![Sir Thomas Lawrence - The Calmady Children [1823] by Gandalf's Gallery](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vRJ2MSP0MGfFTM89HIAcr6bBVyjgZQCHC8d8N0jvppKKuWWq5lB1Gu1oqRfWvG7yyzryr_4-MDv_uQn8Q2YwxNYTLsfbrcXGdXE_TRyRI5i3Dtups1Xc69FTqYgOx5zw=s0-d)
Emily and Laura Anne were the children of Charles Calmady of Langdon Court in Devonshire. Their portrait, shown at the Royal Academy, and engraved under the title Nature, has always been one of Lawrence's most popular works. He once described it as "my best picture . . . one of the few I should wish hereafter to be known by."
[Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York - Oil on canvas, 78.4 x 76.5 cm]
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