Paintings
Portrait of Charlotte and Sarah Carteret-Hardy
PaintingPortrait
Details
- Author / creator
- Thomas Lawrence (British, 1769–1830)
- Object type
- Painting
- Date or period
- 1801
- Dimensions summary
- Framed: 161 × 135 × 11 cm; Unframed: 129 × 103 cm
- Support
- Canvas
- Paint medium
- Oil
- Place of origin
- England
- Acquisition method
- Bequest
- Credit line
- Bequeathed by Sir Frederick Ashcombe, 1942
- Image rights
- Public domain (CC0)
About this object
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.
Materials and technique
Oil on canvas
