Thomas Lawrence: Portrait of the Children of Lord George Cavendish |
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Title | Portrait of the Children of Lord George Cavendish label QS:Lde,"Bildnis der Kinder des Lord George Cavendish" label QS:Len,"Portrait of the Children of Lord George Cavendish, from left to right George, Anne (later Lady FitzRoy) and William" |
Object type | painting object_type QS:P31,Q3305213 |
Genre | portrait |
Date | 1790 date QS:P571,+1790-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
Medium | oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
Dimensions | height: 220 cm (86.6 in); width: 170 cm (66.9 in) dimensions QS:P2048,220U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,170U174728 |
Collection | institution QS:P195,Q163804 |
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Object history | - 1790: commissioned by Lord George Cavendish, later 1st Earl of Burlington (1754-1834),
for 70 guineas - 1834: inherited by Charles Compton Cavendish, later 1st Baron Chesham (1793-1863), his 4th son from Lord Burlington
- before 1949: inherited by 4th Lord Chesham from family descent
- 1949-1954: lent to the Birmingham City Art Gallery by Lord Chesham
- 24 November 1999: purchased by unknown at the sale of the collection of 5th Lord Chesham at Sotheby's, London, lot no. 78, for £ 400,000 GBP
- 2000: at Agnew's Gallery
- before 2001: in the collection of the Adolf and Luisa Haeuser Foundation
- 2001: lent to the Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main by the Adolf and Luisa Haeuser Foundation
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Exhibition history | - 1790: Royal Academy, no. 202
- 1949-1954: Birmingham City Art Gallery
- 2000: Maastricht European Fine Art Fair, shown by Agnew's Gallery
- 2001-present: Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main
- 2007: The Changing Face of Childhood: British Children's Portraits and their Influence in Europe: Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main: April 20-July 15, 2007; Dulwich Picture Gallery, London: August 1-November 4, 2007
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Credit line | On permanent loan from the Adolf and Luisa Haeuser Foundation |
Notes | Mezzotint, Richard Smythe, 1920 |
References | - Garlick, Kenneth (1954) Sir Thomas Lawrence, English master painters, London: Routledge & Paul, p. 31, repr. plate 15 OCLC: 1209569.
- Garlick, Kenneth (1989) Sir Thomas Lawrence: A Complete Catalogue of the Oil Paintings, Washington Square, N.Y.: New York University Press, no. 178 , p. 167' ISBN: 9780814730225.
- Levey, Michael (2005) Sir Thomas Lawrence, New Haven & London: Yale University Press, pp. 159−160; ISBN: 9780300109986.
- Parks, John A. (February 2008). "Naughty and Nice: Children’s Portraits". American Artist Magazine 72: 53. Watson-Guptill Publications.
- Pointon, Marcia (2013) Portrayal and the Search for Identity, London: Reaktion Books, p. 103; ISBN: 9781780230726.
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Source/Photographer | item page (in German) |