Frederick Richard Pickersgill

{"Id":351,"Name":"Frederick Richard Pickersgill","Biography":"\u003Cp\u003EFrederick Richard Pickersgill\u0026nbsp;RA (25 September 1820 \u0026ndash; 20 December 1900) was an English painter and book\u0026nbsp;illustrator. Born in London into a family of artists, he was admitted to the\u0026nbsp;Royal Academy Schools\u0026nbsp;in 1840. He exhibited regularly at the\u0026nbsp;Royal Academy\u0026nbsp;between 1839 and 1875. Most of these works depicted scenes drawn from literature (including\u0026nbsp;Edmund Spenser\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;John Milton), religion, and history.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPickersgill\u0027s\u0026nbsp;The Burial of\u0026nbsp;Harold\u0026nbsp;was accepted as a decoration for the\u0026nbsp;Houses of Parliament\u0026nbsp;in 1847 for the sum of \u0026pound;500. He also did some\u0026nbsp;landscapes\u0026nbsp;under the influence of the\u0026nbsp;Pre-Raphaelites.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 1856 Pickersgill was photographed at The Photography Institute by\u0026nbsp;Robert Howlett, as part of a series of portraits of artists. The picture was among a group exhibited at the\u0026nbsp;Art Treasures Exhibition\u0026nbsp;in\u0026nbsp;Manchester\u0026nbsp;in 1857. In addition, Pickersgill seems to have experimented with photography himself.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPickersgill was elected an\u0026nbsp;Associate of the Royal Academy\u0026nbsp;in 1847 and a full\u0026nbsp;Royal Academician\u0026nbsp;in June 1857, but retired in 1888. He was keeper of the Royal Academy Schools from 1873 to 1887.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E[Source: \u003Ca href=\u0022https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Richard_Pickersgill\u0022\u003EWikpedia\u003C/a\u003E]\u003C/p\u003E","Awards":null,"HasAlbums":false,"HasPortraits":true,"HasRelationships":false,"HasArticles":false,"HasDepictedPlaces":false,"HasLetters":true,"HasLibraryItems":false,"HasProducts":false,"HasSignatures":false,"HasVideos":false,"HasMapLocations":true,"TotalArtworks":38}