Study of hands

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Sir William Blake Richmond, R.A. (1842-1921)
Study of hands
signed and dated 'W.B.R. March 12th 1862' (lower right) and further inscribed 'To be cut as exactly as possible' (lower centre) and with further inscription 'Drawing by W.B. Richmond A.R.A. Aged 19. In the first examination in Drawing of the Cambridge Local examinations. Autograph of Geo. Richmond under it with plate.' (on a fragment of the old mount attached to the backboard)
pencil
6¼ x 9 in. (15.9 x 22.9 cm.)

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Lot Essay

Sir William Blake Richmond was the son of the portrait painter and watercolourist George Richmond R.A. (1809-1896). Like his father he was both a portraitist and a painter of subject pictures. George Richmond studied at the Royal Academy Schools where he formed a life-long friendship with Samuel Palmer (1805-1881). They were part of a group called 'The Ancients' who were followers of William Blake (1757-1827).

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