Portrait of John Wesley
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1750-1800 / John Wesley / Oil on Canvas/Board / Painting / Portrait
Oil on canvas
By unknown artist, Late 1700s
This portrait of Wesley is a copy after George Romney (1734 -1802). Wesley sat for Romney on 29 December 1788 and three times in January 1789. Wesley wrote in his journal: "Mr Romney is a painter indeed. He struck off an exact likeness at once, and did more in an hour than Sir Joshua [Reynolds] did in ten."
By unknown artist, Late 1700s
This portrait of Wesley is a copy after George Romney (1734 -1802). Wesley sat for Romney on 29 December 1788 and three times in January 1789. Wesley wrote in his journal: "Mr Romney is a painter indeed. He struck off an exact likeness at once, and did more in an hour than Sir Joshua [Reynolds] did in ten."
