Romney
MASTERPIECES IN COLOUR
EDITED BY T. LEMAN HARE
ROMNEY
PLATE I.—THE HORSLEY CHILDREN. From the picture in the possession of Messrs. Thos. Agnew & Sons. (Frontispiece)
Few painters have rivalled Romney in expressing the simplicity and naïveté of children. These portraits of Master George and Miss Charlotte Horsley are excellent examples of his mastery of an artless pose, and of the reticence of his colour. How delightfully the flowers tell against the white dresses.
ROMNEY
BY C. LEWIS HIND
ILLUSTRATED WITH EIGHT REPRODUCTIONS IN COLOUR
LONDON: T. C. & E. C. JACK NEW YORK: FREDERICK A. STOKES CO. 1907
C. Lewis Hind
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PLATE I.—THE HORSLEY CHILDREN.
Romney
CHAPTER I
THREE PERIODS OF ROMNEY'S LIFE
PLATE II.—SKETCH PORTRAIT OF LADY HAMILTON.
THE HORSE
THE HOUSE
HOME AGAIN
PLATE III.—MRS. MARK CURRIE.
CHAPTER II
ROMNEY, REYNOLDS, AND OTHERS
PLATE IV.—THE PARSON'S DAUGHTER: A Portrait.
CHAPTER III
VICISSITUDES OF FAME
PLATE V.—LADY WITH A CHILD.
CHAPTER IV
HIS PORTRAITS IN PUBLIC GALLERIES
PLATE VI.—MRS. ROBINSON—"PERDITA."
CHAPTER V
PORTRAITS IN PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
PLATE VII.—MISS BENEDETTA RAMUS.
PLATE VIII.—MISS RAMUS.
CHAPTER VI
EMMA, AND THE END