Lot Essay
A note on the reverse of the frame indicates that the American Mr W. R. Lawrence was portrayed by Saint in Paris in 1831.
Mr W. R. Lawrence, facing right in brown coat, white waistcoat, shirt and knotted black silk cravat, curly brown hair; seascape with stormy sky in background
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DANIEL SAINT (1778-1847)
Mr W. R. Lawrence, facing right in brown coat, white waistcoat, shirt and knotted black silk cravat, curly brown hair; seascape with stormy sky in background
signed 'Saint.' (mid-right)
oval, 3 7/8 in. (99 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount stamped with palmette and leaf border within a rectangular veneered wood panel
Mr W. R. Lawrence, facing right in brown coat, white waistcoat, shirt and knotted black silk cravat, curly brown hair; seascape with stormy sky in background
signed 'Saint.' (mid-right)
oval, 3 7/8 in. (99 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount stamped with palmette and leaf border within a rectangular veneered wood panel