Richard Robert Graham (8 January 1735 – 31 May 1816) was

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to the Chelsea College Hospital. He was the son of

Daniel Graham Daniel Lawrence Graham (born November 16, 1978) is a former American football tight end in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the University of Colorado, and was recognized as a consensus All-American. He was ...

(c. 1695 – 1788) who was apothecary to King George I and

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, and was apothecary general to the British army.

''The Graham Children''

Around 1742, Daniel Graham commissioned

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to paint a portrait of his children. Hogarth produced ''The Graham Children'', one of his most successful

conversation piece A conversation piece refers to a group portrait in a domestic or landscape setting depicting persons chatting or otherwise socializing with each other.breeched, Henrietta, Anna Maria and Richard.Note the children are misidentified in Einberg's ''Manners & Morals'', corrected in her ''Hogarth the Painter''. The painting is noted for its many references to mortality, the passing of time and the fragility of life as Thomas had died by the time the painting was completed. It remained in the ownership of Richard Robert Graham, depicted on the far right of the painting, at least until his death in 1816. It then had several owners before it was acquired by

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who presented it to the British

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in 1934.''The Tate Gallery: An Illustrated Companion to the National Collections of British & Modern Foreign Art''. London: Tate Gallery, 1979, p. 15.

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The Graham family of Harrow.
* * 1816 deaths 1735 births English apothecaries {{England-med-bio-stub