During a twenty-four year residence in London Richard Lee Bradshaw devoted himself to studies in art, genealogy, and British history, particularly the 1642 - 1776 period of English...view moreDuring a twenty-four year residence in London Richard Lee Bradshaw devoted himself to studies in art, genealogy, and British history, particularly the 1642 - 1776 period of English American colonization. He studied English watercolor techniques and achieved success in having his paintings accepted for the Royal Academy Open show and the Royal Society of Painters in Watercolour in 1986. He began writing in 1990, contributing to Margaret Hyde’s 1996 book Thomas Arden of Faversham, and publishing articles on the East India Company’s Nepalese War of 1815. He has been a member of the London’s Institute of Historical Research, The Society of Genealogists, and The Royal Society of Painters in Watercolour.view less