Lewis (F.) after Lawrence A Lady {1868} NGV [PR]

Lewis, Frederick Christian (1779-1856; English), after Lawrence, Thomas (1769-1830; English)
Untitled (A Lady) (1835)
Stipple engraving, 32.2 x 25 cm (plate)
Donated by E.L.Grundy 1868
National Gallery of Victoria (p.178.8-1)

This impression, which includes several annotations, is identified by the NGV as a trial proof, and described as a “stipple engraving in the crayon manner.”

The NGV also holds several oil portraits by or after Lawrence, and other portrait engravings by Lewis after Lawrence, all acquired after 1905 (see linked artist entry on Lewis).

Refs.

PF (1868); AR 1870-71, p.35; not listed in NGV 1894 or 1905

The NGV catalogue includes details and reproduction as shown here

For other NGV works by Lawrence, see https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/artist/725/ and Hoff (1995), pp.183-85; and for Lawrence, see also Bénézit 8, pp.571-74 and AKL 83 (2014), pp.339-41