George Richardson

George Richardson was a British architect, artist and copper engraver (1737–1813). He was born at Edinburgh and died at London.

Also recorded as C. G. Richardson; George, I Richardson; George I. Richardson.

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Identity

What the record establishes about George Richardson.

George Richardson is recorded as a citizen of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. George Richardson is recorded with the occupation copper engraver. Design for a Ceiling is catalogued and held by Yale Center for British Art (inventory B1975.2.674). Shaving Mug is dated 1818–48 and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory 43.162.36a, b). Sugar Bowl is dated 1830–45 and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory 58.68.2a, b). The Metropolitan Museum of Art records 37 objects associated with this heading.

Yale Center for British Art records 1 object associated with this heading. George Richardson is recorded as architect, artist and copper engraver. Wellcome Collection records 342 objects associated with this heading. St Mary Magdalene's Church, Stapleford is dated 1783. Open Library catalogues 27 works under this name.

Works and catalogued output

What George Richardson produced.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art catalogues 3 works under this heading. Wikidata Query Service catalogues 2 works under this heading. Wellcome Collection catalogues 8 works under this heading. Open Library catalogues 30 works under this heading.

Authority records

The identifiers under which George Richardson may be traced in institutional catalogues.

George Richardson is established in the international name authorities as Bibliothèque nationale de France 11997377t, Getty Union List of Artist Names 500011246, Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND) 128985003, Library of Congress n79083919, Libraries Australia 1151577, ISNI 0000000063002506, IdRef 028063686, VIAF 36927290 and Wikidata Q5543862.

Catalogued works

36 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1778 to 1830.

Design for a Ceiling, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1975.2.674. St Mary Magdalene's Church, Stapleford, dated 1783. To the Republican national committee. The Irish footman's poetry, or George the runner, against Henry the walker, in defence of John the swimmer. Report of trial, Guildhall, 1824, and Motion for a New Trial. Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Report of the trial of an action, between Captain George Richardson plaintiff, and William Mellish, Esq. defendant, before the Right Honourable Lord Gifford, Chief justice of the Court of Common Pleas. Proceedings of the 29th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society. Before Sunset. Analisi Fondamentale. Investimenti. Modern plane geometry. Notes and Making of the Book Pandoras Box & the Holy Grail. Pandora's Box & the Holy Grail. Economia e Finanza. Criptovalute. Economia e Finanza : le Basi. Things that Go Bump in the Flight. Iconology : Or, a Collection of Emblematical Figures : Containing Four Hundred and Twenty-Four Remarkable Subjects, Moral and Instructive. Series of Original Designs for Country Seats or Villas; Containing Plans, Sections of the Principal Apartments, Ceilings, Chimney-Pieces, Capitals of Columns, Ornaments for Friezes, and Other Interior Decorations. Biographical Sketch of the Life of ... Robert Fitton. Rise and Progress of the Society of Friends in Norway. Ædes Pembrochianæ. A Book of Ceilings, Composed in the Style of the Antique Grotesque. Fail-Safe Leadership. Decolonizing Democratic Education. The Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ. Key skills. Some Account Of The Rise Of The Society Of Friends In Cornwood In Northumberland. Analytical Methods for Dynamic Modelers. The Irish footman's poetry, or, George the rvnner against Henry the walker, in defence of Iohn the Swimmer. New Vitruvius Britannicus. Shaving Mug, dated 1818–48, pewter, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 43.162.36a, b. Sugar Bowl, dated 1830–45, pewter, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 58.68.2a, b. Sugar Box, dated 1818–48, pewter, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 62.89.26. Iconology or, a collection of emblematical figures, moral and instructive; ... By George Richardson, ... In two volumes. .., dated 1778, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 3 named public collections.

Yale Center for British Art: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 37 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 342 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Richardson, George, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Richardson, George, Oxford Art Online, 2003. Richardson, George (1736?–1817?), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018. Richardson, George (1773–1862), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018. Richardson, George Fleming (1796?–1848), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018.

Naming and authority record

This heading is established in Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND) (11626912X). Those registers additionally record the forms Porter, G. R. and Porter, George R.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 4 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 7 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 7 means 7 genuinely separate publishers of record. 11 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1737George Richardson born at Edinburgh.
  2. 1737George Richardson was born on 1 January 1737.
  3. 1783St Mary Magdalene's Church, Stapleford is dated 1783.
  4. 1783St Mary Magdalene's Church, Stapleford.
  5. 1813George Richardson died at London.
  6. 1813George Richardson died on 1 January 1813.
  7. 1817George Richardson died on 1 January 1817.
  8. 1818Shaving Mug is dated 1818–48 and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory 43.162.36a, b).
  9. 1830Sugar Bowl is dated 1830–45 and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory 58.68.2a, b).
  10. 1830Sugar Bowl (1830) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

Connections

Each connection was recorded deliberately, with the basis for it kept on the internal record.

Died at

  • LondonPlace

    Established from a fact already recorded on a verified source.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Open Library author record for George Richardson (Internet Archive), 27 catalogued works.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  2. 2.

    Richardson, George (1736?–1817?), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Richardson, George (1773–1862), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Richardson, George Fleming (1796?–1848), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Richardson, George, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    Richardson, George, Oxford Art Online, 2003

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  7. 7.

    Gemeinsame Normdatei 11626912X, Porter, George Richardson.

    authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek

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  8. 8.

    Internet Archive, 62 digitised items catalogued under George Richardson as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  9. 9.

    The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with George Richardson.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago

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  10. 10.

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection records associated with George Richardson (37 objects).

    museum collection · Unverified · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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  11. 11.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 342 works naming George Richardson.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  12. 12.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q5543862: George Richardson

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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