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Description: | 57.0 x 49.7 Label on stretcher: Agnews No.18927 CRE ROMNEY, George; (English; 1734-1802) Previously described as 'Lady Hamilton as Contemplation or as a Vestal', the sitter has now been identified as Catherine Vernon (d.1833), second daughter and co-heiress of Richard Vernon. It was painted for the Earl of Warwick, her brother-in-law, in 1777. The picture was described in Romney's ledger as unfinished and converted into a three-quarters. It has since been cut down further. It was described before being cut down as showing Miss Vernon in the character of Hebe, standing, clasping the wine jug in both hands and looking apwards, wearing a pinkclassical dress with white short sleeves, gold band, blue sash, and flowing brown hair. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | FIGURE : FEMALE : PORTRAIT : ALLEGORY : EMMA HART : HEBE : MG1 2007 : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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