Emily and Laura Anne were the children of Charles Calmady of Devonshire. Their portrait - shown at the Royal Academy, and engraved under the title Nature - has always been one of Lawrence's most popular works... He once described it as " my best picture...one of the few I should wish hereafter to be known by "
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Friday, 1 February 2013
' The Calmady Children ' Sir Thomas Lawrence (English, 1769-1830) Oil on canvas , circa 1823. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Emily and Laura Anne were the children of Charles Calmady of Devonshire. Their portrait - shown at the Royal Academy, and engraved under the title Nature - has always been one of Lawrence's most popular works... He once described it as " my best picture...one of the few I should wish hereafter to be known by "
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Absolutely charming
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