Edmund Bristow - Artist

Edmund Bristow (1787-1876) was a sporting and animal painter who live in Windsor where he was patronised by the Duke of Clarence, later William VI, and by other members of the Royal family. He did exhibit for a brief period at the Royal Academy, showing 7 works between 1809-1829. He painted mainly sporting scenes, animals, portraits, rustic genre and landscape scenes. His style is more in the manner of Morland and Ibbetson than of the Victorian period. Bristow's character was reclusive, and he disliked patronage up to the point where he would refuse to sell works.