Lot Essay
Elizabeth Lawrence was born in New York in 1749 and married William Le Conte, Esq., of Georgia in 1774. She was the great grand-daughter of John Lawrence, mayor of New York, from 1672-1690.
Details
GILBERT STUART* (1755-1828)
Mrs. William Le Conte (nee Elizabeth Lawrence)
-- oil on panel
28½ x 23 in. (73 x 58.4 cm.)
Mrs. William Le Conte (nee Elizabeth Lawrence)
-- oil on panel
28½ x 23 in. (73 x 58.4 cm.)
Provenance
Mary H. Penington, Philadelphia
Literature
Lawrence Park, Gilbert Stuart, New York, 1926, vol. I, no. 480, p. 469
Exhibited
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Loan Exhibition of Historical Portraits, Dec. 1887-Jan. 1888