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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: George Richmond (1809-1896), Head of a Sleepy Woman
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: George Richmond (1809-1896), Head of a Sleepy Woman

George Richmond (1809-1896)

Head of a Sleepy Woman
Pencil; initialled and inscribed 'Mrs Joy'
14 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches
£3,500
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This is an unusually fine, intimate and informal drawing of a handsome woman, but we have been unable to identify a 'Mrs Joy' (as it is inscribed) from amongst Richmond's circle, nor amongst the family's list of his sitters. We suppose the date to be about 1850.

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