Artist: George Romney (1734 - 1802)
Nationality: British
Movement: Neoclassicism
Media: Painting
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Biography:
George Romney was born in Lancashire, son of a cabinetmaker who trained under portrait artist, Christopher Steele. Before settling in London in 1762, he traveled from town to town, painting portraits for a living. He established a moderate reputation, but became even more successful after traveling through Italy to study Classical and Renaissance art. Romney wished to expand from portraiture into historical painting, a desire that was never fully achieved. This was partly because upon meeting Emma Hart in 1781, he became obsessed and painted many pictures of her afterwards. His career gradually declined and he returned to his native Kendal where he suffered from mental illness.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (100)
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Mrs. George Horsley (Charlotte Talbot, died 1828), ca. 1787 George Romney (British, 1734-1802)Oil on canvas;
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George Romney George, First Marquis of Townshend oil on canvas 1792
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Portrait of a Man George Romney (British, 1734-1802)Oil on canvas; 30 x 24 3/4 in.
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George Romney David Scott, Esq., of Dunniald oil on canvas 1780
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George Romney Madame de Genlis oil on canvas circa 1792
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George Romney William Sotherton, The Younger, of Darrington oil on canvas 1788
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George Romney Mirth (Sketch for Head of Comedy) oil on canvas circa 1788
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George Romney Portrait of a Gentleman (Colonel Thomas Thornton) oil on canvas 1780
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Emilie Bertie Pott, 1781 George Romney (British, 1734-1802)Oil on canvas; 29 3/4 x 24 7/8
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William Bond George Romney 18th - 19th century
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George Romney Troilus & Cressida,act II, Scene II Line and stipple engraving with hand coloring 18th - 19th century
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Benjamin Smith Shakespeare Nursed by Tragedy & Comedy, after George Romney 18th - 19th century
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Lady Elizabeth Hamilton (1753-1797), Countess of Derby, 1776-78 George Romney (British, 1734-1802)Oil on canvas; 50
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Self-portrait, probably 1795 George Romney (British, 1734-1802)Oil on canvas; 30 x 25 in. (76.2 x
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Portrait of Anne, Duchess of Cumberland
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George Romney Study of Witches Surrounding a Fallen Comrade pen and brown ink and wash over traces of black chalk on paper circa 1785
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Admiral Sir Chaloner Ogle (1727-1816) George Romney (British, 1734-1802)Oil on canvas; 30 x 24 5/8
Museum of Fine Arts -
George Romney, British, 1734-1802 Mrs. Billington as Saint Cecilia Oil on canvas 127.7 x 101.9
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George Romney - Mr. Forbes c. 1780-1790 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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George Romney Laban Cherchant Ses Idoles...sixty first plate in the book...Galerie lithographiÈe de son Altesse royale Monseigneur le Duc d* OrlÈans (Paris: Bureau de la Galerie ä [1830?]), vol. 1 Lithograph 18th - 19th century
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Mrs. Bryan Cooke (Frances Puleston, 1765-1818), ca. 1787-91 George Romney (British, 1734-1802)Oil on canvas; 50
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George Romney - Mrs. Davies Davenport 1782-1784 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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George Romney - Sir William Hamilton 1783-1784 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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George Romney - Mrs. Alexander Blair 1787-1789 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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George Romney - Mrs. Andrew Reid c. 1780-88 oil on canvas Kimbell Art Museum English
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Mrs. Charles Frederick (Martha Rigden, died 1794) George Romney (British, 1734-1802)Oil on canvas; 29 3/4
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George Romney - Portrait of Lady Maitland c. 1785-98 oil on canvas Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester British
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George Romney - Colonel James Clitherow 1784 oil on canvas Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester British
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George Romney - Lady Arabella Ward 1783-1788 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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George Romney - Mrs. Thomas Scott Jackson c. 1770-1773 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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George Romney - Miss Juliana Willoughby 1781-1783 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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George Romney - Portrait of Richard Palmer 1787 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art English
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George Romney - A Portrait of Mrs. Beal Bonnell 1779-1780 oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum British
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George Romney - Lady Hamilton as 'Nature' 1782 oil on canvas The Frick Collection British
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George Romney - Portrait of Lady Willoughby de Broke 1779-1781 Oil on Canvas Arkansas Arts Center British
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George Romney - Major-General Sir Archibald Campbell 1790-1792 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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George Romney - Thomas Grove of Ferne, Wiltshire 1788 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art English
Museum of Fine Arts -
George Romney, British, 1734-1802 John Bensley Thornhill as a Boy 1784 Oil on canvas 186.7
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Henry Wolf Mrs. Ker 19th - 20th century
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Robert Dunkarton The Right Honorable George Lord Lyttelton Mezzotint 1774
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Henry Meyer Lady Hamilton with Her Dog Mezzotint 18th - 19th century
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Benjamin Smith Shakespeare: Tempest. Act I, Scene I Color stencil engraving 18th - 19th century
Museum of Fine Arts -
George Romney, British, 1734-1802 Portrait of Two Girls (Misses Cumberland) Oil on canvas 73.7 x
Museum of Fine Arts -
Edgar Degas, French, 1834-1917 SS. Catherine and Agnes 1856-58 Graphite pencil and black chalk Sheet:
Museum of Fine Arts -
George Romney, British, 1734-1802 Anne, Lady de la Pole about 1786 Oil on canvas 241
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Valentine Green Anna Maria Yates Mezzotint 18th - 19th century
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
A Young Knight of the Garter, Possibly George Augustus (1683-1760), Later George II of Great
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George B. Shaw George Heriote 19th - 20th century
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Benjamin West - George III 1783 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art American
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Elisabeth Louise de duchesse de Chabot La Rochefoucauld Visit to Grandfather graphite and black chalk under ink with watercolor 18th century
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George Biddle George Santayana (profile) Lithograph 1952
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Gregor Duncan Portrait Sketch of George T. Eggleston red chalk 1935
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Jean-Antoine Houdon - George Washington 1786-1793 plaster National Gallery of Art French
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James McNeill Whistler - George W. Vanderbilt 1897-1903 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Gilbert Stuart - George Washington 1796 oil on canvas Mead Art Museum, Amherst College American
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Charles Willson Peale - George Washington 1787 oil on canvas Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts American
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Jean-Antoine Houdon - George Washington c. 1786 plaster bust Boston Athenaeum
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William Holman Hunt - Mrs. George Waugh 1868 oil on fabric Cleveland Museum of Art British
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Sir Henry Raeburn - Mrs. George Hill c. 1790-1800 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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Charles Willson Peale - George Washington c. 1779-81 oil on canvas The Metropolitan Museum of Art American
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John Singer Sargent - George McCulloch 1901 oil on canvas Boston Athenaeum American
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Gilbert Stuart - George Washington c. 1803-1805 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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William Hogarth - George Arnold 1738-1740 oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum British
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Gilbert Stuart - George Pollock 1793-1794 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Francis Hayman - George Dance c. 1750 oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum British
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Gilbert Stuart - George Washington before 1801 oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum American
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Rembrandt Peale - George Washington 1859 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Gilbert Stuart - George Washington after 1796 oil on canvas Corcoran Gallery of Art American
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Edward Savage - George Washington c. 1796 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Gilbert Stuart - George Washington 1795 oil on canvas The Metropolitan Museum of Art American
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Rembrandt Peale - George Washington 1795 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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Gilbert Stuart - George Washington 1795-96 oil on canvas The Frick Collection American
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Allan Ramsay - King George III 1713-84 oil on canvas The Mint Museums English
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Gilbert Stuart - George Washington c. 1821 oil on wood National Gallery of Art American
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John F. Kensett - Lake George 1869 oil on canvas The Metropolitan Museum of Art American
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John Neagle - George Dodd 1852 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Rembrandt Peale - George Washington c. 1850 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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William Oberhardt Portrait of George T. Eggleston charcoal 1949
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George Vertue King George, defender of the Faith, after Knoeller engraving 1807
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George Vertue Sr. George Lisle, General engraving 17th - 18th century
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George Biddle Catfish Row Lithograph 1936
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Karl Godwin Portrait of George T. Eggleston charcoal 1950
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Robert Dunkarton Christian the 4th King of Denmark with his eldest son, Frederick 18th century
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Self-portrait George Henry Harlow (British, 1787-1819)Oil on canvas; 30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5
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George Houston Cover of "Twelve Etchings By George Houston", with notes by Neil Munro 19th - 20th century
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George Cruikshank The Last March of the Conscripts: April 7, 1814 Engraving and watercolor 18th - 19th century
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George Vertue George Morley, Bishop of Winchester engraving 17th - 18th century
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Robert Dunkarton Henry, Prince of Wales, eldest son of King James I 18th century
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George T. Eggleston The Stout Lady for College Humor pen and black ink 1935
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Augustus Saint-Gaudens George Washington bronze 19th - 20th century
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George Cruikshank The Burglary 1838
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George Cruikshank A Battle of Engravers 1828
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George Cruikshank Untitled 1790
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George Cruikshank One from a set of eight prints 18th - 19th century
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George Cruikshank One from a set of eight prints 18th - 19th century
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George Cruikshank One from a set of eight prints 18th - 19th century
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George Cruikshank One from a set of eight prints 18th - 19th century
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George Cruikshank One from a set of eight prints 18th - 19th century
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George Cruikshank One from a set of eight prints 18th - 19th century
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George Cruikshank One from a set of eight prints 18th - 19th century

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (4)
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Walker Art Gallery: George Romney 1734-1802: British art's forgotten genius
At the height of his career he was more fashionable than Sir Joshua Reynolds and Thomas Gainsborough as a society portraitist, but all his life he wanted to paint elevated historical and literary subjects. He lacked the confidence to carry out ma...
Tate Britian: Drawing Materials and Techniques: Works on Paper from the Oppe Collection 1700-1850
Rather than placing emphasis on the artist, or the subject and content of the drawings, the exhibition looks closely at the materials and techniques used to create them. Most works in the exhibition will be on display for t...
Getty Museum: A Passion for Performance: Sarah Siddons and Her Portraitists
Cultivating a complex public persona to promote her celebrity, Siddons collaborated with the greatest artists of her day to create images which celebrated her renowned majestic ...
Renishaw Hall: John Piper: England in the Mid Twentieth Century
John Piper was born in 1903, bought up and educated at Epsom, then a quiet country town, and the third son of a solicitor, who commuted daily to his office in Westminster. Charles Piper sympathised with his youngest son’s interest in the English...

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