Benjamin Rouse Jr.

1813 (?)

Not on view

In 1814 Benjamin Rouse Jr. succeeded his father as secretary, or chief clerk, of the Hand-in-Hand Fire & Life Insurance Society. In the previous year, the society’s board of directors had resolved that Rouse Sr. should be painted by Sir Thomas Lawrence and it seems likely that this drawing of the son and future manager was made at the same time. By this date Lawrence was established as a highly successful and imaginative portraitist of leading members of British society, and this drawing encapsulates his confident, mature handling of chalks.

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Title: Benjamin Rouse Jr.
Artist: Sir Thomas Lawrence (British, Bristol 1769–1830 London)
Sitter: Benjamin Rouse Jr. (British, died 1829)
Date: 1813 (?)
Medium: Graphite, black and red chalk
Dimensions: Sheet: 9 13/16 × 7 7/8 in. (25 × 20 cm)
Frame: 21 × 16 in. (53.3 × 40.6 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Purchase, Brooke Russell Astor Bequest, 2013
Object Number: 2013.98
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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