Sir Thomas Lawrence
(1769-1830), Portrait painter, collector and President of the Royal AcademySitter in 25 portraits
Artist associated with 698 portraits
Beginning as a child prodigy working in pastels, the gifted Lawrence eventually succeeded Reynolds as Britain's greatest portrait painter, With the temperament and flair to capture the glamour of the age, Lawrence created the image of Regency high-society with dazzling brushwork and an innovative use of colour. His international reputation was ensured when the Prince Regent commissioned portraits of all the foreign leaders involved in the downfall of Napoleon. Lawrence was appointed President of the Royal Academy in 1820.
Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth
by Charles Turner, published by Colnaghi & Co, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mezzotint, published 12 October 1815
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by and published by Charles Turner, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mezzotint, published 14 January 1818
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William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst of Arracan
by Charles Turner, published by Colnaghi & Co, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mezzotint, published 24 May 1824
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Frederick, Duke of York and Albany
by George Thomas Doo, published by Hurst, Robinson & Co, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
line engraving, published December 1824
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by Charles Turner, published by Hurst, Robinson & Co, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mezzotint, published 1 January 1824
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by Charles Turner, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mezzotint, published 1826 (1797)
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by and published by Charles Turner, published by Colnaghi, Son & Co, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mezzotint, published 20 July 1827
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by Charles Turner, printed by Chatfield & Co, published by Colnaghi, Son & Co, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mezzotint, published 9 April 1829
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Sir Astley Paston Cooper, 1st Bt
by Samuel Cousins, published by Colnaghi, Son & Co, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mezzotint, published 1 January 1830
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by Samuel Cousins, published by Walter Benjamin Tiffin, published by Rittner and Co, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mezzotint, published 22 April 1830
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by and published by William Say, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mezzotint, published 1831 (1812)
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by and published by Charles Turner, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mezzotint, published 25 July 1831
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by Samuel Cousins, published by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi & Co, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mixed-method engraving, published 17 March 1832, based on a work of 1828
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by John Henry Robinson, published by Harding & Lepard, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
stipple and line engraving, published 1 December 1836
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William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
by Edward McInnes, published by Hodgson & Graves, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mezzotint, published 1 November 1839 (circa 1805)
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by John Richardson Jackson, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mezzotint, published 1846
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Julia Errington (née Macdonald)
printed by F.G. Hardcastle, published by Henry Graves & Co, and Stiefbold & Co, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mixed-method engraving, published 1903
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Related People
- Mary Isabella Bloxam (niece)
- Susan Bloxham (niece)
- Lucy Lawrence (née Read) (mother)
- Thomas Lawrence (father)
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