Exhibition of a special selection from the works by George Romney : including a few portraits of Emma, Lady Hamilton, by other artists
This is a 1900 exhibition catalogue issued by the Grafton Galleries in London, presenting a selection of portraits by George Romney, including several images of Emma, Lady Hamilton by other painters. The pictures are halftone reproductions of portraits: a decorative ornamented cover with a stylised monogram and scrolled border, a small ornamental vignette on the title page, and a softly shaded head-and-shoulders portrait of a young woman in a large hat, captioned Emma. A designer might take from them the period contrast between ornate Art Nouveau-era cover borders and the warm tonal portrait style of late eighteenth-century British painting.
