John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence
(1811-1879), Viceroy of IndiaEarly Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 24 portraits
Brother of Henry Lawrence; as Chief Commissioner of the Punjab kept his district quiet during the Rebellion of 1857, and helped to suppress disorder elsewhere; a leader of rugged and commanding personality; later Governor-General of India.
John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence
by George Frederic Watts
oil on panel, 1862
NPG 1005
The Supreme Indian Council, Simla, 1864
by Bourne & Shepherd
albumen print, circa 1864
NPG P426
John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence
by E. Goodwyn Lewis
coloured chalk, 1872
NPG 2610
John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence
by Thomas Woolner
marble bust, 1882
NPG 2111
John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence
by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt
plaster cast of head, circa 1882
NPG 786
John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence
by Maull & Polyblank
albumen print, arched top, published June 1859
NPG Ax7280
John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence
by Maull & Polyblank
albumen print, arched top, published June 1859
NPG x14255
John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence
by John Watkins, or by John & Charles Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax17764
John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence
by John & Charles Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x45204
John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence
by John & Charles Watkins, or by John Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x12420
John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence
by Caldesi, Blanford & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s
NPG x12416
John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence
by John & Charles Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax39797
John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence
by John & Charles Watkins
albumen print, 1860s
NPG x135651
John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence
by William Elliott Debenham
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
NPG x46567
John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence
by William Elliott Debenham
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
NPG x12421
'Upwards of five hundred photographic portraits of the most celebrated personages of the age'
by Frederick Holland Mares, after Disdéri, and Camille Silvy, and Duroni & Murer, and Émile Desmaisons, and John Jabez Edwin Mayall, and Herbert Watkins, and William Edward Kilburn, and Horatio Nelson King, and John & Charles Watkins, and James
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
NPG x139661
The Supreme Indian Council, Simla
possibly by Bourne & Shepherd
albumen print, circa 1864
NPG x129637
John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1870s
NPG x12418
John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1870s
NPG x12419
John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence
by Elliott & Fry
albumen cabinet card, 1870s
NPG x12417
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