c - GEORGE ROMNEY 1734-1802
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PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM GILLISON OF MELLING, LANCASHIRE (D.1780); AND HIS WIFE, MIRIAM GILLISON
PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM GILLISON OF MELLING, LANCASHIRE (D.1780); AND HIS WIFE, MIRIAM GILLISON
measurements note
each 124 by 100 cm., 49 by 39 in.
Both three-quarter length, he standing wearing a grey coat and waistcoat, his arm resting on a table, she seated wearing a cream dress and a blue shawl, her left arm resting on a table
a pair, both oil on canvas, in carved wood frames
Quantity: 2
PROVENANCE
Commissioned by William Gillison in 1760 and thence by family descent until sold by the Executors of Mrs B.N.G.Stayner, Sotheby's, 8th March 1989, lots 38 and 40
LITERATURE
Alex Kidson, George Romney 1734-1802, catalogue for the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, 2002, pp.7-8, figs.4 and 5
NOTE
William Gillison was the son of Ambrose Gillison and his wife, Ann Barnes. He was a merchant and purchased Melling Hall, Lancashire, circa, 1760. At the same time as this pair of portraits, William Gillison also commissioned Romney to paint the portrait of his sister, Ann.
- The cost is converted to USD at the rate of 1 GBP = 1.858575 USD on 2006-06-07.
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