George Romney

Self-Portrait



George Romney - Self-Portrait



George Romney
Self-Portrait
76.2 x 63.5 cm
Oil on canvas
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Bequest of Maria DeWitt Jesup, from the collection of her husband, Morris K. Jesup


Literature

Collection catalogues
Katharine Baetjer, British paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1575-1875, New York; New Haven and London, 2009, nr. 60


Provenance

the artist, until died 1802
Reverend John Romney, Whitestock Hall, Ulverston, Cumbria, 1802-died 1832
Elizabeth Romney, Whitestock Hall, 1832-died 1893
her estate sale, Christie's, London, 24-25 May 1894, nr. 182 to Agnew
with Agnew, London, in 1894 sold to S. Philips
S. Philips, from 1894
Mr. and Mrs. Morris K. Jesup, New York, by 1904-his death 1908
Maria DeWitt (Mrs. Morris K.) Jesup, New York, 1908-died 1914
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, bequest of Maria DeWitt Jesup, 1914
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External links

Metropolitan Museum of Art Accession number 15.30.37

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