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By my calculation we therefore have to go back one more generation for the lines to meet. Do you have a record of the father of Francis, who was presumably then Richard's grandfather?

We have unearthed a Waller family Bible, with the following information in it - Joseph Waller, b 31/7/1835, m Mary Jane Watson 24/6/1858. JW died 19/12/1885. 4 children, John James, b 28/1/1859, Frederick, b 6/1/1864, Ann (Annie), b 21/5/1868, Elizabeth, b 7/3,1870.
John m Mary Elizabeth Meade 9/10/1889. Annie m Thomas Ernest Leigh 30/9/1892 (my wife's line) Elizabeth m Frank Cockshott 6/6/1898.

John had 2 children, Horace Frederick Richard and Mary Elizabeth.

Hope this might help us determine how this part of the Waller family connects with Richard the artist, as it was through Annie's children that we acquired the paintings and bust.

I can get more information from my mother in law when she gets back from holiday. We have a self portrait of Richard Waller holding paint brushes, a bust which he commissioned in exchange for his doing a portrait of the sculptor, and a portrait of his brother and his wife.

My mother in law has a self portrait and a bust of Richard Waller. Her great grandfather was Joseph Waller, born 1835, and her grandmother was Ann Waller, born 1878. Is this the same family?