SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE (BRITISH, 1769–1830) OIL ON CANVAS, H 17.25" W 15" HEAD OF A CHILD

Unsigned. Framed in carved wood and gilt H 23.75" W 21.5" Provenance: Frost and Reed Ltd, London (with a partial paper label affixed verso); Mrs. Louis A. Witzman, Akron, Ohio, September 25, 1966; Richard Walton Edwards Jr., Washington DC (received as a gift from Mrs. Witzman). Literature: Illustrated in Sir Thomas Lawrence by Kenneth Garlick (New York University Press, 1989), p. 291 (#867).
Condition: With scattered chips and loss of pigment to the frame. Less than 10% of inpainting, repaired tear in the upper left quadrant, relined. Some minor flaking.