Edward Villiers Rippingille (?1798-1859) Born in King's Lynn, Norfolk. Artist and journalist. A pupil of Edward Bird, Rippingille was based in Bristol where he became known for his landscapes, portraits and genre scenes in the manner of David Wilkie, such as Stagecoach Breakfast (1824), which includes portraits of S. T. Coleridge and William and Dorothy Wordsworth. After visiting France and Italy he painted picturesque Italian scenes such as Mendicants of the Campagna (1840-44) now in the V and A. A contributor to the Art Journal, he founded the Artist and Amateurs' Magazine in 1843, winning a prize in the cartoon competition for the new palace of Westminster in the same year. Although he exhibited at the Royal Academy he was precluded from becoming an Academician on the grounds of his 'irregular' lifestyle. (See Turner, Dictionary of Art, pp. 418-19.)