John Howard Visiting a Prison or a Lazaretto
George Romney
(English, 1734–1802)
1790–95
Medium/TechniquePen and black ink, brush and gray wash, over graphite pencil on off-white laid paper
DimensionsSheet: 34.5 x 51 cm (13 9/16 x 20 1/16 in.)
Framed: 59.1 x 79.1 x 4.4 cm (23 1/4 x 31 1/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
Framed: 59.1 x 79.1 x 4.4 cm (23 1/4 x 31 1/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
Credit LineMuseum exchange
Accession number2003.743
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ProvenanceLouis Meier, bookseller and printseller, London; purchased about 1960 by private collector in UK; to Agnew's London 2002 or 2003; 2003, to MFA. (Accession Date: December 17, 2003)
Pierre Revoil
George Romney
about 1790
Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal)
