Artist: Richard Dadd (1817 - 1886) Biography:
Richard Dadd was born into a large family of a chemist and a druggist in 1817. He began his training at the age of thirteen studying miniature painting, portraiture, and landscapes. He was prematurely accepted to study at the Royal Academy, but had to wait until he turned twenty. Dadd painted ancient subjects in the Neoclassical style that were executed in a style similar to that of Lawrence Alma Tadema. Dadd left England in 1842 to take a yearlong drawing trip throughout Europe and the Middle East. After returning, he began suffering from mental illness, murdered his father, and conspired to kill the pope and the emperor of Austria. He claimed that the Egyptian god, Osiris, requested all of these acts. Dadd was committed to an asylum by his family and the courts in 1843 and remained there for his last forty-three years.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (100)
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Richard Dadd Bearded Man with a Pipe watercolor on wove paper 1842 - 1843
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Frank Dadd Family Secrets lithograph 19th - 20th century
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William Home Lizars Puck and the Fairies (Midsummer Nights Dream) engraving 18th - 19th century
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Gilbert Stuart - Richard Yates 1793-1794 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Francis Wheatley - The Death of King Richard II c. 1792-93 oil on canvas Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester British
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Pompeo Girolamo Batoni - Portrait of Richard Milles c. 1760's oil on canvas The National Gallery, London Italian
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Gainsborough Dupont - Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan 1787-1796 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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Thomas Gainsborough - Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan 1785-1787 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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George Romney - Portrait of Richard Palmer 1787 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art English
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Joshua Reynolds - Mrs. Richard Paul Jodrell 1774-75 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art English
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Henry Inman - Portrait of Colonel Richard Varick c. 1831 oil on canvas Currier Museum of Art American
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Sir Joshua Reynolds - Portrait of Richard Peers Symons, M.P. 1770-71 oil on canvas Cincinnati Art Museum British
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Richard Mayer Jeremy #2 tempera 1970
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Thomas Gainsborough - The honorable Richard Savage Nassau de Zuylestein, M.P. c. 1778-80 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art English
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Gilbert Stuart - Catherine Brass Yates (Mrs. Richard Yates) 1793-1794 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Artist: Richard Bresnahan Title: Double-gourd Teapot Date: 1995 Medium: ceramic, reed handle Dimensions: H.6-3/4 (with
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J. Thornetwaite Richard II 18th century
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Richard Correll Vineyard March Woodcut 1970
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Richard Zoellner Fragment screen print 1949
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Gilbert Stuart - Portrait of Richard Barrington, Later Fourth Viscount Barrington c. 1793-1794 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art American
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Joseph Wright - The Hon. Richard Fitzwilliam, 7th Viscount Fitzwiliam of Merrion 1764 oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum British
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Richard Janthur Wintermaerchen 19th - 20th century
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The letters of Sir Richard Westmacott, 19th century Author: Sir Richard Westmacott (British, 1775-1856)Collection of
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Frederick George Richard Roth Bear bronze 1904
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Richard Yates Plate pewter early 19th century
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Friedrich Boscovits Altmeister Richard Wagner Richard Wagner kˆmmt unangemeldet in die Musiksaale des Himmels, no. 157 opposite page 144 in the book, in der Karikatur (Berlin: B. Behr, [1907]) Reproduction of lithograph 1883
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Richard C Herman Dog with a stick Monotype with pastel 1983
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© Richard Buswell ; Richard Buswell, American, Born in 1945 Blacksmith"s Bench 1988, printed 1989
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© Richard Buswell ; Richard Buswell, American, Born in 1945 Newspaper in a Window 1997,
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Richard Bowman K8-59 (Kinetogenics 59) oil on canvas 1962
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Richard Davis Takilnok The Hunt's On ink and graphiteon board circa 1954
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George Hollis Mr. Macready as Richard II 18th - 19th century
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Richard Evett Bishop Fall Ducks Drypoint 1938
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Richard Janthur Leda and the Swan 19th - 20th century
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Richard Jerome Bogart Lake Charlevoix graphite and pastel 1971
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Richard Brydges Beechey View of Plymouth pen and black ink 1844
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Richard Abell, 1724 Christian Friedrich Zincke (German, 1683-85–1767)Enamel; Oval, 1 3/4 x 1 3/8 in.
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Richard Woodman Bossuet 18th - 19th century
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Alfred Richard Blundell The end of the day Etching 19th - 20th century
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Richard Woodman Erskine 18th - 19th century
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Richard DeVore #782 glazed stoneware 1995
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Jacobus Houbraken (Sr. Richard Steele) 1748
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Richard Day New Mexico No. 1 Lithograph 20th century
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Richard Day The Abandoned Hut Lithograph 20th century
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Richard Marquis Glass Cup Glass 1979
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Richard Fiscus Goldweight with raised "X" design brass 20th century
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Richard Beale The Crewel Tondo Etching, Hand-c 1972
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Richard Brodney an exhibition of paintings/bart perry/roy de forest/relf case/richard brodney/california school of fine arts exhibition gallery/ 800 chestnut street/san francisco/ daily except saturday and sunday/ june 2 through june 14, 1952/ please po
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Richard Dighton The Litany 1816
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Richard Dighton Two Soldiers 1805
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Richard Redgrave The Lover's Reverie Etching 1857
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Richard Redgrave Barbara Etching 19th century
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Richard Redgrave Ministering Angels Etching 1857
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Richard Bowman Triad lithograph 20th century
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Richard Allen White Jungle Lithographic monoprint 1950
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Richard Allen White Afterward Lithographic monoprint 1950
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Richard Allen White Conflict Lithographic monoprint 1950
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Richard Graf Untitled Lithograph 1966
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Richard Graf Untitled Lithograph 1966
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Richard Graf Untitled Lithograph 1966
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Richard Graf Untitled Lithograph 1966
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Richard Hamilton Kent State Screenprint 1970
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Richard Bergere Twilight over Brooklyn Bridge Lithograph 20th century
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Richard Hatfield Lear & Cordelia 19th century
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Self-portrait, ca. 1770-75 Richard Cosway (British, 1742-1821)Ivory; Oval, 2 x 1 5/8 in. (50 x
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Thomas Holloway Richard Price 18th - 19th century
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James Posselwhite Sir Richard Arkwright 18th - 19th century
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Richard Woodman John Smeaton 18th - 19th century
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Joseph John Jenkins Sir Richard Arkwright 19th century
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Willi Geiger Richard Dehmel drawing: pen & ink 1911
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Walter Richard Sickert The Hanging Gardens Etching 1929
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Richard Rosenbaum English Coaching Scene watercolors 19th - 20th century
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Richard Rosenbaum English Coaching Scene watercolors 19th - 20th century
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Richard Rosenbaum English Coaching Scene watercolors 19th - 20th century
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Richard Rosenbaum English Coaching Scene watercolors 19th - 20th century
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Richard Rosenbaum English Coaching Scene watercolors 19th - 20th century
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Richard Rosenbaum English Coaching Scene watercolors 19th - 20th century
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Henry Wolf Richard III 19th - 20th century
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Richard Dighton A Noble Generale 1804
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Richard Gaywood Iohn Guttemberg 17th - 18th century
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Richard Read Moses in the Bulrushes Engraving 18th century
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Richard Anuszkiewicz Diamond Chroma Screenprint 1965
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Richard Woodman Michel de l'Hopital etching and engraving 18th - 19th century
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Richard Woodman Andrea Palladio etching and engraving 18th - 19th century
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Walter Richard Sickert Cheerio Etching 1929
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John Carter Richard II, Act III, Scene II 18th - 19th century
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John Carter Richard II, Act III, Scene II 18th - 19th century
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Richard Smith Working proof 1 for Green 1979
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Richard Samuel Chattock The Ure near Aysgarth - No.12 of the Portfolio Wensleydale Etching 1864
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Richard Samuel Chattock In Widdale - No.4 of the Portfolio Wensleydale Etching 1864
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Richard Samuel Chattock Hartleap Well - No.14 of the Portfolio Wensleydale Etching 1864
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Richard Samuel Chattock Hawes - No.1 of the Portfolio Wensleydale Etching 1864
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Alfred Richard Blundell Boats at Dortrecht Etching 19th - 20th century
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Alfred Richard Blundell A Norfolk Mill Etching 19th - 20th century
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Lake Nemi from a Monastery Garden Richard Wilson (British, 1713-1782)Oil on canvas; 16 7/8 x
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Richard Van Orley [Man wounded with an arrow] 17th - 18th century
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Richard Van Orley [The marriage of two lovers] 17th - 18th century
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Richard Van Orley [The killing of the boar] 17th - 18th century
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John Edwards Richard Still Life Aquatint 1960
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Richard Seewald Aus dem Camposanto Woodcut 1922

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