A Life Dedicated to Likeness: The World of Richard Evans Richard Evans (1784-1871) occupies a fascinating, if often overlooked, position in the landscape of 19th-century British portraiture. Born into an era captivated by image and social standing, he carved out a career not as a revolutionary innovator, but as a supremely skilled and adaptable painter – a portraitist and copyist whose work reflected the tastes and demands of his time…