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GEORGE ROMNEY (DALTON-IN-FURNESS, LANCASHIRE 1734-1802 KENDAL, CUMBRIA)
Portrait of Harriet Blanchard, half-length, in profile
oil on canvas
2978 x 2434 in. (76.5 x 63 cm.)
in a 19th century British frame
Provenance
C.S. Pemberton, by 1890 until at least 1910, and by descent.
[The Property of a Gentleman]; Christie's, London, 29 June 1917, lot 108.
Private collection, and by descent.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 30 June 2005, lot 91, where acquired by the present owner.
Literature
H. Gamlin, George Romney and his Art, London, 1894, p. 107.
Sir H. Maxwell, George Romney, London, 1902, p. 171, no. 26.
G. Paston, George Romney, London, 1903, p. 192.
W. Humphrey and W. Roberts, Romney: A biographical and critical essay with a catalogue raisonné, II, London and New York, 1904, p. 13.
A.B. Chamberlain, George Romney, London, 1910, p. 302, pl. XXXVII.
A. Kidson, George Romney: A complete catalogue of his paintings, I, New Haven and London, 2015, pp. 74-75, no. 106, illustrated.
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy, 1891, no. 22.
London, Grafton Galleries, Special Selection from the Works by Romney, 1900, no. 62a.
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