William Quiller Orchardson, artist and Royal Academician Size:S: 30 x 25cm 5th July 1987

5th July 1987

West view of Guildhall Chapel and Blackwell Hall

1st August 1798 (1816)

Plate from the monograph On Euplectella aspergillum

The deeds of Sir Geraint

William Quiller Orchardson, artist and Royal Academician Size:S: 30 x 25cm 5th July 1987William Quiller Orchardson, artist and Royal Academician, 1882. Born in Scotland, Orchardson (1832 1910) was a subject and portrait painter who moved to London in 1862. He is best known for his depictions of upper class society in the 18th century and Regency periods. He became a Royal Academician in 1877. From Men of Mark: a gallery of contemporary portraits of men distinguished in the Senate, the Church, in science, literature and art, the army,