Richard Ansdell
(1815-1885), Animal painterSitter in 12 portraits
Artist associated with 16 portraits
Born in Liverpool, Ansdell specialised in sporting and animal subjects and, in the 1840s, followed the vogue for Highland paintings in the manner of Landseer. He travelled to Spain in 1856 and 1857, after which many Spanish genre and landscape subjects appeared in his work.
by Samuel William Reynolds Jr, printed by Brooker & Harrison, published by Thomas Agnew, published by Rudolph Ackermann Jr, after Richard Ansdell
mezzotint, mid 19th century
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by Samuel William Reynolds Jr, printed by Brooker & Harrison, published by Thomas Agnew, published by Rudolph Ackermann Jr, published by Anaglyphic Company, after Richard Ansdell
mezzotint, mid 19th century
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by Samuel William Reynolds Jr, by James John Chant, printed by Brooker & Harrison, published by Thomas Agnew, published by Ackermann & Co, after Richard Ansdell
mezzotint, published 16 December 1843 (1842)
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Charles Anderson-Pelham, 1st Earl of Yarborough
by Samuel William Reynolds, published by Thomas Agnew, published by Ackermann & Co, published by Anaglyphic Company, after Richard Ansdell
engraving, published 1844
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by Samuel William Reynolds Jr, published by Thomas Agnew, published by Ackermann & Co, published by Anaglyphic Company, after Richard Ansdell
mixed-method engraving, published 8 May 1844
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Thomas William Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester of Holkham
by Samuel William Reynolds, printed by Brooker & Harrison, published by Thomas Agnew, published by Ackermann & Co, published by Anaglyphic Company, after Richard Ansdell
mezzotint and etching, published 8 May 1844
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Charles Callis Western, Baron Western
by Samuel William Reynolds Jr, printed by Brooker & Harrison, published by Thomas Agnew, published by Ackermann & Co, published by Anaglyphic Company, after Richard Ansdell
mezzotint and etching, published 18 July 1844
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Hugh Percy, 3rd Duke of Northumberland
by Samuel William Reynolds Jr, printed by Brooker & Harrison, published by Thomas Agnew, and published by Ackermann & Co, and published by Anaglyphic Company, after Richard Ansdell
mixed-method engraving, 18 July 1844
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Hugh Percy, 3rd Duke of Northumberland
by Samuel William Reynolds Jr, printed by Brooker & Harrison, published by Thomas Agnew, and published by Ackermann & Co, and published by Anaglyphic Company, after Richard Ansdell
mixed-method engraving, 18 July 1844
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by Samuel William Reynolds Jr, after Richard Ansdell
mezzotint, 1844
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by Samuel William Reynolds Jr, published by Thomas Agnew, published by Ackermann & Co, published by Anaglyphic Company, printed by Brooker & Harrison, after Richard Ansdell
mezzotint, published 8 May 1844
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by Samuel William Reynolds Jr, by Brooker & Harrison, printed by George Salisbury Shury, published by Thomas Agnew, published by Rudolph Ackermann Jr, published by Anaglyphic Company, after Richard Ansdell
mixed-method engraving, published 18 June 1844
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Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond and Lennox
by Samuel William Reynolds Jr, printed by Brooker & Harrison, published by Thomas Agnew, published by Rudolph Ackermann, published by Anaglyphic Company, after Richard Ansdell
mezzotint, published 18 July 1844
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Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 2nd Earl Talbot of Hensol
by Samuel William Reynolds Jr, printed by Brooker & Harrison, published by Thomas Agnew, published by Ackermann & Co, published by Anaglyphic Company, after Richard Ansdell
mezzotint and etching, published 18 July 1844
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George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland
by Samuel William Reynolds, printed by Brooker & Harrison, published by Thomas Agnew, and published by Ackermann & Co, and published by Anaglyphic Company, after Richard Ansdell
mixed-method engraving, published 18 July 1844
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Edward Berkeley Portman, 1st Viscount Portman
by Samuel William Reynolds Jr, published by Thomas Agnew, and published by Ackermann & Co, after Richard Ansdell
stipple engraving, published 6 July 1846
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