Some of Johnson’s most memorable paintings were his small scale compositions of family groups. Such works as these, traditionally called “conversation pieces,” trace their pedigree to England and seventeenth-century Holland. They were commissioned group portraits of wealthy patrons as they wanted to be seen, usually surrounded by sumptuous furnishing and a coterie of family and friends. —PH
MacGibeny, 2021: See the linked photograph of Frances Adelaide Garner Lawrance for her likeness. For a likeness of her daughter, see the portrait Frances Margaret Lawrance, Lady Vernon by Jules-Joseph Lefebvre, 1883, owned by Sudbury Hall, National Trust, United Kingdom.
Frances Adelaide Garner Lawrance (1835–1908). Wife of Francis Cooper Lawrance (1830–1911). Mother of Frances Margaret Lawrance (d. 1940), who became Lady Vernon when she married George William Henry Vernon, 7th Baron Vernon (m. 1885).
Frances Margaret Lawrance (d. 1940). Daughter of Francis Cooper Lawrance (1830–1911) and Frances Adelaide Garner (1835–1908). Wife of George William Henry Vernon, 7th Baron Vernon (m. 1885).
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