George Romney
Sketchbook

ArtistEnglish, 1734–1802
CultureEnglish
Titles
  • Sketchbook
DateSeptember 1783
PlaceEngland
MediumBook with pen and sepia ink, brush and sepia wash, black chalk and graphite on laid paper
DimensionsOverall: 4 5/8 × 7 1/2 × 5/8 in. (11.7 × 19.1 × 1.6 cm)
Sheet (each page): 4 7/16 × 7 1/2 in. (11.3 × 19.1 cm)
Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harris Masterson III in honor of Mr. and Mrs. George R. Brown
Object number78.187
Not on view

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Department
Rienzi
ProvenanceCollection of Miss Romney, 1894; collection of J. P. Heseltine; collection: Rt. Honorable Lord Nathan of Churt P.C., T.D., F.S.A., D.L., J.P.; [Sabin Galleries Ltd. London, England]; purchased by Mr Harris Masterson III March 6, 1964; given to MFAH, 1978.
Exhibition History"British Watercolors: Drawings from the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art", Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, Houston Texas, June 2–August 8, 1986.

"George Romney (1734 - 1802)," Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, England, February 8–April 21, 2002; National Portrait Gallery, London, May 30–August 18, 2002; Huntington Library, Art Collections and Gardens, San Marino, September 15–December 1, 2002.

"Visions of Fancy: George Romney, 18th-Century Paintings and Drawings," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 14, 2012–January 20, 2013.

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