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PORTRAIT OF FIELD MARSHAL, VISCOUNT BERESFORD (1768 - 1854)
Auction: 03/22/2005
Lot: 68
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Richard Rothwell AUCTION RECORDS
1800 Athlone, Ireland - 1868 Rome, Italy. Known for: Portrait and genre painting.
Richard Rothwell was born in Athlone in 1800. He commenced his art studies in the Dublin Society's School in December 1814, and spent the next five years there, winning a silver medal for oil studies... Read full biography
Richard Rothwell was born in Athlone in 1800. He commenced his art studies in the Dublin Society's School in December 1814, and spent the next five years there, winning a silver medal for oil studies from the antique. When the Royal Hibernian Academy was founded in 1823 he was made an associate,... Read full biography
Richard Rothwell was born in Athlone in 1800. He commenced his art studies in the Dublin Society's School in December 1814, and spent the next five years there, winning a silver medal for oil studies from the antique. When the Royal Hibernian Academy was founded in 1823 he was made an associate, and the next year a member. He sent portraits to the RHA between 1826 and 1829, when he left for London, as did so many of his countrymen, to find fame and fortune. In London, he worked in the studio of... Read full biography
Richard Rothwell was born in Athlone in 1800. He commenced his art studies in the Dublin Society's School in December 1814, and spent the next five years there, winning a silver medal for oil studies from the antique. When the Royal Hibernian Academy was founded in 1823 he was made an associate, and the next year a member. He sent portraits to the RHA between 1826 and 1829, when he left for London, as did so many of his countrymen, to find fame and fortune. In London, he worked in the studio of Sir Thomas Lawrence, and upon Lawrence's death in 1830, Rothwell was entrusted with the completion of Lawrence's unfinished portraits. He sent portraits of British nobility to the Royal Academy and won many commissions as a result. Rothwell traveled... Read full biography
Richard Rothwell was born in Athlone in 1800. He commenced his art studies in the Dublin Society's School in December 1814, and spent the next five years there, winning a silver medal for oil studies from the antique. When the Royal Hibernian Academy was founded in 1823 he was made an associate, and the next year a member. He sent portraits to the RHA between 1826 and 1829, when he left for London, as did so many of his countrymen, to find fame and fortune. In London, he worked in the studio of Sir Thomas Lawrence, and upon Lawrence's death in 1830, Rothwell was entrusted with the completion of Lawrence's unfinished portraits. He sent portraits of British nobility to the Royal Academy and won many commissions as a result. Rothwell traveled to Italy in 1831 to study the works of the Old Masters and stayed there for three ye... Read full biography
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Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeThree quarter length portrait of John Butler, 2nd Marquess of Ormonde, KP (1808-1854) wearing the star and ribbon of the Order of St. Patrick
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Art images copyright© of artist or assigneePortrait of William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford
Richard Rothwell Auction: 04/27/2025 - 5/7/2025Lot: 97Subscribe or get free alerts
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