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A few weeks after Romney's return to London, he received from R, Cumberland, writing on behalf of Lord Warwick, a proposal that should come down to Warwick Castle, and there paint a companion to "the very respectable portraits, chiefly by Van Dyck" collected by the Earl...It is pleasant to know that Romney's refusal caused no breach with Lord Warwick, for the "Lady Warwick and Children," one of the best and most celebrated of his groups, was painted sometime afterwards, in this very studio of Warwick Castle. in green ink: Ŧ In the "Countess of Warwick and her Children," there is something very taking in the small old-fashioned figure of the boy with his hoop, and in the intimate movement of the girl, who is whispering to her listening mother. in green ink: *

in green ink: Ŧ Ward in green ink: * Hare.

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