Study for "The Deluge"

Study for "The Deluge" by George Romney

Medium

graphite on wove paper

Dimensions

overall: 14.4 x 23.1 cm (5 11/16 x 9 1/8 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Department

CG-E

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Gift of William B. O'Neal

Accession Number

1995.52.153

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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