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3/8/2010:Per The Getty's Database: Note: Richards worked as a landscape painter in New York City, New York in 1844-1845. In 1848 Richards moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and became a daguerreotypist. During the 1850s, Richards made landscape views of Pennsylvania. He also photographed landmark buildings in Philadelphia facing demolition. In 1855 Richards travelled in Europe. From 1854 to 1857, Richards was partners with John Betts. They opened a studio in Philadelphia called "Richards & Betts". Richards gave up professional photography in 1866 and returned to painting, becoming a prominent landscape and marine artist making etchings, watercolors and oil paintings. American, 1822 - 1903 Active: 1848 - 1866 Philadelphia Frederick DeBourg Richards was born in 1922 in Wilmington, Delaware, where he lived until 1844. His dedication to perfecting his craft led him to move to New York City where he believed there was a greater chance of establishing his name. He returned to Philadelphia in 1848 and opened a daguerreotype gallery that remained in operation until 1856. During the 1870s and 1880s, Richards was a frequent visitor to Anglesea (now North Wildwood) on the New Jersey shore and there created a substantial body of small, minimal and very elegant cyanotypes of the coastline. Lot 602 is one, very typical example of this exquisite