SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE PRA (BRITISH 1769-1830) PORTRAIT OF ELIZABETH WILLIAMS OF GWERSYLT PARK, DENBIGHSHIRE, WEARING A WHITE DRESS Oil on canvas 76.2 x 63.5cm (30 x 25 in.) Provenance: By descent in the family of the sitter to Major W. G. Townsend Currie, Cheshire His sale, Christie's, London, 3rd June 1932, lot 64 where bought by Mr. Buttery With Leggatt Brothers, London Lilian S.Whitmarsh Her sale, Sotheby's, New York, 7-8th April 1961, lot 294 Anonymous sale: Sotheby's, London, 27th November 2003, lot 169, where purchased by the present owner Exhibited: London, Royal Academy Exhibition, 1804, No. 25 Literature: W. Armstrong, Lawrence, London, 1913, p. 171 K. Garlick, Sir Thomas Lawrence, London, 1954, p. 199 K. Garlick, Sir Thomas Lawrence - A Complete Catalogue of the Oil Paintings, Oxford, 1989, p. 284, No. 825a Elizabeth Williams, a celebrated beauty, was also painted by Lawrence in a full-length portrait as St. Cecelia in 1803. She was the daughter of William Currie of Boughton Hall, near Chester and married John Williams of Gwersylt Park, near Wrexham in 1804. He was the son of Thomas Williams (1737-1802) who was one of the most successful and important industrialists in Wales in the 18th century, becoming the richest man in Wales at the time of his death in 1802. He was described by Matthew Boulton as "the despotic sovereign of the copper trade". His portrait by Lawrence, painted in 1789, is in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff.
SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE PRA (BRITISH 1769-1830) PORTRAIT OF ELIZABETH WILLIAMS OF GWERSYLT PARK, DENBIGHSHIRE, WEARING A WHITE DRESS Oil on canvas 76.2 x 63.5cm (30 x 25 in.) Provenance: By descent in the family of the sitter to Major W. G. Townsend Currie, Cheshire His sale, Christie's, London, 3rd June 1932, lot 64 where bought by Mr. Buttery With Leggatt Brothers, London Lilian S.Whitmarsh Her sale, Sotheby's, New York, 7-8th April 1961, lot 294 Anonymous sale: Sotheby's, London, 27th November 2003, lot 169, where purchased by the present owner Exhibited: London, Royal Academy Exhibition, 1804, No. 25 Literature: W. Armstrong, Lawrence, London, 1913, p. 171 K. Garlick, Sir Thomas Lawrence, London, 1954, p. 199 K. Garlick, Sir Thomas Lawrence - A Complete Catalogue of the Oil Paintings, Oxford, 1989, p. 284, No. 825a Elizabeth Williams, a celebrated beauty, was also painted by Lawrence in a full-length portrait as St. Cecelia in 1803. She was the daughter of William Currie of Boughton Hall, near Chester and married John Williams of Gwersylt Park, near Wrexham in 1804. He was the son of Thomas Williams (1737-1802) who was one of the most successful and important industrialists in Wales in the 18th century, becoming the richest man in Wales at the time of his death in 1802. He was described by Matthew Boulton as "the despotic sovereign of the copper trade". His portrait by Lawrence, painted in 1789, is in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff.
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