William Henry Irby (1750-1830)
George Romney, English, 1734 - 1802
1776-1777
Oil on canvas
Overall: 29 1/2 × 25 in. (74.9 × 63.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Julia and Richard H. Rush, Class of 1937, Tuck 1938
P.980.72
Geography
Place Made: England, United Kingdom, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Painting
Not on view
Inscriptions
Not signed.
Exhibition History
Carpenter Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, August 21, 1981-?
European Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, William B. Jaffe and Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Galleries, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, August 30, 2008-March 8, 2009.
Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 18, 1994-July 28, 1995.
Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 11-November 20, 2005.
Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 28, 2007-January 14, 2008.
Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 3-December 5, 1999.
The Richard H. Rush Collection, Finch College Museum of Art, New York, New York, Feburary 25-April 25, 1971, no. 40.
Publication History
"Treasures of the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College", New York: Hudson Hill Press, 1985, p. 92, no. 73.
"The Richard H. Rush Collection", Finch College Museum of Art, New York, New York, February 25-April 25, 1971, no. 40.
Ward and Roberts' "Catalogue Raisonne", p.83.
T. Barton Thurber, European Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2008, pp. 77-78, ill. p.76, no. 32.
Provenance
Right Hon. Lord Boston (sitter's family), dates unknown; Leger Galleries, Ltd., Old Bond Street, London, England; sold to Julia and Richard H. Rush (1915-2011); given to present collection, 1980.
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