Lot 46: Thomas Richmond (Kew 1771 - London 1837)

A self-portrait of the artist, as a young man, profile to the left, wearing dark green coat with black velvet collar, white waistcoat, tied stock and frilled cravat, his hair worn en queue with a black ribbon
stamped ormolu mount, the reverse with label inscribed My Father/ by himself/ G Richmond and with Engleheart Exhibition label
Oval, 50mm. (1 15/16ins.) high

London, Victoria & Albert Museum, Exhibition of Miniatures by George Engleheart, J.C.D. Engleheart and Thomas Richmond, May-June 1929, no. 287, lent by the above
S.N.P.G., 2000-2003

Victoria & Albert Exhibition catalogue, 1929, p.20

Dr. R. T. Richmond

From the reverse of the miniature, it can be seen that the present lot stayed within the artist's family for several generations. The label is inscribed by his younger son, George (1809-1896), who was famous in his own right as a painter and youthful member of the 'The Ancients', who painted visionary landscapes. It would appear that the Dr. R. T. Richmond who loaned the present lot to the Victoria & Albert Museum in 1929 was probably Thomas' great-grandson.