Sir William Curtis (1752-1829) 1823-24
Oil on canvas | 91.4 x 72.0 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 400514
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Lawrence was the most fashionable and also the greatest portraitist of his generation. He was made Principal Painter to George III in 1792 after Reynolds’s death, and received occasional commissions; however it was only after 1814 that George IV began to employ him in earnest.
This portrait was commissioned by George IV; the sittings took place during 1823 and the portrait was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1824. Curtis was a banker, alderman and politician, as well as a close friend of the Prince of Wales. In this portrait he wears the dark-scarlet robes of an Alderman with a brown fur collar, his shrieval gold chain about his shoulders and a gold medallion on a blue ribbon about his neck.Provenance
Painted for George IV; added to the inventory of Carlton House dated 1819 (no 681)
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Oil on canvas
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91.4 x 72.0 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
111.6 x 132.2 x 10.5 cm (frame, external)
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