The Gower Family - The Children Of 2nd Earl Gower
Represented work of art
Artist
George Romney
(1734 - 1802)
Dimensions1.78 x 2.286 (70 x 90 inches)
Subject
Provenance
- Painted for Granville, 2 Earl of Gower, created Marquis of Stafford in 1786; inherited by his son who was created Duke of Sutherland in 1833; thence by family descent to the Countess of Sutherland, Her sale, Christie's, 23 June 1972 (109) bought Leger; Leger sale, purchased by Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendall, 1973/4;
Exhibition history
- Royal Academy of Arts, Old Masters, 1876 (70); Birmingham, English Portraits, 1900 (10); Guildhall London, 1902 (57); Wembley, 1924 (no. V. 31); Knoedler and Co. , London, 18 Century Children, 1931, (10); Royal Academy Of Arts, British Art, 1934 (325) - (Commemorative Cat. Pl. LXXIV); Royal Academy of Arts, European Masters of the 18th Century, 1954-5, (66); National Gallery of Scotland, on loan; Aberdeen Art Gallery 1969, (on Loan), 4th Duke's Will Trust; Leger Exhibition, English Paintings 1973 (1); legers, Romney as a painter of children 1984 (8)
Publication history
- Rev. J. Romney: Memoirs of G. Romney, 1830, (p.141); Sir Herbert Maxwell, George Romney, New York, 1902, (p.201); H. Ward and W. Roberts, George Romney, 1904, Vol. II, (p.62); C. Lewis Hind, George Romney, 1907,(p.66); A.B. Chamberlain, George Romney, 1910, (pp.95-6; 292-3, repr.); Gowans, Masterpieces of romney, 1910, (p.15 illus.);
Photographic source
Object FormatPhotographic Print
Photograph Source
Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
Negative Number73/0713
Date of photograph
- 1973
Archival context
Object numberPA-F05984-0029
Archival context
- Fonds:Paul Mellon Centre Photographic Archive
- Series:Artists, A–Z
- Folder:Portraits; More than one figure
- Item:The Gower Family - The Children Of 2nd Earl Gower
ClassificationsArchival Document
Scope and content This series comprises images of works by artists who were British by birth, foreign artists who worked in Britain or foreign artists who painted British sitters abroad. The works featured date from c.1500 to c.1900. The images in this series form by far the largest part of the Photographic Archive. Images remain in their original order: organised A–Z by artist name. Significant artists, or those for which there is a wealth of material, have multiple folders of images. In these cases, images are further subdivided by genre or type, depending on the artist. They may also be organised in ‘catalogue raisonné order’. The images predominantly depict oil paintings but prints and other works on paper are also included.
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