Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
(1836-1912), PainterLater 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.
possibly by Robert White Thrupp
albumen print, circa 1888
NPG P1700(11a)
Private View of the Old Masters Exhibition, Royal Academy, 1888
by Henry Jamyn Brooks
oil on canvas, 1889
NPG 1833
The Royal Academy Conversazione, 1891
by George Henry Grenville Manton
pen, ink and gouache, 1891
NPG 2820
Selecting Committee, Royal Academy, circa 1892
by Reginald Cleaver
pen and ink, circa 1892
NPG 4245
The St John's Wood Arts Club, 1895
by Sydney Prior Hall
black crayon, white and grey paint on paper, circa 1895
NPG 4404
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, circa 1895
NPG 4388
by Flora Lion
pencil, 1912
NPG 3946
by Elliott & Fry
albumen cabinet card, circa 1876
NPG x128132
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1876
NPG x134824
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1876
NPG x137214
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1877
NPG x27575
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen cabinet card, circa 1877
NPG x5155
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
bromide print on paper mount, circa 1877
NPG x85
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1877
NPG x199369
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company, published by Félix Potin
cigarette card, circa 1877; published after 1893
NPG x199370
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
soap packet card, circa 1877
NPG x199371
by Giacomo Arena
albumen cabinet card, 1878
NPG x19015
by Lock & Whitfield, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
woodburytype, published 1881
NPG Ax17644
by Lock & Whitfield, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
woodburytype, published 1881
NPG x311
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1882
NPG x96472
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