Richard Greaves Adamthwaite, artist of Salford (~1823 - after 1863)

From ‘A Manx Note Book’ edited by Francis Coakley http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/views/various/index.htm

View from Douglas Head - dated c.1850 as shows St Thomas's (with its intended but never built spire), the houses on left are Fort Anne (showing only the left wing, the central block is in shadow and the right wing obscured) & Falcon Cliff (then home of Edward Downes), Harold Tower is I think off the view to the left. The old courthouse is I think visible at the end of the red pier (dating it thus pre 1860) - if the identification of the spire is that of St Thomas's then probably dates c. 1848/9 during building work as non-erection of broach spire known post 1850. (image reproduced with permission of the Editor of A Manx Note Book)

Inscription R. G. Adamthwaite Del & Scult.

Richard Greaves Adamthwaite was born about 1823 in Salford, the son of Thomas Adamthwaite (a tailor) and Catalina (possibly Greaves), living in Salford in the 1841 and 1861 census, in 1841 he was an engravers apprentice, in 1861 he gives his occupation as 'artist (painting and engraving)' - there is no sighting post 1861, however he did report his mother’s death in 1863 at which time he was living at 4 Entwistle Street in Salford.