George Hilditch
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'''George Hilditch''' ( |
'''George Hilditch''' (1803–1857) was a British [[artist]] known for his [[landscape painting]]s. Hannavy p.657 He was the son of a [[silk]] [[merchant]] from the [[City of London]]. As a child he frequently holidayed by the [[River Thames]] at [[Richmond, Surrey|Richmond]] then some miles west of [[London]] in [[Surrey]]. He also later stayed at [[Montpelier Row]] in [[Twickenham]]. While there he became a pupil of [[Thomas Christopher Hofland]].Novellis p.62 |
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Hofland encouraged him to pursue a career as a painter and in 1823 he displayed his work for the first time at the age of twenty at the [[Royal Academy Exhibition of 1823]] at [[Somerset House]]. He exhibited frequently at the Royal Academy and at the Society of Artists over the following decades. Taylor p.207 Hilditch particularly specialised in producing landscapes from or around [[Richmond Hill, London|Richmond Hill]] and became known as the "Richmond painter". He also worked in the new art of [[photography]]. De Novellis p.62 |
Hofland encouraged him to pursue a career as a painter and in 1823 he displayed his work for the first time at the age of twenty at the [[Royal Academy Exhibition of 1823]] at [[Somerset House]]. He exhibited frequently at the Royal Academy and at the Society of Artists over the following decades. Taylor p.207 Hilditch particularly specialised in producing landscapes from or around [[Richmond Hill, London|Richmond Hill]] and became known as the "Richmond painter". He also worked in the new art of [[photography]]. De Novellis p.62 |
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