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Richard Westall

British, 1765–1836

WA-00049281

Hertford, UK

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WikidataQ3109174

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Aichttps://www.artic.edu/artists/41019
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred95%
Artsy (bulk)https://www.artsy.net/artist/richard-westall
Tier 1 · Institutional85%

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Artworks (18)

David Garrick as King Lear

1810 · Oil on canvas

73 × 59.7 cm (28 3/4 × 23 1/2 in.); Framed: 93.4 × 79.4 × 8.9 cm (36 3/4 × 31 1/4 × 3 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Reconciliation of Helen and Paris after his Defeat by Menelaus

1805 · Oil paint on wood

support: 1270 x 1010 mm frame: 1472 x 1240 x 94 mm

Tate

Shepherdess

1800 · Graphite heightened with watercolor and touches of white gouache on gray wove paper

22 × 17.2 cm (8 11/16 × 6 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Officer Seeking Shelter with his Wife and Children from a Storm (recto); Sketch of Castle on Hill (verso)

1795 · Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash and watercolor, scraped to create highlights, heightened with gum varnish (recto), and graphite (verso), on cream wove card

39 × 31.6 cm (15 3/8 × 12 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Lady before Landscape

1785 · Graphite with brush and watercolor, on cream wove paper

17.8 × 10 cm (7 1/16 × 3 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Lady of the Lake

1785 · Pen and brown ink with brush and gray and brown wash, heightened with touches of white gouache, on cream wove paper, laid down on board

10.3 × 7.3 cm (4 1/16 × 2 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Woman, Children and Sheep Seeking Shelter from the Rain

1785 · Watercolor on ivory wove paper, laid down on tan wove paper

14 × 10.6 cm (5 9/16 × 4 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Two Women Conversing Near House

1780 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over traces of graphite, on cream laid paper

18 × 16.5 cm (7 1/8 × 6 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Design for Funerary Monument

1775 · Graphite with brush and brown ink on ivory wove paper

8 × 11.3 cm (3 3/16 × 4 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Reaper (The Harvest Moon)

1765 · pen and gray ink with gray wash and watercolor over graphite on wove paper

overall: 10.2 x 8.2 cm (4 x 3 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

f) A Dying Aged Warrior, a Maiden and a Monk: Sothey: Roderick

Graphite and gouache on paper

support: 128 x 102 mm

Tate

g) A Woman Ministering to Another, Three Weeping Children. Young: Night Thoughts

Graphite and gouache on paper

support: 128 x 102 mm

Tate

e) A Shepherd by a Church. Gray

Graphite on paper

support: 125 x 100 mm

Tate

d) A Gaelic Warrior Pointing to a Vision. Gray

Graphite, chalk and gouache on paper

support: 125 x 100 mm

Tate

c) A Young Man and a Dog. Cowper

Graphite and gouache on paper

support: 130 x 100 mm

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b) An Old Couple Seated outside a Cottage. Burns

Graphite and gouache on paper

support: 125 x 100 mm

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a) An Old Man by a Fireside and a Servant Girl. Burns

Graphite and gouache on paper

support: 125 x 100 mm

Tate

Philip Sansom, Jun., as a Child

Oil paint on canvas

frame: 1550 x 1300 x 180 mm support: 1268 x 1021 mm

Tate

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18 published of 18 catalogued · 16 with image

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9 entries · 1 sources

b) An Old Couple Seated outside a Cottage. Burns
— · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
f) A Dying Aged Warrior, a Maiden and a Monk: Sothey: Roderick
— · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
a) An Old Man by a Fireside and a Servant Girl. Burns
— · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
e) A Shepherd by a Church. Gray
— · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Reconciliation of Helen and Paris after his Defeat by Menelaus
1805 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Philip Sansom, Jun., as a Child
— · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
c) A Young Man and a Dog. Cowper
— · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
g) A Woman Ministering to Another, Three Weeping Children. Young: Night Thoughts
— · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
d) A Gaelic Warrior Pointing to a Vision. Gray
— · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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