Lot 21: DOROFIELD HARDY (1882-1920), AFTER SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE

Portrait of John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon (1751-1838), seated, three-quarter-length, in a black coat and white stock
Signed, inscribed and dated 'Dorofield Hardy 1918' (on the reverse)
Oil on canvas
47 x 37 in. (119.3 x 94 cm.);
together with a smaller version of the same subject (2)

The original version of this picture is in the collection of the Viscount Cowdray. It was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1825, and a similar version is in the Royal Collection at Windsor Castle.

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