A fine watercolour showing a continental street scene, possibly the back or side street view of a French chateau or similar. People gather in the street and a very steep road leads up to a smaller residential street at the left side. The scene is sunny and bright with a blue sky spotted with fluffy white clouds.
The artist has signed to the lower left corner. The painting has been well presented in a gilt effect bolection frame with glazing and a cream card mount.
On laid.The painting has some discolouration. The frame has chips to the upper edge, left edge and a large loss to the upper left corner. There is general surface scuffing across the surface.
34 x 24cm (13.4" x 9.4")Framed Size: 60.5 x 49cm (23.8" x 19.3")
He was born at Newcastle on 15 May 1784. Richardson was at first apprenticed to an engraver and afterwards to a cabinet-maker, whom he left to set up in business for himself. After five years of cabinet-making, he became a teacher, and from 1806 to 1813 filled the post which his father had held at the grammar school. Then he decided to adopt an artistic career, and soon acquired a reputation as a painter of landscapes. He worked chiefly in watercolour, and found most of his subjects in the scenery of the Borders and the Scottish Highlands, though in later life he went as far afield as Italy and Switzerland.
He died at Newcastle on 7 March 1848.
His first notable picture was a ‘View of Newcastle from Gateshead Fell,’ which was purchased by the Newcastle corporation. In 1816 he began to illustrate with aquatints his brother's ‘Collection of Armorial Bearings … in the Chapel of St. Andrew, Newcastle-upon-Tyne,’ which was published in 1818, and followed in 1820 by a larger work dealing with the church of St. Nicholas, and also illustrated by Richardson. In 1833 and 1834 he was engaged on a work on the ‘Castles of the English and Scottish Borders,’ which he illustrated with mezzotints. These publications remained unfinished.
Richardson became well known as a contributor to London exhibitions from 1818, when he sent his first picture to the Royal Academy, and was elected a member of the New Watercolour Society. His work was represented in public galleries at South Kensington, at Dublin, and at Liverpool.
| SKU | qf147 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Thomas Miles I Richardson |
| Date | Early 19th Century |
| Dimensions | 34 x 24cm |
| Medium | Watercolour |
| Subject | Architecture & Cityscapes |
| Item Returns | This item can be returned |
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