© British Museum
Mary Hamilton
Artist: Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769 - 1830)
Location: British Museum
Date: 1789
Materials: pencil & chalk on paper
Dimensions: 45.8 x 31.2cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £50,000 (Total: £165,000)
Vendor: Daniel Katz Ltd
Review number: 5569 (2005)
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Provenance:
Mary Hamilton; by descent in the Denham family; Christie's, 2002; Thomas Williams; Daniel Katz.
Description:
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'.
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