)900. EXHIBITION OF A Special Selection from the Works' BV GEORGE ROMNEY, INCLUDING A FF,\V PORTRAITS OF EMMA, LADY HAMILTON THE GRAFTON GALLERIES 'jt Summer Exhibition, igoo. THE GRAFTON GALLERIES, 8, Grafton Street, W. ROMNEY EXHIBITION. President* The Duke of Rutland, K.G. Vice-Presidents* The Lord Alderxham. Tankerville Chambeiiayne, Esq. The Rt. Hon. Henry ^Chaplin, M.P. The Earl of Crewe. The Hon. Herbert C. Gibbs. Lord Ronald Sutherland Gower. The Marquess of Granby. Maj.-Gen. Sir Coleridge Grove, K.C.B. The Lord HillingdoE. Sir Edward Lawson, Bart. The Duke of Leeds. The Duke of Portland. Alfred de Rothschild, Esq. Sir Charles Tennant, Bart. The Lord Wantage, V.C. Lady Patronesses* H.H. Princess Edward of Saxe- Weimar. The Marchioness of Bristol. Mrs. T. D. Croft. The Marchioness of Granby. The Lady Hay of Haystoun. The Lady Hothfield. Mrs. W. D. James. The Duchess of Leeds. The Duchess of Marlborough. Mrs. Carl Meyer. The Lady Cecil Scott Montagu. The Duchess of Portland. The Duchess of Sutherland. Mrs. Charles Van Raalte, The Lady Wantage. Managers* T. D. Croft. E. Barrington Nash. Secretary* Henry Bishop. t^r GETTY Ct^{iL*i THE Grafton Galleries. The pricCvS of Works to be disposed of should be communicated to the Secretary. A Commission of ten per cent, on Works sold during the Exhibi- tion will be charged to the Owner. A deposit of 25 per cent, must be made at the Galleries when a Work is bought, the remainder to be paid at the close of the Exhibition, when the Picture is to be removed by the purchaser. In case of non-completion of the purchase the deposit-money will be forfeited. No Work may be removed before the close of the Exhibition, except by special permission of the Management. GEORGE ROMNEY. He was famous in his ^profession ; A nd it was his great right to be so."" , Shakespeare. m) TAN DA OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS I^^ THE ARTIST'S LIFE. 1734. — 20th December, birth at Dalton-in-Furness. 1752. — Became pupil to Steele, a local painter. 1756.— I4tli October, married Mary Abbot, of Kirkland. Leaves his wife and visits York in company with Steele. 1760. — Painted Portraits and Historical Subjects at Lancaster. 1762. — Came to London. 1763. — Exhibited his " Death of General Wolfe " at Society of Arts. 1764. —September, visited Paris. 1 77 1. — Exhibited whole length of " Mrs. Yates as the Tragic Muse." 1773. — March 20th. Left London for Italy, visiting Dover, Calais, Paris, Avignon, Marseilles, Nice, Genoa, Pisa, Florence, arriving at Rome in June. Romney had a letter of introduction from H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester to the Pope. 1774. — Painted Wortley Montague at Venice in the dress of a Turk (now at Warwick Castle). 1775. — July, returned to London. ,, December, took possession of the lately deceased Francis Cotes' house in Cavendish Square. 1782. — Paiats his first portrait of " Emma as Circe with the Magic Wand." 1786.— Romney and Alderman Boydell discuss proposals for the Shake- speare Galleiy. 1787-90. — Period of production of his great works — "The Tempest,'* ''Infant Shakespeare," "Cassandra," "Wood Nymph," "Magdalen," "Calypso." I -go. — Revisited Paris with Rev. Thos. Carwardine, Dr. Warner and Hayley. I7g8.— -AVent to live at Hampstead. 1802. — Died at Kendal, November 15th. CATALOGUE. As it is not zm^possible that exception /nay be taken to the p7'esence in a Romney Exhibition of works by other artists, the Managers can only say that they thought it ?night be of interest if the pictures of Romney' s favourite model were represented by a few other pencils. For that reason, two or three portraits of Lady Hamilton, which are not by Romney, are now shown on the walls. The Managers also think it well to explain why so few well-knowfi works of Rojnney are exhibited. They considered it woiUd be more generally interesting to the public if they were to try and put before them works of the Artist which were co?npar a lively unknown. They hope that they have succeeded in getting together a la?'ge nu/nber of pictures of this class which are fully worthy of exhibilio?i. The fortunate ow Iters have been so generous i/i offering their treasures to the Managers, and so much inforfuation has been acquired as to the whereabouts of ma?iy more of Romney' s works, that the Managers hope to be able to produce in the Autumn another collection of the Artisfs ^productions which will not be inferior to this, and of which one special feature will be Sketches and Contemporary Engravings. STAIRCASE. I. — A CoLivECTioN OF Proof Engravings LENT BY Algernon Graves, Esq. Ernest Leggatt, Esq. C. E. Clifford, Esq. T. McLean, Esq. Mrs. Mendoza. Enumerated at end of Catalogue. OCTAGON ROOM. OCTAGON ROOM, 2. — Portrait of Lord Middleton. ' M ^ Lent by John IIoLDRy, Esq. 3. — Portrait of Mrs. Townlej^ Ward. Mrs. Townley Ward, eldest daugliter of William Hucks, Esq., of Knaresborough, by his Wife, Eleanor, daughter of Thomas Barnett, Esq., of that town. Painted in the year 1780. Lent by The Lord Aldenham. 4. - — George, Duke of Marlborough, K.G. ^ Lent by The Duke of Marlborough. OCTAGON ROOM. 7 ^. — Portrait of Lieut.-Gen. Robertson, R.E., of Lawers. i*^ Lent by The Misses Grev. 6. — Sir William Lemon. '1 Lent by CoL. Arthur Tremayne. 7- — Portrait of Gen. Sir George Osborn, Bart. Bom 1742 ; died 1818. ' ' ' Eldest Son of Sir Danvers Osborn, who was last but one Governor of New York. Sir George joined the Grenadier Guards ; was A.D.C. to his Uncle, Lord Halifax, in Ireland. Gentleman-in- Waiting to George III. Went through American War of Inde- pendence with his Regiment. Died at Chicksands Priory. Lent by SiR Algernon Osborn, Bart. 8. — Portrait of Joseph Tayadancega. f ^ Lent bv Miss E. F. Forster. OCTAGON ROOM. 9. — Mrs. Yates as the ^'Tragic Muse." Engraved by Valentine Green. See Catalogue, No. 123A. _ Lent by Robert W, Hudson, Esq. 10. — Case containing — 1. Four Volumes of Romney's Autograph Diary of Sitters for 1779, 1783, 1784, 1787. 2. Original Copper-plate, by Thomas Wright, from Romney's unfinished Portrait of Himself (now in the National Portrait Gallery), and an early "Impression" of the same, as issued with the Rev. John Romney's ''life of Romney." 3. Romney's Autograph Memorandum Book of Sums received from Sitters. 4. Book of " Professional Engagements," in the handwriting of Romney's Sers^ant. 5. Book of Romney's Frame Maker, William Saunders, with three Receipts. 6. Passport issued to Romney in Paris, 1775, with Autograph Signatures of Louis XVI. and M. de Vergennes. Autograph Poem to Romney, by Miss Anna Seward, Lent by T. Humphry Ward, Esq., LARGE GALLERY. 9 LARGE GALLERY. II. — Portrait of Emma, Lady Hamilton, The pict ire belonged to Mr. Benjamin Booth, whose daughter married Sir R. Ford. It descended to her son, Richard Ford, and afterwards belonged to his son, Sir Clare Ford, G.C.B , and hung at 17, Park Street. See Catalogue, No. 72. as a Bacchante. Painted by Sir Joshua Rfanolds, P.R.A. Lent by Charles DA\as, Esq. 12. Portrait of a Lady. Lent by H. Madocks, Esq. 13 Portrait of a Lady. Lent by E. Marshall Hall, Esq., Q.C. lO LARGE GALLERY. 14- — Mrs. Lowther. The wife of Colonel James Lowther, Equerry to H.R.H. The Duke of Gloucester. In riding habit. Painlled 1790. Le7it by Capt. Henry Lowther. L. C. LowiHER, Esq. G. A. Lowther, P^sq. I^, - — Portrait of Mrs. Carwardine and Child. Wife of the Rev. T. Carwardine, of Colne Priory. See Catalogue, No. 84A. Lent by The Lord Hilltngdqn. 16. — Caroline Purling. ^' 1 ^ Daughter of Matthew Purling. Born at St. Helena, 1750. Painted in 1778. Lent by H. B. Middleton, Esq. I^. — Portrait of Catherine Austin, Mrs. Robertson, of Lawers. Lent by The Misses Grey. LAKGE GALLERY. l8. — Portrait of Dorothy, fourth wife of Phillip Champion Crespigny, M.P., of Aldborough, Suffolk. Daughter of Richard Scott, Esq., of Belton Grange, Co. Salop. Lent by G. H. C. 11. de Crespigny, Esq. IQ. — " Circe," portrait of Emma Harte (Lad}^ Hamilton). Painted in 1782. Lent by The Hon. HERiiERT C. Gihbs. 20. — Portrait of Lad}^ Prescott, with Three Children. Sarah, Lady Prescott, was the daughter of Beeston Long, Esq. Married, 17^4, George Wilham Prescott, Esq., afterwards created a Baronet. She died 1817. Lent by Edward Lewis Raphael, Esq. 21. — Portrait of Lady Milnes. L.ent by Mrs. Frances Bentinck. 12 LARGE GALLERY. 22. — Portrait of a Lady. Lent by William Garnei r, Esq. / \ — Portrait of Mrs. Trimmer. Lent by Y . C Pawi.e, Esq. 24. — Portrait of Lady Eden. 1"]^ v|3 AVife of Sir Frederick Eden. Grandmother of the present Baronet. Lent by Sir William Eden, Bart. 25 • — Miss Mellon, afterwards Duchess of St. Albans. Lent by F. C. Pawle, Esq. 26. Portrait of Miss Benedetta Ramus, afterwards Lady Day. Engraved by W. Dickinson. Lent by The Hon. W. F. D. Smith, M.P. LARGE GALLERY. 13 27. — Portrait of Mrs. Mee. Sister-in-law to the 2nd Viscount Palmerston, therefore Aunt by marriage to the Prime Minister. Lent by The Hon. Evelyn Ashley. 28. — Airs. IvOwther. The wife of Colonel James Lowther, Equerry to H.R.H. The Duke of Gloucester. In mushroom hat. Painted 1780. Ler,t by Capt. Henry Lowther. L. C. Lowther, Esq. G. A. Lowther, Esq. 29. — Portrait of Jane Thornton (Lady Balgonie), afterwards Countess of Leven. ^ With her son David, afterwards Eighth Earl of Leven and Seventh Earl of Melville. Lent by Miss Leslie Melville. 30. — Portrait of Miss Harriot Milles. Daughter of Dr. Milles, Dean of Exeter. Lent by Sir Francis Beilby Alston, K.C.M.G. 14 LARGE GALLERY. 31. — Portrait of Matilda, Daughter of John and Matilda Lockwood. | . Born 1763; died 1848. Married, 1788, Henry Calveley Cotton, ninth son 01 Sir Lynch Salisbury Cotton, Bart., of Conibermere. See Catalogue No. Lent by Maj. -General F. Conyers Cotton. 32. — Portrait of Lady Lemon. Lent bv Col. Arthur Tremayne. 33- — Portrait of Penelope, second Wife of Nathaniel Lee Acton, Esq. See Catalogue, No. 58. Lent ^j/The Lady de Saumarez. 34* — Portrait of Susannah, first Wife of Nathaniel Lee Acton, Esq. Lent byTYL^ Lady de Saumarez. 35« — Portrait of Elizabeth, Lady Forbes. Daughter of Sir James Hay, Bart., of Smithfield and Haystoun; married, in 1770, Sir William Forbes, Sixth Baronet, of Pitsligo. Lent hy The Trustees of Sir Duncan Hay, Bart., of Haystoun. LARGE GALLERY. 15 35^- ~~ Portrait of Mrs. Brown. Len/ by G. Harland-Peck, Esq. 36. — Portrait of Lady Wedderburn. Painted 1771. Alicia, daughter of James Dimdas, of Dandas Castle. Married to Sir John Wedderburn, Bart., of Ballindean. Lent by Sir Wm. Wedderburn, M.P. 37o — Portrait of Mrs. Cliitty Marshall. • Lent by Edgar Speyer, Esq. 38. — Portrait of Mrs. Whatman. Lent by Mrs. Whatman. 39 • — Portrait of Caroline, Fifth Duchess of Marlborough. Lent by The Duke of Marlborough. i6 LARGE GALLERY. 40. — Portrait of George Romney (the Artist) in Brown Coat. Painted l^y himself about 1786. Le7it by Ernest Leggatt, Esq. 41. — Two Pieces of ^ Tapestry. Lent by Charles Davis, Esq. 42. — Charlotte Frances Bentinck, Lady Milnes. Wife of Sir Robert Shore Milnes, Bart. Lent ^J/'The Earl of Crewe. 43* — Portrait of Emma, Lady Hamilton. Lent by George Coats, Esq. 44« — Portrait of Miss Frances Harford. Daughter of the last Lord Baltimore. Married Lord Egi-emont. Lent by Archibald Coats, Esq. LARGE GALLERY. 17 45- — Portrait of Mrs. Davies. Le7it hy Edgar Speyer, Esq. 46. — Portraitof Margaret, Countess Poulett. Wife of John, 4th Earl Poulett. Lent hy The Hon. Harold Finch-Hatton. 47» — Portrait of Emma Harte (Lady Hamil- ton) as Nature." Enoraved by H. ^Ieyer. Lent <^ F. H. Fawkes, Esq. 48. — Portrait of the Maicliioness of Towns- hend. Daughter of Sir William Montgomery, Bart., of Macbiehill. Painted circa 1790. One of the " Three Graces of Scotland." The other two were Mrs. Beresford and H071. Mrs. Gardiner, Lent by George Massy Beresford, Esq. 3 l.ARGE GALLERY. - 49* ~ "Emma" (Lady Hamilton). Engraved by J. JoxES. Lent by Tankerville Chamberlayne, Esq ^0. — Bmma, Lady Hamilton, as a Bacciiante leading a Goat. Engraved by C. Knight. Formerly in the possession of Sir William Hamilton, for Avhom it was painted. The original sketch in oils was lost at sea. Lent by Tankerville Chamberlayne, Esq. CASE CONTAINING— 50^* — The Artist's Seal. 50^* — Letter from the Artist to his Son John. Sealed with the above .Seal. ^0^' — Miniature on Ivory. Portrait of the Artist late in life. LARGE GALLERY. 1 9 50 ■ — Spectacles worn by the Artist. 50®" — Miniature of a Nun. ' — Small Cabinet Portrait in Oils. By Peter Romnev. The above Articles lent by Ernest Leggatt, Esq. 50^* — The Artist's Palette. Lent by Mrs. Chas. Van Raalte. 50 ' — Miniature on Ivory of the Artist. Ipse pinxit. Lent by The Lord Aldenham. JO'- — The Boydell Medal. Given to the Artists who contiibute l to the Shakespeare Gallery. Lent by Algernon Graves, Esq., F.S.A. 20 CENTRE GALLERY. CENTRE GALLERY, V 51 • — Portrait of Master Russell. Lent by Holman Hunt, Esq. — The Brown Boy. Lent by G. E. Briscoe Eyre, Esq. 53* — A Study after Titian. Ex Romney Sale, 1807. Lent by Hugh P. Lane, Esq. ^4* — Head of Ladj^ Hamilton as a Baccliante. A variation of the Vernon Picture. Lent by Sir J. G. Tollemache Sinclair, Bart. . — Head of Lady Hamilton as Euphrosyne. Lent by George Harland-Peck, Esq. CENTRE GALLERY. 21 . — Portrait of Henry Calveley Cotton. Ninth son of Sir Lynch Salisbury Cotton, Bart., of Combermere Abbey, Cheshire. Born July 25th, 1755, ^^^^'^ iS^h, 1837. Len/ by Maj. -General F. Conyers Cotton. 57- — Portrait of the Hon. Mrs. Lane Fox. Daughter of George, First Lord Rivers. Bom 1756 ; died 1822. Lent by Lteot.-Gen. A. H. Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers, D.C.L. (lately deceased). . — Portrait of Nathaniel Lee Acton, Esq. Mr. Lee Acton was descended from John Acton, Esq., of Bramford Hall, near Ipswich, High Sheriff for the County of Suffolk in 1 63 1. He inherited the Estates of Livermere and Lawshall, near Bury St. Edmunds, from the family of Lee. His maternal ancestor, Thomas Lee, son of Sir John Lee, of Lawshall, married Margaret May, sister of Sir Algernon May and of Baptist May, Privy Purse to Charles II. Mr. Lee Acton traced a Royal descent, through the Buxtons of Norfolk and the Lords Abergavenny, both from John of Gaunt and Duke of Lancaster, and from Edmund of Langley, Duke of York. Dying without issue, his Estates passed to his sister Harriet, wife of Sir William Middleton, Bart., of Shrubland Park, Ipswich, the great-grandfather of Ladyde Saumarez. Lent by The Lady de Saumarez. 22 CENTRE GALLERY. ^Q. — The Haughty Dame. Lent by Grey Hill, Esq. 60. — Portrait of Erasmus Darwin, M.D., F.R.S. Born 1734; 1802. Author of the " Botanic Garden Zoonomia. Lent by Ernest Leggatt, Esq. 61. — Shakespeare Nursed by Tragedy and Comedy. Pamted to the commission of the Boydells for the ' ^ Shake- speare Gallery," 1787. " His best finished work." — Redgrave. Engraved by Benjamin Smith for the large quarto edition ' of that noble work. T/ie Comedy is a very beautiful study from tJie Divine Emma,'*'' When my article upon tlie portraiture of Emma, Lady Hamilton, was published in the Magazine of Art in the autumn ^1885, I received a letter from the well-Jsnown engraver, Mr. S. C. A ubrey^ who engraved the smaller plate of"' Milton Diet an ng to His Daughters ^''^ also containing a study of Lady Hamilton'' s beauteous presentment. He says : ''''I wis a pupil of SmitJt {who engraved the above painting) some 60 years ago — his only one then — and he CENTRE TtALLERY. 23 was a man full of anecdote and information^ and whilst I was using the graver he would sit by telling story a fier story relating to the Boy dells, Romney, and Lady Hamilton. Smith told me that the early proof s of the engravings containing the latter'' s portrait had always to he submitted to her^ E. B. X. Lent by Tankerville Chamberlayne, Esq. 62. — Portrait of Sir Bellingham Graham. Sixth Baronet, of Norton Conyers. Born 1764; died 1796. Lent by Sir Reginald Graham, Bart. 62a. — Portrait of Harriet, Mrs. Blanshard. Born 1745 ; died 1822. Daughter of Roger Henry Gale, Esq., of Scruton Hall, Bedale, Yorks. AVife of Captain John Atkinson Blanshard. Lent by C. S. Pemberton, Esq. ,63« — Portrait of William Chafyn-Grove, Esq., M.P., of Zeals, Wilts. Born 1731 ; died 1793. Married, in 1776, Elizabeth, daughter of John Grove, Esq., ot Ferne, in the same County. Lent by G. Troyte-Chafyn-Grove, Esq. 24 CENTRE GALLERY. 64* — Portrait of a Lady in Blue Dress. Lent hy Grey Hill, Esq. 65* — George Purling. Of Bradford Peverell, Dorset, and Heigate Lodge, Surrey. H.E.LC.S. Son of Matthew Purling. Bom at St. Helena, 1764 ; died 1840. Probably painted in 1778. Lent by II. B. Middleton, Esq. 66. — Head of Lady Hamilton. Her last portrait ever painted from life by Romney, after her return from Naples with Sir William Hamilton. Lent by F. C. Arkwright, Esq. 67. — Portrait of Thomas Wallace. (Baron Wallace of Knarsdale, 1828). Born 1767, died 1844. The only son of James Wallace, Attorney-General. Held various offices under the Crown during foui reigns. A Member of the Privy Council for forty years. Painted circa 1780. Lent by J. Hope Wallace, Esq. CENTRE GALLERY. 25 68. — Portrait of Grace, Daughter of Samuel Estwicke, Esq. Married Hon. J. Bridgeman Simpson, of Babwortli Hall, Notts. Lent hy CoL. H. Denison. 69. — Portrait of Elizabeth, only Daughter of James Wallace, Attorney- General. Painted r/;r^z 1780. Lent hy J. Hope Wallace, Esq. — Portrait of Emma, Lady Hamilton, as St. Cecilia. Finished Study for the large Painting in the possession of Lord Masham. The Engraving by G. Keating was from the abo\ e work. Lent hy Watson Fothergill, Esq. yi. — Cupid with a Mask. Painted for the celebrated collection of Haskett Smith, Esq., of Trowswell, Gouldhurst. Lent by Ernest Leggatt, Esq. CENTRE GALLERY. ^2. — Emma, Lady Hamilton, as a Bacchante. Parchased from Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A., by Sir William Hamilton in 1784; Exhibited Royal Academy, 1784 (No. 342 in Catalogue); Purchased at the Sale of Sir William Hamilton, 1801, by the ancestor of present owner. The Engraving by J. R. vSmith in Mezzotint is from this picture. ( F/t/^^ Catalogue, No. 120.) Lent by Tankerville Chamherlayne, Esq. N.B. — There are five variations of the above picture, the details of which are partly extracted, by kind consent, from the "History of the Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds," by Algernon Graves, F.S.A., and AV. V. Cronin [vide Vol. -IL, p. 425—427), viz. : — 1 . Parchased from Sir Joshua Reynolds by Benjamin Booth, Esq., and lately in the possession of his descendant, Sir Clare Ford, H.B.M. Ambassador at Madrid, and now lent to this Exhibition by Charles Davis, Esq. (Catalogue, No. 11.) 2. In the possession of the Earl of Lauderdale, purchased at Sir Joshua's Sale, April i6th, 1796 (Lot 48). 3. In the possession of the Earl of Durham; purchased at the Sale of the Marchioness of Thomond's Collection, May i8tli, 1821 (Lot 81). 4. In the possession of the Earl of Normanton. 5. In the possession of Miss Alice de Rothschild. This formerly belonged to the Marquess of Lansdowne. CENTRE GALLERY. 27 72a. — Portrait of Elizabeth, Wife of William Chafyn-Grove, Esq., M.P. Lent by G. Troyte-Chafyn-Grove, Esq. 73* — Portrait of Lady Austen. Lent by H. Bingham Mildmay, Esq. 74- ~ Supposed Portrait of William Pitt. Lent by Professor Charles Waldstein. 743^- — Portrait of The Hon. Newton Wallop. Painted 1791. Grandfather of the present Earl, Lent by The Earl of Portsmouth. CENTRE GALLERY. 75' — Portrait of Mrs. Whately. Mrs. Whately (1699-1778) was daughter of Joseph Thompson, first cousin of Sir J. Thompson, Bart., first Lord Haversham, and wife of Thos. Whately, of Nonsuch Park, Surrey. One of her sons was private secretary to Mr. Grenville and Under-Secretary of State, to whom certain letters were addressed from Massachusetts, which, after his death, by unfair means fell into the hands of Franklin, and produced an evil effect on the outbreak of American discontent. Another son — Joseph, of Nonsuch Park — was father of Archbishop Whately. The portrait of Mrs. Whately by Romney was painted for her son, Joseph AVhately, on his marriage with the daughter of W. Plumer, of Gilston Park and Blakesware, Herts. Lent by Rev. Canon W. J. Whately. . — Portrait of Edward Nevinson, Esq., of Carlisle. Le7it by Edward Nevinson, Esq. 77- — Portrait of Priscilla, Lady Graham. Sister of Earl AVhitworth. Married Sir Bellingham Graham, Sixth Baronet, of Norton Conyers, who died 1796, and, secondly, in 1800, to Francis, Second Viscount Lake. Lent by Sir Reginald Graham, Bart. CENTRE GALLERY. 29 7b. — Portrait of Viscount Admiral Agustus Keppel. Son of Second Earl of Albemarle. Born 1725 ; died 1786. Lent by W. F. Stocks, Esq. — Portrait of Emma, Lady Hamilton. Reading a Gazette recording one of Nelson's Victories. Leyithy']. Pierpoint Morgan, Esq. 80. — Head Sketch for one of the Witches in Macbeth, Lent by C. W. Doavdeswell, Esq. 81 . — Portrait of a Young Man. Lent by Greville Douglas, Esq. 82. — Portrait of Miss Seward. Attributed to Romney. Lent by John Holden, Esq. 30 CENTRE GALLERY. 83- Capt. Wm. Ogilvie, of iVrdglass, Ireland. Lent by F. C, Pavvle, Esq. 84. Portrait of Mrs. Gladwin. Wife of Gen. Gladwin, of Stubbing Court, Derbyshire. Born - 1743 ; died 18 17. Lent by G. Gladwin-Erkington, Esq. 3i. — Portrait of the Rev. T. Carwardine, of Colne Priory, Bssex. Born 1734; '^^^^ 1825. Mr. Carwardine was a great friend and early patron of Romney's before the artist became so well known. He was a typical example of the old English squire-parson, a Prebendary of St. Paul's, a great friend and admirer of Horace Walpole, who visited him at Colne several times. The poets Hay ley and Cowper were frequently staying with him, as also Lord Thurlow. The Priory was nearly always full of the most distinguished artists of the day. Mr. Carwardine himself was no mean artist, and the compiler has seen works attributed to his brush that would hold their own with his contemporary clerical-artists, Thomson, of Duddingston, and Peters, of Oxford, both of whom attained the honour of R. A.'s. The above portrait was the first painted by Romney on his return to England after his first visit to Rome. It has never been previously exhibited. Lent b_y the Great- Grandson, Capt. W. G. Probert, Suffolk Regiment. CENTRE GALLERY. 31 — Portrait of Lord Berwick, First Baron. Len^ by The Lord Berwick. 85- — Portrait of Madame de Genlis. Engraved in Hayley's " Life of Romney." Bequeathed to Philip Courtenay, Esq., Q.C. (the father of the present OAvner), by the painter. Lent by Miss B. Courtenay. 86. — Portrait of Miss Tighe. Lent by Thos. W. Webber, Esq. 87. —Sketch for the Head of Comedy" in the Allegorical Picture at Pet- worth, Sussex. Bequeathed to Philip Courtenay, Esq., Q.C, by the painter, George Romney. My father told me he believed that the model who sat for this head was * Nance Carey,' the mother of Edmund Kean." — L. B. COURTKXAV. Lent by Miss B. Courtenay. 32 CENTRE GxVLLERY. 88. — Study of Emma, Lady Hamilton, as Lady Macbeth. Lent hy C. W. Dowdeswell, Esq. 883.. — Portrait of Elizabeth, Lady Craven. Lent by Henry R. Grenfell, Esq. SMALL GALLERY. 33 SMALL GALLERY. — A Collection of Proof Engravings of Portraits of Lady Hamilton, chiefly after Romney. Lent by Ernest Leggatt, Esq. END GALLERY. END GALLERY. QO. — Drawing by Romney of Bmma Harte, or Lyon, afterwards Lady Hamilton (nnde). So exhibited by Dr. James Graham, of Edinburgh, at Schomberg House, Pall Mall, 1782-83, attested by manuscript in the autograph of an eminent artist, living at the time of exhibition, now in the possession of Mr. Nash, annotater of this catalogue. This drawing has been beautifully reproduced in fac simile, by a special process of the Autotype Company, in pencil-tint and cold sepia, particulars of which may be obtained of the Secretary. The proprietors' profits will be given to the War Eund. Lent hy Sir John Geo. Tollemache Sinclair, Bart. 91. — Portrait of Mrs. Fothergill. Lent by Watson Fothergill, Esq. END GALLERY. 35 Q2. — Portrait of Bmma, Lady Hamilton. By GUZZARDI. Lent by E. Leggatt, Esq. Q3» — Head of a Boy with Glass in Hand. Lent by William Shoosmith, Esq. Q4- — Portrait of Sheridan. Lent by John Holden, Esq. Q^. — Portrait of Mrs. Molony, of Kiltanon, Co. Clare {nee Selina Mills). Painted rmYZ 1780. Lent by W. B. Molony, Esq., of Kiltanon, K.O. Lancaster Regiment. q6. — Portraits of The Misses Cumberland. Daughters of Richard Cumberland, the Dramatist. The one seated became Lady Edward Bentinck, and the one standing married a Mr. Badcock. Lent by F. H. Brodrick, Esq. 36 END GALLERY. — Portrait of the Lady Georgiana West. Daughter of John, Second Eaii Delawarr. Married, 1782, Edward Pery Buckley, Esq. Lent by Col. Cornwallis West. . — Bajocco (a Roman Dwarf). Painted 1773. ''A most savage -looking dwarf, well known to the English who visited Rome at that day, and so called by them from his begging for a small Roman coin of that name" — (Extract from Life of Romney," page 96). Lent by Ernest Leggatt, Esq. 99. — Portrait of '^Arthur/' Youth with a Dog. Born 1760 ; died 1823. Lent by R. W. Scaife, Esq. 100. — Portrait of Miss Ramus, afterwards Baroness de Nonal. Died 1848. Lent by The Hon. W. F. D. Smith, M.P. END GALLERY. 37 lOI. — Portrait of General Sir Archibald Campbell. Sir Archibald Campbell, K.B., of Inverneil and Ross ; Major- General and Colonel of 74tli Regiment; M.P. for Stirling; Governor and Commander-in-Chief on the Coast of Coromandel. Son of James Campbell, Commissary of the Western Isles of Scotland and Chamberlain of Argyle. Married Amelia, daughter of Allan Ramsay, of Ainkell. Died in 1791, and was buried in Westminster Abbey. Lent by The Rev. Canon T. S. Brownrigg. 102. — Portrait of Emma, Lady Hamilton, as " Cassandra." Study for the whole length. Lent hy Edw\rd Lewis Raphael, Esq. 103. — Portrait of Charles, Brother of Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Lent by Mrs. Frederick: Shaw. 104. — Mrs. Rattray. Lent hy Capt. The Hon. John Yorke. 38 END GALLERY. • — Portrait of a Mohawk Brave, Who visited England with his Chief, called the Brant. wSee Catalogue, No. 8. Lent by William Iceton, Esq. 106. — Portrait of Edward Witts. Lent by Rev. F. E. Broome Witts. io6a. - Portrait of Miss Hannah Milnes. Lent by The Earl of Crewe. 107- — Portrait of Mrs. Anne Dashwood. Born 1723 ; died 1802. This picture was painted in what was termed his first local period, before he went to Rome. It is men- tioned in Thorsby's description ot Stanford Hall, 179O, as by ROMNEY. Lent by Maj. -General R. L. Dashwood. 108. — Portrait of Charles Vere Dashwood, Son of Robert Dashwood, Esq., Stanford Hall, Notts. Born 1745 ; died 1821. Lent by Maj. -General R. L. Dashwood. END GAT.LERY. I08a. — Study of " Beatrice." Lent by Miss C. Beardmore. 39 I08b . — Portrait of the Earl of Gowan. Lent by The Hon. Mrs. Skeffington Smith. lOQ. — Bmma, Lady Hamilton. By Madame Vigee Le Brun. Lent by Tankerville Chamberlayne, Esq. 109a. — Portrait of Sir John Mawbey, M.P. Past Owner of the Epsom Manor. Attributed to Romney. Lent by G. E. Briscoe Eyre, Esq. 110. — King lycar and the Tempest. Painted about 1760 at Lancaster, and disposed of by State Lottery. Lent by E. Leggatt, Esq. 40 END GALLERY. IlOa. — Portrait of Miss Judith Smith. Lent by Harold A. Smith, Esq. III. — Portrait of Miss lyove. Attributed to Romney. Lentby]ks. J. Orrock, Esq., R.I. Ilia. — Portrait of Captain Thos. Maude. Lent by Rev. Wilfrid Maude Roxby. 112. — Study for Portrait of Bmma, Lady Hamilton, in Gouache. Lent by T. H. Kelly, Esq. 113. — Portrait of a Lady Reading. Attributed to Romney. Lent by CoL. T. G. Booth. END GALLERY. 4 1 113a. — Portrait of Two Children. Lent by Francis B. Macdonald, Esq. 114. — Boys Bathing. Ex Romney Sale. Lent by J. G. Butcher, Esq., M.P. . — Portrait of Lady Hamilton as a Bacchante. Variation of the Vernon picture. Lent by George Harland-Peck, Esq. 116. — Portrait of Honora Sneyd, as Serena. Le7it by O. B. Martyn, Esq. II^, — Emma, Lady Hamilton, as a Bacchante. Engraved by C. Knight. Printed in colours direct from the copper plate. See Catalogue, No. 50. Lent by CoL. T. G. Booth. 42 END GALLERY. Il8. — Four Sketches. Lent hy G. Herbert Thring, Esq. HQ* — I'he Spinstress, portrait of Emma, Lady Hamilton. Engraved by T. Cheesman. Lent by George Harland-Peck, Esq. 120. — Portrait of Lady Hamilton as Bacchante. After Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A. Mezzotint, printed ia Colours from the copper plate. Engraved by J. R. Smith. Lent by E. Marshall Hall, Esq., Q.C. 121. — The Seamstress, portrait of Emma, Lady Hamilton. Engraving printed in colours. Engraved by T. Cheesman, pupil of F. Bartolozzi, R.A. Lent by George Harland-Peck, Esq END GALLERY. 43 122. — Mezzotint, by Meyer, of Hon. Francis Greville. Proof before all letters. Lent by Francis Harvey, Esq. 123. — Mezzotint, by Valentine Green, of The Wood Nymph. Veiy rare. Lent by Francis Harvey, Esq. I239'* — Engraving in Mezzotint by Valentine Green of Mrs. Yates as the Tragic Mnse. See Catalogue, Xo. 9. Lent by Robert W. Hudson, Esq. 123b. — Engraving of Joseph Brant. Chief of the Six Nations. By J. R. Smith. See Catalogue, No. 8. Lent by Miss E. F. Foster. 44 END GALLERY. 124- — Proof, Mezzotint, by W. Say, after Masquerier, of Lady Hamilton. Lent by Francis Harvey, Esq. I25» — Portrait of the Poet Hayley. Biographer of Romney. ' Mezzotint Proof. Lent by Henry Sotheran, Esq. 126. — Milton dictating Paradise Lost." A sketch. Lent by Ernest Leggatt, Esq. 127. — Portrait of James Romney, brother of the Artist. Lent by Fritz Reiss, Esq. 128. — Portrait, supposed to be of Miss Hopkins. Daughter of Sir John Hopkins, afterwards Mrs. Neville. Lent by Sir W. Thornley Stoker, Eart. END GALLERY. 45 129. — Set of the Attitudes. Probably unique. Beautifully coloured by Grignon. Lent by T. D. Croft, Esq. 130. — Set of the Caricatures of above. Very rare. Lent by T. D. Croft, Esq. 131. — Eight Studies in Red and Black Crayon. Some of which are from Emma, Lady Hamilton. Le7it by Mrs. Edward Ross. 1320 — Pencil Sketch of Charles Young, the Actor. Lent by The Rev. T. S. Cooper. 46 END GALLERY. 133- — Portrait of Wm. Hayley. Born 1745 5 1820. By George Romney. Personal friend and biographer of Romney. Born at Chichester. After studying at Eton, he graduated at Trinity College, Cambridge. He had already evinced poetic talents, and acquired some distinction by College exercises and occasional pieces, both in English and Latin. In 1766 he graduated in the Middle Temp^le, but abandoned legal studies for literary retirement at his paternal estate at Eartham, in Sussex. His first attempt at public authorship was a drama, 2he Afflicted Father^ which Garrick received for performance but rejected. In 1792 occurred an event which, perhaps, has done more to preserve his memory than any of his compositions — his intimacy with Cowper. Hayley was at the time preparing an edition of Milton's works, for which Cowper had also an engagement. Hayley wrote to Cowper, enclosing a highly complimentary sonnet ; a correspondence ensued, resulting in a lasting friendship and, finally, in the publication by Hayley of ''The Life, Works, and Letters of Cowper" in 1803. Hayley's name is also connected with that of the historian Gibbon, to whom he addressed three epistles, and his intimacy with whom subjected him falsely to tlije suspicion of free -thinking. Hayley's works are numerous — dramatic, miscellaneous, on subjects of art, and poetical. His "Triumphs of Music" and "Triumphs of Temper" will be remembered through the caustic, though not very just, criticism of Byron in his English Bards," for which, however, he subsequently made amends. He died at Felpham in 1820. Hayley was a follower of Pope, and his popularity was the result of his personal amiability, fine tastes, and association with other literary men*. Lent by Ernest Leggatt, Esq. END GALLERY. 47 134- — Lady Hamilton as a Baccliante. After Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A. ; transcript for the Engraving by J. R. Smith. Lent by Ernest Leggatt, Esq. . — Water - Colour Drawing, containing Portraits of the Poet Hayley, Mrs, Hayley, and Lieut. Howell. Painted at Eartham, 1780, by George Romney. Le7it by Ernest Leggatt, Esq. 48 ENTRANCE STAIRCASE. ENTRANCE STAIRCASE. 136. — Lady Hamilton as Sensibility/' Engraved by Richard Earlom. Lent by Algernon Graves, Esq., F.S.A. 137* — ^iss Martindale. Engraved by Richard Josey. Lent by Algernon Graves, Esq., F.S.A. . — Mrs. Dawson. Engraved by M. CoRMACK. Lent by Algernon Graves, Esq., F.S.A. ENTRANCE STAIRCASE. 49 139. — Lady Hamilton as The Spinstress. Engraved by H. T. Greenhead. Lent by Algernon Graves, Esq., F.S.A. 140, — Lady Hamilton when young. P^ngraved by H. T. Greenhead. Lent by Algernon Graves, Esq., F.S.A. 141* — Lady Hamilton as Euphrosyne. Engraved by C. S. Shury. Lent by Ernest Leggatt, Esq. 142. — Lady Hamilton as Cassandra. Engraved by Leslie Havnes. Lent by Leslie Haynes, Esq. 50 ENTRANCE STAIRCASE. 143* — Elizabeth, Countess of Derby. Engraved by M. Cormack. Lent hy Mrs. Mendoza. 144* — "^1^^ Vicountess Clifden and Lady Blizabeth Spencer. Engraved by H. T. Green head. Z^;// Algernon Graves, Esq., F.S.A. 145^ — M^s- Bankes (Miss F. Woodley). Engraved by J. Scott-Bridgwater. Lent hy Thomas McLean, Esq. 146. — Lady Hamilton as Circe. Engraved by [. Scott-Bridgwater. Le7it by Ernest Leggati, Esq. ENTRANCE STAIRCASE. 51 147* — Diana, Lady Milner. Engraved by W. Henderson. Lent by Thomas McLean, Esq. 148. — Lady Hamilton as St. Cecilia. (Printed in Colours). Engraved by R. Earlom. Modern impression from the original plate. Lent by Algernon Graves, Esq., F.S.A. 149* — The Countess of Warwick. Engraved by H. Scott-Bridgwater. Lent by Ernest Leggatt, Esq. 1^0. — Miss Honora Snej^d as Serena. (Printed in Colours). Modern impression from the original plate. Le7ii by Algernon Graves, Esq., F.S.A. 52 ENTRANCE STAIRCASE. 151. — Miss Day. Engraved by M. Cormack. Lent by Mrs. Mendoza. 152. — Lady Poulett. (Photograph of the size of plate now in progress.) Engraved by NoRMAN Hirst. Lent by Algernon Graves, Esq., F.S.A. 153* — L^^y Hamilton as ''Nature." Engraved by M. Cormack. Lent by Mrs. Mendoza. I^4» — Lady Hamilton as Ariadne. Engraved by H. T. Greenhead. Lent by Algernon Graves, Esq., F.S.A. ENTRANCE STAIRCASE. ' 53 Mrs. Townley Ward. Engraved by H. Scott Bridgwater. Lent by Ernest Leggatt, Esq. Emma. Engraved by H. Scott Bridgwater. Le7it by Ernest Leggatt, Esq. Miss Close (Mrs. Mark Currie). Engraved by H. T. Greenhead. Lent hy Algernon Graves, Esq., F.S.A. Lady Hamilton. Engraved by Charles J. Tomkin. Lent hy Thos. McLean, Esq, 54 ENTRANCE STAIRCASE. 159* — Davies Cooke. Engraved by H. T. Greenhead. Z^;// Algernon Graves, Esq., F.S.A. 160. — Lady Hamilton as a Baccliante. Engraved by Noel B. Kenealy. Lent by C. E. Clifford, Esq. 161. — Master Thornhill. Engraved by James Scott. Lent by Algernon Graves, Esq , F.S.A. LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS. LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS. Aldenhain, Lord, 3, 50H. Alston, Sir Francis Beilby, K.C.M.G., 30. Arkwright, F. C, Esq., 66. . Ashley, The Hon. Evelyn, 27. Beardmore, Miss C, io8a. Bentinck, Mrs. Frances, 21. Beresford, George Massy, Esq., 48. Berwick, The Lord, 84B. Booth, Col. T. G., 117. Brodrick, F. H., Esq., 96. Brownrigg, The Rev. Canon T. S., loi. Butcher, J. G., Esq., M.P., 114. Chamberlayne, Tankerville, Esq., 49, 50, 61, 72, 109 Clifford, C. E., Esq., 160. 56 LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS. Coats, Archibald, Esq., 44. Coats, George, Esq., 43. Cooper, The Rev. T. S., 132. Cotton, Major-General F. Conyers, 31, 56. Courtenay, Miss B., 85, 87. Crespigny, G. H, C. H. de, Esq., i8. Crewe, The Earl of, 42, 160A. Croft, T. D., Esq., 129, 130. Dash wood, Maj.- General R. L., 107, to8. Davis, Charles, Esq., 11, 41. Denison, Col., H., 68. Douglas, Greville, Esq., 81. Dowdeswell, C. W., Esq., 80, 88. Eden, Sir William, Bart., 24. Eyre, G. E. Briscoe, Esq., 52, 109A. Fawkes, F. H., Esq., 47. Finch-Halton, Hon. Harold, 46. Forster, Miss E. F., 8, 123B. LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS. 57 Fothergill, Watson, Esq., 70, 91. Garnett, William, Esq., 22. Gibbs, The Hon. Herbert C, 19. Gladwin-Errington, G., Esq., 84. Graham, Sir Reginald, Bart., 62, 77. Graves, Algernon, Esq., 5oi, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 144, 148, 150, 152, 154, 157, 159, 161. Grenfell, Henry R., Esq., 88a. Grey, The Misses, 5, 17. Hall, E Marshall, Esq., Q.C., 13, 120. Harland-Peck, George, Esq., 35A, 55, 115, 119, 121. Harvey, Francis, Esq.. 122, 123, 124. Hay, Sir Duncan, Bart., The Trustees of, 35. Haynes, Leslie, Esq., 142. Hill, Grey, Esq., 59, 64. Hillingdon, The Lord, i.s- Holden, John, Esq., 2, 82, 94. Hudson, Robert W., Esq., 9, 123A. Hunt, Holman, Esq., 51 LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS. Iceton, William, Esq., 105. Kelly, T. H., Esq., 112. Lane, Hugh P., Esq., 53. Leggatt, Ernest, Esq., 40, 50A, 50B, 50c, 50D, 50E, 50F, 60, 71, 89, 92, q8, iio, 126, 135, 134, 135, H9, 155, 156. Lowther, Capt. Henry, 14, 28. Lowther, L. C, Esq., 14, 28. Lowther, G. A., Esq., 14, 28, Macdonald, Francis B., Esq,, 113, 113A. Madocks, H., Esq., 12. Marlborough, Duke of, 4, 39. Martyn, O. B., Esq., 116. McLean, T., Esq., 145, 147, 158. Melville, Miss Leslie, 29. Mendoza, Mrs., 143, 151, 153. Middleton, H. B., Esq., 16, 65. Mildmav, H Bingham, Esq., 73. LIST OF CONIRIBUTORS. 59 Molony, W. B., Esq., of Kiltanon, 95. Morgan, J. Pierpoint, Esq., 79. Nevinson, Edward, Esq., 76. Orrock, Jas. J., Esq., R.I., iii. Osborn, Sir Algernon, Bart., 7. Pawle, F. C, Esq., 23, 25, 83. Pemberton, C. S., Esq., 62A. Pitt-Rivers, Lieut. -General A. H. Lane Fox, D.C.L. (since deceased), 57. Portsmouth, The Earl of, 74A. Probert, Capt. W. G., 84A.. Raalte, Mrs. Charles Van, 50G. Raphael, Edward Lewis, Esq., 20, 102. Reiss, Fritz, Esq., 127. Ross, Mrs. Edward, 131. Roxby, Rev. Wilfrid Maude, iiiA. Saumarez, The Lady de,.33, 34., 58. 6o LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS Scaiff, R. W., Esq., 99. Shaw, Mrs. Frederick, 103. Shoosmith, William, Esq., 93. Sinclair, Sir J. G. Tollemache, Bart., 54, 90. Smith, The Hon. W. F. D., M.P., 26, icc. Smith, The Hon. Mrs. Skeffington, io8b. Smith, Harold A., Esq., iioa. Sotheran, Henry, Esq., 125. Speyer, Edgar, Esq., 37, 45. Stocks, W. F., Esq., 78. Stoker, Sir W. Thornley, Bart., 128. Thring, G. Herbert, Esq., 118. Tremayne, Col. Arthur, 6, 32. Troyte-Chafyn-Grove, G., Esq., 63, 72A. Waldstein, Prof. Charles, 74. Wallace, J. Hope, Esq., 67, 69. Ward, T. Humphry, Esq., 10. Webber, Thos. W., Esq., 86. Wedderburn, Sir William, M.P., 36. LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS. West, Col. CornwalliSj 97. Whately, Rev. Canon W. J., 75. Whatman, Mrs., 38. Witts, Rev. F. E. Broome, 106. Yorke, Capt. The Hon. John, 104.. V. BENOIST, 36, PICCADILLY, W. Purveyor by Special Appointment TO H.R.H. 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