Thomas Lawrence - Portrait of Mrs James Fraser of Castle Fraser [c.1817]

Thomas Lawrence - Portrait of Mrs James Fraser of Castle Fraser [c.1817], a photo by Gandalf's Gallery on Flickr.

Jane Fraser is seated, looking out directly at the spectator, who sees her from a viewpoint slightly below. Her dress is in the Empire style, its high waist defined by a gold sash just below her bosom. She wears a red velvet coat with ballooning, mutton-chop sleeves and a fur-trimmed collar turned down around her shoulders to reveal a yellow silk lining. She is posed on a balcony or terrace, with one fluted pillar behind her to our right. In the distance below, Scottish lochs and mountains are seen in the moonlight, silhouetted against a dark and turbulent sky.

[Philadelphia Museum of Art - Oil on canvas, 76.5 x 63.5 cm]

Sir Thomas Lawrence - The Calmady Children [1823]

Sir Thomas Lawrence - The Calmady Children [1823], a photo by Gandalf's Gallery on Flickr.

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]