Samuel Laurence
(1812-1884), Portrait painterSitter in 4 portraits
Artist associated with 40 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
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by Samuel Laurence
chalk, 1838
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by Samuel Laurence
chalk
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by Samuel Laurence, and Sir Edward Burne-Jones
oil on canvas, circa 1840
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by Samuel Laurence
chalk and pencil
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by Samuel Laurence
chalk and pencil
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by Samuel Laurence
chalk, 1841
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by Samuel Laurence
chalk, circa 1841
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by Samuel Laurence
chalk, circa 1845
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by Samuel Laurence
oil on canvas, 1846
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(John) Frederick Denison Maurice
by Samuel Laurence
chalk, circa 1846
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Sir (Jonathan) Frederick Pollock, 1st Bt
by Samuel Laurence
oil on canvas, exhibited 1847
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Jane Baillie Carlyle (née Welsh)
attributed to Sir Anthony Coningham Sterling, after a painting by Samuel Laurence
salt print, circa 1852, based on a work of circa 1851
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Jane Baillie Carlyle (née Welsh)
by Samuel Laurence
oil on canvas, circa 1852
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Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
by Samuel Laurence
chalk
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by Samuel Laurence
oil on canvas, circa 1864, based on a work of 1862
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Sir (Jonathan) Frederick Pollock, 1st Bt
by Samuel Laurence
black and white chalk, 1863
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by Samuel Laurence
oil on canvas, circa 1864
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by Samuel Laurence
chalk, 1865
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by Samuel Laurence
chalk, 1868
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(John) Frederick Denison Maurice
by Samuel Laurence
oil on canvas, exhibited 1871
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by Samuel Laurence
chalk and pencil, 1872
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by Richard James Lane, printed by M & N Hanhart, after Samuel Laurence
lithograph, circa 1825-1850
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Lady Jane Esther Hare (née Maurice)
by (Isaac) Weld Taylor, after Samuel Laurence
lithograph, mid 19th century
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by James Henry Lynch, after Samuel Laurence
lithograph, mid 19th century
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by John Carr (or James Charles) Armytage, published by Smith, Elder & Co, after Samuel Laurence
stipple engraving, (circa 1838)
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(John) Frederick Denison Maurice
by (Isaac) Weld Taylor, published by Joseph Hogarth, after Samuel Laurence
lithograph, 1840s
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by Lowes Cato Dickinson, printed by Charles Joseph Hullmandel, published by Joseph Dickinson, after Samuel Laurence
lithograph, published December 1842
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by (Isaac) Weld Taylor, printed by Hullmandel & Walton, after Samuel Laurence
lithograph, circa 1843-1863
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by Richard James Lane, after Samuel Laurence
lithograph, circa 1845
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by Richard James Lane, after Samuel Laurence
lithograph, circa 1845
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by James Henry Lynch, printed by M & N Hanhart, after Samuel Laurence
lithograph, (1846)
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by Edward Morton, printed by M & N Hanhart, published by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi & Co, after Samuel Laurence
lithograph, published 25 April 1847
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by Thomas Lewis Atkinson, published by Henry Graves & Co, after Samuel Laurence
mezzotint, published 29 May 1849 (1845)
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after Samuel Laurence
etching, (1852)
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by Francis Holl, after Samuel Laurence
stipple engraving, published 1853
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after Samuel Laurence
collotype, (1861)
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by Day & Son, after Samuel Laurence
lithograph, after a work of 4 April 1837
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by John Richardson Jackson, after Samuel Laurence
mixed-method engraving, based on a work of 1865
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Roger Bygott
09 March 2021, 15:03
Samuel Laurence (sometimes Lawrence) is often incorrectly recorded as being born in Guildford. He was born in Wem, Shropshire, 25th Dec 1812.
He was baptised 24th Jan 1813 at the Independent, Non-Conformist Church, Chapel Street, Wem.
His place of birth is recorded on the Census forms for 1851, 1861 and 1871
His Mother: Anne Lawrence (Nee Davies).1781- d.1854 Shropshire age 73.
His Father: John was a tailor who was Christened 23 Jan 1778 in the Non-conformist chapel Wem, Shropshire by Thomas Harrop. He died 1843 Shropshire . (Wem Presbyterian Chapel register.)