Marcellus Laroon The Elder Pen And Ink Drawing Circa.1687 Edward Lacey Servants Liveries and every Article

Servants Liveries and every Article in Dress with Elegance and Dispatch

He worked in the UK during the 1760s and 1780s and was elected an associate member of the newly established Royal Academy

"How did you get that wife

Was a grocer in Maldon in Essex known as the "Fat man of Maldon" reputed to be at his death to be the "fattest man in England" at 43

the Imperial War Museum held a party in Erlunds honour

Marcellus Laroon The Elder Pen And Ink Drawing Circa.1687 Edward Lacey Servants Liveries and every ArticleMarcellus Laroon The Elder 1653 1702. Pen and ink drawing. Figure Study. Monogrammed upper right. 5. 7 by 8. 5 cms. Image. 27. 5 by 33. 3 cms. Overall framed. Laroon came to London from The Hague in 1674 and established himself as the studio assistant of Sir Godfrey Kneller. Working independently, he also painted portraits and drew vivid genre subjects whose unsentimental approach to everyday life anticipates that of William Hogarth. This small figure