(John) Lawrence Le Breton Hammond
(1872-1949), Journalist and historianSitter in 16 portraits
John Lawrence Le Breton Hammond began his career as a journalist editing the weekly journal The Speaker between 1899 and 1906. After the First World War, he worked for the Manchester Guardian. With his wife, Lucy Barbara Hammond, he wrote three history books that looked at the impact of the industrial revolution on the working class: The Village Labourer (1911), The Town Labourer (1917) and The Skilled Labourer (1919). This famous trilogy established the couple as the leading social historians of their time. Hammond also wrote Lord Shaftesbury (1923), The Age of the Chartists (1930), C. P. Scott (1934) and Gladstone and the Irish Nation (1934).
(John) Lawrence Le Breton Hammond
by William Rothenstein
chalk, 1923
NPG 4778
(John) Lawrence Le Breton Hammond
by Christopher Hall
oil on canvas, 1930s?
NPG 6029
(John) Lawrence Le Breton Hammond
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, November 1945
NPG x168096
(John) Lawrence Le Breton Hammond
by Lafayette
half-plate nitrate negative, 27 February 1933
NPG x70753
(John) Lawrence Le Breton Hammond
by Lafayette
half-plate nitrate negative, 27 February 1933
NPG x70754
(John) Lawrence Le Breton Hammond
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1939
NPG x20860
(John) Lawrence Le Breton Hammond
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1939
NPG x20861
(John) Lawrence Le Breton Hammond
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1939
NPG x20862
(John) Lawrence Le Breton Hammond
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1939
NPG x20863
(John) Lawrence Le Breton Hammond
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1939
NPG x20864
(John) Lawrence Le Breton Hammond
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1939
NPG x20865
(John) Lawrence Le Breton Hammond
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1939
NPG x20866
(John) Lawrence Le Breton Hammond
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1939
NPG x20867
(John) Lawrence Le Breton Hammond
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, November 1945
NPG x187559
(John) Lawrence Le Breton Hammond
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, November 1945
NPG x187560
(John) Lawrence Le Breton Hammond
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, November 1945
NPG x187561
Tell us more back to top
Can you tell us more about this person? Spotted an error, information that is missing (a sitter’s life dates, occupation or family relationships, or a date of portrait for example) or do you know anything that we don't know? If you have information to share please complete the form below.
If you require information from us, please use our Archive enquiry service. You can buy a print of most illustrated portraits. Select the portrait of interest to you, then look out for a Buy a Print button. Prices start at £6 for unframed prints, £25 for framed prints. If you wish to license an image, please use our Rights and Images service.
Please note that we cannot provide valuations.
We digitise over 8,000 portraits a year and we cannot guarantee being able to digitise images that are not already scheduled.
Watch
Our channel
View a wide collection of video content on our YouTube channel from past projects to our latest films.
Artist and sitter interviews
Get insights into creating portraiture from BP Portrait Award 2020 artists and their sitters.
Sleeping Awake
Watch our film created to say ‘goodbye’ to the Gallery before we closed for our major transformation project.