Fitzherbert, illegal wife of George IV when he was Prince of Wales. This included Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire (whose portrait was never finished due to her unreliability) her best friend Bess, who succeeded her as Duchess of Devonshire by marrying the 5th Duke the Duchess of Gordon the actress Mary Robinson as Perdita and Mrs. One of his first patrons there was the Duke of Richmond, who commissioned him to paint his portrait-along with several copies of it, as was the custom in that day-and Romney also did portraits of various members of the duke's family.Ī long procession of aristocrats began to patronize him. 32 Cavendish Square, an aristocratic neighborhood. Upon his return, he boldly took the large house and studio located at No. Ten years later he was making an exceedingly comfortable income of over £1,000 a year and was therefore finally able to travel to Italy to really study his art. In London, he raised his prices to 8 guineas for a three-quarter portrait and began to receive many commissions from members of the legal profession, then from those in the theatre.
He provided generously for her-as well as helping out many of his ten siblings. His wife, who was of a lower social class than he, never came to live with her husband in London during the nearly 40 years he was away. In 1762 Romney came to London to make his fortune, leaving behind his wife and son. In those early days when he was painting in the provinces, he charged six guineas for a whole-length portrait and two for a three-quarter figure. The apprenticeship (paid for by Romney's cabinetmaker father) was to have lasted longer, but George Romney was able to buy himself out of the servitude and strike out on his own. Romney-who is related to the former Illinois governor of the same name as well as his son, presidential candidate Mitt Romney-actually changed the family's spelling of the name, which was formerly Rumney.Īt the age of 21, Romney was apprenticed for four years to a portrait painter. In the period from 1782 to 1785, he painted some 60 different portraits of the beauty, who was at that time going by the name Emma Hart.
Take a look at Regency ebooks and chances are several of the covers will feature paintings of Emma Hamilton done by George Romney (1734-1802) well over 200 years ago.
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