GEORGE ROMNEY (BRITISH 1734-1802)
PORTRAIT OF MISS ALBINIA HOBART (1759-1853), LATER LADY ALBINIA CUMBERLAND
Oil on canvas
76.2 x 63.5cm (30 x 25 in.)
Provenance:
George Hobart, the sitter's father
By descent in the Cumberland family
Mrs Everetts by 1938
Newhouse Galleries, New York
Private Collection, USA by 1954
Nicholas Bagshawe Esq., where purchased by the present owner
Engraving:
M. Cormack, published 21 June 1890 by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi & Co.
Lady Albinia Cumberland, was the daughter of Albinia Holbart (1737/8- 1816), an eighteenth century celebrity, heiress of her father, and Countess of Buckinghamshire by her marriage in 1793. Her lifestyle and size made her the subject and victim of cartoons by James Gillray where she featured in over 50 satirical prints.
The present lot was probably commissioned by the sitter's father, on the occasion of his daughter's marriage to Richard Cumberland on 25th June 1784. In his diary, Romney recorded the sittings of Miss Hobart directly before and after her wedding over the course of the period between 19 and 29th June.
The reference to the sitter as Miss Hobart reflects the fact that her father did not assume the title of 3rd Earl until the passing of his brother, the 2nd Earl, in 1793.
An example of the engraving of this portrait can be seen in the National Portrait Gallery collection (NPG D15666).
GEORGE ROMNEY (BRITISH 1734-1802)
PORTRAIT OF MISS ALBINIA HOBART (1759-1853), LATER LADY ALBINIA CUMBERLAND
Oil on canvas
76.2 x 63.5cm (30 x 25 in.)
Provenance:
George Hobart, the sitter's father
By descent in the Cumberland family
Mrs Everetts by 1938
Newhouse Galleries, New York
Private Collection, USA by 1954
Nicholas Bagshawe Esq., where purchased by the present owner
Engraving:
M. Cormack, published 21 June 1890 by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi & Co.
Lady Albinia Cumberland, was the daughter of Albinia Holbart (1737/8- 1816), an eighteenth century celebrity, heiress of her father, and Countess of Buckinghamshire by her marriage in 1793. Her lifestyle and size made her the subject and victim of cartoons by James Gillray where she featured in over 50 satirical prints.
The present lot was probably commissioned by the sitter's father, on the occasion of his daughter's marriage to Richard Cumberland on 25th June 1784. In his diary, Romney recorded the sittings of Miss Hobart directly before and after her wedding over the course of the period between 19 and 29th June.
The reference to the sitter as Miss Hobart reflects the fact that her father did not assume the title of 3rd Earl until the passing of his brother, the 2nd Earl, in 1793.
An example of the engraving of this portrait can be seen in the National Portrait Gallery collection (NPG D15666).
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