“… the portrait of his mother, a family group by Lawrence with Stephen and himself as rosy infants” (March 21, 1814)
Sir Thomas Lawrence, Lady Mary Templetown and Her Eldest Son, 1802 Courtesy NationalGallery of Art, Washington |
Something along these lines, although created earlier – Justin was born
in 1788. Boys did not start wearing trousers until as late as their seventh birthday (see Ian Kelly, Beau Brummell: The Ultimate Dandy, London 2005, p. 54).
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