Sale 21CN05 | Lot 99

George Romney

Catalogue: Old Master Paintings and Silver
George Romney

Lot Details

Lot 99
George Romney
English, 1734-1802
Portrait of a Lady said to be the actress Mrs. Ann Crouch, 1788-92
Oil on canvas
19 1/2 x 15 3/4 inches (49.5 x 40 cm)

Provenance:
James Hughes Anderdon, purchased in Bath, 1848
[Sale] Christie's, May 31, 1879, lot 227
Miss Elizabeth Romney, Whitestock Hall, Ulverston
[Sale] Christie's, May 25, 1894, lot 190
[Sale] Robinson & Fisher, June 10, 1898, lot 548
J. Charlton Parr, Manchester, 1900
Sydney Morse
[Sale] Christie's, July 26, 1929, lot 47
[Sale] Christie's, March 19, 1937, lot 66
[Sale] Sotheby's, 26, 1960, lot 82
[Sale] Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, January 12, 1979, lot 10
Private collection, New York

Exhibited:
London, The British Institution, 1848, 1859, 1863 and 1866 (no. 132)
London, National Portrait Exhibition, South Kensington, 1867 (no. 633)
London, Grafton Gallery, Romney Exhibition, 1901, no. 79
Literature:
Herbert Maxwell, George Romney (London, 1902), p. 174, no. 88
George Paston, George Romney (London, 1903), p. 197
T. Humphry Ward and William Roberts, Romney, A Biographical and critical Essay with a Catalogue raisonne of his Works (London, 1904), Vol. II, p. 36
Arthur B. Chamberlain, George Romney (London, 1910), p. 229
Alex Kidson, George Romney: Complete Catalogue of his Paintings (New Haven and London, 2015), Vol. III, p. 742, no. 1639, illus.


Estimate: $4,000 - $7,000
Sold for $37,800 (includes buyer's premium)

Additional Notes & Condition Report

Glue relined. Generally in very good condition. Touches of restoration to the areas of shadow. Some inpainted cracks in the background.


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Estimate: $4,000 - $7,000
Sold for $37,800 (includes buyer's premium)

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