Robert Charles Goff

[4][5] He fought in the Crimean War and became adjutant of his regiment before going to Ceylon and then transferring to the 15th Foot then the Coldstream Guards.

Having achieved the rank of colonel, he retired from the Coldstream Guards in 1878 to concentrate on his art work, having learned etching from a fellow officer.

[7] He then moved during the First World War to Villa Valerie, Bellaria, La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland where he died in 1922.

[3] Brighton and Hove Museum and Art Gallery hold a large collection of Goff's work.

On display were local views of Brighton, Hove and Sussex, as well as pictures from his travels in other parts of Britain, Italy, Egypt and Japan.

Study in the mercato vecchio of Florence in the year 1884. Watercolour, reproduced in Florence & some Tuscan cities Painted by Colonel R. C. Goff · Described by Clarissa Goff (London: A. & C. Black, 1905