George Romney (Dalton-in-Furness 1734-1802 Kendal)

John Howard visiting a Lazaretto

Details

George Romney (Dalton-in-Furness 1734-1802 Kendal)
John Howard visiting a Lazaretto
pencil on paper
5½ x 9 in. (14 x 22/9 cm.)

Provenance

Louis Meier, 23 Cecil Court, London, circa 1960.
with Agnew's, London, 2002, no. 11.

Exhibited

Kendal, Abbot Hall Art Gallery, George Romney 1734-1802, 1984, no. 23 (as 'Mythological Scene).
London, W/S Fine Art, Summer 2008, no. 7.

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Lot Essay

The present drawing relates to others depicting the same subject in the collections of the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven; the Courtauld Institute of Art; and a private collection in the United States. It is distinguished by the inclusion of a muscular Michelangelesque figure in the centre of the composition, a character not present in any of the other large-scale drawings.

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