Commissioned Works
This includes work for the Admiralty during the War. Afterwards, commissions continued to flood in. Oxbridge Universities, Eton College, the Coronation, Churchill being given the Freedom of the City, then Esso, Shell Guides and The Post Office. Lord Montagu admired his work and commissioned several pictures. Evelyn Waugh asked for a quirky picture of the interior of a plane about to crash....but Richard was glad when he felt he could make a living without this sort of work.
Solent, Beaulieu River (1965)
oil on canvas - 100h × 126w (cm)
After buying this painting Lord Montagu asked Richard to paint a launch coming out of the river into the Solent. In the distance is Hurst Castle and a hint of the Isle of Wight opposite. There is a general holiday atmosphere.
The Pleasures of Travel, 1951 (1952)
oil on canvas - 50.8h × 63.5w (cm)
Evelyn Waugh owned two pictures called The Pleasures of Travel 1751 and another representing 1851. The common theme was an ironic twist to the title as they were all disasters. Richard's picture of a plane about to crash completed a trilogy.
Robin Hood's Bay in Wartime (1940)
oil on canvas - 63.5h × 76.2w (cm)
This was a trial commission from the Admiralty to test Richard’s ability. The village seems to be its usual sleepy self but there is a hint that things are not quite the same as usual with the presence of uniformed men, one appearing to carry a gun.
Cowes Week from Providence House (1972)
oil on panel - 76h × 122w (cm)
Her Majesty the Queen visits Yarmouth on Britannia, July 1965 (1967)
oil on board - 30h × 76w (cm)
Sir Francis Chichester’s Return Celebration at Buckler's Hard on 17th Sept 1967 (1967)
oil on board - 52h × 68w (cm)
Sir Francis Chichester's Return to Beaulieu River on 17th September, 1967 after his circumnavigation of the world in Gipsy Moth IV (1967)
oil on board - 27.5h × 78w (cm)
Threadneedle Street 1855 (1966)
- 101.6h × 127w (cm)
Calf of Man, Isle of Man (1965)
tempera on board - 34h × 52w (cm)
Farne Island, Northumberland (1965)
- 33h × 51w (cm)
Anglesey (1963)
oil and tempera on board - 31.5h × 41.5w (cm)
Lincolnshire Farm (1963)
oil on board - 75h × 126w (cm)
Whitby, North Yorkshire, to Represent Sheffield on Holiday (1961)
oil on canvas - 304.8h × 426.7w (cm)
Chatsworth to Represent Sheffield at Play (1961)
oil on canvas - 304.8h × 426.7w (cm)
Last Voyage of HMS Vanguard, Portsmouth: 4th August, 1960, No 1 (1961)
oil on canvas - 66h × 137w (cm)
HMS Vanguard, 4th August 1960, Portsmouth (1961)
pen, brush, ink & pastel - 17.8h × 33.5w (cm)
Sherston (1961)
oil on board - 52h × 78w (cm)
Caithness (1961)
oil on board - 31.5h × 41.5w (cm)
The Last Voyage of HMS Vanguard, Portsmouth: 4th August, 1960, No 2 (c1961)
- 43.8h × 54w (cm)
Huntingdon Through History (1960)
oil on board - 33.5h × 43w (cm)
Huntingdonshire (1960)
oil on board - 34.3h × 43.1w (cm)
A Refinery Scene (The Seven Sisters) (1960)
oil on board - 50h × 120w (cm)
Whitby, Study for a Mural in the Teaching Hospital, Sheffield (1960)
oil on board - 69h × 101w (cm)
Chatsworth, Study for a Mural in the Teaching Hospital, Sheffield (1960)
oil on board - 67.3h × 100.3w (cm)
Ancient Landscape seen from the Top of Greenhill (1959)
oil on board - 40h × 50w (cm)
Cornwall (1958)
oil on board - 33h × 42w (cm)
Richmond, Yorkshire (1958)
oil on canvas - 61h × 51w (cm)
Milford Haven (c1958)
- 50.8h × 30.5w (cm)
York Festival Triptych (1956)
oil on canvas - 130.8h × 196.2w (cm)
Rouen Resurgent (1956)
oil on canvas - 51h × 102w (cm)
Doncaster Races, St Leger (1954)
oil on canvas - 51h × 61w (cm)
Coronation Procession - Admiralty Arch from Trafalgar Square (1953)
oil on canvas laid on board - 34.5h × 77w (cm)
A. Vincent, Son and Grandsons (1949)
- 50.8h × 76.2w (cm)
Troops at Balliol, Second World War (1947)
oil on canvas - 89.8h × 165.1w (cm)
King’s College Chapel, Cambridge, by Candlelight (1947)
oil on panel - 119h × 89.5w (cm)
Trinity College: the Wren Library and River Cam (1946)
oil on canvas - 62.3h × 75w (cm)
Freedom of the City of Westminster Given to Winston Churchill (1946)
oil on canvas - 85h × 112w (cm)
King’s College Looking Eastwards from the Backs: Early Summer (1946)
oil on canvas - 63.5h × 76.2w (cm)
Escort Carrier, Southampton (1946)
- 40.6h × 50.8w (cm)
His Majesty King George VI conferring the Order of Knighthood upon Sir Henry Marten, Provost, on the steps of College Chapel (1946)
oil on canvas - 100.5h × 125.5w (cm)
Portland dockyard 19th May 1945 U-Boats 249, 1023 and 776 (1945)
pencil on paper - 29.4h × 40.4w (cm)
Preparations for D-Day (1944)
oil on canvas - 76.2h × 127w (cm)
Mulberry - The Prefabricated Harbour Assembled, Selsey Bill (1944)
oil on canvas - 37.4h × 81.9w (cm)
D-Day, Reconstruction - Beach Landing (1944)
oil on panel - 102h × 228.5w (cm)
Fortresses over Southampton Water (1944)
oil on canvas - 76.2h × 101.9w (cm)
D-Day, Reconstruction - Battleships at Sea (1944)
oil on panel - 102h × 77w (cm)
D-Day, Reconstruction - Bombed Cathedral (1944)
oil on panel - 102h × 77w (cm)
Midget Submarine Attack on the 'Tirpitz', 22 September 1943 (1944)
oil on mahogany panel - 40.6h × 106.7w (cm)
Bombardment of the coast near Trapani (1943)
oil on canvas - 76.2h × 127w (cm)
The Great Convoy to North Africa, November 1942 (1943)
oil on canvas - 76h × 127w (cm)
The Great Convoy to North Africa (1943)
oil on panel - 36.8h × 127w (cm)
Light Coastal Forces Blow Up An Enemy Merchantman (1943)
oil on canvas - 76h × 101.3w (cm)
The Landing at Dieppe, 19th August 1942 (March 1942)
oil on panel - 121.9h × 175.3w (cm)
A Destroyer Rescuing Survivors (1942)
oil on canvas - 76.2h × 101.9w (cm)
Night Raid on Portsmouth Docks, 1941 (1942)
oil on canvas - 78.7h × 127w (cm)
Survivors from a Torpedoed Ship (1942)
oil on canvas - 35.6h × 61w (cm)
Warship (1942)
pencil on paper - 21.6h × 35.6w (cm)
HMS 'Revenge' Leaving Harbour (1942)
oil on canvas - 76.2h × 127w (cm)
The Raid on the Bruneval Radio Location Station, 27-28 February 1942 (1942)
oil on canvas - 76.2h × 101.9w (cm)
Portsmouth (1942)
pencil on paper - 21h × 35.5w (cm)
Naval Light Forces Going into Action (1942)
oil on canvas - 33h × 76w (cm)
Trawler Against Heinkel (1941)
oil on ? - 63.5h × 76.2w (cm)
Destroyer and Minesweeper (1941)
oil on ? - 35.6h × 60.7w (cm)
Raid on Vaagso, Norway, 26 - 27 December 1941 (1941)
oil on canvas - 76.2h × 127w (cm)
Dunkirk Beaches, May 1940 (1941)
oil on canvas - 101.8h × 152.5w (cm)
Rescue of the Only Survivor of a Torpedoed Merchant Ship (1941)
oil on canvas - 76.2h × 127w (cm)
Attack on a Convoy Seen from the Air (1941)
oil on canvas - 76h × 101.4w (cm)
A Motor Boat of the British Power Boat Company, Hythe (1941)
oil on canvas - 68.5h × 81.5w (cm)
HMS Resolution Returning to Portsmouth (1941)
oil on ? - 76.2h × 127w (cm)
Night Attack Over Southampton Water (1941)
oil on ? - 33h × 60.7w (cm)
The Boats Were Machine-Gunned (1941)
oil on canvas - 76.6h × 101.6w (cm)
The British Power Boat Company (1941)
oil on canvas - 76.2h × 127w (cm)
Dunkirk Beaches (1940)
oil on cardboard - 22.8h × 45.7w (cm)
Whitby in Wartime (1940)
oil on canvas - 63.5h × 76w (cm)
Air Fight over Portland (1940)
oil on canvas - 76.2h × 101.9w (cm)
Withdrawal from Dunkirk, June 1940 (1940)
oil on canvas - 76.2h × 101.6w (cm)
Portrait of Mrs Beddington Behrens (c1935)
- 30.5h × 25.4w (cm)
Tile Decoration (1929)
Ceramic tiles