Friday, 29 August 2014

George Richmond - part 3

1840 Self-Portrait 
 oil on canvas 40.9 x 40.6 cm 
The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK

George Richmond (1809 - 1896) was an English painter. 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. He was the son of Thomas Richmond, a miniature-painter, and was the father of painter William Blake Richmond.

For biographical notes on George Richmond see part 1. For earlier works see parts 1 - 2 also.This is part 3 of a 5 - part post on the works of George Richmond. 


Note: The majority of these images are the engravings 'after George Richmond' from the National Portrait Gallery, London.



1851 John Singleton Copley, Baron Lyndhurst 
chalk 62.6 x 47.3 cm 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

1851 Josephine Elizabeth Butler ( nee Grey ) 
pastel 61 x 46.8 cm 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

1851 or after Samuel Wilberforce by William Holl Jr, after George Richmond 
stipple engraving 30.4 x 22.8 cm ( plate ) 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

1851 or after Edward Cardwell, Viscount Cardwell by William Holl Jr, after George Richmond 
stipple engraving 29.9 x 22.8 cm ( plate ) 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

1851 or after William Page Wood, Baron Hatherley by William Holl Jr, after George Richmond 
stipple engraving 30.2 x 22.7 cm ( plate ) 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

1851 Portrait of a Woman 
graphite, watercolour and gouache on paper 43.1 x 34.7 cm 
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio

1852 Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville by William Holl Jr, after George Richmond
 stipple engraving 30.3 x 22.7 cm ( plate ) 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

1852 James John Hornby by Samuel Bellin, printed by W. Hatton, published by Thomas Agnew and Sons Ltd, after George Richmond 
mixed-method engraving 54.1 x 39.9 cm ( plate ) 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

1852 or after ( 1844c ) Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton by William Holl Jr, after George Richmond stipple engraving 
30.4 x 22.6 ( plate ) 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

1852 or after Andrew Rutherfurd, Lord Rutherfurd possibly by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after George Richmond 
stipple engraving 30.1 x 22.8 cm ( plate ) 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

1852 or after Robert Monsey Rolfe, Baron Cranworth by William Holl Jr, after George Richmond  
stipple engraving 30.3 x 22.8 cm ( plate ) 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

1852 or after Spencer Horatio Walpole by William Holl Jr, after George Richmond 
stipple engraving 30.2 x 22.7 cm ( plate ) 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

1853 ( 1849 ) Charles John Abraham by Francis Holl, after George Richmond 
stipple engraving 55.2 x 43 cm ( plate ) 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

after 1853 Granville Gower Loch by Joseph Brown, after George Richmond 
stipple engraving 57.6 x 42.9 cm ( plate ) 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

1853 George Richmond 
oil on canvas laid on board 35.2 x 27.3 cm 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

1853 John Byrne Leicester Warren, 3rd Baron De Tabley after George Richmond 
chromolithograph 63.6 x 47.4 cm ( sheet ) 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

1853 Knole Park 
watercolour with white and yellow heightening over black chalk, on paper 13.7 x 21.5 cm 
The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK

1853 Stratford Canning, Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe 
chalk 61.6 x 47.9 cm 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

1853-55 Self-Portrait 
oil on canvas 50.9 x 35.6 cm 
Birmingham Museums Trust, UK

1853c Sir Charles Lyell, 1st Bt 
black and white chalk 43.2 x 35.6 cm 
© National Portrait Gallery, London


1854 Miss Lewis by Richard James
stipple engraving 25.2 x 19.3 cm ( sheet ) 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

1854 Miss Lewis by Richard James 
stipple engraving 25.2 x 19.3 cm ( sheet ) 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

1854 or after Frederick Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford by William Holl Jr, after George Richmond 
stipple engraving 30.3 x 22.9 cm ( plate ) 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

1855 George Augustus Selwyn, DD, Bishop of New Zealand and of Lichfield 
oil on canvas 35.5 x 28 cm 
Selwyn College, University of Cambridge, UK

1855 or after Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster by William Holl Jr, after George Richmond 
stipple engraving 30.3 x 22.7 cm ( plate ) 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

1855 published ( 1835 ) Joseph Wilson by W. Joseph Edwards, published by Henry Graves and Co, after George Richmond
 engraving 38.1 x 31.9 cm ( plate ) 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

1855 The Murder of Becket 
oil on canvas 39.8 x 71.5 cm 
Canterbury City Council Museums and Galleries, Kent, UK

1855c Harriet Beecher Stowe by Francis Holl, after George Richmond 
stipple engraving 47 x 33.8 cm ( sheet ) 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

1855c Robert John Eden, 3rd Baron Auckland, Bishop of Wells 
oil on canvas 75 x 62 cm 
The Bishop's Palace and Gardens, Wells, Somerset, UK

after 1856 James Andrew Broun Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie by Lock and Whitfield, after George Richmond
 albumen carte-de-visite 8.3 x 5.3 cm 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

1856 or after George Augustus Frederick Henry, 2nd Earl of Bradford by Francis Holl, after George Richmond 
stipple engraving 40.3 x 32.7 cm ( sheet ) 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

1856 or after Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, 9th Bt by William Holl Jr, after George Richmond 
stipple engraving 30.2 x 22.7 cm ( plate ) 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

1856 Robert Willis Blencowe by Francis Holl, after George Richmond 
stipple engraving 40 x 32.9 cm ( sheet ) 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

1856 William Henry Edward Bentinck by Samuel Bellin, after George Richmond 
mixed-method engraving 51.7 x 40.3 cm ( plate ) 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

1857 Archibald Acheson, 3rd Earl of Gosford by William Holl Jr, after George Richmond 
stipple engraving 30.3 x 22.8 cm ( plate ) 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

1857 Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook 
pencil and chalk 78.7 x 63.5 cm 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

1857 Henry Drummond by William Holl Jr, after George Richmond 
stipple engraving 30.2 x 22.7 cm ( plate ) 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

1857 John Ruskin 
black and white chalk 42.5 x 35.6 cm  © National Portrait Gallery, London

1857 John Ruskin by Francis Holl, after George Richmond 
stipple engraving 55.1 x 40.7 cm ( plate ) 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

1857 or after Charles Bowyer Adderley, 1st Baron Norton by William Holl Jr, after George Richmond 
stipple engraving 30.3 x 22.7 cm ( plate ) 
© National Portrait Gallery, London


1857 or after William Schomberg Robert Kerr, 8th Marquess of Lothian by William Holl Jr, after George Richmond 
stipple engraving 30.2 x 22.7 cm ( plate ) 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

1857c James Syme, Surgeon 
oil on canvas 127 x 101.6 cm 
National Galleries of Scotland, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, UK

1858 King Edward VII 
pastel 59.7 x 45.1 cm 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

1858 or after James Wellwood Moncreiff, 1st Baron Moncreiff of Tulliebole by William Holl Jr, after George Richmond
 stipple engraving 30.2 x 22.7 cm ( plate ) 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

1858 Sir Arthur Helps 
chalk 59.4 x 45.1 cm 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

1858 The Agony in the Garden 
oil on panel 106 x 116.8 cm 
Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT

1859 Edward Matthew Ward 
chalk 61 x 46.4 cm 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

1859 or after Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon by William Holl Jr, after George Richmond 
stipple engraving 30.5 x 22.4 cm ( plate ) 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

1859 or after Robert Curzon, 14th Baron Zouche by William Holl Jr, after George Richmond 
stipple engraving 30.6 x 23.2 cm ( plate ) 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

1859 Sir George Grey, 2nd Bt by William Holl Jr, after George Richmond 
stipple engraving 30.9 x 23.3 cm ( plate ) 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

1859 William Gilpin by John Richardson Jackson, after George Richmond
 mezzotint 36.7 x 26 cm ( sheet ) 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

1859 William Gilpin 
oil on canvas 80.5 x 64.6 cm 
Christ's Hospital Foundation, Horsham, West Sussex, UK

1860 A View of Norbury Woods 
watercolour on blue paper 27.2 x 38.7 cm  
The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK

1860 Dudley Francis Stuart Ryder, 3rd Earl of Harrowby 
chalk 61 x 46.4 cm  
© National Portrait Gallery, London

1860 James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin by William Holl Jr, after George Richmond 
stipple engraving 30.3 x 22.5 cm ( plate ) 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

1860 or after Francis Charles Hastings Russell, 9th Duke of Bedford by William Holl Jr, after George Richmond 
stipple engraving 30.2 x 22.7 cm ( plate ) 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

1860 or after Henry Ker Seymer by William Holl Jr, after George Richmond 
stipple engraving 30.2 x 22.8 cm ( plate ) 
© National Portrait Gallery, London