
KILLADOON HOUSE, PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT IRISH ESTATE
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January 21, 06:17 PM GMT
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KILLADOON HOUSE, PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT IRISH ESTATE
SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE, P.R.A.
Bristol 1769 - 1830 London
PORTRAIT OF LADY EMILY CAULFIELD (1808-29)
oil on canvas, laid on panel, oval
50.2 x 37 cm.; 19¾ x 14½ in.
Recorded in the inventory of Sir Thomas Lawrence's studio at his death, 1830, no. 410;
Delivered by Lawrence's executor to Francis Caulfeild, 2nd Earl of Charlemont (1775-1863), in 1832.
At Killadoon by 1836 when listed among pictures cleaned and restored for the Earl of Lietrim by W. Clarke: Lining, Cleaning and Varnishing Portrait of the Countess of Charlemont - 12 shillings. Private ms. 27 March 1836;
K. Garlick, 'Catalogue of the paintings, drawings and pastels of Sir Thomas Lawrence', in The Walpole Society Journal, vol. XXXIX, 1964, p. 52;
K. Garlick, Sir Thomas Lawrence. A Complete Catalogue of the Paintings, Oxford 1989, p. 166, cat. no. 177, reproduced.
The sitter was the second daughter of Francis Caulfeild, 2nd Earl of Charlemont (1775-1863).