Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Figure Studies

George Romney
1734-1802

Figure Studies

8 7/8 x 3 1/8 inches (225 x 80 mm)
Pen and brown ink and graphite on laid paper.
2009.267

The Joseph F. McCrindle Collection.

Notes
This sheet consists of three separate studies. According to the Romney scholar Alex Kidson, it was cut from a larger sheet or a sketchbook since the graphite doodle at the upper left seems to be the trailing drapery of a female figure. The two ink sketches appear to be versions of the same subject, representing a male and a female figure on either side of a colossal head. The female figure wraps herself around the head, and the man is watching. Stylistically, this sheet dates no later than the mid-1780s, and is most likely earlier (email correspondence with Alex Kidson, 8 November 2009).
Associated names
McCrindle, Joseph F., former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department