Sir William Hamilton
George Romney
1783-1784
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 76.8 x 65.1 cm (30 1/4 x 25 5/8 in.) framed: 95.3 x 82.6 x 6 cm (37 1/2 x 32 1/2 x 2 3/8 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CAB
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection
Accession Number
1970.17.133
About the Artist
George Romney · 1734–1802
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...