John Francis Rigaud
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John Francis Rigaud was a British painter who specialised in history painting and portrait painting. Of French descent, he was born in Turin and spent most of his career in England.
John Francis Rigaud by George Dance (1793)
Johann Reinhold Forster and Georg Forster in Tahiti, by John Francis Rigaud 1780.
Samson Breaking his Bands (1784)
Portrait of the artist with his wife Mary Williams and children (Mary, Stephen and Betsy), in his studio, 1782.
St James' Church is an 18th-century chapel situated in the grounds of Packington Hall, near Meriden, Warwickshire. It is a Grade I listed building.
John Francis Rigaud
…After his wife's death, Rigaud lived with his son. He died from apoplexy on 6 December 1810 at Packington Hall in Warwickshire and was buried in St James' Church, Great Packington. Cust, L. H. and Martin Myrone. "John Francis Rigaud" DNB. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. 2004. Retrieved on 2…
Church of St James Great Packington from NW 3a 2008