The Honorable Mrs. Trevor (Viscountess Hampden)

The Honorable Mrs. Trevor, Viscountess Hampden, from 1780 represents the aristocratic sitters who formed Romney's core clientele in London. Romney's studio was among the most fashionable in the capital, attracting the leading figures of Georgian society. Romney's oil handling was distinguished by fluid, rapidly applied strokes and an instinctive sense of elegant silhouette, producing portraits of apparent effortlessness that concealed careful preparatory drawing.

The viscountess is presented with aristocratic grace, Romney's fluid brushwork and warm palette creating an image of elegant femininity with characteristic economy of means.