Margaret Dicksee
The First Commission: Sir Thos. Lawrence, President of the R.A., as a Boy
Artwork Detail
Margaret Dicksee was the sister of the prominent Victorian painter Sir Frank Dicksee. This painting, which appeared at the Royal Academy in 1901, contributes to a well-established historical genre - the depiction of an episode from the boyhood of a famous figure. Here it is the talented son of a provincial innkeeper who is the purported subject of the painting, but the work itself serves as a promotion of the actual artist's skills (in this instance a woman).
- Title
- The First Commission: Sir Thos. Lawrence, President of the R.A., as a Boy
- Artist/creator
- Production date
- circa 1901
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 914 x 1295 mm
- Credit line
- Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
- Accession no
- MU/40
- Copyright
- No known copyright restrictions
- Department
- International Art
- Display status
- Not on display
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