George Richmond, R.A. (1809-1896)

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George Richmond, R.A. (1809-1896)
Portraits of Edward Hugh Leycester-Penrhyn; and Vere Leycester-Penrhyn one signed and dated 'George Richmond deln. 1853' and further inscribed on an old label attached to the reverse 'Edward Hugh Leycester Penrhyn/Born 1827./Painted by George Richmond'; and 'Vere Leycester-Penrhyn nee Gosling/Born 1829/By George Richmond'; pencil and watercolour heightened with white
15¾ x 12 3/8in. (400 x 314mm.); and 15 x 11 7/8in. (381 x 302mm.)
a pair (2)

Literature

R. Lister, George Richmond, London, 1981, p.168, no.52

Lot Essay

The artist's index of sitters formerly in the possession of the artist's great granddaughter Mrs Miriam Harley, and reproduced in Raymond Lister's monograph (op.cit.) records Mr Penrhyn as having sat to Richmond in 1853 and having been charged #42

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