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Article: PAINTER OF LOCAL NAVAL HISTORY SAW ENCOUNTERS FOR HIMSELF.(LOCAL)
- Article from:
- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- August 25, 1997
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Byline: GEORGE TUCKER
Any historical researcher worth his or her salt learns early on to never underestimate obscure biographical details that occasionally surface in the printed obituaries of once-famous or even lesser-known people.
Take the case of Benjamin Adworth Richardson (1833-1909), the Portsmouth-born house and sign painter who later operated a paint, oil, glass and artist's supply store on Roanoke Avenue in downtown Norfolk. Richardson was also what is known in professional art circles as a Sunday painter (an amateur), and this serves to bring up the curtain on today's column.
Little has survived from Richardson's easel, and what has ...