CONTENTS
Introduction 1797 - 1827 Farringdon and Exmouth Devon William – Father of Richard Beavis Apprentice Boot and Shoemaker Elizabeth Taylor and Exeter Exmouth-cum-Littleham
1828 - 1845 Beavis Family Move to Sidmouth Sidmouth Life in Sidmouth1846 - 1856 Artistic Beginnings London - Summer of 1846 Somerset House The Strand London George Trollope and Sons Ornamental Design1857 - 1877 Artist in Watercolour and Oil The British Institution Family Laura Lucy Rafarel - Marriage 1859 Walrond – Dulford House, Cullompton Richard and Laura Lucy - London Boulogne - France Return to London c 1869 Tour of France - Autumn 1872 Return to London – Autumn1874 The Barbizon School The East - 1875 Egypt via Venice, Brindisi to Alexandria and Cairo, Desert crossing to Mount Sinai, Jaffa, Jerusalem. Jericho, the Jordan and the Dead Sea 1878 - 1897 Recognition Military Scenes and ‘The Halt of Prince Charles Edward on the Banks of the Nairn, after the Battle of Culloden’ Spanish Pictures Royal Academy Exhibitions 1878 – 1887 Lancelot Beavis – Calcutta 1882 Royal Tapestry Works - Windsor Trixie and Lancelot Separation – Laura Lucy leaves home 16 Notting Hill Square Kensington Royal Watercolour Society Edith Irene Elizabeth Gurney becomes engaged 1895 Last Will and Testament Richard Beavis’ Death Nov 13 1896 Postscript EPILOGUE The Royal Academy – list of Beavis paintings The British Institution – list of Beavis paintings Kensal Green Cemetery Probate Richard Beavis Robert Jonathan Beavis 1827 – 1898 and Ann Taylor Beavis 1829 – 1887 Lancelot Beavis, Micronesia and Family Sidmouth’s Boot and Shoemakers 1841-1842 GENEALOGYBIBLIOGRAPHY
1828 - 1845 Beavis Family Move to Sidmouth Sidmouth Life in Sidmouth1846 - 1856 Artistic Beginnings London - Summer of 1846 Somerset House The Strand London George Trollope and Sons Ornamental Design1857 - 1877 Artist in Watercolour and Oil The British Institution Family Laura Lucy Rafarel - Marriage 1859 Walrond – Dulford House, Cullompton Richard and Laura Lucy - London Boulogne - France Return to London c 1869 Tour of France - Autumn 1872 Return to London – Autumn1874 The Barbizon School The East - 1875 Egypt via Venice, Brindisi to Alexandria and Cairo, Desert crossing to Mount Sinai, Jaffa, Jerusalem. Jericho, the Jordan and the Dead Sea 1878 - 1897 Recognition Military Scenes and ‘The Halt of Prince Charles Edward on the Banks of the Nairn, after the Battle of Culloden’ Spanish Pictures Royal Academy Exhibitions 1878 – 1887 Lancelot Beavis – Calcutta 1882 Royal Tapestry Works - Windsor Trixie and Lancelot Separation – Laura Lucy leaves home 16 Notting Hill Square Kensington Royal Watercolour Society Edith Irene Elizabeth Gurney becomes engaged 1895 Last Will and Testament Richard Beavis’ Death Nov 13 1896 Postscript EPILOGUE The Royal Academy – list of Beavis paintings The British Institution – list of Beavis paintings Kensal Green Cemetery Probate Richard Beavis Robert Jonathan Beavis 1827 – 1898 and Ann Taylor Beavis 1829 – 1887 Lancelot Beavis, Micronesia and Family Sidmouth’s Boot and Shoemakers 1841-1842 GENEALOGYBIBLIOGRAPHY