Thomas LawrenceBritish, 1769–1830Portrait du duc de Richelieu
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Portrait du duc de Richelieu” now? Collection: Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie de Besançon, Besançon. Unknown.
Besançon, France
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- 896.1.159
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie de Besançon
- Image: Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie de Besançon — © CHOFFET Charles - utilisation soumise à autorisation; Ministère de la Culture (France), base Joconde
In the life of Thomas Lawrence
The whole life30 March 1820
Back in London and elected President the same evening
Arriving back in London, he finds that the president of the Royal Academy, Benjamin West, has died, and that very evening he is voted the new president; he will hold the post until his death ten years later.
1820s
The patronage of Robert Peel
Gains another important patron in Robert Peel, who commissions portraits of his family and a portrait of George Canning.
1820s
A trip to Paris: the portrait of Charles X
For the Waterloo series he travels to Paris to paint the newly crowned Charles X, taking with him Herman, the son of Isabella Wolff.
1820–1830
Post: President of the Royal Academy of Arts
28 February 1822 · Membership
Royal Society
