Lady Holding a Book (recto); Plan of Placing Colors on a Palette (verso)

Quick Overview

Artist: George Romney (British, Beckside, Lancashire 1734–1802 Kendal, Cumbria)
Date: 1754–1803
Medium: Recto: graphite Recto: pen and ink
Dimensions: Sheet: 15 3/16 x 10 11/16 in. (38.6 x 27.1 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1911
Accession no.: 11.66.4

Mrs. Francis Russell
George Romney
1785–87 · Painting
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00000571
Figure of a Woman
George Romney
c. 1776 · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00002963
Portrait of a Mother and Her Son (Probably Jane, Duchess of Gordon, and her Son George, First Marquess of Huntley)
George Romney
c. 1778 · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00003221
Half-Length Profile Portrait of a Woman Facing Left
George Romney
n.d. · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00003836

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.