Edward R. Taylor

Edward Richard Taylor RBSA (14 June 1838 – 14 January 1911) was an English artist and educator.

[2] In December 1898, he founded Ruskin Pottery at Smethwick, Staffordshire.

Since 2003, the work of this artist has been auctioned with one painting, The Avon from Bideford, sold at Andrew Hartley Fine Arts in 2012 for a record price.

[3] Taylor married Mary Parr on 1 May 1858 at St. John, Burslem.

His youngest son, William Howson Taylor (1876–1935), took over Ruskin Pottery after the death of his father on 14 January 1912.