Frederick Charles Richards Papers,

Etchings and sketches drawn by Frederick Charles Richards; pocket diaries, 1919-1929; notebooks; press cuttings from The Egyptian Gazette, The Egyptian Mail and The Sphinx; correspondence, 1927-1932; research notes and a draft typescript of A Persian Journey (1932); research notes on Roman and Egyptian civilization, the architecture of London and other English cities, and various philosophical themes; miscellanea.

Frederick Charles Richards (1878-1932) was born in Newport, Monmouthshire. He was the youngest son of Edwin Kemp Richards, a butcher. In 1909, he received a scholarship to the Royal College of Art, South Kensington where he learned etchings. His first exhibition was at the Royal Academy in 1911, and he studied for a diploma of the Royal College of Art and gained the Fellowship of the Royal Society of Painters-Etchers. In 1920, he joined the College of Arts, before making a base in Egypt in 1927. Here he held exhibitions at Alexandria and also at Tehran and presented twenty-one of his oriental paintings to his hometown. In 1931, he returned to London, and wrote 'A Persian Journey' with forty-eight illustrations drawn during his nine months in Persia. He died 27 March 1932.

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Frederick Charles Richards (1878-1932) was born in Newport, Monmouthshire. He was the youngest son of Edwin Kemp Richards, a butcher. In 1909, he received a scholarship to the Royal College of Art, South Kensington where he learned etchings. His first exhibition was at the Royal Academy in 1911, and he studied for a diploma of the Royal College of Art and gained the Fellowship of the Royal Society of Painters-Etchers. In 1920, he joined the College of Arts, before making a base in Egypt in 1927. Here he held exhibitions at Alexandria and also at Tehran and presented twenty-one of his oriental paintings to his hometown. In 1931, he returned to London, and wrote 'A Persian Journey' with forty-eight illustrations drawn during his nine months in Persia. He died 27 March 1932.

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A hard copy of the catalogue is available in Minor Lists and Summaries 1984 at the National Library of Wales.

April 2003

Compiled by Seri Crawley for the ANW Project. The following sources were used for the preparation of the description: NLW, Minor Lists and Summaries (1984); Dictionary of Welsh Biography down to 1940 (London, 1959).

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