“A Woman with Two Children in a Hilly Landscape” by George Richmond, RA 1809-1896

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A Woman with Two Children in a Hilly Landscape

George Richmond, RA 1809-1896

1834

Oil on canvas

16¼ x 12 inches (41 x 30.5 cm)

Provenance: Julia Robinson (née Richmond), a gi( from the artist; Iona Davey; Dr and Mrs Raymond Lister, bought from Thos. Agnew & Sons Ltd.

Source: Samuel Palmer, His Friends, and Followers

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Commentary by Gordon Cooke

This souvenir of his early married life was given by the artist to his daughter shortly after her mother’s death in 1881. The couple had eloped and married at Gretna Green in 1831 aged 21 and 18, having borrowed £40 from Samuel Palmer. Julia Richmond (née Tatham) was the sister of Frederick Tatham, one of Richmond’s fellow ‘Ancients’. Her father had engaged Richmond to teach drawing to his daughters in 1826, and he had fallen in love with Julia at first sight.

Bibliography

Cooke, Gordon. Samuel Palmer, His Friends, and Followers.Exhibition Catalogue. London: The Fine Art Society, 2012. No. 26.

Lister, Raymond. Edward Calvert. London, 1962.

Last modified 26 May 2014