Edward Villiers Rippingille

Edward Villiers Rippingille. 1798 King?s Lynn - 1859 Swan. Stellte in der Royal Academy London, Edward Villiers Rippingille. 1798 King?s Lynn - 1859 Swan. Stellte in der Royal Academy London, Frankreich und Italien aus. Sign. 1851 dat. Halbfigürliches Portrait einer jungen Frau vor Parkhintergrund. Meisterlich charakterisiert. Öl/Lwd. 92 x 71 cm. R

Edward Villiers Rippingille (BRITISH, 1798-1859) Portrait of a lady, bust-length, in oriental dress inscribed on the reverse 'from E. V. Rippingille' with indistinct inscription below ' Writing above appears to be:- from E.V. Rippingille/S. T. Roberts/Hotel Royal Calais/in commemoration of the many/agreeable hours spent under/a roof upon which may the ***/fall a letter/***open anisi soit-il/8 July 1833 ' (on a label on the reverse) oil on panel 21 x 18 in. (53.4 x 45.6 cm.)

Edward Villiers Rippingille (BRITISH, 1798-1859) Portrait of a lady, bust-length, in oriental dress inscribed on the reverse 'from E. V. Rippingille' with indistinct inscription below ' Writing above appears to be:- from E.V. Rippingille/S. T. Roberts/Hotel Royal Calais/in commemoration of the many/agreeable hours spent under/a roof upon which may the ***/fall a letter/***open anisi soit-il/8 July 1833 ' (on a label on the reverse) oil on panel 21 x 18 in. (53.4 x 45.6 cm.)

Edward Villiers Rippingille(1798-1859) oil on wooden panel The Post Office, letters of grief and joy 19 x 23.5in. Estimate £2,000-3,000 Wooden panel with crude 'chessboard' painted verso along withChristie's numbers 500J and 794EY. Dirty with a few scratches,underlying lines/drawing showing through. Some of the detail verygood, other less so. Auction catalogue? description verso no.37 with extensivedescription of the picture with details of all of the figuresroles. Tatty later wooden scroll frame.

Edward Villiers Rippingille (circa 1790-1859) Settling the Account signed and dated 'E.V. Rippingille/1821.' (lower left) oil on mahogany panel 15 x 11¾ in. (38.1 x 29.8 cm.) Lot Notes Rippingille was born circa 1790, possibly in King's Lynn, and by1807 or 1808 is known to have been painting portraits and givingdrawing lessons in Wisbech. By 1817 he had moved to The Mall,Clifton, then outside Bristol, and was painting portraits of thelocal gentry. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1819 andhis work showed the influence of Edward Bird (1772-1819). Heremained in Bristol until 1832 when he moved to London although hecontinued to maintain his friendships with the Bristol school ofartists, including James Baker Pyne (1800-1870), with whom hetravelled to France later that year. Rippingille continued toexhibit history and genre pictures at the Royal Academy throughouthis life.