Thomas Lawrence: Queen Charlotte
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Artist |
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Title |
Portrait of Queen Charlotte (1744-1818) |
Object type |
painting |
Genre |
portrait |
Depicted people |
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz |
Date |
1789 date QS:P571,+1789-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
Medium |
oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
Dimensions |
height: 239.5 cm (94.2 in); width: 147 cm (57.8 in) dimensions QS:P2048,239.5U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,147U174728 |
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q180788 |
Current location |
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Accession number |
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Object history |
- September 1789: commissioned by Queen Charlotte for 80 guineas;
but it failed to please the Queen, who refused to buy it, and it remained in Lawrence's possession
- 18 June 1831: sale of the collection of Sir Thomas Lawrence at Christie's, London, lot no. 133
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Exhibition history |
- 1790: Royal Academy, no. 100
- 1833: British Institution, no. 40
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Credit line |
8 July 1927: sale of the collection of Lord Ridley at Christie's, London, lot no. 59
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References |
- Ashton, Geoffrey (2006) [1979] Lawson, Susan , ed. Sir Thomas Lawrence, London: Chaucer Press, no. 4 , pp. 14−18; 42−43 ISBN: 9781904449416.
- Garlick, Kenneth (1954) Sir Thomas Lawrence, English master painters, London: Routledge & Paul, no. 2 , p. 32 OCLC: 1209569.
- Garlick, Kenneth (1989) Sir Thomas Lawrence: A Complete Catalogue of the Oil Paintings, Washington Square, N.Y.: New York University Press, no. 4 ISBN: 9780814730225.
- Garlick, Kenneth (1 February 1993) Sir Thomas Lawrence: Portraits of an Age, 1790-1830, Alexandria: Art Services International, p. 10 (fig. 4) ISBN: 9780883971048.
- Levey, Michael (2005) Sir Thomas Lawrence, New Haven & London: Yale University Press, no. 44 , pp. 82−88 ISBN: 9780300109986.
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Source/Photographer |
object page at the National Gallery |
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