Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A. (Plympton 1723-1792 London)

Portrait of Major General Stringer Lawrence (1697-1775), half-length, in a red waistcoat and a blue coat

Details

Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A. (Plympton 1723-1792 London)
Portrait of Major General Stringer Lawrence (1697-1775), half-length, in a red waistcoat and a blue coat
oil on canvas
30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.)

Provenance

Stephen Tucker, Esq., 1885.
A. Harding, 1888.

Literature

E.K. Waterhouse, Reynolds, London, 1955, p. 48.

Exhibited

London, Royal Academy of Art, Royal Academy Exhibition of the Works of the Old Masters, 1885 (according to a label on the reverse).
Leeds, Municipal Art Gallery, 1888 (according to a label on the reverse).

Lot Essay

Major General Stringer Lawrence commanded the East India Company in 1748 and with Robert Clive, delivered India to British rule in 1757. A national hero who entered the army in 1727, he fought at Gibraltar early in his career, and served in Flanders and in the Jacobite rising of 1745. Upon his death, Stringer Lawrence was commemorated by the East India Company with a monument at Westminster Abbey.

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