Sidney Richard Percy. Sidney Richard Percy was an English landscape painter during the Victorian era, and a member of the Williams family of painters.
Sidney Richard Percy was born Sidney Richard Percy Williams on 22 March 1822 in London. He was the fifth son of the painter Edward Williams and Ann Hildebrandt, and a member of the Williams family of painters, who were related to such famous artists as James Ward, R.A.
and George Morland. His father was a well-known landscape artist, who taught him how to paint; otherwise he received no formal instruction.
Although his early paintings were signed Sidney Williams, he used the name Percy from the age of 20 onwards to differentiate himself from the other artists in his family. Starting in 1842, he exhibited at the Royal Academy, the British Institution, and the Suffolk Street Gallery of the Society of British Artists.
He also exhibited in many of the lesser-known Victorian art venues as well. His early years were spent in or near the artist's quarter of Tottenham Court, before moving about 1846 with his family to Barnes on the outskirts of London. Here he lived and worked with his father and brothers in a communal artist setting in a large house with a studio that they shared at 32 Castelnau Villas. Barnes today is part of the urban sprawl of London, but much of it was rural countryside in Victorian times. Situated close to the Thames River, there were q
Sidney Richard Percy was born Sidney Richard Percy Williams on 22 March 1822 in London. He was the fifth son of the painter Edward Williams and Ann Hildebrandt, and a member of the Williams family of painters, who were related to such famous artists as James Ward, R.A.
and George Morland. His father was a well-known landscape artist, who taught him how to paint; otherwise he received no formal instruction.
Although his early paintings were signed Sidney Williams, he used the name Percy from the age of 20 onwards to differentiate himself from the other artists in his family. Starting in 1842, he exhibited at the Royal Academy, the British Institution, and the Suffolk Street Gallery of the Society of British Artists.
He also exhibited in many of the lesser-known Victorian art venues as well. His early years were spent in or near the artist's quarter of Tottenham Court, before moving about 1846 with his family to Barnes on the outskirts of London. Here he lived and worked with his father and brothers in a communal artist setting in a large house with a studio that they shared at 32 Castelnau Villas. Barnes today is part of the urban sprawl of London, but much of it was rural countryside in Victorian times. Situated close to the Thames River, there were q
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