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George Richmond

A Portrait of Welby Sherman Asleep in a Chair

1828
graphite with touches of watercolor

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

Both George Richmond and Welby Sherman belonged to a group of artists who called themselves the Ancients, who looked to the Middle Ages for inspiration and celebrated the divine in nature.

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