Mrs. Anne Walbanke-Childers
1843 - 1864
Medium
watercolor over graphite with gouache and gum arabic on wove paper, laid down on card
Dimensions
sheet: 52.7 × 38 cm (20 3/4 × 14 15/16 in.) mount: 64 × 49 cm (25 3/16 × 19 5/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
William B. O'Neal Fund
Accession Number
2018.167.3
Art Historical Context
George Richmond's *Mrs. Anne Walbanke-Childers* (1843–1864) is a captivating Victorian-era portrait that showcases the artist's mastery of intimate, lifelike depiction. Richmond, a prominent British painter associated with the Romantic and early Pre-Raphaelite, created this work over two decades, possibly refining it to capture the evolving of his sitter—a member of the affluent Walbanke-Child family. Such extended timelines were not uncommon in 19th-century portraiture allowing for meticulous observation amid the social whirl of Regency-to-Victorian England. Executed in watercolor over graph...
About the Artist
George Richmond
British, Brompton 1809–1896 London