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REDMOND, Thomas, miniaturepaint- er. Was the son of a clergyman at Brecon, and was apprenticed to a house-painter at Bristol. He came to London, studied a short time at the St. Martin's Lane Aca- demy, and improved himself as an artist. In 1763 he was a member of the Free Society of Artists. He then settled at Bath, where he practised his art with suc- cess. He exhibited portraits in miniature and in crayons at the Royal Academy from 1775 to 1779. He died at Bath in 1786, aged about 40 years.

REED, Joseph Charles, landscape painter. Was born in 1822. He was elect- ed an associate of the Institute of Painters in Water-Colours in 1860, and became a full member about six years later. He sought for subjects for his art in various

f>arts of England, and contributed many andscapes to his Society's exhibitions from Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. He died in London, October 26, 1877.

REED, Robert, architect. He was born at Edinburgh, November 8, 1774, and practised in that city, where he de- signed and erected several important public edifices. Among them St. George's Church in Charlotte Square, the Law Courts and Courts of Justice in Parliament Square, and the Bank of Scotland. He exhibited at the Royal Academy, in London, in 1818- 19-20, his designs for several national works. He held the appointment of Queen's architect for Scotland. He died in Edinburgh, March 21, 1856.

REINAGLE, Philip,R.A., animal and landscape painter. Was born 1749, and was admitted to the Schools of the Royal Academy in 1769. He was after- wards employed by Ramsay, the court painter, and assisted him in the numerous repetitions of the royal portraits he was commissioned to supply. In 1773 he first exhibited at the Academy, and in that year and up to 1785 his contributions were exclusively portraits. He then tried animal painting with great success, and ex- hibited some subjects, introducing animals and birds, but from 1794 chiefly landscapes. His hunting pieces, sporting dogs, and dead game were excellent, and in 1787 he was elected an associate of the Academy, but he did not gain his election of Academician till 1812. He had great powers of .imita- tion, and copied the Dutch masters — Ruys- dael, Hobbema, Wynants, Wouvermans, and others, with such careful accuracy, that many of his copies pass for fine originals in good collections. He painted birds well, the plumage well coloured, and pencilled with great lightness and truth, and towards the end of the century exhibited some illustrations for Thornton's 'Botany/ continuing an exhibitor up to 1827. His ' Sportsman's Cabinet,' a work

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comprising all kinds of dogs used for sport, was engraved by Scott, and published 1803. He died at Chelsea, November 27, 1833, aged 84.

REINAGLE, Ramsay Richard, R.A., portrait and animal painter. Born March 19, 1775. He was the son of the foregoing. He painted both history and portrait, and also animals and landscapes, but chiefly ex- celled in the latter, exhibiting at the Aca- demy at a very early age. Some of his early life was passed m Italy, and in 1796 he was studying in Rome, and afterwards in Holland from the Dutch masters. In 1806 he exhibited with the Water-Colour Society some Italian Landscapes, and in 1807 was elected a member of the Society, and con- tinued to exhibit, mostly scenes in Italy, up to 1 812, when he was appointed the treasurer, but in the next year ne left the Society on the changes which then took place. He had during this time been a regular exhibitor also at the Academy, and m 1814 he was elected an associate and 1823 a full member. In 1848, having purchased a landscape and exhibited it at the Academy as his own, he was, after a full inquiry, called upon to resign his diploma. He did not, however, cease to exhibit at the Academy, sending for the last time two landscapes in 1857, nor did the Academy withhold their assist- ance from him ; he received till his death a liberal allowance from the Academy funds. He died at Chelsea, November 17, 1862, aged 87.

REINAGLE, George Phillip, marine painter. Son of the above, by whom he was instructed in art. Was a successful copyist of the Dutch masters, particularly Backhuysen and William Vandevelde, and probably from them gained his feeling for marine subjects. He first exhibited at the Academy in 1824, and in that and the three followingyears contributed naval scenes. He accompanied the English Fleet and painted with great success * The Battle of Navarino,' which, with other subjects connected with the battle, he exhibited in 1829-30-31. He was also with Admiral Napier's fleet in the action with the Portuguese, and exhibited

in 1835, his last contribution to the Aca- demy. He painted both in oil and in water- colours, had a good knowledge of shipping, and was of much promise as a marine painter. He died, prematurely, at Camden Town. December 6, 1835. aged 33.
 * Napier's Victory over the Miguelite Fleet,'

list. Was born in the parish of St. Clement's Dane, London, the son of a Norwegian goldsmith who had come to this country and settled in London, 1666, practising as a seal engraver. His genius soon gained him employment, and his great ability be- coming known on the Continent he received commissions from Denmark, Germany and
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