Samuel Laurence (1812-1884), Portrait painter
Sitter in 3 portraits
Artist associated with 33 portraits
Lawrence first exhibited his work in London at the Society of British Artists, based on Suffolk Street, in 1834, and in 1836 he sent three portraits to the Royal Academy. Early in life he became closely associated with the Victorian literati, and he was to draw and paint most of the writers and thinkers of his day many times. He hosted his own literary circle in the 1840s, the Bohemian Phalanstery, which involved eminent journalist Thornton Leigh Hunt. Laurence ceased to exhibit at Suffolk Street in 1853, but his works continued to appear regularly at the Royal Academy until 1882.
by Samuel Laurence
oil on canvas, circa 1837
NPG 2508
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
by Samuel Laurence, and Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, 1st Bt
oil on canvas, circa 1840
On display in Room 24 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 2460
by Samuel Laurence
chalk, circa 1841
NPG 1685
Sir (Jonathan) Frederick Pollock, 1st Bt
by Samuel Laurence
oil on canvas, exhibited 1842
NPG 758
by Samuel Laurence
oil on canvas, 1846
NPG 720
(John) Frederick Denison Maurice
by Samuel Laurence
chalk, circa 1846
NPG 1709
Jane Baillie Carlyle (née Welsh)
by Samuel Laurence
oil on canvas, circa 1852
NPG 1175
Jane Baillie Carlyle (née Welsh)
attributed to Sir Anthony Coningham Sterling, after a painting by Samuel Laurence
salt print, circa 1852 (circa 1851)
NPG P171(1)
Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
by Samuel Laurence
chalk
NPG 948
Sir (Jonathan) Frederick Pollock, 1st Bt
by Samuel Laurence
black and white chalk, 1863
NPG 732
by Samuel Laurence
oil on canvas, circa 1864 (1862)
NPG 725
by Samuel Laurence
oil on canvas, circa 1864
NPG 1680
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