George Romney was a British artist known for his portrait painting of society figures. Born in 1734 in Beckside, Lancashire, England, he died in 1802 in Kendal, Cumbria, England. Romney spent much of ...

H. Ward and W. Roberts, Romney, A Biographical and Critical Essay with a Catalogue Raisonné of his Works, London 1904, vol. II, p. 2; A. Kidson, George Romney: A ...

Henrietta Vernon married George Greville ... not all experts are convinced that the sketch was a study for Romney’s portrait ...