Portrait #763

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Lawrence, Benjamin Rush
  • Artist:Earl, Ralph E. W.
  • Date Created:ca. 1834
  • Owner/Location:Private Collection
  • Frame Dimensions:12 x 10
  • Image Dimensions:10 x 8
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  • Materials/Media:Oil on canvas
  • Date Documented:12/6/2005
  • Condition:Excellent
  • Description:Oval of a young man in dark formal attire. An irregular rectangle of white is his shirt. His left hand is visible in the bottom left center of the frame, and he is seated in a black chair.
  • History:Work was done near the subject's death, but according to calculations, not posthumously.
  • Notes:The subject lived from 1817-1836. He was the son of Dr. William Pitt Lawrence.