Jane Allnutt, later Jane Carr

Maker Thomas Lawrence (British, 1769-1830)

Sitter Jane Allnutt (British, 1818 - 1845)

Collections

ClassificationsPAINTINGS

Dateca. 1825

Mediumoil on canvas

Dimensionscanvas: 15 × 15 in. (38.1 × 38.1 cm.) frame: 20 1/4 × 20 1/8 in. (51.4 × 51.1 cm.)

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Purchased with funds from the Art Collectors' Council

Label TextThis small painting of Jane Allnut, the daughter of one of Thomas Lawrence’s most important patrons, may have been started as a study for a larger portrait. Though unfinished, it reveals much about the artist’s practice. The contrasting light and shadow, brightly illuminating the left side of the painting, while eclipsing the right, lent drama to this image of the seven-year-old girl. Lawrence became one of the most sought-after portraitists of the early 19th century for just such dazzling effects of presentation.

Status

On view

Object number99.12