Richard Samuel Chattock (23 August 1825 – 30 January 1906) was an English

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and

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Biography

Chattock was born in

Solihull Solihull ( ) is a market town and the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. Solihull is situated on the River Blythe in the Arden, Warwickshire, Forest of Arden ar ...

(then in

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), the third son of Thomas Chattock, a solicitor. After studying at

Rugby School Rugby School is a Public school (United Kingdom), private boarding school for pupils aged 13–18, located in the town of Rugby, Warwickshire in England. Founded in 1567 as a free grammar school for local boys, it is one of the oldest independ ...

, he too entered the legal profession. However, in the late 1850s he began following his interest in art, exhibiting his work in the

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. From 1869 to 1891, he exhibited in the

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. Chattock often painted rural scenes and architectural subjects. In 1872, he completed his most famous works, sixteen etchings that depict the industrial landscape of the

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considered an unusual choice for artists. For each etching, Chattock gave a description of what is being portrayed, and often how the objects in the etchings were used in the industry. While these descriptions tell of the "intense desolation" of the Black Country, due to an industry that "ransacked tsdepths", Chattock is often focused on what he calls "single picturesqueness, if not beauty." In 1876 and 1881, he became a member of the RBSA and

Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers The Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers (RE), known until 1991 as the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers, is a leading art institution based in London, England. The Royal Society of Painter-Etchers, as it was originally styled, was ...

respectively. He published a manual for other artists entitled ''Practical Notes on Etchings'' in 1883. He died at St Vincent's Hall,

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, age 81.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chattock, Richard Samuel 1825 births 1906 deaths 19th-century English painters English male painters 20th-century English painters English etchers English landscape painters People from Solihull Members and Associates of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists People educated at Rugby School 20th-century English printmakers Letterpress printmakers 20th-century English male artists 19th-century English male artists