Richardson, Christopher, Doncaster, Yorks., carver in wood (c.1740–67). Took apps named Theakston in 1753, Halley in 1754 and Kidson in 1759. [S of G, app. index] Subscribed to James Paine's Noblemen's and Gentlemen's Seats, 1767. Worked under George Platt at Cusworth Hall, near Doncaster, c.1740, as a carver in wood and stone. J. Battie, the owner of Cusworth wrote to John Grimston regarding a picture frame maker: ‘his name is Richardson and he lives at Doncaster & is thought to be a very good workman, the round frames cost 5 guineas each and the square ones six’. He offered to have frames made for John, if he would ‘have a plan of them sent’. [M. E. Ingram, Leaves from a Family Tree, p. 51; Beard, Georgian Craftsmen, p. 61] On 12 August 1755 Richardson was paid £42 for six gilt sconces supplied to the Doncaster Mansion House, possibly after a design by James Paine, and all of which remain in situ. [Doncaster borough archives, credit bk, 1755–62] Worked for the Duke of Norfolk at Worksop Manor, Notts., during the rebuilding of 1763–67. His bill for carver's work, amongst James Paine's papers relating to Worksop Manor, totalled £336 1s 11½d. [Arundel Castle records, MD18, pt 2] Richardson is also recorded in the V&A archives as having worked at Burton Constable, Yorks.