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TITLE:
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Portrait of a lady, traditionally identified as Elizabeth, Countess of Derby, a sketch
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PERIOD:
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18th century
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CATEGORY:
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Paintings
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MATERIALS:
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Oil on canvas
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SIZE:
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121.9 x 97.2 cm; 48 x 38 1/4 in
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REGION:
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British
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STYLE:
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representational
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PRICE*:
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Contact Gallery for Price
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DESCRIPTION:
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The present work appears to have been the beginnings of a half-length portrait that was abandoned after only several sittings. The sitter has traditionally been identified as Elizabeth, Countess of Derby (1753-97), the wife of Lord Strange, later Earl of Derby. She was painted in a three-quarter-length portrait by Romney in 1776-8, with her right hand resting under her face (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York). Although the present work appears to be from a similar date and convention, the resemblance between the two sitters is not strong enough to support identification.
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PROVENANCE:
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Probably with Duveen, from whom acquired by Henry T. Davison or T.K. Davison for the ‘Romney Room’, Davison Mansion, Peacock Point, Long Island and by descent to the present owner
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LITERATURE:
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Watson J.C. (1985), George Romney in Canada, Plate 26 Allen and Susan Hally, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery by Wilfred Laurier University Press
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