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George Richmond, RA, British 1809-1896- Portrait of Hugh Seymour Tremenheere; black, white and red chalk on canvas, 44 x 35.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, UK. Note: George Richmond studied first with his father, the miniaturist Thomas Richmond, Sen. (1771-1831), and later at the Royal Academy Schools. At the RA, Richmond befriended Samuel Palmer (1805-1881), together with whom he became a member of The Ancients, a group of painters who worked in the style of William Blake (1757-1827). While Richmond did paint a number of literary and religious scenes in Blake’s vein, he later established a successful career as a portrait painter and it is for his distinctive, intimate portraits, often rendered in pencil or in chalk, like the present example, that he is best known. Tremenheere (1804-1893) was a prominent barrister, who served as inspector of schools and mines, and carried out inquiries into factories and agriculture.
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George Richmond, RA, British 1809-1896- Portrait of Hugh Seymour Tremenheere; black, white and red chalk on canvas, 44 x 35.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, UK. Note: George Richmond studied first with his father, the miniaturist Thomas Richmond, Sen. (1771-1831), and later at the Royal Academy Schools. At the RA, Richmond befriended Samuel Palmer (1805-1881), together with whom he became a member of The Ancients, a group of painters who worked in the style of William Blake (1757-1827). While Richmond did paint a number of literary and religious scenes in Blake’s vein, he later established a successful career as a portrait painter and it is for his distinctive, intimate portraits, often rendered in pencil or in chalk, like the present example, that he is best known. Tremenheere (1804-1893) was a prominent barrister, who served as inspector of schools and mines, and carried out inquiries into factories and agriculture.
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