id:			122346
accession number:	1942.642
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1942.642
updated:		2020-07-08 09:00:09.179000

Portrait of Charlotte and Sarah Carteret-Hardy, 1801. Thomas Lawrence (British, 1769-1830). 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.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of John L. Severance 1942.642

title:				Portrait of Charlotte and Sarah Carteret-Hardy
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creation date:			1801
creation date earliest:		1801
creation date latest:		1801
current location:		203A British Painting and Decorative Arts
creditline:			Bequest of John L. Severance
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culture:	England, early 19th Century
technique:	oil on canvas
department:	Modern European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Thomas Lawrence (British, 1769-1830)  - artist

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measurements: 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.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Exhibition of the John L. Severance Collection
	opening date:   1942-11-12T04:00:00
	<i>Exhibition of the John L. Severance Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 12, 1942-March 14, 1943).

	title:		Exhibition of the Month: A Portrait of the So-Called 'Column and Curtain' School
	opening date:   1943-10-01T04:00:00
	<i>Exhibition of the Month: A Portrait of the So-Called 'Column and Curtain' School</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 1-31, 1943).

	title:		Style, Truth and the Portrait
	opening date:   1963-10-02T04:00:00
	<i>Style, Truth and the Portrait</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (October 2-November 19, 1963).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	By descent to Daniel L. Lysons, Hempstead Court, Gloucestershire
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	(Burton, Knowles & Co., Gloucester, 21 April, 1887, no.284)
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	Camillo Roth (1888)
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	Charles Crews (sale: Christie's, London, 1 July 1915, no. 105 to Colnaghi)
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	John L. Severance
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	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
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	John L. Severance [1863-1936], Cleveland, OH, by bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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wall description: 
<br>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.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	John Long Severance Art Collection Photographs: Furniture, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 301
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceFurniture/page/n299/mode/1up

	<em>Catalogue of the John L. Severance Collection: Bequest of John L. Severance, 1936.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1942.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. [19], Plate VII, cat. no. 8; Mention: p. 22, cat. no. 8
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceBequest/page/n26

	<em>Paintings in the Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1945.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 19
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAPaintings1945/page/n27

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 475
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n87

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 160
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n184

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 160
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n184

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 195
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n215

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Paintings, Part 3: European Paintings of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 198; Mentioned: p. 199
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