Self-portrait, bust-length, in a red coat

Details

George Romney (1734-1802)
Self-portrait, bust-length, in a red coat
oil on canvas
24 x 19¼ in. (61 x 48.8 cm.)

Provenance

with Agnews, London.
Mrs Burns, South Mimms, in 1904, and by descent.

Literature

H. Ward and W. Roberts, Romney, A Biographical and Critical Essay with a Catalogue Raisonne of his Works, London and New York, 1904, p.134, no.7.

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Lot Essay

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.

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