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Mrs. Papendiek and Her Son

1789
Not on view
This delightful early Lawrence portrait drawing came to the Museum from trustee George Dupont Pratt. In 1789, the twenty-year-old artist was working at Windsor Castle on a full-length oil of Queen Charlotte when the opportunity arose to make this more informal image of the queen’s dresser, Charlotte Papiendiek. Deputized by the queen to model apparel represented in the oil, Mrs. Papiendiek wears a pearl bracelet centered on a miniature that George III gave to his wife at their wedding. It was Mrs. Papiendiek’s own fashionable hat, however, that caught Lawrence’s attention on this occasion—a beribboned confection adorned with lace that falls around her face. The inclusion of the sitter’s two-year-old son Frederick leaning against her knee increases the sense of intimacy.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Mrs. Papendiek and Her Son
  • Artist: Sir Thomas Lawrence (British, Bristol 1769–1830 London)
  • Sitter: Charlotte Louisa Henrietta Papendiek (née Albert) (British, 1765–1839)
  • Date: 1789
  • Medium: Red and black chalk
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 12 in. × 9 15/16 in. (30.5 × 25.2 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Bequest of George D. Pratt, 1935
  • Object Number: 48.149.19
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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