Redgrave, Richard Richard Redgrave RA (30 April 1804 - 14 December 1888) was an English artist. Redgrave was born on 30 April 1804 in Pimlico, at 2 Belgrave Terrace, the second son of William Redgrave, and younger brother of Samuel Redgrave. While was employed in his father's manufacturing firm, he visited the British Museum to make drawings of the Marble sculpture there. His work' The River Brent, near Hanwell' of 1825 saw him admitted to the Royal Academy the next year. He left his father's firm in 1830 and began to make a living teaching art.