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George Romney (Dalton-in-Furness 1734-1802 Kendal)
A sketchbook of 1791-2 including: Sketches for Macbeth: The cavern Scene; Macbeth: The Banquet Scene ; John Howard visiting a Lazaretto ; Newton and the Prism ; Landscape Studies; Studies for portraits; Studies of the head of an older man (possibly a self-portrait); Studies of a standing child; Studies of a reclining woman, possibly Iphigenia and her attendant spied on by Cymon ; Studies of a standing female figure with arm raised, possibly a study for Lady Hamilton as Cassandra or as Joan of Arc ; Studies of an initiation scene; Studies of couples meeting by a cottage; Studies of a dancing group; Studies of a male figure reaching down to embrace his infant child; A seated female figure with an attendant embracing a corpse, possibly related to the lost painting Susan when the seas are roaring ; and Sketches of an exotic figure in a robe
George Romney (Dalton-in-Furness 1734-1802 Kendal) A sketchbook of 1791-2 including: Sketches for Macbeth: The cavern Scene; Macbeth: The Banquet Scene ; John Howard visiting a Lazaretto ; Newton and the Prism ; Landscape Studies; Studies for portraits; Studies of the head of an older man (possibly a self-portrait); Studies of a standing child; Studies of a reclining woman, possibly Iphigenia and her attendant spied on by Cymon ; Studies of a standing female figure with arm raised, possibly a study for Lady Hamilton as Cassandra or as Joan of Arc ; Studies of an initiation scene; Studies of couples meeting by a cottage; Studies of a dancing group; Studies of a male figure reaching down to embrace his infant child; A seated female figure with an attendant embracing a corpse, possibly related to the lost painting Susan when the seas are roaring ; and Sketches of an exotic figure in a robe inscribed and dated 'Spring/179['1]/J Howard' (on the front cover) and 'Witchcraft' (on the back cover) and extensively inscribed 'Barettis travels through Spain/Jonsons letters/Lady Cravens Contract/to be Copy d the figure 5 feet 5 Inches Long/in the manner of the Titian/Venus the drapery White-/in ..a Book in her hand a quiet/attitude-/October 13/ Margrave Regnaux J Anspach/A Anspach Fran.../In the ....of G.../The Hon M r Musgrove/Lady Bunning/453/March 6/Lewes Architect/Alley...Painter/N o 14 Cowton Street' (on the inside fly leaf) and further inscribed 'Sir Trevelan/37 Pictures to be seen/Mr Purling Mr Knight [brackets] Portland Place/Mr Campbell near Tibourne/A Gent in the Adelphi/A Picture dealer Princess Street/Mr Agar/Lord Bishop of Rome/Devonshire House/Sir W Young, Neptune Drowning/Mr Leonards Mr Locke .../Mr O'Bury ...Pall Mall/Wood Mason Bond Street and 3 pr of .../5 Shirts/5 Stocks/3 Handkerchiefs/6 Shirts/6 Stocks/6 Handkerchiefs/ 4 pr of ... '(on the inside back cover) 132 sheets, 67 drawings in pencil, 73 pen and ink, many drawn on the recto and verso of the sheets, numbered 1-132 in a later hand, the majority with fragmentary watermark, in a contemporary sheepskin binding 5 ¼ x 7 in. (13.3 x 17.2 cm.); the album 5 ½ x 7 ½ in. (13.7 x 18.9 cm.) overall