その頃、Thomas Lawrenceの人生では
生涯をすべて見る22 April 1815
Knighted ahead of a trip abroad
The Prince Regent, who plans to send him abroad to paint foreign royalty and leaders, first grants him a knighthood. Napoleon’s return from Elba puts the plans on hold, but Lawrence does visit Paris, where his friend Lord Charles Stewart is ambassador, and sees the art Napoleon had looted from Italy, including Raphael’s Transfiguration — the painting whose copy had earned him a silver-gilt palette as a boy.
1818
To the continent to paint the monarchs for the Waterloo Chamber
At last makes his postponed trip to the continent: first at Aachen, then in Vienna, he paints the allied monarchs and leaders for what will become the Waterloo Chamber series at Windsor Castle — his sitters include Alexander I of Russia, Francis I of Austria, Frederick William III of Prussia and the young Napoleon II. He will stay in Europe until 1820.
1819
From Vienna to Rome: Pope Pius VII
Still under orders from the Prince Regent, he leaves Vienna for Rome to paint Pope Pius VII and Cardinal Ercole Consalvi.
