Art, literature & history
Lady Hamilton Playing a Lyre
c. 1785
- Dating
- Approximate
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk on wove paper
- Dimensions
- overall: 30.1 x 23.5 cm (11 7/8 x 9 1/4 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1984.3.55
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
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Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Lady Hamilton Playing a Lyre — George Romney. c. 1785.
Medium: pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk on wove paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 30.1 x 23.5 cm (11 7/8 x 9 1/4 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1984.3.55. Julius S. Held Collection, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.