Mrs. Davies Davenport

George Romney

1782-1784

Mrs. Davies Davenport by George Romney

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 76.5 x 64 cm (30 1/8 x 25 3/16 in.) framed: 104.1 x 91.4 x 12.7 cm (41 x 36 x 5 in.)

Classification

Painting

Department

CAB

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Andrew W. Mellon Collection

Accession Number

1937.1.105

About the Artist

George Romney · 17341802

George Romney (1734–1802) was a British portrait painter who, alongside Sir Joshua Reynolds and Thomas Gainsborough, formed the triumvirate of great English portraitists in the second half of the eighteenth century. Born in Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire, he received his early training from the itinerant portrait painter Christopher Steele before moving to London in 1762. Romney quickly establishe...

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