Edward Angelo Goodall (8 June 1819 – 16 April 1908) was an English landscape and orientalist painter, a member of the Goodall family of artists.

Early life

Goodall was the son of Edward Goodall, the engraver of

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's works, and his brothers were the artists

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(1822–1904), a Royal Academician, and

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(1830–89). His sister Eliza Goodall (1827–1916) was also an artist. Edward Angelo was apprenticed to his father's office and his own artistic talents came to the fore in his teens when he won a silver medal, and praise from

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RA, at the

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for a picture of the landing of the Lord Mayor at

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. His work was exhibited at the

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British Guiana

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was commissioned by the Prussian government to map British Guiana's boundaries, accompanied by his brother

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, who was to collect natural history specimens for the Royal Museum and the Botanical Gardens in Berlin. Schomburgk was stricken by

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shortly after his arrival in British Guiana. He and the expedition artist, W.L. Walton, returned to England. Goodall was chosen in 1841 as a replacement artist, receiving a salary of 150 pounds per annum and payment of his passage to Guiana. Goodall was to sketch the people, landscape, plants and animal life. The botanical watercolours that Goodall had made were exhibited in Berlin, and the sketches of the indigenous tribes, in London and Paris. All the illustrations were later donated to the Colonial Office, made their way to the Department of Manuscripts at the

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, and are now at the

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. The watercolours depict Guiana's indigenous peoples, some of whom are now extinct, and as such are an important ethnographical record. The paintings also feature topographical and botanical subjects. Some of Goodall's watercolours have been published. Goodall also kept a journal whilst on expedition. This is also now at the

. The journal sheds light on colonial life in Georgetown, where Goodall had five months to kill before the expedition departed, as well as the expedition, its findings and dangers, the indigenous peoples, and the character and temperament of Schomburgk. Extracts from the journal have been published. In 1845,

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(1800 – 1884), named a plant species from Guyana, '' Goodallia guianensis'' Benth. in his honour.

Return to Britain

After returning from Guiana in 1844, Goodall continued to exhibit his watercolours, chiefly at the

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, to which he was elected a member in 1864, but also at the Royal Academy, the British Institution, and the

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Crimean War

In December 1854 Goodall was appointed war artist in the

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for the ''

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.'' He witnessed the battles at the

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and Balaclava, and the Siege of Sebastopol. A sketchbook from Goodall's time in the Crimea is at the

Later life

Family grave of Edward Goodall in Highgate Cemetery

After the Crimea Goodall travelled widely, visiting France, Spain, Portugal, Gibraltar, Egypt, Morocco, and Italy (including fifteen visits to Venice). Sketchbooks of some of his European travels are at the British Library. He continued to exhibit his work in London, and by 1901 had exhibited 328 works at the

and thirty six at the British Institution. Goodall died on 16 April 1908 and is buried on the western side of

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, London.

Gallery

Edward Angelo Goodall Copper market Cairo 1871.jpg, ''Copper Smiths' Bazaar - Cairo 1871'' Edward Angelo Goodall09.jpg, ''Canal Scene, Venice'' Edward Angelo Goodall08.jpg, ''Buildings and Figures'' Edward Angelo Goodall07.jpg, ''The old market, Rouen France.'' 1848 Exhibited at the British Institution in 1849 Edward Angelo Goodall10.jpg, ''The Giralda, Seville'' Edward Angelo Goodall05.jpg, ''Church of San Pietro di Castello'' Edward Angelo Goodall03.jpg, ''Self portrait'' Edward Angelo Goodall01.jpg, ''Frances Goodall'' (wife) Edward Angelo Goodall02.jpg, Goodall c.1890

References

External links

Photo portrait of E A Goodall
(1864, National Portrait Gallery, London)
Edinburgh from Calton Hill
(watercolour painting - Christie's)
Absent thoughts
(watercolour painting - Christie's)
Springtime in Egypt near the Site of Ancient Memphis
(1878 watercolour) {{DEFAULTSORT:Goodall, Edward Angelo 19th-century English painters English male painters 20th-century English painters English watercolourists Landscape artists Orientalist painters English orientalists 1819 births 1908 deaths Burials at Highgate Cemetery 19th-century English male artists 20th-century English male artists