Museum number
2008.1.2
Object
Pencil drawing: Abel Rous Dottin by Thomas Lawrence, pencil on paper, c.1783-4.
Description
A pair of portraits in oval mounts in rectangular verre eglomise frames. 2008.1.1, Samuel Dottin, is a portrait of a young boy, facing left, with long dark hair, dark coat with upright collar, and a cravat with large bow. 2008.1.2, Abel Rous Dottin, depicts an older boy, facing right, long dark hair, dark coat, striped satin waistcoat. Abel Rous Dottin (1769-1852) was an MP for Gatton and then Southampton. He was an early investor and director of railway companies. He was the owner of the Coverley, Dottins and Greenlands plantations in Barbados.
Materials
paper (pictures: support)
pencil/ graphite/plumbago
glass
On display?
No

Further description

Simple name
Drawing
Subject
portrait
Dimensions
framed: 3cm (d) x 35.7cm (h) x 31.2cm (w)
regular: 19.0cm (h) x 24.0cm (w)
Samuel Dottin and Abel Rous Dottin Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830) Pencil on paper, about 1783-4 This pair of portraits was made in Bath around 1783, when the artist was about fourteen years old. Described as ‘the wonder of the times’, Lawrence produced three or four portraits a week, enough to support his family. In 1787 he left Bath to study in London, where he eventually became President of the Royal Academy. The Dottin brothers, sons of a Barbados plantation owner, were said to be friends from his schooldays in Bristol. Purchased with the assistance of the V&A/MLA Purchase Grant Fund, the Art Fund, the Friends of the Holburne Museum and a private donor, 2008. 2008.1

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