George Romney

Portrait of a gentleman, bust-length, in East India Company uniform

Lot Closed

April 28, 03:06 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private Collection

George Romney

Dalton 1734 - 1802 Kendal

Portrait of a gentleman, bust-length, in East India Company uniform

oil on canvas

unframed: 76.4 x 63.5 cm.; 30⅛ x 25 in.

framed: 95.5 x 82 cm.; 37⅝ x 32¼ in.

Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 13 July 1994, lot 51;
Where acquired by the present owner.

We are grateful to Alex Kidson for confirming the attribution to Romney. The painting will be included in the Addenda to his Romney catalogue raisonné as cat. no. A8, due to appear in spring 2021 as the 25th volume of the Transactions of the Romney Society (2020).