Painter specialising in animals and genre scenes. Born Liverpool. c.1846 moved with his wife and family to Kensington, initially into 39 Victoria Road. 1850 he also took on the house next door, number 41. These houses are now Thomas's London Day School. Whilst in Victoria Road he renovated a house and an old cottage around the corner in St. Alban's Grove where he moved in 1860. This was Lytham House.
During part of his career he had a summer house in Lytham St Annes, close to his home town of Liverpool, from whence came the name of his Kensington house. The good people of Lytham have returned the compliment by naming an area of their town Ansdell.
2025: The splendid new website, Richard Ansdell, has his biography and there you can see many of his paintings.
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