaching its presidency in 1845, and resigning in 1852 in protest over an award of the £50 prize to William Holman Hunt for the then controversial Valentine Rescuing Sylvia from Proteus. Read More
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