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Richard Dadd (1 August 1817 – 7 January 1886) was an English painter of the Victorian era, noted for his depictions of fairies and other supernatural subjects, Orientalist scenes, and enigmatic genre scenes, rendered with obsessively minuscule detail. Most of the works for which he is best known were created while he was a patient in Bethlem and Broadmoor hospitals.
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Richard Dadd The Flight out of Egypt
1849–50
Richard Dadd Wandering Musicians
c.1878
Richard Dadd The Pilot Boat
1858–9
Richard Dadd A Turk
1863
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