GEORGE RICHMOND, R.A. (LONDON 1809-1896)
GEORGE RICHMOND, R.A. (LONDON 1809-1896)
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GEORGE RICHMOND, R.A. (LONDON 1809-1896)

Portrait of Henry and Philip Fletcher

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GEORGE RICHMOND, R.A. (LONDON 1809-1896)
Portrait of Henry and Philip Fletcher
black, white and red chalk on paper laid on canvas
22 3⁄8 x 22 1⁄4 in. (56.7 x 56.5 cm.), circular
Provenance
R. Lister, George Richmond, London, 1981, p.158, no. 46.

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Lot Essay

This is a portrait of Henry Charles Fletcher and his brother Philip, the sons of Major General Fletcher of the Scots Guards and his wife the Hon. Mrs Ellen Shore. Henry was later a Lt Colonel in the Scots Guards.
This portrait is dated in Richmond's stockbook to February 1840 and was sold for £31.10. It is described as 'Captain Fletcher's Two children.' Richmond drew a number of members of the Fletcher family between 1831 and 1850.

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