Live Auction 5902Christie's Interiors
Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A. (1769-1830)
Lot 40

Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A. (1769-1830)

Portrait study of Charles Edward Thomson, later Lord Sydenham, with a cat

Closed17 March 2009

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GBP 625

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Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A. (1769-1830)
Portrait study of Charles Edward Thomson, later Lord Sydenham, with a cat
inscribed '"LORD SYDENHAM" 1840/Charles Edward Thomson/son of/John Thomson Esq/of/ROEHAMPTON/brother of Ellen Donovan of/FRAMFIELD PLACE SUSSEX/By Sir Thomas Lawrence 1801' (on a label attached to the reverse)
pencil with touches of red chalk
12 x 9 in. (30.5 x 22.8 cm.)

Specialist note

Lawrence painted a group portrait in oil of Mrs John Thomson and her son Charles Edward Thomson, circa 1806, which is now at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, New Brunswick, Canada. It is possible that the current drawing may have been a study for the finished portrait. Charles Edward was later to become Baron Sydenham of Sydenham, Kent, and of Toronto, and Governor-General of British North America.