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WESTALL, RICHARD (1765—1836)

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WESTALL, See also:RICHARD (1765—1836) , See also:English subject painter, was See also:born in See also:Hertford in 1765, of a See also:Norwich See also:family. In 1779 he went to See also:London, and was apprenticed to an engraver on See also:silver, and in 1785 he began to study in the See also:schools of the Royal See also:Academy. He painted " See also:Esau seeking See also:Jacob's Blessing," " See also:Mary See also:Queen of Scots going to See also:Execution " and other See also:historical subjects in See also:water-See also:colour, and some See also:good portraits in the same See also:medium, but he is mainly known as a See also:book-illustrator. He produced five subjects for the See also:Shakespeare See also:Gallery, illustrated an edition of See also:Milton, executed a very popular See also:series of illustrations to the See also:Bible and the See also:prayer-book, and designed places for numerous other See also:works. In 18o8 he published a poem, A See also:Day in See also:Spring, illustrated by his own See also:pencil. His designs are rather tame, mannered and effeminate. He became an See also:associate of the Royal Academy in 1792, and a full member in 1794; and during his later years he was a pensioner of the Academy. He died on the 4th of See also:December 1836. His See also:brother, See also:William Westall, A.R.A. (r781—185o), landscape painter, is mainly known by his illustrations to works of travel.

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