10th Dec, 2025 12:00
Fine Paintings, Works on Paper and Sculpture | December 2025
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GEORGE RICHMOND RA (BRITISH 1809-1896)
GEORGE RICHMOND (BRITISH 1809-1896)
THE SHEPHERD, 1827
line engraving, a rare impression on chine appliqué, second state with margins
17.4 x 11.3cm; 6 ¾ x 4 ½in (plate)
30.1 x 24.9; 11 7/8 x 9 3/4in (sheet)
34.5 x 27.5cm; 13 3/4 x 10 3/4in (framed)
Property from the Family of George Richmond
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Walter Coleridge Richmond (1852-1931), the artist's son
Thence by descent to the present owners
Literature
Campbell Dodgson, The Engravings of George Richmond R.A., and Welby Sherman, in Print Collector's Quarterly, XVII, 1930, pp. 353-61
Raymond Lister, George Richmond, A Critical Biography, London, 1981, pl.II, no.3, illustrated
Executed in 1827, the present line engraving is one of only a very few known impressions. The second of just two states recorded by Lister, the style and subject matter reflect both the influence of William Blake's illustrations to Thornton's Virgil and the landscape around Shoreham where he was living with Samuel Palmer. Palmer himself made an engraving of Richmond at work on the present print (Lister, pl. II, no. 5).
Richmond appears to have executed only two other prints, another engraving titled The Fatal Bellman also from 1827, and an etching Portait of Masaccio after Filippino Lippi of 1844 (see Lister, p. 176).
Sold for £6,500
GEORGE RICHMOND (BRITISH 1809-1896)
THE SHEPHERD, 1827
line engraving, a rare impression on chine appliqué, second state with margins
17.4 x 11.3cm; 6 ¾ x 4 ½in (plate)
30.1 x 24.9; 11 7/8 x 9 3/4in (sheet)
34.5 x 27.5cm; 13 3/4 x 10 3/4in (framed)
Property from the Family of George Richmond
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Walter Coleridge Richmond (1852-1931), the artist's son
Thence by descent to the present owners
Literature
Campbell Dodgson, The Engravings of George Richmond R.A., and Welby Sherman, in Print Collector's Quarterly, XVII, 1930, pp. 353-61
Raymond Lister, George Richmond, A Critical Biography, London, 1981, pl.II, no.3, illustrated
Executed in 1827, the present line engraving is one of only a very few known impressions. The second of just two states recorded by Lister, the style and subject matter reflect both the influence of William Blake's illustrations to Thornton's Virgil and the landscape around Shoreham where he was living with Samuel Palmer. Palmer himself made an engraving of Richmond at work on the present print (Lister, pl. II, no. 5).
Richmond appears to have executed only two other prints, another engraving titled The Fatal Bellman also from 1827, and an etching Portait of Masaccio after Filippino Lippi of 1844 (see Lister, p. 176).
Auction: Fine Paintings, Works on Paper and Sculpture | December 2025, 10th Dec, 2025
Auction Location: London, UK
From Rembrandt to David Bowie, Tracy Emin and Alison Wilding, our December sale offers an astonishing range of work from the last 400 years. Highlights include a rare re-discovered watercolour by Léon Bonvin (1834-1866) - left - painted at the age of 31, the year he died; some 20 works by George Richmond RA (1809-1896) which have remained with the family for the past 175 years, including his engraving The Shepherd of 1827; and the characterful Retainer from Cutch by Mortimer Menpes (1855-1938) painted during the Delhi Durbar in 1903. The sale also includes sculpture from a Private Collection, Surrey (lots 106-119).
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Sunday 7th December: 12pm - 4pm
Monday 8th December: 10am - 8pm (Drinks 5 - 8pm)
Tuesday 9th December: 10am - 5pm
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