Bidspirit auction | 2 x Framed Portrait Prints

2 x Framed Portrait Prints – George Romney and Sir Thomas Lawrence - 2 x Framed Portrait Prints – George Romney and Sir Thomas Lawrence, A pair of finely presented reproduction prints after original oil portraits by two of England's most celebrated society painters of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. 1. Mary Cunliffe, Mrs Drummond Smith (d.1804) After George Romney (1734–1802) Originally painted in the late 1780s, this portrait depicts Mary Cunliffe, the first wife of Sir Drummond Smith, seated in an outdoor setting with a wide-brimmed hat and white shawl. Romney's composition blends elegance with informality, capturing the sitter's poise against a romantic landscape. 2. Elizabeth Mary Grosvenor, Marchioness of Westminster (1797–1891) After Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769–1830) Painted circa 1815, this portrait shows Elizabeth Mary Grosvenor (née Leveson-Gower) in a white empire-line gown with puffed sleeves and an elaborate Regency hairstyle. Lawrence's treatment emphasizes grace and aristocratic refinement, The sitter was the daughter of the 1st Duke of Sutherland and wife of the 2nd Marquess of Westminster. Both prints are housed in dark wood frames with gilt inner trim, mounted on cream mats and glazed 46 x 46cm (Loc 233)