Portrait of Elizabeth Farren, Countess of Derby

Attributed to Sir Thomas Lawrence British
 Sitter Elizabeth Farren, Countess of Derby Irish

Not on view

The actress Elizabeth Farren was one of Lawrence's most engaging subjects, depicted by him in an important oil of 1790 (50.135.5). This sketch may have been made as the artist worked on that painting.

Portrait of Elizabeth Farren, Countess of Derby, Attributed to Sir Thomas Lawrence (British, Bristol 1769–1830 London), Black and red chalk

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