Edward Levy-Lawson, 1st Baron Burnham
(1833-1916), Newspaper proprietorSitter in 5 portraits
Emmanuel Levy was born in Manchester and studied art at Manchester School of Art, St Martin's School of Art, London, and in Paris. During the 1930s his influences included Cubism, Expressionism and Surrealism, before he arrived at a mature naturalistic style in which his output was prolific. He was instructor in drawing and painting at Manchester University and achieved a reputation as a fine portrait draughtsman. His work is represented in public collections including Manchester City Art Gallery. Salford City Art Gallery mounted a retrospective exhibition in 1948, followed by further retrospectives at the Fieldborne Galleries, London in 1976 and at Stockport Art Gallery in 1982.
Edward Levy-Lawson, 1st Baron Burnham
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
NPG 3433
Edward Levy-Lawson, 1st Baron Burnham
by Sir Max Beerbohm
ink, watercolour and crayon, before 1903
NPG 5343
Edward Levy-Lawson, 1st Baron Burnham
by Elliott & Fry
bromide print, 1900s-mid 1910s
NPG x4914
Edward Levy-Lawson, 1st Baron Burnham ('Men of the Day, No. 59.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 22 March 1873
NPG D43580
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot, and Carlo Pellegrini, and Alfred Thompson (Atn), and Sir Leslie Ward, and Théobald Chartran ('T'), and Adriano Cecioni
chromolithographs pasted onto wooden panel, assembled from prints published 1869-1886
NPG D39296
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