George (1758) Lawrence Sold at Auction Prices

Lawrence (George, circa 1758-1802). Eliza Foxcroft [and] Frances Foxcroft, 1782

Lawrence (George, circa 1758-1802). Eliza Foxcroft [and] Frances Foxcroft, 1782 * Lawrence (George, circa 1758-1802). Frances Foxcroft [and] Eliza Foxcroft, 1782, a pair of bust-length oval portraits, coloured pastels on laid paper, both ladies wearing blue gowns with white edging, each signed 'Lawrence, Dublin' and dated lower left, few small foxing spots, Frances with minor dampstaining to edge, and 3 faint scratches near top edge, frame apertures 205 x 170 mm and 200 x 165 (8 1/8 x 6 3/4 ins and 7 7/8 x 6 1/2 ) respectively, uniformly oval gilt framed and glazed (26.5 x 22.5 cm and smaller), versos with mid-20th century ink manuscript inscriptions concerning the artist (referring to an article in 'Connoisseur' April 1936), and Frances additionally annotated with details of the sitter QTY: (2) NOTE: Provenance: Robin Robertson-Glasgow of Hinton Charterhouse, by descent, great-great-great grandson of Frances Foxcroft. Geoge Lawrence studied at Dublin Society School in 1771 and worked under Francis Robert West and James Mannin. He exhibited at the Dublin Society of Artists from 1774. See Edward McGuire, George Lawrence, Connoisseur, xcvii (1936), pp. 206-209. These two portraits of the Foxcroft sisters have remained within the family since they were drawn, some 242 years. In 1782 Frances Foxcroft (1763-1852) married Thomas Jones of Stapleton House, Gloucestershire. Her sister Eliza (Elizabeth) Foxcroft (1756-1832) had earlier married Robert Slade and together they had two sons one of whom, Felix Slade (1788-1868), endowed three fine art Chairs: at Oxford, Cambridge, and at University College London, which latter formed the beginning of the Slade School of Art.

George Lawrence Irish, 1774-1802 Two Works, Together with Three Additional Works

George Lawrence Irish, 1774-1802 A Lady in Empire-style Dress and A Mother and Her Child: Two Graphite pencil on paper Each 7 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches (19 x 10.7 cm) Provenance: Purchased at Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, Mar. 1953 Together with 19th-Century School, Tree, signed with initials J. D. (ll), black chalk on paper, sight 15 1/4 x 21 inches (38.7 x 53.3 cm); Together with Attributed to Andrew Geddes, Study for a portrait of Cardinal Thomas Weld, red, black and white chalk on gray paper, 9 1/2 x 7 1/8 inches (24.2 x 18 cm); Together with Attributed to Sir Thomas Lawrence, Portrait of a Lady in Profile, black chalk on paper, 8 1/2 x 6 1/8 inches (21.5 x 15.5 cm) (5) C Property from the Collection of Helen Sonnenberg Tucker

GEORGE LAWRENCE, CENTENNIAL PARK, OIL ON BOARD, 44 X 37

GEORGE LAWRENCE, CENTENNIAL PARK, OIL ON BOARD, 44 X 37

George Lawrence (IRISH, 1758-1802) - Pair of Portraits

George Lawrence (IRISH, 1758-1802) - Pair of Portraits oil on canvas, one signed and dated l.r.c. 'G. Lawrence 1793' each 72 x 53 cm

George Lawrence (Dublin circa 1758-1802) Portrait of a gentleman, bust-length, in a buff coloured coat; and Portrait of a lady, (2)

Portrait of a gentleman, bust-length, in a buff coloured coat; and Portrait of a lady, bust-length in a white lace cap with a blue ribbon the former signed and inscribed 'Lawrence/ Dubn.' (lower right) and the latter signed and dated 'G. Lawrence/ 1784' (lower left) a pair, pastel on paper, ovals 24 x 19.3cm (9 7/16 x 7 5/8in). (2)

George Lawrence (Irish, c.1758-1802) : An Officer of the 64th Foot, wearing scarlet uniform with black facings, epaulette & belt (s/d)