Portrait of Elizabeth Farren, Countess of Derby

Sir Thomas Lawrence|Elizabeth Farren, Countess of Derby

1790 · Black and red chalk · Drawings and Prints

Portrait of Elizabeth Farren, Countess of Derby — Sir Thomas Lawrence|Elizabeth Farren, Countess of Derby

The actress Elizabeth Farren was one of Lawrence's most engaging subjects, depicted by him in an important oil of 1790 (50.135.5). This sketch may have been made as the artist worked on that painting.

Artist
Sir Thomas Lawrence|Elizabeth Farren, Countess of Derby
Date
1790
Medium
Black and red chalk
Department
Drawings and Prints
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. J. Duncan Pitney, 2008

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