![]() ![]() In October 1756, Romney married Mary Abbot (a decision he initially regretted), but the couple were immediately separated when he was called away to York on business by his employer. All costs were to be borne by George's father. From the age of 15, he was taught art informally by a local watchmaker called John Williamson, but his studies began in earnest in 1755, when he went to Kendal, at the age of 21, for a 4-year apprenticeship with local artist Christopher Steele – a portraitist who had himself studied with distinguished French artist Carlo Vanloo. ![]() He proved to have a natural ability for drawing and making things from wood – including violins (which he played throughout his life). He appears to have been an indifferent student and was withdrawn at the age of 11 and apprenticed to his father's business instead. Raised in a cottage named High Cocken in modern-day Barrow-in-Furness, he was sent to school at nearby Dendron. Romney was born in Beckside in Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire (now in Cumbria), the 3rd son (of 11 children) of John Romney, cabinet maker, and Anne Simpson. ![]() The children of Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, 1776–7, Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal ![]()
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