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Artist in the Global Art Registry
George Romney
1734–1802 · British
- Born
- 1734 · Dalton-in-Furness
- Died
- 1802 · Kendal
81 works in the Collect24 Registry
Every work carries a permanent Collect24 Art ID, the way a book has an ISBN.
George Romney was an English painter and the most fashionable artist of his day. He painted many leading society figures, including his artistic muse Emma Hamilton, mistress of Lord Nelson.
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George Romney (26 December [O.S. 15 December] 1734 – 15 November 1802) was an English painter. He was the most fashionable artist of his day, painting many leading society figures – including his artistic muse, Emma Hamilton, mistress of Lord Nelson.
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81
Registered works
81
In museum collections
0
In gallery collections
0
In private collections
Featured works
Selected registered works by George Romney
Selected from 81 works by George Romney in the Collect24 Registry.
George Romney
The Rev. William Atkinson, wearing a broad-brimmed hat, ca. 1760
Graphite
15.2 × 18.4 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-479008
George Romney
Ann Wilson (née Harrison) and Her Daughter, Sybill, 1776
oil paint
124.5 × 100.3 cm
Yale Center for British Art
C24-464211
George Romney
Lady Hamilton (?as a Figure in ‘Fortune Telling’), 1783
oil paint
40 × 49.5 cm
Tate
C24-462758
George Romney
William Pitt the Younger, 1783
oil paint
87 × 66 cm
Tate
C24-462678
George Romney
Mrs Johnstone and her Son (?), 1777
oil paint
70.5 × 89.5 cm
Tate
C24-462640
George Romney
A Nymph dancing with a tambourine, ca. 1776
Graphite and brown wash (recto); graphite (verso)
54.8 × 34.2 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-566587
George Romney
John Bensley Thornhill (1773–1841) as a Boy, 1785
oil paint
186.7 × 121 cm
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
C24-452094
George Romney
William Chafyn Grove (1731–1793), 1780
oil paint
127 × 100.3 cm
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
C24-452092
George Romney
Mrs. Billington (1765/1768-1818) as Saint Cecilia, 1788
oil paint
127.7 × 101.9 cm
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
C24-452090
George Romney
Portrait of Two Girls (Misses Cumberland), 1773
oil paint
73.7 × 63.5 cm
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
C24-452088
George Romney
Lady Hamilton as Cassandra, 1785
oil paint
46 × 46 cm
Tate
C24-462610
George Romney
Mrs Mark Currie, 1789
oil paint
120.6 × 151.1 cm
Tate
C24-462615
Museums and collections
Where works by George Romney are registered
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, United States
14 works
- Victoria and Albert Museum
London, United Kingdom
12 works
- Tate
United Kingdom
9 works
- Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, United States
8 works
- National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C., United States
8 works
- National Trust
United Kingdom
7 works
- Museum of Fine Arts Boston
United States
6 works
- Detroit Institute of Arts
United States
4 works
- Royal Museums Greenwich
United Kingdom
4 works
- Yale Center for British Art
United States
3 works
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
2 works
- Bavarian State Painting Collections
Germany
1 work
- Gemäldegalerie Berlin
Germany
1 work
- National Gallery
United Kingdom
1 work
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
Washington, D.C., United States
1 work
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