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Sir John Lavery

(1856-1941), Painter

Sitter in 19 portraits
Artist associated with 17 portraits
Born in Belfast and brought up on a farm in Northern Ireland, Lavery was apprenticed to a painter-photographer in Glasgow and attended the Glasgow School of Art. He was exhibiting as an independent artist by 1879. He became a society portrait painter and official court painter.

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James Fitzmaurice-Kelly, by Sir John Lavery - NPG 2018

James Fitzmaurice-Kelly

by Sir John Lavery
oil on canvas, 1898
NPG 2018

Charles Gore, by Sir John Lavery - NPG 5526

Charles Gore

by Sir John Lavery
oil on canvas, 1905
NPG 5526

Maggie Teyte, by Sir John Lavery - NPG 6363

Maggie Teyte

by Sir John Lavery
oil on canvas, 1907
NPG 6363

Sir Lionel Henry Cust, by Sir John Lavery - NPG 6337

Sir Lionel Henry Cust

by Sir John Lavery
oil on board, 1912
NPG 6337

The Royal Family at Buckingham Palace, 1913, by Sir John Lavery - NPG 1745

The Royal Family at Buckingham Palace, 1913

by Sir John Lavery
oil on canvas, 1913
NPG 1745

Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill (née Hozier), Baroness Spencer-Churchill; Sarah Churchill, by Sir John Lavery - NPG 5184

Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill (née Hozier), Baroness Spencer-Churchill; Sarah Churchill

by Sir John Lavery
oil on canvas, circa 1915
NPG 5184

Irene Vanbrugh, by Sir John Lavery - NPG 5821

Irene Vanbrugh

by Sir John Lavery
oil on canvas, 1916
NPG 5821

David Richard Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, by Sir John Lavery - NPG 5581

David Richard Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty

by Sir John Lavery
oil on canvas, 1917
NPG 5581

Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe, by Sir John Lavery - NPG 5836

Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe

by Sir John Lavery
oil on canvas, 1921
NPG 5836

Edward Knoblock, by Sir John Lavery - NPG 6471

Edward Knoblock

by Sir John Lavery
oil on canvasboard, circa 1930
NPG 6471

Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale, by Sir John Lavery - NPG 6480

Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale

by Sir John Lavery
oil on canvas, 1930
NPG 6480

Ramsay MacDonald, by Sir John Lavery - NPG 2959

Ramsay MacDonald

by Sir John Lavery
oil on canvas, 1931
NPG 2959

Opening of the Lord Duveen Annexe to the National Portrait Gallery, by Sir John Lavery - NPG 5943

Opening of the Lord Duveen Annexe to the National Portrait Gallery

by Sir John Lavery
oil on board, 1933
NPG 5943

John Edward Redmond, after Sir John Lavery - NPG D39663

John Edward Redmond

after Sir John Lavery
photogravure, (1901)
NPG D39663

Edward Henry Carson, 1st Baron Carson, after Sir John Lavery - NPG D32710

Edward Henry Carson, 1st Baron Carson

after Sir John Lavery
aquatint, published 1917
NPG D32710

Edward Henry Carson, 1st Baron Carson, after Sir John Lavery - NPG D32711

Edward Henry Carson, 1st Baron Carson

after Sir John Lavery
aquatint, published 1917
NPG D32711

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Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith

by Norman Hirst, after Sir John Lavery
mezzotint, 1918
NPG D49384

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