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Portrait of Charlotte and Sarah Carteret-Hardy

Portrait of Charlotte and Sarah Carteret-Hardy

1801
(British, 1769–1830)
England, early 19th Century
oil on canvas
Framed: 161 x 135 x 11 cm (63 3/8 x 53 1/8 x 4 5/16 in.); Unframed: 129 x 103 cm (50 13/16 x 40 9/16 in.)
Bequest of John L. Severance 1942.642
Location: 203A British Painting and Decorative Arts

Did You Know?

Lawrence was a child prodigy and largely self-taught. At the early age of 10, he made accomplished portraits in crayon.

Description


Charlotte (left) and Sarah were 19 and 21, respectively, when this portrait was painted on the occasion of Sarah’s marriage to the topographer Daniel Lysons. The sisters wear fashionable gowns and jewelry, but their affectionate posture conveys a sisterly tenderness that transcends glamour. There was a seemingly insatiable demand for Thomas Lawrence’s portraits representing stylish English society, but he was notoriously slow working. Although this picture was begun in 1801, it still was not finished in 1806 when a friend noted its presence in the artist’s studio.
  • By descent to Daniel L. Lysons, Hempstead Court, Gloucestershire
    (Burton, Knowles & Co., Gloucester, 21 April, 1887, no.284)
    Camillo Roth (1888)
    Charles Crews (sale: Christie's, London, 1 July 1915, no. 105 to Colnaghi)
    John L. Severance
    By descent to Daniel L. Lysons, Hempstead Court, Gloucestershire (sale: Burton, Knowles & Co, Gloucester, 21 April, 1887, no. 284); Camillo Roth (1888); Charles Crews (sale: Christie's, London, 1 July, 1915, no. 105 to Colnaghi); (Colnaghi, London); John L. Severance
    John L. Severance [1863-1936], Cleveland, OH, by bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1942-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • John Long Severance Art Collection Photographs: Furniture, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. Reproduced: p. 301 archive.org
    Catalogue of the John L. Severance Collection: Bequest of John L. Severance, 1936. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1942. Reproduced: p. [19], Plate VII, cat. no. 8; Mention: p. 22, cat. no. 8 archive.org
    Paintings in the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1945. Reproduced: p. 19 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 475 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 160 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 160 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 195 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Paintings, Part 3: European Paintings of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982. Reproduced: p. 198; Mentioned: p. 199
  • British Gallery Reinstallation (June 2020). The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).
    Style, Truth and the Portrait. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 1-November 19, 1963).
    Sir Thomas Lawrence, Regency Painter. Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA (organizer) (April 27-June 6, 1960).
    Exhibition of the Month: A Portrait of the So-Called 'Column and Curtain' School. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 1-31, 1943).
    Exhibition of the John L. Severance Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 12, 1942-March 14, 1943).
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1942.642