LAWRENCE STEIGRAD FINE ARTS

Old Master Paintings, Drawings, and British Portraits

P. ROMNEY

A Still Life of Fish with a Carp, Catfish, Salmon, Red Mull, Eels, and Sole on a Tabletop with Hanging Garlic and Shallots

Signed P. Romney in the lower right

oil on canvas

35 x 53 ¼ inches  (88.9 x 135.2 cm.)


PROVENANCE

New York art market, circa 1966 where acquired by

Private Southern Collection until 2022

P. Romney, of whom very little is known, has created a monumental still life of fish commonly found in England and the North Sea. Executed at the end of the eighteenth century, it perhaps records a fishmonger’s selection as spices for preparation are also on display.

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