Friday, 12 September 2014

George Richmond - part 5

1861 or after George Richmond by William Holl Jr, after George Richmond 
stipple engraving 30.3 x 22.7 cm ( plate ) 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

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 - 4 also.This is part 5 of a 5 - part post on the works of George Richmond. 


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



1872 Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil 
oil on canvas 130.8 x 97.8 cm 
All Souls College, University of Oxford, UK


1872 William Page Wood, Baron Hatherley 
oil on canvas 237.5 x 146.1 cm 
© National Portrait Gallery, London


after 1872 William Page Wood, Baron Hatherley by John Richardson Jackson, after George Richmond 
mezzotint 72.3 x 44.7 cm ( sheet ) 
© National Portrait Gallery, London


1873 Most Reverend Charles Thomas Longley, DD, Archbishop of Canterbury 
oil on canvas 78.7 x 63.5 cm 
Keble College, University of Oxford, UK

Date? Charles Thomas Longley, Bishop of Durham oil on canvas 140 x 110 approx. 
Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, UK

Date? Charles Thomas Longley, Archbishop of Canterbury 
139 x 110 cm 
Lambeth Palace, London

1874 Henry Hancock 
oil on canvas 91 x 71 cm 
Hunterian Museum, Royal College of Surgeons of England, London


1875 Thomas Henry Wyatt, PRIBA 
oil on canvas 62 x 47 cm 
The Royal Institute of British Architects, London


1876 or after Francis George Hugh Seymour, 5th  Marquess of Hertford by Charles Holl, after George Richmond 
stipple engraving 29 x 22.6 cm ( plate ) 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

before 1877 Francis George Hugh Seymour, 5th  Marquess of Hertford by John Richardson Jackson, after George Richmond
 mezzotint 46.4 x 36.6 cm ( plate ) 
© National Portrait Gallery, London


1876 Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville 
chalk 58.1 x 46.7 cm 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

1876 Juliana Pole-Carew, Lady Robartes 
oil on canvas 91.5 x 71 cm 
National Trust, Lanhydrock, Bodmin, Cornwall, UK

1876c Portrait of Charlotte Bronte from a collection of lithographed engravings published by F. J. Stainforth 
stipple engraving by James Charles Armytage, after George Richmond
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, New York

1877 Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour 
chalk 43.5 x 31.5 cm 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

1877 John Thornton Leslie-Melville, 9th Earl of Leven and 8th Earl of Melville by John Douglas Miller, after George Richmond 
mezzotint 34.3 x 25.2 cm ( sheet ) 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

1877 Reverend Edward Stuart Talbot, Warden 
oil on canvas 101.6 x 76.2 cm 
Keble College, University of Oxford, UK

1877 Sir George Gilbert Scott Sr. 
chalk 47 x 31.8 cm 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

1877 Sir George Gilbert Scott  
oil on canvas 65 x 45.5 cm 
© Royal Academy of Arts, London


1878 Sir George Gilbert Scott, RA, PRIBA, RGM 
oil on canvas 71 x 63 cm 
RIBA Library Drawings and Archives Collections, London

1877 Sir Henry Wentworth Acland, 1st Bt by Charles Holl, after George Richmond 
autotype 30.4 x 22.7 cm ( plate ) 
© National Portrait Gallery, London


1878 Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, 9th Bt by William Holl Jr, after George Richmond 
stipple engraving 30.1 x 22.6 cm ( plate )
 © National Portrait Gallery, London

1878 William John Legh, 1st Baron Newton 
oil on canvas 110.5 x 90 cm 
National Trust, Lyme Park, Stockport, UK

1880 Sir Samuel Hoare MP 
oil on canvas 94 x 61 cm 
Norwich Civic Portrait Collection, UK

1881 Portrait of George Eliot 
graphite 11 x 7.4 cm 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1884 Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax by John Douglas Miller, published by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi and Co, after George Richmond 
mezzotint 50.2 x 37.9 cm ( plate ) 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

1885 Archibald Campbell Tait, Snell Exhibitioner and Scholar, Fellow, Headmaster of Rugby, Bishop of London, Archbishop of Canterbury 
oil on canvas 91.4 x 71.1 cm 
Balliol College, University of Oxford, UK

1889 Possibly Sir Edward Baker, 2nd Bt by Charles William Sherborn, after George Richmond 
etching 13.8 x 10.4 cm ( plate ) 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

1890 Edward Bouverie Pusey 
oil on canvas 74.9 x 62.2 cm 
Christ Church, University of Oxford, UK

1890c Edward Bouverie Pusey 
black and white chalk 71.8 x 55.9 cm 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

Note: I do not have dates for the following works:


Autumn, near Brasted Chart 
watercolour, highlighted with white over graphite on paper 16.1 x 18 cm 
The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK

Benjamin Harrison by Charles Holl, after George Richmond 
stipple engraving 29.1 x 22.7 cm ( plate ) 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

Charles Dickens 
pen and brown ink on paper 16.5 x 10.5 cm 
© Fine Art Society

Daniel Moore 
oil on canvas 75 x 62 cm 
St Catharine's College, University of Cambridge, UK

Drapery Study, Man Kneeling 
graphite and bodycolour on paper 28.3 x 21 cm 
© The Samuel Courtauld Trust, The Courtauld Gallery, London

Francis Knyvett Leighton 
oil on canvas 127 x 100.3 cm 
All Souls College, University of Oxford, UK

George Smith by Francis Holl, after George Richmond 
stipple engraving 58.7 x 42.8 cm ( sheet ) 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

H. B. Stowe by John Angel james Wilcox, after George Richmond 
stipple engraving 21.7 x 13.3 cm 
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, New York

Harvey Goodwin after George Richmond 
mezzotint 42.1 x 32.6 cm ( sheet ) 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

Head of a Man in a Turban 
graphite, watercolour and body-colour on paper 20.3 x 15.7 cm 
© The Samuel Courtauld Trust, The Courtauld Gallery, London

Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon by William Holl Jr, after George Richmond 
stipple engraving 30.3 x 22.5 cm ( plate ) 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

Henry Parry Liddon, DD, Benefactor 
oil on canvas 77.5 x 63.5 cm 
Keble College, University of Oxford, UK


Hon. James Archibald Stuart-Wortley by William Holl Jr, after George Richmond 
stipple engraving 29.6 x 23.2 cm ( plate ) 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

Maharani Chund Kowr alias Rani Jindan 
oil on panel 45.1 x 61.3 cm

Philip Pusey by Walker and Boutall, after George Richmond 
photogravure 15.4 x 10.6 cm ( plate ) 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

Ploughing: Study for "The Mantle of Elijah" 
oil on panel 21.7 x 58.7 cm 
The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK

Portrait of an Unidentified Man 
oil on canvas 105.4 x 74.9 cm 
Nottingham City Museums and Galleries, UK

Portrait of Sir Rowland Hill K.C.B. 
watercolour heightened with pencil 41 x 29.5 cm 
Private Collection

Robert Curzon, 14th Baron Zouche when Hon. Robert Curzon by William Holl Jr, after George Richmond 
stipple engraving 30.8 x 23.2 cm ( plate ) 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

Robert Hichens by William Holl Sr, or by William Holl Jr, after George Richmond 
stipple engraving 41.4 x 30.3 cm 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

Sir Edward Baker, 2nd Bt by John Richardson Jackson, after George Richmond 
mezzotint 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

Sir Robert Harry Inglis 
oil on canvas 238.8 x 144.8 cm 
University of Oxford, UK

The Burial of the Virgin  
oil on panel 47 x 88.9 cm 
Birmingham Museums Trust, UK

The Lovers 
oil on panel 49.8 x 68.2 cm 
Private Collection

Thomas Worsley, Fellow, Master of Downing College 
oil on canvas 127 x 101.6 cm 
Colleges in the University of Cambridge, UK

Walter Kerr Hamilton by John Richardson, after George Richmond 
mezzotint 41.5 x 32 cm ( plate ) 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

William Bird 
oil on canvas 74.5 x 62 cm 
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London

William Jacobson, Vice-Principal of Magdalen Hall, Regius Professor of Divinity, Bishop of Chester 
oil on canvas 33 x 27.9 cm 
Hertford College, University of Oxford, UK

William Makepeace Thackery 
chalk 
The Athenaeum Club, London

William Margetson Heald by John Richardson Jackson, after George Richmond 
mezzotint 42.8 x 30 cm 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

William Selwyn, DD, Lady Margaret Professor, Canon of Ely 
oil on board 94 x 71 cm 
Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge, UK