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George Richmond, R.A., (1809-96)
Ilfracombe 1832
Pencil and watercolour with scratching out on paper.
Inscribed in pencil Ilfracombe / 1832 / drawn in the company of my dearest Wife and Hy Walter / on the first journey after our marriage.
An inscription in ink on an old paper label (once attached to the original frame) reads To Aunt Mary Eleanor / In memoriam of Margaret Fothergill . . . / Sketch G Richmond.
Framed and glazed.
Provenance With Mary Eleanor. . . then by descent in the Richmond family.
Margaret Fothergill Robinson (1873-1914), was daughter to William Fothergill Robinson and Julia Richmond (1839-1906). Julia being 6th child to George Richmond.
Painter and miniaturist. George Richmond studied at the Royal Academy Schools where he met and formed a lifelong friendship with Samuel Palmer. As a youth he became a disciple of William Blake who had a profound effect on his art. With Palmer and Edward Calvert he formed 'The Ancients', painting visionary works in the manner of Blake. Throughout this time Richmond practised as a miniaturist and this work dates to the end of his 'Ancients' period in 1830. After his marriage in 1831, Richmond concentrated on portraiture, becoming one of the most prolific portraitists of the Victorian period.
George Richmond and Julia Tatham eloped to Gretna Green to be married on January 24, 1831 after Julia's father, Charles Heathcote Tatham (architect) withdrew his support on receiving an offer for his daughter's hand from a rich an elderly peer. Palmer lent Richmond £40 to speed them on their way and Richmond also noted a loan of £12 from his friend and fellow artist Henry Walter, but does not sate if this was connected with the elopement. It was a happy marriage. The couple remained in love throughout their long years together, for they came within eighteen days of reaching their golden wedding. Julia was the perfect wife for Richmond, always providing moral support and encouragement. Even A.H. Palmer, Samuel Palmer's son usually sparse in his praises, wrote of her 'wonderful courage and devotion' and of 'the immense advantage of her supremely fascinating personality'. Nevertheless the early years of their marriage were anything but easy. During its first eleven months Richmond worked with dogged industry, painting seventy-three portraits and teaching, earning £207.19.0, a sum, he wrote, that enabled him 'to live and to pay off a good portion of the debt of £93.0s.3d. which I owed when I married - and from that time forth by Gods blessing my income rapidly increased.
Devon was a popular destination for the 'Ancients' including Palmer who first visited Devon in 1833. In 1864, when William Blake Richmond and his wife Charlotte visited Ilfracombe for their honeymoon, Charlotte fell gravely ill soon after their arrival and they were forced to return to London where she had been diagnosed from advanced consumption. Tragically she died on 13 December 1865.
Henry Walter (1799-1849) was a watercolourist and one of the principal members of the group called the ' Ancients.' The inscription on the watercolour shows us that Henry Walter had accompanied the Richmond’s on their first holiday after their marriage which gives testimony to their friendship. Henry Walter was also instrumental in helping Richmond in his career after introducing him to Henry Stafford Northcote, father of the statesman, the first Earl of Iddesleigh. In the year following Richmond's marriage Northcote then introduced Richmond to a man who became an important early patron and friend. This was Sir Robert Inglis, whose portrait Richmond drew in 1832.
Inglis lived partly at Bedford Square and partly at Battersea Rise House, formerly the home of Henry Thornton, Member of Parliament for Southwark and Chairman of the Sierra Leone Company. For a time Thornton shared the house with his second cousin, William Wilberforce the abolitionist, but Wilberforce left when he married in 1797, although he continued to visit the family. When Thornton died in 1815, Inglis left his own house and went to live in Battersea Rise to carry out his duties as guardian of Thornton's nine children.
Not long after their marriage, the Richmond’s were invited to dinner by Inglis. The occasion must have gone off very well, for thereafter the Thornton’s and the Richmond’s became close friends.
As a result of a stratagem by two of the Thornton girls, while the Richmond’s were staying at Battersea Rise, he made a portrait of the seventy-four-year-old Wilberforce. Soon the Richmond's range of friends began to extend even farther, largely through his intimacy with the Thornton’s, who had a wide acquaintance, and in consequence he obtained all the portrait commissions he could manage.
PriceSOLD DimensionsImage 21.5 x 32 cm. Frame 44.5 x 54 cm. Date 1832 Mid 19th Century Antiques Material Paper Origin British Artist George Richmond Condition This watercolour has been cleaned while conserving all original materials, including paper labels. Item code as176a170 Status Sold
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Tel : 01982 570768
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Pencil and watercolour with scratching out on paper.
Inscribed in pencil Ilfracombe / 1832 / drawn in the company of my dearest Wife and Hy Walter / on the first journey after our marriage.
An inscription in ink on an old paper label (once attached to the original frame) reads To Aunt Mary Eleanor / In memoriam of Margaret Fothergill . . . / Sketch G Richmond.
Framed and glazed.
Provenance With Mary Eleanor. . . then by descent in the Richmond family.
Margaret Fothergill Robinson (1873-1914), was daughter to William Fothergill Robinson and Julia Richmond (1839-1906). Julia being 6th child to George Richmond.
Painter and miniaturist. George Richmond studied at the Royal Academy Schools where he met and formed a lifelong friendship with Samuel Palmer. As a youth he became a disciple of William Blake who had a profound effect on his art. With Palmer and Edward Calvert he formed 'The Ancients', painting visionary works in the manner of Blake. Throughout this time Richmond practised as a miniaturist and this work dates to the end of his 'Ancients' period in 1830. After his marriage in 1831, Richmond concentrated on portraiture, becoming one of the most prolific portraitists of the Victorian period.
George Richmond and Julia Tatham eloped to Gretna Green to be married on January 24, 1831 after Julia's father, Charles Heathcote Tatham (architect) withdrew his support on receiving an offer for his daughter's hand from a rich an elderly peer. Palmer lent Richmond £40 to speed them on their way and Richmond also noted a loan of £12 from his friend and fellow artist Henry Walter, but does not sate if this was connected with the elopement. It was a happy marriage. The couple remained in love throughout their long years together, for they came within eighteen days of reaching their golden wedding. Julia was the perfect wife for Richmond, always providing moral support and encouragement. Even A.H. Palmer, Samuel Palmer's son usually sparse in his praises, wrote of her 'wonderful courage and devotion' and of 'the immense advantage of her supremely fascinating personality'. Nevertheless the early years of their marriage were anything but easy. During its first eleven months Richmond worked with dogged industry, painting seventy-three portraits and teaching, earning £207.19.0, a sum, he wrote, that enabled him 'to live and to pay off a good portion of the debt of £93.0s.3d. which I owed when I married - and from that time forth by Gods blessing my income rapidly increased.
Devon was a popular destination for the 'Ancients' including Palmer who first visited Devon in 1833. In 1864, when William Blake Richmond and his wife Charlotte visited Ilfracombe for their honeymoon, Charlotte fell gravely ill soon after their arrival and they were forced to return to London where she had been diagnosed from advanced consumption. Tragically she died on 13 December 1865.
Henry Walter (1799-1849) was a watercolourist and one of the principal members of the group called the ' Ancients.' The inscription on the watercolour shows us that Henry Walter had accompanied the Richmond’s on their first holiday after their marriage which gives testimony to their friendship. Henry Walter was also instrumental in helping Richmond in his career after introducing him to Henry Stafford Northcote, father of the statesman, the first Earl of Iddesleigh. In the year following Richmond's marriage Northcote then introduced Richmond to a man who became an important early patron and friend. This was Sir Robert Inglis, whose portrait Richmond drew in 1832.
Inglis lived partly at Bedford Square and partly at Battersea Rise House, formerly the home of Henry Thornton, Member of Parliament for Southwark and Chairman of the Sierra Leone Company. For a time Thornton shared the house with his second cousin, William Wilberforce the abolitionist, but Wilberforce left when he married in 1797, although he continued to visit the family. When Thornton died in 1815, Inglis left his own house and went to live in Battersea Rise to carry out his duties as guardian of Thornton's nine children.
Not long after their marriage, the Richmond’s were invited to dinner by Inglis. The occasion must have gone off very well, for thereafter the Thornton’s and the Richmond’s became close friends.
As a result of a stratagem by two of the Thornton girls, while the Richmond’s were staying at Battersea Rise, he made a portrait of the seventy-four-year-old Wilberforce. Soon the Richmond's range of friends began to extend even farther, largely through his intimacy with the Thornton’s, who had a wide acquaintance, and in consequence he obtained all the portrait commissions he could manage.
PriceSOLD DimensionsImage 21.5 x 32 cm. Frame 44.5 x 54 cm. Date 1832 Mid 19th Century Antiques Material Paper Origin British Artist George Richmond Condition This watercolour has been cleaned while conserving all original materials, including paper labels. Item code as176a170 Status Sold
View all stock from
Radnorshire Fine Arts Ltd
Private dealerBy appointment only
Powys
Mid Wales
Tel : 01982 570768
Non UK callers : +44 1982 570768
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