About This Artwork
Sir Thomas Lawrence
English, 1769-1830
Portrait of the Honorable George Canning, M.P.c. 1822
Oil on canvas
36 x 28 in. (91.4 x 71.1 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Denison B. Hull, 1974.389
Medieval to Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Not on Display
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Publication History
Kenneth Garlick, A Catalogue of the Paintings, Drawings, and Pastels of Sir Thomas Lawrence, Walpole Society 39 (1964), p. 48.
John D. Morse, Old Master Paintings In North America (New York, 1979), p. 192.
Ownership History
Sale, Robinson and Fischer, London, July 7, 1927, lot 200; sold to Bull [according to mount of photo in the Witt Library, London]. Mr. and Mrs. Denison B. Hull, Chicago by 1965 [see the Registrar's receipt, dated April 23, 1965]; on loan to the Art Institute, 1965; given to the Art Institute, 1974.