View full screen - View 1 of Lot 59. SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE, P.R.A. | PORTRAIT OF LADY EMILY CAULFIELD (1808-29).

KILLADOON HOUSE, PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT IRISH ESTATE

SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE, P.R.A. | PORTRAIT OF LADY EMILY CAULFIELD (1808-29)

Auction Closed

January 21, 06:17 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

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).