ROMNEY (George)
(1731-1802)
100. Portrait of Mrs. Grove
of Ferne. Wilts. Charlotte, daughter of W. Pilfill, Esq. R. N., of Effingham, Sussex, who commanded one of Nelson's ships at Trafalgar, and sister of Lady Shelley: married Thomas Grove. Esq
Three-quarters length. seated to the right. in a landscape, large hat and feathers: white dress: hands crossed in lap.
Canvas, 49 in. by 39 in.
Painted at the house «Ferne», Wilts., 1784.
Exhibited at the Royal Academy, London, 1881.
Engraved in mezzotint by H. Scott Bridgewater.
From the Collection of the late Sir G. Grove, Bart.
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