Paulina, First Wife of Sir Codrington Edmund Carrington
1806
oil
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1806
oil
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
This is a formal portrait of Paulina, painted around 1806. She was the daughter of John Belli, who worked for India’s first Governor-General. Paulina married Sir Codrington Edmund Carrington, a wealthy lawyer and Chief Justice of Ceylon. Lawrence was Britain’s top portrait painter then. He charged about £42 for portraits like this. The couple had just returned to England when this was painted. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum next.
