Live Auction 5877Old Master and British Drawings and Watercolours
Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A. (Bristol 1769-1830 London)
Lot 151

Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A. (Bristol 1769-1830 London)

Portrait of a young lady, half-length, a flower in her hair and wearing a heart-shaped pendant

Closed2 December 2014

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GBP 4,000

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Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A. (Bristol 1769-1830 London)
Portrait of a young lady, half-length, a flower in her hair and wearing a heart-shaped pendant
signed with initials and dated 'T.L./Sep 14 1814' (centre right) and indistinctly inscribed 'Jane Eliza/C...' (lower left)
pencil and red chalk with grey and pink wash
9 x 7 in. (22.8 x 17.7 cm.)

Specialist note

Although the identification of the sitter of this sensitive drawing has so far eluded us, it was drawn in 1814, when Lawrence was at the height of his fame. During this year he executed a chalk drawing of King George IV (K. Garlick, 'A catalogue of the paintings, drawings and pastels of Sir Thomas Lawrence', Walpole Society, XXXIX, London, 1963, p. 227) and the Duke of Wellington.