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Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema

(1836-1912), Painter

Later Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry

Sitter in 40 portraits
Artist associated with 6 portraits
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema was a painter. Born in Holland and trained in Antwerp, he exhibited at the Paris Salon and the Royal Academy. Alma-Tadema moved to London in 1870. He specialised in highly finished classical scenes of painstaking archaeological detail. While his artistic output decreased in his final years, the quality and ambition of Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema's paintings remained. Having devised a system of opus numbers for his more substantial works, the painting completed two months before his death numbered 408. He died in Germany while being treated for a stomach ulcer, and was buried in St Paul's Cathedral. A memorial exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts was organised in 1913.

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Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, possibly by Robert White Thrupp - NPG P1700(11a)

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema

possibly by Robert White Thrupp
albumen print, circa 1888
NPG P1700(11a)

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, by Elliott & Fry - NPG x128132

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema

by Elliott & Fry
albumen cabinet card, circa 1876
NPG x128132

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, by Elliott & Fry - NPG x134824

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema

by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1876
NPG x134824

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, by Elliott & Fry - NPG x137214

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema

by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1876
NPG x137214

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company - NPG x27575

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema

by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1877
NPG x27575

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company - NPG x5155

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema

by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen cabinet card, circa 1877
NPG x5155

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company - NPG x85

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema

by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
bromide print on paper mount, circa 1877
NPG x85

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company - NPG x199369

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema

by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1877
NPG x199369

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company, published by  Félix Potin - NPG x199370

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema

by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company, published by Félix Potin
cigarette card, circa 1877; published after 1893
NPG x199370

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company - NPG x199371

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema

by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
soap packet card, circa 1877
NPG x199371

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, by Lock & Whitfield, published by  Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington - NPG Ax17644

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema

by Lock & Whitfield, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
woodburytype, published 1881
NPG Ax17644

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, by Lock & Whitfield, published by  Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington - NPG x311

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema

by Lock & Whitfield, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
woodburytype, published 1881
NPG x311

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, by Alexander Bassano - NPG x96472

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema

by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1882
NPG x96472

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