great knowledge of Italian painting and sound judgment in matters of art, and the government were often glad to avail themselves of his services and advice. In the National Portrait Gallery are portraits by him of Lord Sidmouth (watercolour); Lord-chancellors Cranworth and Hatherley, Baron Cleasby and Lord Cardwell (oil paintings); Samuel Rogers, the poet, and John Keble (crayon drawings), both bequeathed by the painter; besides drawings, purchased in July 1896, of Earl Canning, Viscount Hill, Sir George Cornewall Lewis, Canon Liddon, Archbishop Longley, Sir Charles Lyell, Cardinal Newman, Dr. Pusey, Sir Gilbert Scott, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, and Bishop Wilberforce. See also Portrait of Thomas Macaulay in article about the same. Portrait of Charlotte Brontë in article about the same. John Carter (1815–1850), paralysed mouth artist, befriended by Richmond. References Likenesses George Richmond at the UK National Portrait Gallery. External links Portraits of artist, wife and daughter George Richmond at artcyclopedia. Documentary photo & audio project about Richmond portraits that are still owned by the same families that commissioned them - by George Richmond's direct descendant Elly Clarke 1809 births 1896 deaths Burials at Highgate Cemetery Royal Academicians English portrait painters 19th-century English painters English male painters 19th-century English male artists