Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802, British
Title:
Portrait of a Man
Date:
between 1758 and 1760
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
25 1/4 x 22 3/8 inches (64.1 x 56.8 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.541
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
musician | violin | landscape | breeches | cliffs | music | man | rural | instrument | figure study | gentleman
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Art in Focus : John Flaxman Modeling Bust of William Hayley (Yale Center for British Art, 2010-02-04 - 2010-05-30)

Art and Music in Britain: Four Encounters, 1730-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2006-10-05 - 2006-12-31)

The Conversation Piece - Arthur Devis & His Contemporaries (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-10-01 - 1980-11-30)
Publications:
Timothy J. Barringer, Art & music in Britain : four encounters, 1730-1900, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2006, pp. 16, 21, V 1699 (YCBA)

Timothy J. Barringer, Art & music in Britain, four encounters, 1730-1900 (exhibition and label text) , New Haven, 2006, [p. 39], V 1699:1 (YCBA)

David Brenneman, Romney Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Transactions of the Romney Society, vol. 1, 1996, p. 18, NJ18 R65 T7 1996 (YCBA)

Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 190-191, N590.2 .A83 (YCBA)

Ellen G. D'Oench, The Conversation Piece: Arthur Devis & his contemporaries, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1980, pp. 57-58, 73, cat. no. 58, NJ18 D5151 D64 OVERSIZE

Alex Kidson, George Romney : a complete catalogue of his paintings, The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, New Haven, 2015, v. 2, pp. 499-500, cat. no. 1114, col. pl. 1114, NJ18.R65 A12 +K54 2015 v.1-3 (YCBA)

B. E. Maclean-Eltham, George Romney : Paintings in public collections, , The Romney Society, Kendal, Cumbria, England, 1996, p. 62, NJ18 R65 M33 1996
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:4941