Lady Eleanor Ramsay (1766–1819)
Artist
George Romney
British, 1734–1802
Date1786–1787
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.6 cm)
Frame: 62 3/4 x 52 3/4 x 5 in. (159.4 x 134 x 12.7 cm)
Frame: 62 3/4 x 52 3/4 x 5 in. (159.4 x 134 x 12.7 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina
Object number52.9.85
On View
Not on viewW. Roberts, Catalogue of the Willys Collection (1917), 87-88.
R. Flint, "The John Willys Collection," International Studio 80 (1925), 274, 372.
W. R. Valentiner,Catalogue of Paintings: Including Three Sets of Tapestries (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1956), no. 105.
British Paintings to 1900: Catalogue of Paintings, Vol. 2, 2nd ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1969), no. 106, illus. (b-w).
The Mint Museum of Art Presents British Paintings from the Collection of the North Carolina Museum of Art (exhibition catalogue) (Charlotte: Mint Museum of Art, 1973), cat. no. 10, illus. (b-w).
Alex Kidson, George Romney: A Complete Catalogue of His Paintings (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2015), Vol. 2, no. 1075, illus. (color) 481.
Exhibition HistoryCharlotte, NC, Mint Museum of Art, "The Mint Museum of Art Presents British Paintings from the Collection of the North Carolina Museum of Art," September 16-December 30, 1973, cat. no. 10, illus. (b-w).
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, “British Portraits to 1900,” traveling exhibition.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, “History and Mystery: Discoveries in the NCMA British Collection,” August 6, 2016–June 25, 2017. Object Rights Statement
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