Elizabeth Farren
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Elizabeth Stanley, Countess of Derby, known as Elizabeth Farren, was an Irish actress of the late 18th century. She was born in Cork in 1759 to George Farren, a surgeon. His drinking habits brought on
Portrait of Elizabeth Farren, c. 1790, by Sir Thomas Lawrence
1796 caricature by James Gillray, depicted next to her future husband.
Thomas Lawrence
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Sir Thomas Lawrence was an English painter who served as the fourth president of the Royal Academy. A child prodigy, he was born in Bristol and began drawing in Devizes, where his father was an innkee
Elizabeth Farren
…Lady Derby died on 23 April 1829 at Knowsley Park, Lancashire. A life-size portrait of her by Sir Thomas Lawrence, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, was shown at the Royal Academy annual exhibition in 1790. Another portrait of her was in the Mathews collection…
Unfinished self-portrait, c. 1825
An early pastel portrait of Maria Linley
Portrait of Queen Charlotte (1789). Lawrence's first royal commission: Queen Charlotte, wife of George III
Lawrence exhibited in 40 Royal Academy annual exhibitions.