Portrait of The Right Honourable Mark Lemon Romer, Baron Romer, PC (1866-1944) signed and dated "J Crealock / 1933" (lower left) oil on canvas 125 x 100cm

Born in Crawley, Sussex, Romer was the son of Sir Robert Romer and Bettey, née Lemon, daughter of Mark Lemon the founding editor of Punch. Following his early education at Rugby, Romer went to Trinity Hall, Cambridge where he read mathematics. He was called to the Bar in 1890 and was made King's Council in 1906. Romer was appointed to the Chancery Division of the High Court in 1922 and received the customary knighthood the same year. In 1929, he was made a Lord Justice of Appeal and sworn into the Privy Council. He was appointed a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in 1938 and was made a life peer with the title Baron Romer, of New Romney in the County of Kent.

The painting is executed in oil on canvas support which is unlined. The canvas tension is slack and there are general undulations across the surface and deformations following the tacks at the edges of the painting. There is a puncture to the canvas at the upper right corner. The paint layers are in a good condition overall. There is a thin varnish layer which is slightly yellowed but generally even and acceptable. There is a layer of surface dirt including white accretions. There are a few scuffs to the surface. 145 x 118cm framed