‘Despair almost overwhelmed me’ – William Etty’s debt to Sir Thomas Lawrence, by Sash Giles
Between 1811 and 1812 William Etty completed a portrait of his brother John which now hangs at The Company of Merchant Adventures in York, Etty’s hometown (left). The portrait bears some similarity to a portrait at Woburn Abbey, the 6th Duke of Bedford, by Sir Thomas Lawrence. Etty was active between 1807 and 1849, and […]
