Artist
George Richmond
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
George Richmond is an United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British Romanticism artist. 24 works are cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.
George Richmond (28 March 1809 – 19 March 1896) was an English painter and portraitist. In his youth he was a member of The Ancients, a group of followers of William Blake. Later in life he established a career as a portrait painter, which included painting the portraits of the British gentry, nobility and royalty. He was the son of Thomas Richmond, miniature-painter, and was the father of the painter William Blake Richmond as well as the grandfather of the naval historian, Admiral Sir Herbert Richmond. A keen follower of cricket, Richmond was noted in one obituary as having been "an habitué of Lord's since 1816".
Works by George Richmond
Self-portrait
Studies of Sheep in Pasture
Mrs William Fothergill Robinson
On the Eve of Separation
The Archimedes Group from 'The School of Athens'
Ploughing: Study for 'The Mantle of Elijah'
Landscape near Boulogne
James Alexander, M.P.
James, Lord Ruthven
Charlotte and Julia Biggs
An officer in military uniform
An unknown young woman
An unknown young lady
Study of a Seated Man Wearing a Helmet
Mrs. Anne Walbanke-Childers
Tom -- Florence
A Farm near the Sea at Margate, Kent
A Portrait of Welby Sherman Asleep in a Chair
Two Male Figures
Portrait of a Woman
Portrait of a Woman
portrait of a male sitter
The Shepherd
The Robber
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