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This 18th-Century Sketch by a Renowned English Portraitist Was Hiding in a Dumpster in New York
Some experts think it’s an early sketch for Henrietta, Countess of Warwick, and Her Children ... “She sat to Romney in 1777, 1782 and 1784.” Henrietta Vernon married George Greville ...
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18th-Century Drawing Rescued From a Dumpster Shatters Estimates at Auction
“This sketch by George Romney has had such a remarkable journey ... a 1787–89 oil portrait of the same countess with her two children that belongs to the Frick. In both cases, the countess ...
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This 18th-Century Sketch by a Renowned English Portraitist Was Hiding in a Dumpster in New York
The tiny drawing by artist George Romney depicts Henrietta ... Countess of Warwick, and Her Children (1787-89), a portrait currently housed in the Frick Collection in Manhattan—just 100 miles ...