George Romney

Fan account of George Romney, an English portrait painter.

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Euseby Cleaver (1746–1819), Archbishop of Dublin, 1796, George Romney

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Elizabeth Allen (Mrs Josiah Wedgwood II) (1764–1846), George Romney

https://www.wikiart.org/en/george-romney/elizabeth-allen-mrs-josiah-wedgwood-ii-1764-1846

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Busts of Two Women, Jean-Antoine Watteau, 18th century, Harvard Art Museums: Drawings

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Charles E. Dunlap Size: 15.9 x 21.2 cm (6 ¼ x 8 3/8 in.) Medium: Black and red chalk with touches of black and white chalk, and white gouache on cream antique laid paper

https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/296105

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William Pitt the Younger, George Romney, 1783, Tate

Bequeathed by Admiral John E. Pringle 1908 Size: support: 870 x 660 mm frame: 1138 x 948 x 103 mm Medium: Oil paint on canvas

http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/romney-william-pitt-the-younger-n02280

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Portrait of E. A. Vorontsova, 1783, Dmitry Levitzky

Medium: oil,canvas

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Serena Reading, 1785, George Romney

https://www.wikiart.org/en/george-romney/serena-reading-1785

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Abraham Rawlinson (1709–1780), 1772, George Romney

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General Sir Archibald Campbell (1739–1791), Soldier, George Romney

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Thomas Holme, Mayor of Kendal (1741–1742 & 1755–1756), George Romney

https://www.wikiart.org/en/george-romney/thomas-holme-mayor-of-kendal-1741-1742-1755-1756

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Count Nils Bielke, Rosalba Carriera, Nationalmuseum, SWE

http://collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=24053&viewType=detailView

[artist-hogarth]

The Pool of Bethesda, 1736, William Hogarth

Medium: oil,canvas

https://www.wikiart.org/en/william-hogarth/the-pool-of-bethesda-1736

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Emma Hart (c.1765–1815), Lady Hamilton, as Calypso, 1792, George Romney

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Midshipman George Cumberland, 1780, George Romney

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Lizanka and Dashenka, 1794, Vladimir Borovikovsky

Medium: oil,canvas

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James Macpherson, 1780, George Romney

https://www.wikiart.org/en/george-romney/james-macpherson-1780

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Study for "The Lapland Witch", George Romney, c. 1775-1777, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Prints and Drawings

seated and crouched figure with hands clenched and large shadow behind George Romney embraced the “sublime,” the flip side of the Age of Enlightenment. He was obsessed with the passions, the power of nature, the supernatural—those forces beyond human comprehension and control. In the popular imagination of the 18th century, Lapland was home to witches capable of raising storms and causing shipwrecks, and Romney wanted to capture their magic. His efforts began with fiery sketches like this one. In 1778, Romney’s friend and biographer William Hayley wrote a verse on the artist’s conjuring of a Lapland witch. Note his comment that the freedom of the artist’s drawing would need to be tempered when it came time to execute the painting. "Round fancy’s circle when thy Pencil flies, With what terrific pomp thy Spectres rise! What lust of mischief marks thy Witch’s form, While on the Lapland Rock she swells the storm! Tho’ led by Fancy, thro’ her boundless reign, Well dost thou know to quit her wild domain, When History bids thee paint, severely chaste Her simpler scene, with uncorrupted taste." Size: 19 5/8 x 11 13/16 in. (49.85 x 30 cm) (sheet) 29 5/8 × 23 9/16 × 1 13/16 in. (75.25 × 59.85 × 4.6 cm) (outer frame) Medium: Brush and brown wash, with pen and brown ink over graphite

https://collections.artsmia.org/art/19476/

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The Feasts of Venice, 1717, Jean-Antoine Watteau

Medium: oil,canvas