Thomas Miles Richardson was an English landscape-painter.
Background
He was born at Newcastle on 15 May 1784. His father, George Richardson (died 1806) was the master of Saint Andrew"s grammar school, Newcastle. Moses Aaron Richardson was a younger brother.
After five years of cabinet-making, he became a teacher, and from 1806 to 1813 filled the post which his father had held at the grammar school.
Education
Richardson was at first apprenticed to an engraver and afterwards to a cabinet-maker, whom he left to set up in business for himself.
Career
Then he decided to adopt an artistic career, and soon acquired a reputation as a painter of landscape. He worked chiefly in watercolour, and found most of his subjects in the scenery of the Borders and the Scottish Highlands, though in later life he went as far afield as Italy and Switzerland. He died at Newcastle on 7 March 1848, leaving a widow and a large family, six of whom (George Richardson, Edward Richardson, Thomas Miles Richardson Jr1813-1890, Henry Burdon Richardson, Charles Richardson and John Isaac Richardson) followed the father"s profession.
Membership
Richardson became well known as a contributor to London exhibitions from 1818, when he sent his first picture to the Royal Academy, and was elected a member of the New Watercolour Society.