{"product_id":"george-romney-17341802-9780691095592","title":"George Romney, 1734-1802","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGeorge Romney, 1734-1802\u003c\/strong\u003e by Kidson, Alex. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780691095592.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis handsome catalogue, which accompanies a major international exhibition commemorating the bicentennial of George Romneys death, offers the first in-depth modern overview of a key figure in eighteenth-century British art. Romney was the main rival of Sir Joshua Reynolds and Thomas Gainsborough--and for much of his career more fashionable than either. A century ago, collectors fought to buy the portraits he created with a distinctive mix of elegance, mannerism, and informality; especially popular were those of Emma Hart (later the notorious Lady Hamilton), who became his favorite model and muse. Romneys chief ambition, however, was to succeed as a history painter, and he made countless drawings for literary and mythological pictures that he never had time to paint. These drawings, executed with a spontaneity and dramatic expressiveness that have appealed to many modern artists, mark Romney as one of the first Romantics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44966741868597,"sku":"ByrdShop_0691095590","price":46.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780691095592_2c394c1d-59b3-4f82-9b55-1763483d372c.jpg?v=1781204501","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/george-romney-17341802-9780691095592","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}