"The Outcast" by Richard Redgrave

Richard Redgrave (30 April 1804 - 14 December 1888) was an English artist born in Pimlico. He worked at first as a designer. He became a student in the Royal Academy Schools in 1826, and was elected an Associate in 1840 and an Academician in 1851 (retired, 1882). His Gulliver on the Farmers Table (1837) made his reputation as a painter. He began in 1847 a connection with the Government Art Schools which lasted for a long term of years, and among other posts he held those of inspector-general of art in the Science and Art Department, and art director of the South Kensington Museum. He was greatly instrumental in the establishment of this institution, and he claimed the credit of having secured the Sheepshanks and Ellison gifts for the nation. He was also surveyor of the royal pictures. He was offered, but declined, a knighthood in 1869. Redgrave was an assiduous painter of landscape and genre; his best pictures being Country Cousins (1848) and The Return of Olivia (1848), The Sempstress (1844), Well Spring in the Forest (1865). April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years), with 245 days remaining. ... 1804 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... December 14 is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2005 est. ... Look up artist in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Pimlico is a district in London, England and part of the City of Westminster. ... The Science and Art Department was a British government body which functioned from 1853 to 1899, promoting education in science, technology and design in Britain and Ireland. ... The Cromwell Road entrance to the Victoria and Albert Museum The Victoria and Albert Museum (the V&A) is on Cromwell Road in Kensington, West London. ... A statue of an armoured knight of the Middle Ages For the chess piece, see knight (chess). ...

He was Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures 1856-1880. This office, in the Royal Collection Department of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom, is responsible for the care and maintenance of the royal collection of pictures owned by the Sovereign in an official capacity - as distinct from those owned privately and displayed at Sandringham House...

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