After George Romney
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After George Romney

Double portrait of Henry Richard Greville (1779-1853), Lord Brooke (and later 3rd Earl of Warwick), and his sister Lady Elizabeth Greville (d.1806), as children, half-length, holding hands, he in a dark blue coat, yellow waistcoat and white collar, she in a white dress with blue sash and white bonnet, leaning against a plinth

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After George Romney
Double portrait of Henry Richard Greville (1779-1853), Lord Brooke (and later 3rd Earl of Warwick), and his sister Lady Elizabeth Greville (d.1806), as children, half-length, holding hands, he in a dark blue coat, yellow waistcoat and white collar, she in a white dress with blue sash and white bonnet, leaning against a plinth
oil on canvas
25 x 30 in. (63.5 x 76.2 cm.)
Provenance
with Newhouse Galleries, 15 East 57th Street, New York.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium

Lot Essay

This charming portrait derives from a sketch made by Romney, which was intended for the full-length portrait of Henrietta, Countess of Warwick, and Her Children (now in The Frick Collection, New York). In the full-length, the children are placed further apart than in this picture, and Lady Elizabeth leans not on a plinth but on her mother's knee. In the present painting the affection between the siblings becomes the central feature of the composition.

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