page_title: James Stephen Rigaud
hierarchical_section_title: James Stephen Rigaud
caption_attribution_description: Caption from the museum This portrait, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1778, shows the children of the artist's brother, James Stephen Rigaud, Astronomer Royal: Stephen Peter Rigaud (1774–1839), who was four, and his elder sister, who was seven. They are seen playfully embracing each other in Richmond Park; the building in the background is Kew Observatory, where their father was employed. S. P. Rigaud spent his later years at Oxford, where he was Savilian Professor of Geometry, 1810–1827 and of Astronomy, 1827–1839.
context_page_description: James Stephen Rigaud, also known as Stephen Riguard, was an astronomer of the 18th century.
context_section_description: James Stephen Rigaud (1726 – 16 April 1814), also known as Stephen Riguard, was an astronomer of the 18th century.
caption: Mary Anne and Stephen Peter Rigaud by their uncle John Francis Rigaud, 1778 (Ashmolean Museum).
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