Portraits

Emma, the most painted person of her time, was the superstar of the Georgian world.

See below for list of venues displaying Emma portraits.

Venues displaying Emma portraits

UK

Aylesbury

Waddesdon Manor Romney’s complete Emma Hart as Circe

Liverpool

Lady Lever Art Gallery 

London

British Museum (print)

Courtauld Institute (Romney drawings)

Kenwood House

National Portrait Gallery

National Maritime Museum (Greenwich)

The Tate

V&A (not on view)

Portsmouth

National Museum of the Royal Navy (also Emma’s Maltese cross)


United States

Blanton Museum of Art (University of Texas) displays The Ambassadress by George Romney (Austin, Texas)

The Frick Collection (New York)

Huntington Library (San Marino, California)

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Staten Island Museum (print)

The Met Museum (New York) - but not on view