Arthur Perigal

Arthur Perigal (c.1784–1847) was a British historical, portrait and landscape painter.

Life Perigal was born in London on 10 January 1784 the son of Francois Perigal and his wife, Marie Ogier.

He studied under Henry Fuseli at the Royal Academy, and in 1811 gained the gold medal for historical painting, the subject being Themistocles taking Refuge at the Court of Admetus.

Perigal for some time practised portrait-painting in London, but around 1820 he appears to have gone to Northampton, and then later moved to Manchester. He lastly settled in Edinburgh, where he taught drawing, and from 1833 onwards exhibited portraits and landscapes at the Royal Scottish Academy.

Perigal died at 21 Hill Street, Edinburgh, on 19 September 1847, aged 63.

Their eldest son, Arthur Perigal, the younger (1816–1884) was a landscape-painter.