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| The Calmady Children (Emily, 1818–?1906, and Laura Anne, 1820–1894) |
Artist:Sir Thomas Lawrence (British, Bristol 1769–1830 London)
Date:1823
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:30 7/8 x 30 1/8 in. (78.4 x 76.5 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Bequest of Collis P. Huntington, 1900
Emily and Laura Anne were the children of Charles Calmady of Langdon Court in Devonshire. Their portrait— shown at the Royal Academy, and engraved under the title Nature—has always been one of Lawrence's most popular works.
He once described it as "my best picture . . . one of the few I should wish hereafter to be known by."
Provenance
the sitters' father, Charles Biggs Calmady, Langdon Hall, Wembury, near Plymouth, Devon (until d. 1855); their brother, Vincent Pollexfen Calmady, Langdon Hall, later Knighton, Wembury, and Tetcott, Holsworthy, Devon (1855–86; sale, Christie's, London, May 22, 1886, no. 115, as "Nature: The Daughters of C. B. Calmady," for £1,890 to Vincent, bought in); Collis P. Huntington, New York (until d. 1900; life interest to his widow, Arabella D. Huntington, later [from 1913] Mrs. Henry E. Huntington, 1900–d. 1924; life interest to their son, Archer Milton Huntington, 1924–terminated in 1925)
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