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Self Portrait (© Ashmolean Museum)
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© Ashmolean Museum

Self Portrait

Artist: Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769 - 1830)

Location: Ashmolean Museum

Date: 1812 - 1812

Materials: black and red chalk on paper

Dimensions: 23 x 18 cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £1,500 (Total: £11,500)

Vendor: Agnew's

Review number: 4481 (1997)

Provenance:
William Dacres Adams; by descent to Mrs Canham; given to David Pitkethly; by whom sold, Sotheby's, 3 April 1996, lot 44, bought Agnew (£8,487).

Description:
Depicts Lawrence gazing fixedly at the viewer, hair and whiskers slightly dishevelled, and is drawn in the dashing manner of the artist's best portraits.

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