George Romney (Dalton-in-Furness 1734-1802 Kendal)

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George Romney (Dalton-in-Furness 1734-1802 Kendal)

Portrait of Mrs. Anne Blackburn, three-quarter length, in a white dress, a landscape beyond

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George Romney (Dalton-in-Furness 1734-1802 Kendal)
Portrait of Mrs. Anne Blackburn, three-quarter length, in a white dress, a landscape beyond
oil on canvas
50½ x 40¾ in. (128.2 x 103.5 cm.)

Provenance

By descent in the family of the sitter to R. Ireland Blackburne Esq. of Hale Hall, Liverpool.
The Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire (inv. no. 308)

Literature

H. Ward and W. Roberts, Romney: A Biographical and Critical Essay with a Catalogue Raisonné of his Works, London, 1904, II, p.13.

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Lot Essay

The sitter, Anne, the daughter of Samuel Rodbard Esq. of Evercreech, Somerset married on 19 April 1781, John Blackburne Esq., M.P. for Lancashire. Sittings are recorded in the artist's pocket book for 1787 and 1788 when the artist also painted a companion portrait of Anne's husband (op. cit., p. 13).

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