Lady Hamilton Playing a Lyre

Provenance

G.L. Laporte (Lugt 1170), New York; (Julius H. Weitzner [1896-1986], New York); Julius S. Held, Old Bennington, Vermont; purchased 1984 by NGA.

Lady Hamilton Playing a Lyre

Romney, George

c. 1785

Accession Number

1984.3.55

Medium

pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk on wove paper

Dimensions

overall: 30.1 x 23.5 cm (11 7/8 x 9 1/4 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Julius S. Held Collection, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund