Lady Lemon (1747–1823)

George Romney British

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 957

Jane Buller, the sitter in this elegant portrait, married William Lemon in 1771 and bore ten children. Lord Lemon commissioned George Romney to paint half-length portraits of himself and his wife in 1788, when Lady Lemon was forty-years old. She sat for the painting on six occasions in Romney’s London studio. Posing the sitter in an armchair against a landscape background became a common convention in later Georgian British portraiture. Romney portrays his subject with a gentle touch.

Lady Lemon (1747–1823), George Romney (British, Beckside, Lancashire 1734–1802 Kendal, Cumbria), Oil on canvas

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Lady Lemon (1747–1823), George Romney (British, Beckside, Lancashire 1734–1802 Kendal, Cumbria), Oil on canvas
Lady Lemon (1747–1823), George Romney (British, Beckside, Lancashire 1734–1802 Kendal, Cumbria), Oil on canvas
Lady Lemon (1747–1823), George Romney (British, Beckside, Lancashire 1734–1802 Kendal, Cumbria), Oil on canvas

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