Hugh Goldwin Rivière (1869–1956) was a noted British portraitist. He was one of seven children of

Briton Rivière Briton Rivière (14 August 1840 in London20 April 1920 in London) was a British artist of Huguenot descent. He exhibited a variety of paintings at the Royal Academy, but devoted much of his life to animal paintings. Biography Briton's fat ...

and was of Huguenot descent. Examples of his work are held in a very wide variety of public collections, including the

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in Bath, Guildhall Art Gallery and Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the

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, Cheltenham Art Gallery,

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, and the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter. His portrait painting of

Sir Squire Bancroft Sir Squire Bancroft (14 May 1841 – 19 April 1926), born Squire White Butterfield, was an English actor-manager. He changed his name to Squire Bancroft Bancroft by deed poll just before his marriage. He and his wife Effie Bancroft are consid ...

and several drawings and prints are in the

National Portrait Gallery National Portrait Gallery may refer to: *National Portrait Gallery (Australia), in Canberra *National Portrait Gallery (Sweden), in Mariefred *National Portrait Gallery (United States), in Washington, D.C. *National Portrait Gallery, London, with s ...

collection.Search the Collection: Hugh Goldwin Riviere (1869-1956)
National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 2014-01-06. One of his best portraits is that of William Archibald Spooner, which hangs in the Hall at New College, Oxford, where Spooner was Warden; it can be found at *.

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