Thomas Brigstocke

Eight months later he became a student at the Royal Academy Schools,[2] first under Henry Perronet Briggs, and then under John Prescott Knight.

During this period he made various copies of the old masters, including one of Raphael's Transfiguration which was bought as an altarpiece for Christ Church, Albany Street, London, on the recommendation of the painter William Collins.

[3] During his time in Rome he associated with two other Welsh artists residents there, John Gibson and Penry Williams, as well as Englishmen such as E.M. Ward and Joseph Severn.

He spent sixteen months working in Egypt, mainly at the Palace of Shoubra, on the Nile, near Cairo, and at Ras el Tin, Alexandria.

[6] His portraits subjects included: His other paintings include the Moses with Arms supported by Aaron and Hur, in the collection of Aberystwyth University[9] and A Dog of the Convent of Great St. Bernard, remarkable for his docility, courage and intelligence, and for his attachment to his master, on whose tomb he is represented (Royal Academy 1857).