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SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE, P.R.A

Portrait of Mary-Jane Ormsby-Owen.

Pastel on paper. 11 x 9 1/16 in. (28 x 23 cm).

Signed and inscribed: Be pleasd to keep this Portrait from the sun & damp T. Lawrence pinxt. 1786 (verso).

 

PROVENANCE:

John Ralph Ormsby-Gore, 1st Baron Harlech (1816–1876)

William Richard Ormsby-Gore, 2nd Baron Harlech (1819–1904)

George Ralph Charles Ormsby-Gore, 3rd BaronHarlech (1855–1938)

William George Arthur Ormsby-Gore, 4th Baron Harlech (1885–1964)

(William) David Ormsby-Gore, 5th Baron Harlech (1918–1985)

Francis David Ormsby-Gore, 6th Baron Harlech (1954–2016)

Jasset David Cody Ormsby-Gore, 7th Baron Harlech (born 1986)

 

EXHIBITED:

Shrewsbury Art Gallery: Pictures from Shropshire Houses, 18th July - 8th September, 1951, cat. no. 24.

 

LITERATURE:

The Hon. Mrs Bulkeley-Owen, 'Selattyn: A History of the Parish', in Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, Shrewsbury, 1892, p. 231

Exhibition of pictures from Shropshire houses, exh. cat., Shrewsbury, 1951, p. 9, cat. no. 24

J. Steegman, A Survey of Portraits in Welsh Houses, Cardiff, 1957, vol. I, p. 77, no. 71 (under Portraits formerly at Brogyntyn).

K. Garlick, 'A catalogue of the paintings, drawings and pastels of Sir Thomas Lawrence', in Walpole Society, vol. XXXIX, London, 1964, p. 264

N. Jeffares, Dictionary of Pastellists before 1800, London, 2006, p. 322, and online p. 8

N. Jeffares, Dictionary of Pastellists before 1800, online, no. J.466.305

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NOTES:

Lawrence created the present pastel when he was just seventeen and living at number 2 Alfred Street in Bath, at which time he was supporting his family with this type of pastel portrait.

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The inscription, signature and date of 1786.

Below is a picture of the Gallery Staircase at Glyn Cywarch showing the Lawrence in situ at top left.

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