18th century blog

Portrait of a Young Woman in Powder Blue, ca. 1777.
Source: Fergus Hall Master Paintings.

George Romney was one of the major English portrait painters of the late 18th century, and I can’t believe I haven’t featured him earlier!

Mr and Mrs William Lindow, 1772.
From the Tate Collection, accession number N01396.

Jane, Duchess of Gordon, 1778.
From the collection of the National Galleries of Scotland, accession number PG 2208.

Jane Dawkes Robinson, ca. 1778.
From the collection of the Indianapolis Museum of Art, accession number 34.3.

Mrs. Musters, 1779-80.
From the collection of Kenwood House.

Mary Benwell, 1780s (my estimate).

Lady Grantham, 1780-81.
From the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, accession number M1928-1-36.

Lydia Henrietta Malortie, Mrs Henry Hoare, 1780 - 1784.
From the collection of Killerton, Devon. National Trust Inventory Number 922325.

A woman said to be Emily Bertie Pott, 1781.
From the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 58.102.2.

Mary Darby Robinson, 1781.

Mrs Harrit Greer, 1781.
From the collection of A. Z. Khitrovo, St Petersburg.

Mrs Mary Lutwyche, Nee Thomas, 1782.
Source: Philip Mould.

I love this unusual headdress and wonder how it was constructed. It’s like a turban that peaks into a tiara-like shape.

Miss Frances Mary Harford, 1780-1783.
From The Frick Collection, accession number 1903.1.105.

Lady Mary Beauchamp-Procter, ca. 1782-1788.
From the collection of The Huntington, object number 26.86.

The Hon. Charlotte Clive, 1783.
From the collection of Powis Castle & Garden, Powys, Wales. National Trust inventory number 1181065.

Catherine (Brouncker) Adye, later Catherine Willett, 1784-1785.
From the collection of The Huntington, object number 22.56 .

The Parson’s Daughter, ca. 1785.
From the Tate Collection, accession number N01068.

Mrs. Francis Russell, 1785-87.
From the collection of The Art Institute of Chicago, ID number: 1922.4469.

Sir Christopher and Lady Sykes strolling in the garden at Sledmere, 1786.

Unknown lady, ca. 1786.

Mrs. Champion de Crespigny, née Dorothy Scott, 1786-90.
From the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, accession number M1928-1-32.

Anne Rodbard, Mrs Blackburne, ca. 1787.
Source: Philip Mould.

Henrietta, Countess of Warwick, and Her Children, 1787-1789.
From the Frick Collection, accession number 1908.1.107.

Charlotte (Pilford) Grove, 1788.
From the collection of The Huntington, object number 78.20.36.

Miss Mary Finch-Hatton, 1788.
From The Frick Collection, accession number 1898.1.104.

Lady Altamont, 1788.
From the Tate Collection, accession number N05788.

Charlotte, Lady Milnes, 1788-1792.
From The Frick Collection, accession number 1911.1.106.

Mary Chichester, Lady Clifford-Constable, 1789.
Source: Philip Mould.

Mrs. Crouch, c. 1793.
From the collection of Kenwood House.

Lady Mary Scott-Montagu, Countess of Courtown, 1793.
Source: Philip Mould.

Barbara, marchioness of Donegall, ca. 1793 (my estimate).