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Pen and brown ink and brown wash
9 ⅜ × 9 ½ inches · 238 × 241 mm
Drawn 1776

Collections

The artist;
Elizabeth Romney, by descent, to 1894;
Romney sale, Christie’s, 24-25 May 1894 (part of unidentified lot);
Lawrence Romney, purchased at the above sale;
J.S. Maas & Co.;
Robert Harford, by 1978;
Thos. Agnew & Sons, 2002;
Private collection, 2014.

Exhibitions

London, Burlington Fine Arts Club, Pictures, Decorative Arts and other Works of Art, 1916, no. 85;
Kendal, Abbot Hall Art Gallery, on long term loan, 1978 to 1999;
Kendal, Abbot Hall Art Gallery, George Romney 1734-1802, 1984, no. 3;
Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery, George Romney 1734–1802, 2002, no. 57;
London, National Portrait Gallery, George Romney 1734–1802, 2002, no. 57;
London, Agnew’s, Romney Drawings, 2002, no.1.

Literature

Alex Kidson, George Romney 1734–1802, exh. cat., London, 2002, pp. 115-17.

Private collection, USA

References

Alex Kidson, George Romney 1734–1802, exh. cat., London (National Portrait Gallery), London, 2002, pp.114-117.
Ed. Nicholas Penny, Reynolds, exh. cat., London (Royal Academy of Arts), 1986, cat. no. 90, pp.262-263.
Ed. Robert Wark, The Discourses of Joshua Reynolds, New Haven and London, 1975, p.277.