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GEORGE ROMNEY (1718-1792)

PORTRAIT OF MRS. JAMES FLETCHER, THREE-QUARTER-LENGTH, IN A LILAC DRESS WITH A GREEN WRAP, IN A WOODED LANDSCAPE

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GEORGE ROMNEY (1718-1792)
PORTRAIT OF MRS. JAMES FLETCHER, THREE-QUARTER-LENGTH, IN A LILAC DRESS WITH A GREEN WRAP, IN A WOODED LANDSCAPE
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50 X 40IN. (127 X 101.6 CM.)

Provenance

MRS. MOSS; CHRISTIE'S, LONDON, 2 JUNE 1883, LOT 147.
MARY ISABELLA HOLE;
CHRISTIE'S, LONDON, 13 MAY 1899, LOT 78 (280 GNS. TO WIGZELL). WITH GEORGE DONALDSON, LONDON, BY 1904.
MRS. A. HAMILTON RICE; PARKE BERNET GALLERIES, NEW YORK, 24 JANUARY 1951, LOT 78.
ANON. SALE, PARKE BERNET GALLERIES, NEW YORK, 7 APRIL 1966. WITH THOMAS AGNEW & SON, LTD., LONDON (STOCK NO. 27384) AND NEWHOUSE GALLERIES, NEW YORK, JOINTLY PURCHASED ON 7 APRIL 1966.
COLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART, OHIO, DERBY FUND PURCHASE, 18 AUGUST 1966.

Literature

H. WARD & W. ROBERTS, ROMNEY, A BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL ESSAY WITH A CATALOGUE RAISONNE OF HIS WORKS,' LONDON, 1904, P. 55, ERRONEOUSLY DESCRIBED AS 'CARRYING FRUIT'.

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Lot Essay

THE SITTER WAS THE WIFE OF JAMES FLETCHER AND THE DAUGHTER OF MRS. ISABELLA FELL, WHO WERE ALSO PAINTED BY ROMNEY. MRS. ISABELLA FELL WAS PROBABLY THE WIFE OF ROMNEY'S SCHOOLMASTER AT DENDRON.

GEORGE ROMNEY WENT TO LONDON IN 1762 WHERE HE QUICKLY ESTABLISHED HIMSELF AS A PAINTER OF HISTORICAL SUBJECTS AND PORTRAITS. THIS PORTRAIT DATES TO CIRCA 1765 AND IS CHARACTERISED BY THE ELONGATED LINEARITY AND RESTRAINED PALETTE THAT TYPIFIES ROMNEY'S PORTRAITS OF THIS PERIOD AND BEFORE HIS VISIT TO ITALY IN 1773.

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