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Mrs Newbery
ROMNEY, George
(Engraver)
MILNER, E.
(Engraver)
Mrs. Newbery, the sister of Robert Raikes, the promoter of Sunday Schools, was the wife of Francis Newbery (1743-1811) of Heathfield Park, Sussex, a publisher and seller of patent medicines. Mrs. Newbery sat in 1782 and 1784 for this portrait, for which Romney charged £21, less than the fees of his rivals Reynolds and Gainsborough. The broad treatment of the fashionable brushed hair and the muslin is typical.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 523
Creation/Production
Acquisition
Bequest, 12/12/1963
Measurements
Height
(cm): 76.2
Width
(cm): 63.3
Height
(in): 30
Width
(in): 24 15/16
Material
Oil
Canvas
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