Sir John Richardson
(1787-1865), Arctic explorer and naturalistEarly Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 4 portraits
Arctic explorer and naturalist; accompanied Sir John Franklin on two Arctic expeditions, 1819 and 1825, and conducted search for Franklin, 1847; published books on polar exploration.
by Bernhard Smith
plaster cast of medallion, 1842
NPG 888
by Stephen Pearce
oil on millboard, 1850
NPG 909
The Arctic Council planning a search for Sir John Franklin
by Stephen Pearce
oil on canvas, 1851
NPG 1208
The Arctic Council planning a search for Sir John Franklin
by James Scott, after Stephen Pearce
mezzotint, published 1853
NPG D9472
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Richard Taylor (Bloor)
17 September 2022, 14:40
My Grandma was Isabel Richardson and became Taylor, her sister Mary married Colin Bell of Manchester City’s brother. The story we were told was Jon Richardson or the Richardson Trust owned land including the Tyne Bridge, and the deeds were stolen in a robbery on a train, possibly government links. So the bridge on the Tyne is all mine all mine. My Grandma lived in Hartlepool (seton) then moved to Bacup. Ernie and Mary Bell moved to Rochdale,