Portrait of Charlotte and Sarah Carteret-Hardy

Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of Charlotte and Sarah Carteret-Hardy

Thomas LawrenceLinkedCulture matchlcp-62ed1a7e590a

Date
1801
Medium
oil on canvas
Culture
England, early 19th Century
Department
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
122346

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Charlotte (left) and Sarah were 19 and 21, respectively, when this portrait was painted on the occasion of Sarah’s marriage to the topographer Daniel Lysons. The sisters wear fashionable gowns and jewelry, but their affectionate posture conveys a sisterly tenderness that transcends glamour. There was a seemingly insatiable demand for Thomas Lawrence’s portraits representing stylish English society, but he was notoriously slow working. Although this picture was begun in 1801, it still was not finished in 1806 when a friend noted its presence in the artist’s studio. Lawrence was a child prodigy and largely self-taught. At the early age of 10, he made accomplished portraits in crayon.

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Credit line
Bequest of John L. Severance
Provenance
By descent to Daniel L. Lysons, Hempstead Court, Gloucestershire | (Burton, Knowles & Co., Gloucester, 21 April, 1887, no.284) | Camillo Roth (1888) | Charles Crews (sale: Christie's, London, 1 July 1915, no. 105 to Colnaghi) | John L. Severance | By descent to Daniel L. Lysons, Hempstead Court, Gloucestershire (sale: Burton, Knowles & Co, Gloucester, 21 April, 1887, no. 284); Camillo Roth (1888); Charles Crews (sale: Christie's, London, 1 July, 1915, no. 105 to Colnaghi); (Colnaghi, London); John L. Severance | John L. Severance [1863-1936], Cleveland, OH, by bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1942-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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