Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (née Stevenson)

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• Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (née Stevenson) (1810-1865), Novelist, short-story writer and biographer of Charlotte Brontë. Sitter in 3 portraits.

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• George Richmond (1809-1896), Portrait painter and draughtsman; son of Thomas Richmond. Artist associated with 325 portraits, Sitter in 14 portraits.

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George Richmond was a leading portraitist, who made simple, but fine, chalk portraits of many celebrities of the day. Gaskell sat for her portrait while in London to see the Great Exhibition of 1851. She believed it to be a good likeness, noting in a letter 'I think it is like me; I hope Papa will think so but I am almost doubtful.'

Linked publicationsback to top

• Ormond, Richard, Early Victorian Portraits, 1973, p. 184
• Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 239

Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top

• Elizabeth Gaskell and Charlotte Brontë (7 September 2010 - 25 April 2011)