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is on long-term loan. There are further Ansdell paintings hanging in non-public rooms at Fylde Borough Council Town Hall that can be viewed by prior arrangement or on heritage open days in September.
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in 1835, becoming a student there the following year. His animal and rural subjects proved to be popular and he soon attracted wealthy patrons. His first exhibition at the
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In June 1841, he married Maria Romer; the couple went on to have 11 children. In 1847 the family left Liverpool to live in
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for orphans. He had a natural talent for art from an early age, and after leaving school worked for a portrait painter in
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for his works, "The Wolf Slyer" and "Taming the Drove". He also won the "Heywood medal" three times for his work at the
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The life of Richard Ansdell, R.A.: with especial reference to his sojourn in Lytham
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Paintings from the Reign of Victoria: The Royal Holloway Collection, London
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The largest public collections of Ansdell's paintings in Britain are in
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Christopher Wright; Catherine May Gordon; Mary Peskett Smith (2006).
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Representative Men in Literature, Science, and Art: Richard Andsell
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
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Richard Ansdell R.A., 1815–1885, a centenary exhibition
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Collecting the sheep for clipping in the highlands (1881)
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Caledonian Coursing Meeting, near the Castle of Ardrossan
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Barringer, Tim & Cowling, Mary & MacLeod, D. S.
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In 1850, Ansdell started collaborating on pictures with
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During part of his career he kept a "summer house" at
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Ansdell died at "Collingwood Tower" at Frimley, near
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Nymans 2" 534:Winter Shooting, Hares and Ptarmigan, 1869 629: 627: 625: 847:115 artworks by or after Richard Ansdell 821: 679: 273: 265: 144: 752:(London: Alfred William Bennett, 1868). 901: 661: 622: 416:Thomas Brown regaining the Lost Guidon 805:(Frances Lincoln, 2008)) p. 195. 371: 129:(11 May 1815 – 20 April 1885) was a 877:(Gallery, The Border Collie Museum) 767: 282:Ansdell's best known works include 13: 761:Some Modern Artists and Their Work 14: 980: 969:19th-century English male artists 893:The Waterloo Cup coursing meeting 840: 788:Todd, Arthur & Dibdin, E. R. 426: 809: 780:Dictionary of National Biography 764:(Cassell, 1883) pp. 218–24. 603: 591: 579: 567: 553: 539: 527: 512: 497: 480: 465: 450: 436: 114:http://www.richardansdell.co.uk/ 31: 691:'The Late Richard Ansdell RA', 658:Barringer et al. (1985) p. 195. 798:(Malcolm Innes Gallery, 1985). 792:(Sherratt & Hughes, 1919). 720: 698: 685: 652: 358:Lytham St Annes Art Collection 341:and was valued, by art expert 221:("The Keeper's daughter") and 166:The Liverpool Blue Coat school 1: 964:Burials at Brookwood Cemetery 914:19th-century English painters 740: 598:Buzzard with Ptarmigan (1876) 382:Harris Museum and Art Gallery 883:(1847 painting – Christie's) 432:Paintings by Richard Ansdell 320:supermarket in Lytham where 234:Manchester Royal Institution 7: 944:People from Lytham St Annes 871:(Art Renewal Center Museum) 10: 985: 458:The Fight for the Standard 406:Royal Scots Dragoon Guards 402:The Fight for the Standard 392:The Fight for the Standard 183:He first exhibited at the 574:A Spanish Shepherd (1863) 109: 93: 85: 77: 54: 39: 30: 23: 774:"Ansdell, Richard"  731:. 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