Lawrence, Charles B. (? portraitist + landscapist, Bordentown before 1828 – Philadelphia). Mother & Child. Young woman in rich dress, holding the little daughter on her lap. On the right narrow view into the landscape. Aquatint with engraving by John Sartain (London 1808 – Philadelphia 1897). Inscribed: Lawrence. / Sartain., otherwise as above. Subject size 13.5 x 8.9 cm.
First active in London, Sartain later worked in Philadelphia, especially as mezzotint artist. See Leisching p. 80. – Three sides trimmed within the wide, top and left feebly brownspotted white platemark.
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