Thomas Bridgford RHA, Royal Hibernian Academician, was a British artist, in London and

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. Bridgford was born on 6 April 1812. He moved with his family to Ireland, in 1817. In the same year, 1827, he first exhibited work at the

Royal Hibernian Academy The Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts (RHA) is an artist-based and artist-oriented institution in Ireland, founded in Dublin in 1823. Like many other Irish institutions, such as the Royal Irish Academy, the academy retained the word "Royal" after mo ...

at the age of fifteen. He went to London in 1834, to work as a portrait painter and returned to Dublin in 1844. Whilst in London he regularly exhibited at The Royal Academy between 1834 and 1844. He produced portraits, paintings, and

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, in England and Ireland. Many of his pencil portraits are of scientific members of the University College of London, an example shown on the original lithograph of Anthony Todd Thomson. He became an Associate of The Royal Hibernian Academy in Dublin 24th Oct 1832, and became a member after his return from London 23 August 1851. In the year 1833, he married Mary Jane Sawyer, the sister of the surgeon James Sawyer of Dublin. He had five sons and 4 daughters.Strickland Walter G, Dictionary of Irish Artists 1913 Vol 1 accessed 9 May 2021 Bridgford died on 21 November 1878 in Dublin, Ireland.

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* National Portrait Galler
4 images by BridgfordLibrary of IrelandNational Gallery of IrelandSelf portrait National Gallery of IrelandSixteen works at The National Gallery of Ireland
Irish artists 1812 births 1878 deaths {{UK-painter-19thC-stub

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