Sir Thomas Lawrence
John Frederick Campbell, 2nd Baron Campbell and 1st Earl Cawdor, 1790 - 1860
About this artwork
-
artist:Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769 - 1830) English
-
title:John Frederick Campbell, 2nd Baron Campbell and 1st Earl Cawdor, 1790 - 1860
-
date created:Begun 1829
-
materials:Oil on canvas (unfinished)
-
measurements:Canvas: 86.20 x 71.00 cm; Framed: 110.00 x 95.00 cm
-
object type:
-
credit line:Accepted by the Secretary of State for Scotland in lieu of inheritance tax and allocated to the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 1987
-
accession number:PG 2795
-
gallery:
-
depicted:
Does this text contain inaccurate information or language that you feel we should improve or change? Tell us what you think.
Sir Thomas Lawrence
Sir Thomas Lawrence
Lawrence was a child prodigy, supporting his family from boyhood by selling pastel portraits to visitors to Bath. By 1786 he had moved to London where he briefly attended the Royal Academy Schools. He rapidly established himself as a brilliant and successful portrait painter, exhibiting an...
