Thomas Richmond (miniature-painter)

His father was 'groom of the stables' to the Duke of Gloucester, and afterwards the proprietor of the Coach and Horses at Kew, where the artist was born in 1771.

Thomas became Engleheart's pupil, and was employed by the royal family in copying miniatures by his master and Richard Cosway.

Though the pose of some of his figures is in the stiff manner usual at the time, the portraits are lifelike, and the drawing and expression excellent.

[1] He lies in the large western section changed into a public park (St Marys Gardens) in 1881.

Although most stones were cleared during this process, Richmond's grave remains, lying to the north-west, however its value is greatly diminished by having been recently enclosed within an ugly metal cage.