George Romney

Posted Mar 1, 2012 at 10:29 CET in Artists and People.

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Portrait of a Young Woman in Powder Blue, ca. 1777.
Source: Fergus Hall Master Paintings.

George Romney was one of the major English portrait painters of the late 18th century, and I can’t believe I haven’t featured him earlier!

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Mr and Mrs William Lindow, 1772.
From the Tate Collection, accession number N01396.

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Jane, Duchess of Gordon, 1778.
From the collection of the National Galleries of Scotland, accession number PG 2208.

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Jane Dawkes Robinson, ca. 1778.
From the collection of the Indianapolis Museum of Art, accession number 34.3.

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Mrs. Musters, 1779-80.
From the collection of Kenwood House.

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Mary Benwell, 1780s (my estimate).

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Lady Grantham, 1780-81.
From the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, accession number M1928-1-36.

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Lydia Henrietta Malortie, Mrs Henry Hoare, 1780 - 1784.
From the collection of Killerton, Devon. National Trust Inventory Number 922325.

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A woman said to be Emily Bertie Pott, 1781.
From the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 58.102.2.

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Mary Darby Robinson, 1781.

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Mrs Harrit Greer, 1781.
From the collection of A. Z. Khitrovo, St Petersburg.

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Mrs Mary Lutwyche, Nee Thomas, 1782.
Source: Philip Mould.

I love this unusual headdress and wonder how it was constructed. It’s like a turban that peaks into a tiara-like shape.

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Miss Frances Mary Harford, 1780-1783.
From The Frick Collection, accession number 1903.1.105.

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Lady Mary Beauchamp-Procter, ca. 1782-1788.
From the collection of The Huntington, object number 26.86.

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The Hon. Charlotte Clive, 1783.
From the collection of Powis Castle & Garden, Powys, Wales. National Trust inventory number 1181065.

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Catherine (Brouncker) Adye, later Catherine Willett, 1784-1785.
From the collection of The Huntington, object number 22.56 .

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The Parson’s Daughter, ca. 1785.
From the Tate Collection, accession number N01068.

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Mrs. Francis Russell, 1785-87.
From the collection of The Art Institute of Chicago, ID number: 1922.4469.

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Sir Christopher and Lady Sykes strolling in the garden at Sledmere, 1786.

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Unknown lady, ca. 1786.

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Mrs. Champion de Crespigny, née Dorothy Scott, 1786-90.
From the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, accession number M1928-1-32.

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Anne Rodbard, Mrs Blackburne, ca. 1787.
Source: Philip Mould.

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Henrietta, Countess of Warwick, and Her Children, 1787-1789.
From the Frick Collection, accession number 1908.1.107.

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Charlotte (Pilford) Grove, 1788.
From the collection of The Huntington, object number 78.20.36.

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Miss Mary Finch-Hatton, 1788.
From The Frick Collection, accession number 1898.1.104.

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Lady Altamont, 1788.
From the Tate Collection, accession number N05788.

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Charlotte, Lady Milnes, 1788-1792.
From The Frick Collection, accession number 1911.1.106.

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Mary Chichester, Lady Clifford-Constable, 1789.
Source: Philip Mould.

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Mrs. Crouch, c. 1793.
From the collection of Kenwood House.

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Lady Mary Scott-Montagu, Countess of Courtown, 1793.
Source: Philip Mould.

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Barbara, marchioness of Donegall, ca. 1793 (my estimate).