George Romney in Liverpool. (Report from Europe).(portrait exhibit)(Brief Article) From: The Magazine Antiques | Date: February 1, 2002| Author: Kramer, Miriam | COPYRIGHT 2002 Brant Publications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The latter part of the eighteenth century in England was rich in fashionable portrait painters. It was the age of Reynolds, Gainsborough, Lawrence, and Romney Of this quartet George Romney is arguably the least known. He was born in 1734 in Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire (now Cumbria), the son of a builder and cabinetmaker. He showed an early talent for painting and although largely self-taught, he had spent some time with an itinerant portraitist in northern England before settling ...