Richard Brydges Beechey

British · 1808–1895 · Painter

Richard Brydges Beechey was an Anglo-Irish painter and admiral in the Royal Navy. (Wikipedia)

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Richard Brydges Beechey was an Anglo-Irish painter and admiral in the Royal Navy.

Excerpt from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born 1808, LondonDied 1895, HampshireOccupation PainterWikidata Q1233896 ↗ULAN 500116922 ↗Museum works 8

Also known as Admiral Richard Brydges Beechey, Capt. Beechey, Capt. R.B. Beechy, R.B. Beechey, Richard Beechey, Richard Brydges Beechey Admiral

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

Richard Brydges Beechey, HMY Victoria and Albert II — **HMY Victoria and Albert II**1887
Royal Collection ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Royal Collection

Richard Brydges Beechey, First Come, First Served — **First Come, First Served**1873
Royal Museums Greenwich ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Royal Museums Greenwich

Richard Brydges Beechey, Captain Markham's most northerly encampment — **Captain Markham's most northerly encampment**1850
Royal Museums Greenwich ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Royal Museums Greenwich

Richard Brydges Beechey, HMS 'Erebus' passing through the chain of bergs, 1842 — **HMS 'Erebus' passing through the chain of bergs, 1842**1860
Royal Museums Greenwich ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Royal Museums Greenwich

Richard Brydges Beechey, HM Mailboat Connaught — **HM Mailboat Connaught**1868
National Gallery of Ireland ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — National Gallery of Ireland

Richard Brydges Beechey, The Day after the Battle of Trafalgar, Securing the Prize — **The Day after the Battle of Trafalgar, Securing the Prize**
Dallas Museum of Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Dallas Museum of Art

Richard Brydges Beechey, Antarctic Expedition: Escape from the Bergs, 1842 — **Antarctic Expedition: Escape from the Bergs, 1842**1863
Scott Polar Research Institute ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Scott Polar Research Institute

Richard Brydges Beechey, Antarctic Expedition: Gale in the Pack, 1842 — **Antarctic Expedition: Gale in the Pack, 1842**1863
Scott Polar Research Institute ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Scott Polar Research Institute

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By). See data sources & attribution.

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