Louis Fairfax Muckley - Portrait of Frank Richards

Portrait of Frank Richards

Louis Fairfax Muckley's "Portrait of Frank Richards" is an original pen and ink drawing created by the artist in 1884. This portrait study is drawn upon fine hand-made laid paper which has been tipped by Frank Richards unto a larger sheet of thick laid paper. It is signed by Louis Fairfax Muckley with his characteristic 'L.F.M.' monogramme and dated along the lower margin. As well, Frank Richards has written, "By Louis F. Muckley, Sketch of Myself", on the verso.

Portrait of Frank Richards

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Collection of Frank Richards R.B.A
#	Image	Title & Engraver	Artist info	Date	Medium	Info	-
01.-		Portrait of Frank Richards by Arthur Gaskin	Arthur Joseph Gaskin (Birmingham, England, 1862 - 1928)	1885	Original Graphite Drawing.	Signed in full by Arthur Gaskin and dated.	Sold
02-		Portrait of Frank Richards by Louis Fairfax Muckley	Louis Fairfax Muckley (Stourbridge, England, 1861 - c. 1915)	1884	Original Pen and Ink Drawing.	Signed by Muckley with his characteristic 'L.F.M.' monogramme and dated.
03.-		Portrait of Louis Fairfax Muckley by Arthur Gaskin	Arthur Joseph Gaskin (Birmingham, England, 1862 - 1928)	1884	Original Graphite Drawing.	Signed with Arthur Gaskin's 'A. G.' monogramme and dated.	Sold
04.-		Portrait of the Artist's Brother by Arthur Gaskin	Arthur Joseph Gaskin (Birmingham, England, 1862 - 1928)	1885	Original Pen and Ink Drawing.	Signed by Arthur Gaskin with his characteristic monogramme and dated.	Sold
05.-		Sketch of Frank Richards by Arthur Gaskin	Arthur Joseph Gaskin (Birmingham, England, 1862 - 1928)	1885	Original Graphite Drawing.	Signed with Arthur Gaskin's 'A. G.' monogramme.
06.-		Sketch of Frank Richards by Louis Fairfax Muckley	Louis Fairfax Muckley (Stourbridge, England, 1861 - c. 1915)	c. 1884	Original Pen and Ink Drawing.	Frank Richards has written, "By Louis F. Muckley, Sketch of Myself", on the verso.

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Title:	Portrait of Frank Richards
Artist:	Muckley, Louis Fairfax (Stourbridge, England, 1861 - c. 1915)
Date:	1884
Medium:	Original Pen and Ink Drawing
Note:	Louis Fairfax Muckley: A major illustrator, etcher, painter and designer during the last decade of the nineteenth century, Louis Fairfax Muckley was a leading force of what was called 'the Birmingham School'. This was an influential group of artists who both allied their style of illustration to and worked with William Morris at the famous Kelmscott Press. Other prominent artists in this movement included Arthur Joseph Gaskin, E. H. New and C. M. Gere.
	Louis Fairfax Muckley studied painting and drawing at the Birmingham School of Art. During the early 1880's, his classmates and companions were such fellow artists as Frank Richards and Arthur Joseph Gaskin. After his contact with the art produced by William Morris, Louis Fairfax Muckley applied himself to the study of decorative illustration and illustrated his first major book while still a student; R. D. Blackmore's, Fringila (1885).
	In the 1890's, Louis Fairfax Muckley was commissioned for numerous illustrations from leading periodicals such as The Graphic and the Illustrated London News. He was also a founding designer for The Quest and The Quiver. Perhaps his finest achievement, however, was his illustrative work for the Kelmscott Press, Spenser's Faerie Queen, which was published in 1897. This book is considered a masterpiece of late Pre-Raphaelite art.
	During his career, Louis Fairfax Muckley was a frequent exhibitor at many major institutions, such as the Royal Academy and the New Gallery. Among other major collections examples of his drawings are included at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and the Birmingham Art Gallery.
Provenance:	Frank Richards: From the collection of Frank Richards R.B.A. A well known landscape and figure painter, Frank Richards exhibited his art from 1883 to 1925 at such institutions as the Royal Academy, London, and in Birmingham, Manchester and Bournemouth. He was elected to the Royal Society of British Artists in 1921.
	Frank Richards completed his formal studies at the Birmingham School of Art, along with his fellow classmates, Arthur Joseph Gaskin and Louis Fairfax Muckley. Richards's collection included a handful of drawings by both artists (including portrayals of himself); this graphite drawing being one of them. On the verso of each portrait drawing, Frank Richards noted the identity of the individual.
Size:	4 1/2 X 3 3/8 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Framed and Matted with 100% Archival Materials
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Buy Now	Price: $495.00 US
Condition:	Drawn upon fine hand-made laid paper which has been tipped by Richards unto a larger sheet of thick laid paper. Signed by Muckley with his characteristic 'L.F.M.' monogramme and dated along the lower margin. As well, Frank Richards has written, "By Louis F. Muckley, Sketch of Myself", on the verso. This exquisite pen and ink drawing is in excellent condition throughout and represents a prime, original example of the art of Louis Fairfax Muckley, one of England's finest late nineteenth century illustrative artists.
Subject:	Louis Fairfax Muckley, Portrait of Frank Richards, original pen and ink drawing, Birmingham School, William Morris, Kelmscott Press, Faerie Queen, Pre-Raphaelite art.
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