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George Romney
1734-1802
Viscountess Bulkeley as Hebe
1776
Pen and brown ink and wash over graphite with white opaque watercolor.
15 7/16 x 7 7/8 inches (393 x 200 mm)
Thaw Collection.
2017.224

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Watermark: none.

Provenance: 
Alfred A. de Pass; by gift to Royal Institution of Cornwall, County Museum, Truro, England; sale, London, Christie's, 22 February 1966, lot 36; Sabin Galleries, London; Mr. and Mrs. Frederick J. Cummings, Detroit, 1967; W. M. Brady and Co., Inc., New York; Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw, New York.
Associated names: 

Pass, Alfred de, 1861-1952, former owner.
Cummings, Frederick J., former owner.
Cummings, Frederick J., Mrs., former owner.
Thaw, Eugene Victor, former owner.
Thaw, Clare, former owner.

Bibliography: 

Thaw Catalogue Raisonné, 2017, no. 340, repr.
Denison, Cara D. et al. The Thaw Collection : Master Drawings and New Acquisitions. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1994, no. 43.

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Romney, George
School: 
British
Century: 
18th century
Classification: 
Drawing
Department: 
Drawings and Prints