Richard Ansdell RA (11 May 1815 – 20 April 1885) was a British painter of animals and genre scenes. [1] Ansdell was born in Liverpool (then in Lancashire), the son of Thomas Griffiths Ansdell, a freeman who worked at the port, and Anne Jackson. His father died young; Richard was educated at The Liverpool Blue Coat school for orphans.

Between 1840 and 1885 Ansdell exhibited paintings annually at the Royal Academy (149 in all) and also exhibited some 30 canvases at the British Institution. He was elected Associate of the Royal Academy in 1861 and Royal Academician in 1870.

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Liverpool born into a poor family, Richard Ansdell received a brief education and was a fine example of the ‘rags to riches’ opportunities that were to be had with luck and talent during the booming years of the nineteenth century.

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Richard Ansdell was a hugely important artist in his day, winning awards, exhibiting annually at the Royal Academy, then becoming elected as a Royal Academician in 1870. Yet his art did not retain the popular appeal of his near contemporary Edwin Landseer (1802 – 1873).

richard ansdell ra (1815 – 1885) Richard Ansdell was born to Thomas Griffiths Ansdell, a ship’s pulley block maker at Liverpool docks, and Anne (nee Jackson) a seamstress. His father died when he was young and he was briefly educated at the Bluecoat School (for orphans).

Richard Ansdell was born in Liverpool in May 1815, and lived in his hometown until the late 1840s. At that time, Liverpool was a flourishing centre for art. The most remarkable thing about Ansdell was that he did not become seriously interested in art until he was 21 years old.

Richard Ansdell RA (11 May 1815 – 20 April 1885) was a British painter of animals and genre scenes. He first exhibited at the Liverpool Academy in 1835, becoming a student there the following year. His animal and rural subjects proved to …

Animal painter; born 11 May 1815 in Liverpool. Trained with portraitist W.C. Smith and at Liverpool Academy from 1835, made his name with portraits of sitters with horses and cattle; then in Scotland with stags and sheep.