Richard Dadd

British artist (1817-1886)
Person human Q449519

Facts

31 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[21]
Date of birth
August 1, 1817, 1819[2][10]
Date of death
January 7, 1886, 1887, January 8, 1886[4][11][12]
Place of birth
Chatham, High Street[1][8]
Ethnic group
British[17]
Father
Robert Dadd[14]
Cause of death
lung disease, tuberculosis
Work location
London, Cairo, Greece, Italy, Turkey
Languages spoken, written or signed
English
Artist files at
Frick Art Research Library, Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library
Copyright status as a creator
copyrights on works have expired
End of work period
1886
Family name
Dadd
Given name
Richard
Manner of death
natural causes
Medical condition
schizophrenia
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Name in native language
Richard Dadd
Place of burial
Broadmoor Asylum Cemetery[13]
Start of work period
1832
Writing language
English
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 86
VIAF cluster ID
35351853, 315950482
Library of Congress authority ID
n50041566
GND ID
122968883
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Richard-Dadd-1817-1886.jpg ↗
AAGM person or institution ID
798
ARTIC artist ID
42748
Art Renewal Center artist ID
2450
Art UK artist ID
dadd-richard-18171886
Artcyclopedia artist ID
dadd_richard
Artists of the World ID
10178195
Artnet artist ID
richard-dadd
Show all 86 identifiers +74
Artsy artist ID
richard-dadd
AskArt person ID
9000414
Athenaeum person ID
116
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
DaddRichard1817-1886
Benezit ID
B00045682
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
16965137m
Bridgeman artist ID
1198
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
dadd-richard
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp01415421
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf11316188
Christie's creator ID
17585
CiNii Research ID
1140845216491429248
Cyprus University of Technology ID
100649
DBNL author ID
dadd001
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
122968883
Discogs artist ID
2251732
Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID
109250
Europeana entity
agent/base/147112
FAST ID
14244
FamilySearch person ID
L7SH-CNY
Famous Birthdays ID
people/richard-dadd
Find a Grave memorial ID
15310988
Freebase ID
/m/0h9sm
Frick Art Research Library Artist File ID
991003964729707141
Google Arts & Culture entity ID
m0h9sm
Grove Art Online ID
T021109
ISFDB author ID
116450
IdRef ID
082071578
Invaluable.com person ID
k1wabd5php
J. Paul Getty Museum agent DOR ID (old)
277
J. Paul Getty Museum agent ID
person/103JS7
Kallías ID
PE00443662
Libraries Australia ID
35032958
Met Constituent ID
166310
MutualArt artist ID
74D2120016A1714A
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA07957856
NDL Authority ID
00465211
NLA Trove people ID
805573
NUKAT ID
n2004001708
National Library of Brazil ID
001461647
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000286165
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007307209605171
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX5570720
National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID
mp01165
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
147627079
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3890218
Open Plaques subject ID
318
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID
37337
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803095657469
Philadelphia Museum of Art entity ID
11812
RA Collections ID
20371
RKDartists ID
19600
Royal Academy ID
richard-dadd
SHARE Catalogue author ID
215205
SNAC ARK ID
w6z331p2
Tate artist ID
richard-dadd-130
The Encyclopedia of Fantasy ID
dadd_richard
The Literary Encyclopedia person ID
1117
Topic's main category
Category:Richard Dadd
Treccani ID
richard-dadd
Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID
richard-dadd
UK National Archives ID
F53926
Union List of Artist Names ID
500014877
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/134721
Watercolour World artist ID
richard-dadd
Wellcome Collection concept ID
a3k2v57x
WikiArt ID
richard-dadd
WikiTree person ID
Dadd-56
WorldCat Entities ID
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YCBA agent ID
110
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Richard Dadd was born on August 1, 1817 · Chatham [1][2][3][4][5][6]. He held citizenship in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and United Kingdom [7].

Richard Dadd worked as a painter, illustrator, and architectural draftsperson [1][8]. His work was associated with the fairy painting movement [9], and he explored various genres including genre art, history painting, landscape painting, marine art, and still life [10].

He passed away on January 7, 1886 [1][2][3][4][9][11], at Broadmoor Hospital [1][2][3][4][9][11]. The cause of his death was lung disease [1].

Richard Dadd's life came to an end at Broadmoor Hospital [1][2][3][4][9][11] on the specified date, with his citizenship [7] and occupation [1][8] being notable aspects of his life, in addition to his movement [9] and genres [10], ultimately succumbing to lung disease [1] on January 7, 1886 [1][2][3][4][9][11].

Body

Origins and Family

Recorded place of birth include Chatham[1], a town[25], in United Kingdom[26] and High Street[8], a street[27], in United Kingdom[28].

Education

Educated at King's School, Rochester[18], a boarding school[29], in United Kingdom[30], founded in 0604[31] and Royal Academy of Arts[19], a national academy[32], in United Kingdom[33], founded in 1768[34], headquartered in City of Westminster[35].

Death and Burial

Recorded place of death include Broadmoor Hospital[3], a psychiatric hospital[36], in United Kingdom[37], founded in 1863[38] and Crowthorne[9], a town[39], in United Kingdom[40]. Recorded cause of death include lung disease[41] and tuberculosis[42].

FAQs

Where was Richard Dadd born?

Richard Dadd was born in Chatham[1].

Where did Richard Dadd die?

Richard Dadd passed away in Broadmoor Hospital[3].

Who were Richard Dadd's parents?

Richard Dadd's father was Robert Dadd[14].

What did Richard Dadd do for work?

Richard Dadd worked as painter[5], illustrator[6], and architectural drafter[7].

Where did Richard Dadd go to school?

Richard Dadd was educated at King's School, Rochester[18] and Royal Academy of Arts[19].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . RKDartists. wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. britishnewspaperarchive.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . Art UK painters database. wikidata.org.
  5. [21] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [14] ↑ . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. wikidata.org.
  7. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [16] ↑ . Artnet. wikidata.org.
  9. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [5] ↑ . RKDartists. wikidata.org.
  12. [6] ↑ . RKDartists. wikidata.org.
  13. [7] ↑ . Union List of Artist Names. wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. wikidata.org.
  15. [22] ↑ . tate.org.uk. Retrieved . tate.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [23] ↑ . RKDartists. wikidata.org.
  17. [24] ↑ . RKDartists. wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . Art UK painters database. wikidata.org.
  19. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [42] ↑ . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. britishnewspaperarchive.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [2] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [10] ↑ . Artnet. wikidata.org.
  23. [4] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [11] ↑ . Artnet. wikidata.org.
  25. [12] ↑ . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. britishnewspaperarchive.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  16. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 4w ago · Piecesofuk · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Find a Grave memorial ID → 15310988
    Father → Robert Dadd
    Place of burial → Broadmoor Asylum Cemetery
    Cause of death → lung disease, tuberculosis
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Father: Robert Dadd"
  2. 4w ago · Piecesofuk · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fi', 'fr', 'he', 'hy', 'it', 'ja', 'nl',
    Claims rich → —
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  3. 20w ago · Sj1mor · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Plaque image → RICHARD DADD 1817-1886 Painter lived here.jpg
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  4. 22w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Movement → fairy painting
    Citizenship → —
    Work period start → —
    Languages spoken, written or signed → English
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