拍品專文
Romney painted a fascinating series of self-portraits of which the most celebrated is the exceptionally powerful unfinished work now in the National Portrait Gallery, London. Described by Richard Cumberland as a man of 'aspen nerves, that every breath could ruffle' (quoted by A. Kidson in George Romney, London, 2002, p.180.), Romney's portraits beautifully capture the artist's personality, and are paradoxically exercises in both introspection and self-expression.