Sampson
Towgood Roch
Sampson Towgood Roch: A Silent Smile and the Art of Miniature Sampson Towgood Roch (1757–1847) remains a quietly significant figure in 18th and early 19th-century Irish art, largely due to the inherent intimacy of his chosen medium – the miniature portrait. Born deaf in Youghal, …
A portrait built from Sampson Towgood Roch's own colours
Every 1 approved work contributes its dominant tone to a single flowing field. Sorted along the hue wheel, the strip reads as a smooth spectrum. Click any band to reveal its full four-colour palette.
Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.
Every painting, placed on the hue wheel
Each dot is a work — its angle set by hue, its distance from the centre by saturation. Hover a dot to see the painting.
The signature, in numbers
Where the colour came from
Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.
