Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, from the Corner of Silver Street
Richard Bankes Harraden (1778–1862)
Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge
Richard Bankes Harraden (1778–1862) was the son of Richard Harraden (1756–1838), a topographical draughtsman and engraver, and the father of Henry Richard Harraden (1815–1870), printseller, carver, gilder and stationer.
Richard Bankes Harraden was a landscape painter and printmaker associated with and working in Cambridge, and an early and exhibiting member of the Society of British Artists in London (est. 1823): he remained so until 1849. He is also noted as testifying to a government committee on copyright for engravers in 1818.
Summarised from Art UK's Art Detective discussion 'Is this portrait of Thomas Attwood Walmisley by Richard Bankes Harraden (1778–1862)?'
Richard Bankes Harraden was a landscape painter and printmaker associated with and working in Cambridge, and an early and exhibiting member of the Society of British Artists in London (est. 1823): he remained so until 1849. He is also noted as testifying to a government committee on copyright for engravers in 1818.
Summarised from Art UK's Art Detective discussion 'Is this portrait of Thomas Attwood Walmisley by Richard Bankes Harraden (1778–1862)?'
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