Sarah Lysons (née Carteret-Hardy) and Charlotte Price (née Carteret-Hardy)
1 portrait of Sarah Lysons (née Carteret-Hardy)
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Sarah Lysons (née Carteret-Hardy) and Charlotte Price (née Carteret-Hardy)
by Henry Bone, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, January 1807 (1801)
8 3/4 in. x 6 7/8 in. (222 mm x 176 mm)
Acquired from Sir George Scharf, 1890
Reference Collection
NPG D17338
Sittersback to top
- Sarah Lysons (née Carteret-Hardy) (1780-1808), Wife of Daniel Lysons; daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Carteret-Hardy. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Charlotte Price (née Carteret-Hardy) (1782-1850), Wife of Ralph Price; daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Carteret-Hardy. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Artistsback to top
- Henry Bone (1755-1834), Enamel painter. Artist or producer associated with 677 portraits, Sitter in 6 portraits.
- Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), Portrait painter, collector and President of the Royal Academy. Artist or producer associated with 698 portraits, Sitter in 25 portraits.
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Events of 1807back to top
Current affairs
Act is passed abolishing the British slave trade after vigorous campaigning by hundreds of thousands of people led by Thomas Clarkson and championed in parliament by reformer William Wilberforce.Resignation of 'Ministry of all the Talents'. Whig politician William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, Duke of Portland, succeeds as Prime Minister.
Art and science
Thomas Hope publishes Household Furniture and Interior Decoration; influential in promoting Greek and especially Egyptian models as the epitome of fashionable style.International
French invasion of Spain and Portugal.Britain occupies Copenhagen and captures the Danish fleet.
Napoleon begins to wage an economic battle against Britain, recognising the impossibility of victory at sea because of Britain's superior naval power. He aims to close the entire European coastline to British trade.
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