Victorian Watercolour Of Scottish Highland Scene By Thomas Miles Richardson Jr. RWS (1813-1890)

Victorian watercolour of Scottish highland scene by Thomas Miles Richardson (1813-1890). signed TMR to bottom right corner.

The son of the Newcastle landscape painter of the same name, Thomas Miles Richardson Junior was trained by his father. He began his career in his native Newcastle, where he first exhibited his work at the age of fourteen. By the 1830’s his watercolour landscapes were achieving a measure of commercial and critical success, and he was sending his work to be exhibited at the British Institution and the Royal Academy in London.

In 1851 he became a full member of the Old Watercolour Society (OWCS), and from then until his death took part in every summer and winter exhibition of the Society, eventually showing over seven hundred watercolours. Richardson travelled extensively throughout Scotland and the North of England, and also widely in Europe. He was known for his love of bright colours and use of white heightening.