Mrs. Thomas Scott Jackson

c. 1770/1773 · Painting

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National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

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Checked: 9 days ago
In this state since: Aug 19, 2026
Source: The museum

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Particulars

Accession number: 1937.1.94

What it shows

Female Jackson, Mrs. Thomas Scott

In the catalog

Paintings Oil British painting Rococo Neoclassicism 18th century British Portrait

Sources

National Gallery of Art
Image: National Gallery of Art — Museum open access

Meanwhile, in the life of George Romney

The whole life

1768
Meets the dramatist Richard Cumberland
Romney paints Cumberland’s portrait, and the dramatist helps to introduce him to influential patrons. He also becomes friends with the miniature painter Ozias Humphry.
from 1768
Stays outside the Royal Academy
Romney is never invited to join the Royal Academy (formed in 1768), although he is urged to exhibit there; he never applies, holding that a good artist should succeed without membership. This costs him valuable royal patronage; only near the end of his life does he express the slightest regret.
1769
Exhibits the portrait of Sir George Warren and family
His large portrait of Sir George Warren and family, shown at the Free Society of Artists, is greatly admired and lays the foundations of his future popularity; 1769 proves a breakthrough year.
March 1772
Sets out for Italy with Ozias Humphry
Now secure enough financially, he sets out to study the great artists of the past, as he had always intended, travelling through Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Genoa, Livorno, Florence and Pisa.
June 1772
Studies Raphael’s frescoes in Rome with the Pope’s leave
He reaches Rome in June; a letter of introduction lets him meet Pope Clement XIV, who permits him to set up scaffolding in the Apostolic Palace to study Raphael’s frescoes. He spends eighteen months in Rome making studies and sketches of the great works on view.
c. 1775
Commissions from the Duke of Richmond and his circle
Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond, and his circle of friends offer Romney commissions, which turn the tide of the artist’s fortunes permanently in his favour.