George Romney (Br. 1734-1802 Portrait of Sir Sampson Wright Oil on canvas 30 x 24.75in 76.2 x 62.9cm Provenance Ralph Cross Johnson Collection Gift to the National Gallery of Art (Presently National Museum of American Art in 1919 Literature T. Humphrey Ward and W. Roberts Romney a Biographical and Critical Essay with a Catalogue raisonnee of his Works 1904 Catalogue for the Opening of the National Gallery of Art (presently National Museum of American Art 1910 p 22 National Gallery of Art (presently national Museum of American Art Catalogue 1916 p. 1 76 1922 p.57; 1926 p 69 United States National Museum Report 1919 pp 23-24 147 American Magazine of Art August and December 1920 George B. Rose he Ralph Cross Johnson Collection in the National Gallery of Art. "Art and Archaeology, September, 1920, pp. 75 107 Evening Post New York 1920 The Washington Star Washington Dc August 7, 193 8 Exhibitions Royal Academy Exhibition of the Works of the Old Masters 1887 The National Gallery of Art (presently National Museum of American Art opening 1910 See Illustration and Color Plate Ii 12000 18000