Sir John Lavery
(1856-1941), PainterSitter in 19 portraits
Artist associated with 18 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.
by Bernard Partridge
pencil and chalk, published in Punch 30 March 1927
NPG 3671
by Unknown photographer
platinum print, circa 1909
NPG x19900
by Bassano Ltd
halftone reproduction, published 2 August 1916
NPG Ax105706
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1918
NPG x168852
by Walter Stoneman
whole-plate glass negative, 1918
NPG x44151
by Walter Stoneman
whole-plate glass negative, 1918
NPG x44152
by Walter Stoneman
whole-plate glass negative, 1918
NPG x44153
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 28 October 1919
NPG x18934
by E.O. Hoppé
modern print on sepia-toned Veribrom paper, 1922
NPG x132912
by Press Portrait Bureau
bromide press print, 1930s
NPG x182347
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, 1936
NPG x25913
Sir John Lavery and Marlene Dietrich in costume as Anna Sedlak on the set of 'I Loved a Soldier'
for Paramount Productions Inc.
bromide press print, 1936
NPG x194400
Sir John Lavery; Jessie Doris (née Delevingne), Viscountess Castlerosse and an unknown woman
by Edward Malindine, for Daily Herald
modern bromide print from original negative, 30 April 1937
NPG x74793
Jessie Doris (née Delevingne), Viscountess Castlerosse; Sir John Lavery
by Unknown photographer
5 x 4 inch glass negative, 1938
NPG x137373
Sir John Lavery ('Men of the Day. No. 2322. "He paints various Royalties."')
by Alexander ('Alick') Penrose Forbes Ritchie
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 7 May 1913
NPG D45712
by Alexander ('Alick') Penrose Forbes Ritchie
lithograph, published 7 May 1913
NPG D9827
by GAL
pen and ink and wash, 1927
NPG D37199
by Unknown photographer, issued by Carreras Tobacco Company
colour relief halftone cigarette card, 1935
NPG D49304
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