George Richmond
British painter
Died when: 86 years 357 days (1043 months)Star Sign: Aries
George Richmond RA (28 March 1809 – 19 March 1896) was an English painter and portraitist.In his youth he was a member of The Ancients, a group of followers of William Blake.
Later in life he established a career as a portrait painter, which included painting the portraits of the British gentry, nobility and royalty.
He was the son of Thomas Richmond, miniature-painter, and was the father of the painter William Blake Richmond as well as the grandfather of the naval historian, Admiral Sir Herbert Richmond.
A keen follower of cricket, Richmond was noted in one obituary as having been "an habitué of Lord's since 1816".
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