Briton Rivière: Compulsory Education, 1887

Briton Rivière (1840-1920) was a British artist of Huguenot descent. He exhibited a variety of paintings at the Royal Academy, but devoted much of his life to animal paintings. Briton was educated at Cheltenham College and Oxford, where he took his degree in 1867. Early in his career, Rivière made some mark as an illustrator, beginning with Punch. He was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy of Arts in 1878, and a Royal Academician in 1881.

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