{"title":"Richmond, Thomas","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThomas Richmond (1802-1874)\u003c\/strong\u003e was a British portrait painter, known for his idealised pictures in the so-called keepsake style. He was the son of Thomas Richmond (1771-1837), the miniature painter, and the brother of George Richmond.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRichmond initially practiced in Sheffield, and later moved to London. His main clientele was among the hunting fraternity. Between 1833 and 1860 he exhibited fifty one portraits in London. He exhibited forty-five portraits at the Royal Academy and six at the Suffolk Street gallery. Richmond's paintings are close in style to his father's work, but distinguished by the characteristic use of dark stippling in the background. His paintings were criticised for their overly idealised and sugary presentations of subjects, especially women.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen John Ruskin's father commissioned Richmond to paint his daughter-in-law Effie Gray, Effie wrote of the finished work to her mother:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'...it is the most lovely piece of oil painting but much prettier than me. I look like a graceful Doll but John and his father are delighted with it'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRichmond and his brother George had met Ruskin during his trip to Rome in 1840-1. He accompanied him on his visits to galleries. Ruskin's father was not as delighted with the portrait of Effie as she believed. He wrote to his son that Thomas was inferior as an artist to his brother: \"Tom I regret to say cannot hold a candle to George - It is second rate or lower\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRichmond died in 1874 at Windermere, where he had purchased an estate, but was buried in Brompton cemetery, London.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"richmond-thomas-1802-1874-effie-gray-1851","title":"Richmond, Thomas (1802-1874) - Effie Gray 1851","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis painting of John Everett Millais's wife, Effie (Gray) Millais, was commissioned by John Millais, but Effie described herself in the picture as 'looking like a graceful doll'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis download consists of 1 image, in jpeg format, that is 600dpi and 4090 pixels wide by 6100 pixels tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe picture is out of copyright and in the public domain, so you are free to use it in whatever way you'd like, including commercial use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead more about \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/richmond-thomas\" title=\"Thomas Richmond\"\u003eThomas Richmond\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Digital Download - 1 image","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50812580168010,"sku":null,"price":0.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/files\/Richmond_Thomas_1802-1874_-EffieGray1851_main.jpg?v=1747051931"},{"product_id":"pre-raphaelite-collection-574-high-resolution-images","title":"Pre-Raphaelite Collection - 574 High Resolution Images","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExperience the beauty and passion of the Pre-Raphaelite movement through this collection of 574 images from talented Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood members and artists who embraced the style.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan data-huuid=\"3096898007996193811\"\u003eThe Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was a group of English painters, poets and art critics formed in 1848. 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