Catalog of Portraits, 1909-1911, 1929 [page 65]

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heading in green ink: - Criticisms -

Lawrence's best patron was George IV but Sir Robert Peel for whom he had painted at the time of his death, a series of most interesting portraits, (fourteen in all) ran the royal patron very close in the number of commissions he gave the painter. He also painted the celebrated statesman's wife, which has been the cause of so much litigation. This is a superb work, rich in color and with a charm which places its author on a level with the painter of the well-known portrait of Ruben's wife, called "Le Chapeau de Paille," now in the National Gallery, which certainly had inspired Lawrence, and which he had probably studied in Sir Robert's Gallery at Dayton. At the same time, Lawrence also painted a delightful portrait of Sir Robert's daughter. in green ink: Ŧ


in green ink: Ŧ Gower.



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