Portrait of Mrs. Mary Pemberton, half-length (c.1780). George Romney (English, 1734-1802). Oil on ca

Portrait of Mrs. Mary Pemberton, half-length (c.1780). George Romney (English, 1734-1802). Oil on canvas.

The sitter was born in 1756 and was the daughter of Thomas Wale and Louisa Rodolphina von Rahten. In 1780 she married Thomas Pemberton at Shelford and lived at Shelworth.