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James Clitherow (1766-1841)
178430 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm)
George Romney
England (Dalton-in-Furness, England, 1734 - 1802, Kendal, England)
Object Type:
Painting
Medium and Support:
Oil on canvas
Credit Line:
George Eastman Collection of the University of Rochester
Accession Number:
1976.24
Location: Not currently on view
Collection:
George Eastman Collection
Romney must have been well acquainted with James Clitherow as a young man: he made two portraits of him, as well as a replica, all within a span of a year. Clitherow, who had recently graduated from Oxford at the time this portrait was made, appears thoughtful and composed, demonstrating his erudition by holding a book. Newspaper accounts describe the portrait as having been painted for a price of just over £20.
Romney directs the viewer’s focus by sketching Clitherow’s hands and stock, or neckcloth, only loosely; he concentrates instead on the details of the head, coat, and chair.
[Gallery label text, 2008]
Romney directs the viewer’s focus by sketching Clitherow’s hands and stock, or neckcloth, only loosely; he concentrates instead on the details of the head, coat, and chair.
[Gallery label text, 2008]
Provenance
By descent from the sitter to Colonel Edward John Stracey-Clitherow (1820-1900), Boston House, Brentford, Middlesex, England; Edward S. Harkness (1874-1940), New York; purchased from him by M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York (dealers); purchased from them by George Eastman (1854-1932), Rochester, NY, 1925; bequeathed to the University of Rochester, 1932; transferred to the Gallery in 1976.
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- A Group of Eighteenth Century Portraits from the Eastman Collection 12/18/1939 - 1/15/1940
- The George Eastman Collection of Paintings end date ca. December 1949
- The George Eastman Collection 12/1/1979 - 1/13/1980
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Article Scope: Reproduction only. Susan Dodge Peters, ed. Memorial Art Gallery: An Introduction to the Collection. New York, New York: Memorial Art Gallery in association with Hudson Hills Press, 1988.
- Article Title: A Group of Eighteenth Century Portraits. Article Scope: Article. Memorial Art Gallery. Gallery Notes. Rochester, New York: Memorial Art Gallery, 1935-1995. Volume Number: 5, Issue Number: 3. Issue Date: December 1939-January 1940. Page Number: 2-3
- Article Scope: Entry and reproduction. Donald Rosenthal, ed. The George Eastman Collection. Rochester, New York: University of Rochester Press, 1979.
- Docent Newsletter. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery
- Article Scope: Mention. Elizabeth Brayer. Magnum Opus: The Story of the Memorial Art Gallery, 1913-1988. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1988.
- C. H. Collins Baker. British Painting. London, England: The Medici Society, 1933.
- Article Scope: Catalogue Raisonné Entry. Thomas Humphry Ward and W. Roberts. Romney: A Biographical and Critical Essay, with a Catalogue Raisonné of His Works . London, England: T. Agnew & Sons, 1904.
- Article Scope: Catalogue Raisonné entry and reproduction. Alex Kidson. George Romney: A Complete Catalogue of his Paintings. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2015. Volume Number: 1
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