Drawing

Title:

Benjamin Thompson and Sarah Thompson

Object Name:

Drawing

Object ID:

1946.018.20

Creator:

Lane, William (1746-1819)

Place of Origin:

London, England

Date:

1799

Description:

Portrait of Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford (1753-1814), and daughter Sarah Thompson, Countess Rumford (1774-1852), by William Lane (1746-1819), 1799. Pastel crayon on paper. Double portrait, bust-length view of a seated man and woman. Man on the right in profile facing left; wearing black coat with a large star-shaped medal, white cravat, and white wig with queue; arms crossed at wrists and resting on a book. Woman on left facing forward and looking at viewer; wearing a Regency-style white muslin gown with fichu, black hair pulled up and curls around the back of her neck. Period printed paper label on the reverse: " PORTRAITS DRAWN / BY W. LANE, / No. -- Hamilton-Street, Piccadilly, / At the Sitter's Residence. / This Option / Being highly favourable to Characteristic Likeness in general." Ink inscription on wood frame backing: "Hamilton Street / W Lane Oct. 1799". Gilded gesso over molded wood frame, matted, glazed.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-11.875 W-15.5 inches

Provenance:

Donor is grandson of John Burgum (1826-1907) and Emma Gannell (1826-1923), the adopted daughter of Countess Rumford (1774-1852). Donor's father was Edwin Gannell Burgum (1858-1948).

Credit Line:

The Edwin G. Burgum Collection

People:

Thompson, Benjamin (1753-1814), Rumford, Thompson, Sarah (1774-1852)

Subjects:

Thompson, Benjamin, Thompson, Sarah