Mary Hamilton

Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769 - 1830)

British Museum

1789

Portrait of Mary Hamilton, the wife of Lawrence's artist friend and neighbour William Hamilton. Lawrence's biographer recorded that the two friends 'used to draw a great deal from the antique statues at night, whilst Mrs Hamilton would read to them either poetry, history or works of the imagination'.

• Medium: pencil & chalk on paper
• Dimensions: 45.8 x 31.2cm
• Art Fund Grant: £50000 ( Total: £165,000; Export stopped)
• ArtFunded in: 2005
• Vendor: Daniel Katz Ltd

Provenance

Mary Hamilton; by descent in the Denham family; Christie's, 2002; Thomas Williams; Daniel Katz.

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