Old Master and British Works on Paper
Old Master and British Works on Paper
Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A.
Portrait of William, Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale, later 11th Duke of Hamilton and 8th Duke of Brandon (1811-1863)
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Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A.
Bristol 1769 - 1830 London
Portrait of William, Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale, later 11th Duke of Hamilton and 8th Duke of Brandon (1811-1863)
Pencil, heightened with touches of white
190 by 149 mm
In the present drawing Lawrence depicts the young nobleman in his late teens. Lord Douglas and Clydesdale, as he was styled until the death of this father in 1852, was educated at Eton and Oxford. In 1843 he married Princess Marie Amélie of Baden, daughter of the Grand Duke Charles of Baden and Stéphanie de Beauharnais, the adopted daughter of Napoleon I. After his marriage he lived chiefly in Paris and Baden.
This drawing is connected with Lawrence's chalk drawing of the Marquess and his sister, Lady Susan, which was engraved by F.C. Lewis in 1830.1
1. K. Garlick, 'A Catalogue of the paintings, drawings, and pastels of Sir Thomas Lawrence', Walpole Society, London 1964, p. 224