Major-General Sir Archibald Campbell, 1790-1792

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 153.4 x 123.9 cm (60 3/8 x 48 3/4 in.)

framed: 174 x 144.8 cm (68 1/2 x 57 in.)

Credit Line

Timken Collection

Accession Number

1960.6.31

Artists / Makers

George Romney (artist) British, 1734 - 1802

Image Use

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Provenance

Amelia Campbell [d. 1813], wife of the sitter, Inverneill, Scotland; probably by descent in the Campbell family. Thatcher M. Adams, New York; (sale, American Art Association, New York, 14-15 January 1920, 2nd day, no. 154); (John Levy Galleries, New York); purchased by William R. Timken [1866-1949], New York; by inheritance to his widow, Lillian Guyer Timken [1881-1959], New York; bequest 1960 to NGA.

Associated Names

Adams, Thatcher M.
American Art Association
Campbell, Amelia, Lady
John Levy Galleries
Timken, Lillian S., Mrs.
Timken, William R.

Exhibition History

1966: Loan for display with permanent collection, Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1966-1968.

1972: Styles in Portraiture, Northern Virginia Fine Arts Association, Alexandria, Virginia, 1972, no cat.

Technical Summary

The canvas appears to be plain woven; it has been lined. The ground is white, thickly applied so that it masks the weave of the canvas. There is a warm brown imprimatura. The painting is executed in thick, opaque layers, blended wet into wet; the head was painted first. There are pentimenti in the black collar and cuffs, which were originally blue. The painting is in good condition. Abrasion and flattening are slight; retouching is confined to the extreme edges. The painting was surface cleaned and revarnished with dammar in 1960; the varnish has discolored yellow only slightly.

Bibliography

1904: Ward, Humphry and William Roberts. Romney. 2 vols. London, 1904: 1:121-122; 2:24.

1938: Borenius, Tancred. English Painting in the XVIIIth Century. London, 1938: pl. 60.

1965: Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 116, as Sir Archibald Campbell.

1968: National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 103, repro., as Sir Archibald Campbell.

1975: European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 310, repro., as Sir Archibald Campbell.

1975: Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. New York, 1975: no. 514, color repro.

1985: European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 355, repro., as Sir Archibald Campbell.

1992: Hayes, John. British Paintings of the Sixteenth through Nineteenth Centuries. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1992: 245-247, repro. 246.