Mr. Forbes

c. 1780/1790

George Romney

Artist, British, 1734 - 1802

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Pauline Sabin Davis

  • Dimensions

    overall: 76.4 x 63.5 cm (30 1/16 x 25 in.)
    framed: 94.3 x 81.9 x 7.6 cm (37 1/8 x 32 1/4 x 3 in.)

  • Accession

    1954.14.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(M. Knoedler & Co.), 1921, from whom it was purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Sabin, Southampton, Long Island, New York. Mrs. Sabin, née Pauline Morton, later became Mrs. Dwight F. Davis, Washington [d. 1955]; gift to NGA, 1954.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1965

  • Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 116.

1968

  • National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 103, repro.

1975

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 308, repro.

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. New York, 1975: no. 511, color repro.

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 355, repro.

1992

  • Hayes, John. British Paintings of the Sixteenth through Nineteenth Centuries. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1992: 232-235, repro. 233.

Wikidata ID

Q20178976

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