George Romney
(1734-1802), Portrait painterSitter in 5 portraits
Artist associated with 173 portraits
Romney was a prolific and successful artist who moved to London from Lancashire in 1762. Confident in painting portraits as well as history paintings, he was a rival of Sir Joshua Reynolds.
Frontispiece to the Second Volume of Hayley's Memoirs
by Caroline Watson, published by Henry Colburn & Co, published by Simpkin and Marshall, after George Romney
stipple engraving, published 10 April 1823
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John Wesley with a view of Epworth Church
by William Ward, published by Thomas Roberts, after John Jackson, after George Romney
mezzotint and etching, published 1 August 1825 (1789)
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by Charles Brome, by Thomas Bragg, published by Richard Lambe, after George Romney
line engraving, published 4 May 1827 (mid 1780s)
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by Charles Brome, by Thomas Bragg, after George Romney
line engraving, 1827 (mid 1780s)
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Emma Hamilton ('Lady Hamilton as Ariadne')
after George Romney
line engraving, after 1827 (mid 1780s)
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by Samuel Freeman, published by William Smith, after George Romney
stipple engraving, published circa 1827
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Dorothy Jordan as Peggy in Garrick's 'The Country Girl'
published by J. McCormick, after George Romney
hand-coloured stipple engraving, published 1 September 1830
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by William Derby, possibly after George Romney
pencil, circa 1835-1842
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Henrietta (née Stanley), Lady Horton
probably by William Derby, probably after George Romney
pencil, pen and ink, circa 1835-1842
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Sarah (née Richardson), Lady Austen ('Lady Austen in the character of Lavinia')
by John Henry Robinson, published by Baldwin & Cradock, after William Harvey, after George Romney
stipple engraving, published 1836
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Melesina Trench (née Chenevix)
by Francis Holl, after George Romney
stipple and line engraving, published 1862 (1792)
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by Joseph Brown, published by Richard Bentley, after George Romney
line and stipple engraving, published 1862
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by Henry Sigismund Uhlrich, after George Romney
lithograph of wood engraving, published 29 April 1876 (circa 1786)
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by Henry Sigismund Uhlrich, after George Romney
lithograph of wood engraving, published 29 April 1876 (circa 1786)
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by Samuel Haydon, published by Edward S. Palmer, after George Romney
drypoint etching and aquatint, published 9 November 1876 (1780-1781)
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by Minnie Lee Everett (M. Cormack), published by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi & Co, after George Romney
mezzotint, published 21 June 1890
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Elizabeth Craven (née Berkeley), Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Bayreuth
after George Romney
chromolithograph, published 1902 (1778)
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Elizabeth Sutherland, Duchess of Sutherland
by William Henderson, published by Henry Graves & Co, and published by Stiefbold & Co, and published by The J. Hood Co, after George Romney
mezzotint, published 1902
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Elizabeth Stanley (née Hamilton), Countess of Derby
after George Romney
photogravure, 1905 (1776-1778)
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Lady Caroline Spencer (née Russell), Duchess of Marlborough
printed by A. Salmon, published by Henry Graves & Co, after George Romney
mezzotint, published 1908
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