£1,600
Studio of Sir Thomas Lawrence PRA, FRS (British, 1769-1830), Portrait of King George IV (1762-1830) in private dress, wearing the Garter Star and Order of the Golden Fleece, oil on panel bearing printed label for the colourman Robert Davy (c.1771-1843) of 16 Wardour Street, London who it states was "patronised by Sir Thomas Lawrence", 20th century frame, painted and gilded surmounted by a crown, each corner having a rosette,10¾ x 8¾in. (27.3 x 22.2cm.). * This is a reduced copy of Lawrence's original full-length portrait London, commissioned in 1822 and now in in the Wallace Collection, London. The original was given by George IV to his mistress Lady Conyngham and was considered by the King to be the most successful of several portraits that Lawrence painted of him.
*Condition: Use of bitumen in dark areas, paint shrinkage, light surface dirt.
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