Henry Lamb
(1883-1960), PainterSitter associated with 24 portraits
Artist associated with 18 portraits
Australian-born painter. Lamb grew up in Manchester, moving to London in 1905 to study at the Chelsea Art School run by Augustus John and William Orpen. John's drawings were a strong early influence. In 1909, after studying in Paris, Lamb rented a studio in Fitzroy Street and became associated with Sickert and his circle. He was a founder-member of the Camden Town and London Groups. Lamb served as a medical officer in the First World War and as an official war artist in World War II, he painted portraits of soldiers and military attachés. He was a trustee of the National Portrait Gallery from 1942 to 1960.
by Henry Lamb
oil on panel, 1914
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by Henry Lamb
pencil, circa 1950
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by Henry Lamb
oil on canvas, 1950
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by Henry Lamb
pencil and red chalk, 1951
NPG 4256
by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, 1910s
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by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, Spring 1911
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by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, Spring 1911
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by The One Studio
bromide postcard print, circa 1913
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by The One Studio
bromide postcard print, circa 1913
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by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, late 1924
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Henry Lamb; Philip Edward Morrell
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, late 1924
NPG x141844
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, September 1924
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by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, September 1924
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Henry Lamb; Philip Edward Morrell
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, late 1924
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by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, late 1924
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by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, late 1924
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Henry Lamb; Philip Edward Morrell and an unknown man
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, January 1925
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The Lamb family and Edith Olivier
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1936
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Henrietta Frances Phipps (née Lamb); Lady (Margaret) Pansy Lamb (née Pakenham); Henry Lamb
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1936
NPG Ax144013
Henry Lamb painting his portrait of L.P. Hartley
by Unknown photographer, for The Times
cream-toned bromide print, 1938
NPG x137088
Related People
- Lady (Margaret) Pansy Lamb (née Pakenham) (wife)
- Horatia Mary Felicia Palmer (née Lamb) (daughter)
- Henrietta Frances Phipps (née Lamb) (daughter)
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