Richard Westall RA (2 January 1765 – 4 December 1836) was an English painter and illustrator of portraits, historical and literary events

English painter and illustrator. He painted a few pictures for Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery, but he made his name chiefly in book illustration.

Richard Westall was an English painter of portraits and historical and literary subjects. He is known, among other things, for his portraits of Lord Byron.

Royal Academician. Born: 2 January 1765 in Reepham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom. Died: 4 December 1836. Nationality: British.

English, born Hertford, England ca. 1765-died London, England 1836. Born: Hertford, England. Died: London, England. Works by this artist (1 item).

I received my PhD in Classics from the Department of Classics, Stanford University (2000). Thesis: “Caesar's Civil War and the Mediterranean World of 49-48 ...

A work made of graphite with brush and brown ink on ivory wove paper. Design for Funerary Monument, n.d.. Richard Westall. Explore Further.

History painter Richard Westall was apprenticed to a heraldic silver engraver in London in 1779 before studying at the Royal Academy Schools from 1785.

Richard Westall [English Painter, 1765-1836] Guide to pictures of works by Richard Westall in art museum sites and image archives worldwide.

Westall was born in Hertford, England, in 1765. While serving an apprenticeship with a heraldic engraver from 1779 to 1786, he took evening art classes and ...