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On the Eve of Separation

George Richmond (1809–1896)

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

On the Eve of Separation

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This is one of a number of works painted by Palmer, Richmond and Linnell at this period in the same experimental technique of oil over watercolour, attempting to recreate the effect of early oil paintings. According to a note by the artist, it was begun in watercolour and finished with colours ground in turpentine used with copal varnish. The subject was developed through a series of preparatory drawings and reached its final form in this painting, one of Richmond's most successful subject paintings, before he turned exclusively to portraiture. It was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1830.

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Title

On the Eve of Separation

Date

1830

Medium

oil & watercolours on panel

Measurements

H 49 x W 36 cm

Accession number

WA1929.33

Acquisition method

Bequeathed by Revd William Fothergill Robinson through the Art Fund, 1929

Work type

Painting

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George Richmond

1809–1896

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