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Description to:
Mrs. Jeanne Duplais
Four-Sixty Park Avenue Gallery.

[[underline]] DATA RE PAINTING WE ARE LENDING. [[/underline]]

October 24th., 1941.

POTRAIT OF MRS METHUEN

By

George Romney
(1734 - 1802)

Painting: 30" x 25"

Matilda, elder daughter of Sir Thomas Gooch of Benacre, Suffolk.  Married April 20, 1776 Paul Cobb Methuen, Esq.; Died December 6th, 1826.

She is seen in a half length portrait, seated, her hands crossed. Her head is slightly inclined to the left, and she wears a large black hat. Her dress is white satin, relieved with a mauve sash.

Collections:
Lord Boston
Rev. T. P. Methuen
Cochran Collection.

Recorded: "Romney" by Humphrey Ward & W. Roberts, Vol. II, P. 102.

Lent by: JACQUES SELIGMANN & CO., Inc.
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Note:
1 sepia print enclosed herewith.
2 black and white photos will be sent you first thing in the morning.