Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue
William Romaine (1714-1795), Evangelical divine
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Apart from the portraits by Cotes and Russell and the bust by John Bacon, Romaine’s iconography is confined to indifferent engravings, principally for evangelical publications.
1758
Painting by Francis Cotes, see NPG 2036.
c.1760?
Anon. engraving, three-quarter length preaching (from Acts XI), lettered ... Prepare to meet thy God, Amos IV, 12, pub. R. Sayer, derived from a smaller print of the Rev Thomas Jones (same head and view through window) which appeared as one of four portraits on one plate (of which Romaine after Cotes was another).
1774
Anon. engraving, profile (Gospel Mag.).
1775
Painting by John Russell, half-length oval in gown and bands, engraved R. Houston 1775.
1782
Anon. medal (L. Brown, A Catalogue of British Historical Medals 1760-1960: The Accession of George III to the Death of William IV, 1980, no.241).
1784
Anon. engraving, profile (New Spiritual Mag.).
c.1785
Miniature attributed to Mrs Avarne, bust-length. Sotheby’s, 16 June 1982, lot 215 (one of 13 nonconformist divines). Several bust-length engravings relate to this type: T. Trotter 1786; anon. 1790 (Christian’s Mag.), 1795 (Evangelical Mag.) & 1796; Mackenzie 1807; T. Crabb (19th century).
c.1790
Anon. engraving, half-length preaching.
1795
Two crude engravings pub. G. Thompson, three-quarter length, preaching from Ephesians II, with Romaine arms [ar. on a fesse sa. three crosses flowered or] and motto [I live by the Faith of the Son of God]: Drawn from life & Engrav’d B. Reading, pub. 6 June 1795; West/Smith dt., with date of death, 26 July 1795, pub. 10 August 1795. Both heads relate to the c.1785 pattern described above.
1795
Engraving by J. W., small profile bust.
Posthumous
1796
Miniature by J. Watts, exhibited RA 1796 (594).
1797
Marble bust by John Bacon sr., on monument in St Anne’s church, Blackfriars (destroyed 1940). Engraved Rivers 1797, W. Skelton 1797.
1831
Engraving by G. H. Adcock, half length, ultimately derived from the Cotes portrait.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Ingamells, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, National Portrait Gallery, 2004, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.
1758
Painting by Francis Cotes, see NPG 2036.
c.1760?
Anon. engraving, three-quarter length preaching (from Acts XI), lettered ... Prepare to meet thy God, Amos IV, 12, pub. R. Sayer, derived from a smaller print of the Rev Thomas Jones (same head and view through window) which appeared as one of four portraits on one plate (of which Romaine after Cotes was another).
1774
Anon. engraving, profile (Gospel Mag.).
1775
Painting by John Russell, half-length oval in gown and bands, engraved R. Houston 1775.
1782
Anon. medal (L. Brown, A Catalogue of British Historical Medals 1760-1960: The Accession of George III to the Death of William IV, 1980, no.241).
1784
Anon. engraving, profile (New Spiritual Mag.).
c.1785
Miniature attributed to Mrs Avarne, bust-length. Sotheby’s, 16 June 1982, lot 215 (one of 13 nonconformist divines). Several bust-length engravings relate to this type: T. Trotter 1786; anon. 1790 (Christian’s Mag.), 1795 (Evangelical Mag.) & 1796; Mackenzie 1807; T. Crabb (19th century).
c.1790
Anon. engraving, half-length preaching.
1795
Two crude engravings pub. G. Thompson, three-quarter length, preaching from Ephesians II, with Romaine arms [ar. on a fesse sa. three crosses flowered or] and motto [I live by the Faith of the Son of God]: Drawn from life & Engrav’d B. Reading, pub. 6 June 1795; West/Smith dt., with date of death, 26 July 1795, pub. 10 August 1795. Both heads relate to the c.1785 pattern described above.
1795
Engraving by J. W., small profile bust.
Posthumous
1796
Miniature by J. Watts, exhibited RA 1796 (594).
1797
Marble bust by John Bacon sr., on monument in St Anne’s church, Blackfriars (destroyed 1940). Engraved Rivers 1797, W. Skelton 1797.
1831
Engraving by G. H. Adcock, half length, ultimately derived from the Cotes portrait.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Ingamells, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, National Portrait Gallery, 2004, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.