| Description | George Richmond's account book thought to have been started in 1860 but containing details of portraits painted from 1853, the last entry is dated 1893. The front page of the volume indicates that it is the second of Richmond's account books. The account book contains details of sitters of portraits, the price paid, whether the portrait was exhibited and if it was engraved. A yearly total of portraits, engravings and income is also recorded. Richmond looked back over his account book in later life and wrote observations of events, for instance the record for 1853 includes a note he made in 1876. Richmond also records events in his personal life such as illness preventing work; the death of his wife in 1881 and the effect that had on him; and the marriages of two of his daughters. A note in pencil on the inside cover of the volume reveals that Richmond left the account book to his son the Reverend T. K. Richmond (Thomas Knyvett Richmond).
The page structure of the volume is as follows:
Front cover
Inside cover double page of marbled paper
Page 1 verso - Bequeathal note
Page 2 - Description of contents
Page 2 verso - No original content, NPG acquisition details and reference number
Page 3 - Notes in pencil
Pages 3 verso to 15 - Blank
Pages 15 verso to 17 - Accounts 1853
Pages 17 verso to 19 - Accounts 1854
Pages 19 verso to 21 - Accounts 1855
Pages 21 verso to 23 - Accounts 1856
Pages 23 verso to 25 - Accounts 1857
Pages 25 verso to 26 - Accounts 1858
Pages 26 verso to 28 - Accounts 1859
Pages 28 verso to 30 - Accounts 1860
Pages 30 verso to 31 verso - Accounts 1861
Page 32 - Missing
Pages 33 to 34 - Accounts 1862
Pages 34 verso to 36 - Accounts 1863
Pages 36 verso to 37 - Accounts 1864
Pages 37 verso to 38 - Accounts 1865
Pages 38 verso to 39 - Accounts 1866
Pages 39 verso to 41 - Accounts 1867
Page 41 verso - Blank
Pages 42 to 45 - Accounts 1868 (verso pages blank)
Pages 46 to 48 - Accounts 1869 (verso pages blank)
Pages 49 to 51 - Accounts 1870 (verso pages blank)
Pages 51 verso to 53 - Accounts 1871 (page 52 verso is blank)
Page 53 verso - Blank
Pages 54 to 55 - Accounts 1872 (verso pages blank)
Pages 56 to 57 verso - Accounts 1873 (page 56 verso is blank)
Page 58 - Blank
Pages 58 verso to 59 - Accounts 1874
Pages 59 verso to 60 - Accounts 1875
Page 60 verso - Blank
Pages 61 to 63 - Accounts 1876 (verso pages blank)
Pages 64 to 66 - Accounts 1877 (verso pages blank)
Pages 66 verso to 68 - Accounts 1878 (apart from p. 66v, all verso pages are blank)
Page 69 - Accounts 1879
Page 69 verso - Blank
Pages 70 to 70 verso - Accounts 1880
Page 71 - Blank
Page 71 verso to 72 - Accounts 1881
Page 72 verso - Accounts 1882
Page 73 - Blank
Page 73 verso - Accounts 1883
Page 74 - Blank
Page 74 verso - Accounts 1884
Page 75 - Blank
Page 75 verso - Accounts 1885
Page 76 - Blank
Page 76 verso - Accounts 1886
Page 77 - Blank
Pages 77 verso to 82 - Yearly totals of professional gain (pages 80 verso to 81 verso are blank)
Page 82 verso - Blank
Page 83 - Accounts 1887
Page 83 verso - Blank
Page 84 - Accounts 1888
Page 84 verso - Blank
Page 85 - Accounts 1889
Page 85 verso to 86 - Accounts 1890
Page 86 verso - Blank
Page 87 - Accounts 1891
Page 87 verso to 88 verso - Blank
Page 89 - Accounts 1893
Pages 89 verso to 161 verso - Blank
Page 162 - Notes in pencil
Pages 162 verso to 163 - Blank pages
Inside cover double page of marbled paper
Back cover |