Frederick Richard Pickersgill (25 September 1820 – 20 December 1900) was an English painter and book illustrator. Born in London into a family of artists, he was admitted to the

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in 1840. He exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy between 1839 and 1875. Most of these works depicted scenes drawn from literature (including Edmund Spenser and John Milton), religion, and history. Pickersgill's ''The Burial of

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'' was accepted as a decoration for the

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in 1847 for the sum of £500. He also did some

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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

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in 1857. In addition, Pickersgill seems to have experimented with photography himself. Pickersgill was elected an

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in 1847 and a full

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in June 1857, but retired in 1888. He was keeper of the Royal Academy Schools from 1873 to 1887.

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* 19th-century English painters English male painters English illustrators Keepers of the Royal Academy 1824 births 1900 deaths Royal Academicians Alumni of the Royal Academy Schools 19th-century English male artists {{England-painter-stub