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Gold Medal 1855

Richard Ansdell won a Gold Medal in Paris in 1855

Richard Ansdell

Spain 1856

Richard Ansdell visited Spain in 1856 with John Phillip RA and later on his own.  He loved the Mediterranean light

 

Spanish Posada, Granada (1866) by kind permission of Bonhams

Starr Hills Lytham St.Annes

Starr Hills, his beloved house at Lytham St Annes where he took his large family to enjoy the sea air and the dunes is now a Residential Care Home and formerly a care home for troops during WW1 

By kind permission of Methodist Homes (MHA)

Blue Commemorate Plaques

There are blue commemorate plaques at Starr Hills and also at Lytham House, Kensington.
There are streets named after Richard Ansdell in London and Manchester and other places 

Richard Ansdell
Blue Commemorate Plaques
By kind permission of Lytham St Annes Civic Society and London Remembers

Town Name

Richard Ansdell is the only artist in Great Britain to have a town named after him.  This town is now part of Lytham, St. Annes and Fairhaven

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Ansdell Town

Wicker Sculpture

Richard Ansdell stands proud as a wicker sculpture outside Ansdell Library

 

Richard Ansdell
WickerMan
By kind permission of Ansdell in Bloom “thanks to Ansdell in Bloom”

New Art Gallery

There is a brand new art gallery at Lytham Hall, showcasing the famous Art Collection on a rotating basis, Fylde Gallery at Lytham Hall

Lytham Hall

“In his case I must say that artists like him were chroniclers of customs, who have left us an invaluable and beautiful testimony to later generations, surpassing the very beauty of what they saw.
And how important it is to lovingly care for and propagate their works! So thank you!”

This is a quote from an Email I had from Helvia Cesario in Argentina who is writing a book called ‘El Brujo del Sable’ about Don Andrés Jacinto Cesario (her great, great grandfather) who founded the first fencing academy and was the fencing teacher of Argentinian heroes, four of whom became presidents of the nation.

It is a fine example of the union of kindred spirits across the Internet due to websites such as this – so bring it on!

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