Frederick Richard Pickersgill

Most of these works depicted scenes drawn from literature (including Edmund Spenser and John Milton), religion, and history. Pickersgill's The Burial of Harold was accepted as a decoration for the Houses of Parliament in 1847 for the sum of £500. He also did some landscapes under the influence of the Pre-Raphaelites. In 1856 Pickersgill was photographed at The Photography Institute by Robert Howlett, as part of a series of portraits of artists. The picture was among a group exhibited at the Art Treasures Exhibition in Manchester in 1857. In addition, Pickersgill seems to have experimented with photography himself. Pickersgill was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1847 and a full Royal Academician in June 1857, but retired in 1888. He was keeper of the Royal Academy Schools from 1873 to 1887.

Frederick Richard Pickersgill studied at Royal Academy of Arts. The recorded working language is English. Work by Frederick Richard Pickersgill is recorded in the collections of Tate, National Portrait Gallery, National Gallery, Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum and Victoria and Albert Museum.

• Name — Frederick Richard Pickersgill • Born — 25 September 1820 • Birthplace — London, England • Died — 20 December 1900 • Place of death — Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, England • Notable Works — The Burial of Harold Orsino and Viola

• Illustration — Amoret, Aemylia and Prince Arthur, 1845 • Illustration — The Burial of Harold at Waltham Abbey, 1847 • Illustration — Samson Betrayed, 1850 • Illustration — 2nd Life Guards, Guard Room, 1851 • Illustration — The Death of Francesco Foscari, Doge of Venice, 1854 • Illustration — The Bribe, 1857 • Illustration — Othello and Desdemona, 1859 • Illustration — On the Way to the Spring, 1862 • Illustration — The Artist's Son and Nurse, 1863 • Illustration — Prospero and Miranda, 1865