A Life Immersed in Rural England: Basil Bradley (1842-1904) Basil Bradley, born in Hampstead, London, in 1842, was a painter deeply attuned to the rhythms and quiet beauty of the English countryside. While his father, William Bradley, was a portrait painter who moved the family from Manchester to London seeking higher class commissions, it was within the landscapes and animal life surrounding them that Basil found his artistic calling…