Group portrait of Robert, James and Mary Sarah, three children of James Greenhalgh.
Artist

Artist Ramsay Richard Reinagle

View of Clappersgate on the River Brathay near Windermere.
View of Clappersgate on the River Brathay near Windermere.

Ramsay Richard Reinagle (19 March 1775 – 17 November 1862, Chelsea) was an English landscape, portrait and animal painter. Academician of painting (since 1823).

He came from a dynasty that gave the world twelve artists. Ramsay Richard Reinagle received his first painting lessons from his father, the famous British court artist Philip Reinagle, whose style he followed. He first exhibited his works at the Royal Academy of Arts at the age of thirteen in 1788.

The ornithologist is probably Mr. Thomson.
The ornithologist is probably Mr. Thomson.

In 1796 he went to Italy, where he studied in Rome. He subsequently traveled to Holland to study paintings by the masters of Dutch painting.

After returning to his homeland, he collaborated for some time with Robert Barker in creating large panoramic paintings with a circular view.

In 1806, R. Reinagle was elected a member of the British Society of Painters in Water Colours. From 1808 to 1812, he was the President of the Society.

Portrait of two boys with their Newfoundland.
Portrait of two boys with their Newfoundland.

Between 1806 and 1812, he presented 67 of his works at exhibitions, mainly landscapes with views of Italy and English lakes. At the same time, he exhibited portraits and landscapes at the Royal Academy, of which he became an associate member in 1814. Member of the Academy since 1823.

R. Reinagle was a skilled businessman, often slightly correcting and embellishing paintings by old masters, passing them off as his own works.

Ramsay Richard Reinagle Lugrig and the Bratai River.
Lugrig and the Bratai River.

For which his diploma of the Royal Academician of Painting was declared invalid.

He died in Chelsea on November 17, 1862. His youngest son, George Philip Reinagle, was also an artist.

Ramsay Richard Reinagle John Peel (1776 1854) with one of his dogs.
John Peel (1776 1854) with one of his dogs.
Ramsay Richard Reinagle Group portrait of Robert, James and Mary Sarah, three children of James Greenhalgh.
Group portrait of Robert, James and Mary Sarah, three children of James Greenhalgh.
Ramsay Richard Reinagle Francis Noel Clarke Mundy and his grandson William Mundy.
Francis Noel Clarke Mundy and his grandson William Mundy.
Ramsay Richard Reinagle Croydon, Parish Church.
Croydon, Parish Church.
Ramsay Richard Reinagle A young man with a cricket stick walks a spaniel at Eton College.
A young man with a cricket stick walks a spaniel at Eton College.
Ramsay Richard Reinagle View from the shore of Keswick Lake.
View from the shore of Keswick Lake.
Ramsay Richard Reinagle Sir George Crewe, 8th Baronet, and his son John.
Sir George Crewe, 8th Baronet, and his son John.
Ramsay Richard Reinagle Jane.
Jane.
Ramsay Richard Reinagle Forest Landscape.
Forest Landscape, Ramsay Richard Reinagle.