f - GEORGE ROMNEY 1734-1802

TITANIA'S ATTENDANTS CHASING BATS

measurements note
47 by 59 in.; 119.4 by 149.9 cm.

oil on canvas

PROVENANCE

With Agnew;
Buxton collection;
N.C. Neill collection;
With Leger, 1961, from whom acquired by the present owner

EXHIBITED

Kenwood, Georges Romney, 1734-1802: Paintings and Drawings, June 1961, no. 37;
Nottingham University Art Gallery, Shakespeare in Art, 1961, no. 34;
New York, Finch College Museum of Art, The Richard H. Rush Collection, 25th February - 25th April, 1971, no. 41;
Washington DC, Folger Shakespeare Library, 'Designs from Fancy', George Romney's Shakespearean Drawings, 1998, no.82

LITERATURE

Rev. J. Romney, Memoirs of the Life and Works of George Romney, 1830, pp. 128, 234;
H. Ward and W. Roberts, Romney, a Biographical and Critical Essay, with a Catalogue Raisonné of his Works, 1904, II, pp. 195-196, under Titania Reposing with her Indian Votaries;
A.B. Chamberlain, Georges Romney, 1910, pp. 189-191;
Kenwood, The Iveagh Bequest, G. Romney Paintings and Drawings, London County Council, Exh. Catalogue, 1961, no. 37;
A.M. Frankfurter, "Rediscovering Romney as a Fantastick", in Art News, Sept. 1961, no. 34;
Alex Kidson, National Portrait Gallery Exh. Cat., George Romney 1734-1802, 2002, p.227, footnote 1

NOTE

This picture is a pendant to the preceeding lot and illustrates a scene from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream at the beginning of Act II, scene 2, where Titania is falling asleep to the fairies' lullaby (see lot 67).