Sir William Blake Richmond, R.A. (1842-1921)

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Sir William Blake Richmond, R.A. (1842-1921)

A Study for 'The Release of Prometheus by Hercules'

pencil and black and white chalks on buff paper
12 x 8¾in. (30.5 x 22.2cm.)three (3)

Lot Essay

Richmond's painting The Release of Prometheus by Hercules was exhibited at the Grosvenor Gallery in 1882. Now the property of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council, the picture is reproduced in Simon Reynolds, William Blake Richmond: An Artist's Life, 1995, p.151, pl.57.

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