Portrait of Thomas Taylor (1758-1835), platonist.
<p>Artist Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A. (1769-1830).
Black and white photograph of the original oil painting in colour, 49" x 39", in the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, #354.
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In the background sacked Rome is burning.  By Taylor's left hand is a book of the works of Plato.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Thomas_Lawrence" class="extiw" title="w:en:Thomas Lawrence"><span title="English portrait painter and second president of the Royal Academy">Thomas Lawrence</span></a>
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1812
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa