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George Romney 1734-1802
John Howard visiting the Lazaretto
Pencil
Sheet 14 by 23.7 cm., 5 ½ by 9 ¼ in.
Provenance:
Sabin Galleries, London, 1965;
Private Collection, UK
John Howard (1726-1790) was a prison reformer who worked for the improvement of condition in British jails. He visited prisons all over the country and in 1778 he appeared before a House of Commons committee to put forward his thoughts on how to improve them.
Howard never sat for a portrait but Romney's drawings of his prison visits are one of his principal projects of the early 1790s.
Dimensions
14 by 23.7 cmThe BADA Standard
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