# Portrait of Charles Lamb

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## Artwork

- Artist: [GORDON, John Watson](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gordon-john-watson-r91f14e766b2b3f>)
- Date: 1801-1850
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 76 x 64 cm

## Commentary

Charles Lamb \(1775-1834\) was a celebrated essayist, poet and novelist. A close associate of William Hazlitt, with whom he shared a critical enthusiasm for painting, Lamb was an integral part of the literary world of Regency England, and a central figure in the Romantic movement.

## Attribution

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