Portrait of Henry and Philip Fletcher

Portrait of Henry and Philip Fletcher

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2405

George Richmond, R.A. (1809-1896)
Portrait of Henry and Philip Fletcher

Coloured chalks on paper laid on canvas
Oval 61 by 61.5 cm., 24 by 24 1/2 in.

Literature:
Raymond Lister, George Richmond, 1981, p.158, no.46

This is a portrait of Henry Charles Fletcher and his brother Philip, the sons of Major General Fletcher of the Scots Guards and his wife the Hon. Mrs Ellen Shore. Henry was later a Lt Colonel in the Scots Guards.

This portrait is dated in Richmond's stockbook to February 1840 and was sold for £31.10 and is described as `Captain Fletcher's Two children.' Richmond drew a number of members of the Fletcher family between 1831 and 1850.