Redgrave
RICHARD, an English painter; born in London, April 30, 1804; in 1826 was admitted a student of the Academy, and was elected an A. R. A. in 1840, and R. A. in 1851. In 1857 was appointed Inspector-General of Art Schools, which office, with that of Surveyor of the Royal Pictures, he resigned in 1880, being then created a C. B.
From 1825 to 1882 he contributed 145 pictures to the Academy, besides 40 sent elsewhere. He wrote, with his brother, "A Century of English Painters" (1866).
He died Dec. 14, 1888.