Maker/Artist
Richards, Frederick DeBourg
American photographer, painter, and etcher, 1822-1903
Richards worked as a landscape painter in New York City, New York in 1844-1845. In 1848 Richards moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and became a daguerreotypist. During the 1850s, Richards made landscape views of Pennsylvania. He also photographed landmark buildings in Philadelphia facing demolition. In 1855 Richards travelled in Europe. From 1854 to 1857, Richards was partners with John Betts. They opened a studio in Philadelphia called "Richards & Betts". Richards gave up professional photography in 1866 and returned to painting, becoming a prominent landscape and marine artist making etchings, watercolors and oil paintings.
