Funeral of Sir Thomas Lawrence: A Sketch from Memory exhibited 1830
Funeral of Sir Thomas Lawrence: A Sketch from Memory exhibited 1830
From the entry
This section comprises a single watercolour, recalling the funeral of Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769–1830). He had been President of the Royal Academy and a leading portrait painter with a European reputation; he had also been Turner’s friend and loyal advocate. This elegiac subject was the last watercolour Turner exhibited at the Academy. Perhaps as a token of his deep regard for both the institution and its late President, it subsequently remained in his possession.
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Turner Bequest CCLXIII 344
Turner Bequest CCLXIII 344
This section comprises a single watercolour, recalling the funeral of Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769–1830). He had been President of the Royal Academy and a leading portrait painter with a European reputation; he had also been Turner’s friend and loyal advocate. This elegiac subject was the last watercolour Turner exhibited at the Academy. Perhaps as a token of his deep regard for both the institution and its late President, it subsequently remained in his possession.
How to cite
Nicola Moorby, ‘Funeral of Sir Thomas Lawrence: A Sketch from Memory exhibited 1830’, May 2011, in Helena Bonett, Ysanne Holt, Jennifer Mundy (eds.), The Camden Town Group in Context, May 2012, http://www