1846
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
The King, George IV of Great Britain is a 1846 by Richard James Lane, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This sketch shows a man in a high-collared jacket with rolled-up sleeves. His hair is curly and messy, and he’s looking off to the side. The lines are soft and smudged, like pencil on paper. The note at the bottom says this was drawn from a painting by Thomas Lawrence. The artist here, Richard James Lane, copied it carefully. Check out Richard James Lane (British, 1800–1872) next to see how he worked.
Richard James Lane was a prolific British engraver and lithographer. The National Portrait Gallery has some 850 lithographs of his portraits and figure studies, done between 1825 and 1850. The images include portraits…
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