George Romney (1734-1802)

George Romney (1734-1802)
Mother and child in a classical landscape
Pen and brown ink, c.1770-71
17.3 x 15.9cm; 6¾ x 6¼in

Provenance:
Alfred de Pass (1861-1952);
By whom gifted to the Royal Institution of Cornwall, Truro;
By whom sold Christie's, London, 22 February 1966, lot 26;
Purchased from the above by Thos. Agnew & Sons, London

The present work is probably a preliminary study for the Mother and Child exhibited by George Romney at the Society of Artists in 1771 (see A. Kidson, George Romney: A Complete Catalogue of his Paintings (New Haven and London, 2015), p.822, no.1783). We are grateful to Alex Kidson for his assistance cataloguing the present work.