Αφιέρωμα στον βρετανό ζωγράφο Richard Doyle 1824-1883.

 

He was the second son of the caricaturist John Doyle and elder brother to Charles Altamont Doyle. He showed remarkable imaginative skill as a draughtsman and from the age of nineteen became a regular contributorχ to Punch, designing the original cover and remaining on the staff until 1850. In 1851 Doyle illustrated Ruskin's The King of the Golden River. His fairy subjects alternate with themes from everyday life. He exhibited at the Royal Academy (1866 and 1871) and a collection of his drawings was shown at the Grosvenor Gallery in 1881. He died two years later of apoplexy.

Richard Doyle (British illustrator) 1824 - 1883 The Knight Pursued by Sprites, s.d. pen and ink and watercolour 12 x 20 cm. (4.75 x 7.88 in.) signed with initials (lower right) private collection © 

Richard Doyle (British illustrator) 1824 - 1883 Pursued by Elves, s.d. pencil, pen and grey ink and blue wash on paper 26 x 18.1 cm. (10.25 x 7.13 in.) signed 'RDoyle' (lower left) private collection © 

Richard Doyle (British illustrator) 1824 - 1883 Thor, God of Thunder, 1872 pencil and watercolour, heightened with touches of white on paper 35.3 x 50.5 cm. (13.88 x 19.88 in.) signed with monogram and dated '1872' (lower left) private collection © 

Richard Doyle (British illustrator) 1824 - 1883 The Altar Cup in Aagerup: the Trolls Give Chase, s.d. pen and ink and watercolour 17 x 11.5 cm. (6.69 x 4.5 in.) private collection 

Richard Doyle (British illustrator) 1824 - 1883 Knight on Horseback Attacking Large Dragon, s.d. watercolour 15.5 x 29 cm. (6.13 x 11.42 in.) signed with initials (lower right) private collection 

Richard Doyle (British illustrator) 1824 - 1883 Snow White and Rose Red, 1877 watercolour heightened with bodycolour 25 x 46 cm. (9.84 x 18.11 in.) signed with initials and dated '1877' (lower right) private collection 

Richard Doyle (British painter) 1824 - 1883 Elves in a Rabbit Warren, 1875 pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour, on paper 30.5 x 49.5 cm. (12 x 19.5 in.) signed with monogram and indistinctly dated '1875' (lower right) private collection 

Richard Doyle (British illustrator) 1824 - 1883 Fairies and Squirrels in a Forest, s.d. pencil and watercolour on paper 35.5 x 50.8 cm. (14 x 20 in.) signed with monogram (lower left) and numbered '36' (on the reverse) private collection 

Richard Doyle (British illustrator) 1824 - 1883 The Knight and the Spectre, s.d. watercolour on paper 18.5 x 35.5 cm. (7.28 x 13.98 in.) National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland 

Richard Doyle (British illustrator) 1824 - 1883 Day Dreaming, s.d. watercolour s.l. 

Richard Doyle (British painter) 1824 - 1883 The God Thor Drives the Dwarfs out of Scandinavia by Throwing his Hammer at Them, 1878 watercolour on paper 48.3 x 66.7 cm. (19 x 26.25 in.) signed with initials RD and dated 1878 (lower left) private collection