Master Paintings Part II

Master Paintings Part II

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Property of an American Estate

Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A.

Portrait of Thomas Dawson, 1st Viscount Cremorne, full length, with his hand resting on a table

Lot Closed

January 28, 05:00 PM GMT

Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property of an American Estate

Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A.

Bristol 1769 - 1830 London

Portrait of Thomas Dawson, 1st Viscount Cremorne, full length, with his hand resting on a table


oil on canvas

canvas: 95 by 57 in.; 241.3 by 144.8 cm.

framed: 107 by 69 in.; 272 by 175.3 cm.

Thomas Dawson, 1st Viscount Cremorne;
Thence by descent to Granville J. Penn, Esq.;
Thence by descent to Lieutenant-Commander C. Windham, R.N., Cerne Abbas;
Thence by descent in the family of the sitter;
By whom sold, London, Christie's, 15 April 1988, lot 128. 
D.E. Williams, The Life and Correspondence of Sir Thomas Lawrence, Kt., London 1831, p. 128;
R.S. Gower, Sir Thomas Lawrence, London 1900, p. 120;
W. Armstrong, Lawrence, London 1913, p. 124;
K. Garlick, Sir Thomas Lawrence, London 1954, pp.  33, 67, reproduced plate 6;
K. Garlick, “A Catalogue of the Paintings, Drawings and Pastels of Sir Thomas Lawrence,” in Walpole Society, XXXIX, 1964, p. 61;
C.M. Mount, Gilbert Stuart, New York 1964, p. 137;
C. de Salis, “Centaurs of Attraction,” Landscape, July-August 1988, p. 112, reproduced p. 116;
K. Garlick, Sir Thomas Lawrence: A Complete Catalogue of the Oil Paintings, New York 1989, p. 174, cat. no. 219, reproduced;
Sir. R. Strong, The British Portrait 1660-1960, Woodbridge 1991, p. 256, reproduced plate 249;
M. Levey, Sir Thomas Lawrence, New Haven & London 2005, p. 325, cat. no. 39.

ENGRAVED: 
C. Knight, 1794 (stipple)