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Samuel Palmer
2 of 5 portraits of Samuel Palmer
Samuel Palmer
by George Richmond
watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, 1829
3 1/4 in. x 2 3/4 in. (83 mm x 70 mm)
Purchased, 1928
Primary Collection
NPG 2223
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Artistback to top
- 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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This image by Palmer's friend, the visionary artist George Richmond, depicts Palmer as idealised and Christ-like.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Holmes, Richard; Crane, David; Woof, Robert; Hebron, Stephen, Romantics and Revolutionaries: Regency portraits from the National Portrait Gallery, 2002, p. 77
- Ormond, Richard, Early Victorian Portraits, 1973, p. 356
- Rogers, Malcolm, Master Drawings from the National Portrait Gallery, 1993 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 5 August to 23 October 1994), p. 101
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 477
- Walker, Richard, Miniatures: 300 Years of the English Miniature, 1998, p. 109
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On display in Room 18 at the National Portrait Gallery
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