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Sir Thomas Lawrence
1769-1830
British
Sir Thomas Lawrence Galleries
was a notable English painter, mostly of portraits.
He was born in Bristol. His father was an innkeeper, first at Bristol and afterwards at Devizes, and at the age of six Lawrence was already being shown off to the guests of the Bear as an infant prodigy who could sketch their likenesses and declaim speeches from Milton. In 1779 the elder Lawrence had to leave Devizes, having failed in business and Thomas's precocious talent began to be the main source of the family's income; he had gained a reputation along the Bath road. His debut as a crayon portrait painter was made at Oxford, where he was well patronized, and in 1782 the family settled in Bath, where the young artist soon found himself fully employed in taking crayon likenesses of fashionable people at a guinea or a guinea and a half a head. In 1784 he gained the prize and silver-gilt palette of the Society of Arts for a crayon drawing after Raphael's "Transfiguration," and presently beginning to paint in oil.
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Painting ID:: 59551
Lord Seaforth by Thomas Lawrence
Lord Seaforth by Thomas Lawrence (c.1805), courtesy Figge Art Museum, Davenport, USA
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Painting ID:: 59553
Portrait of Marguerite
Portrait of Marguerite, Countess of Blessington, 1819.
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Painting ID:: 62820
Margaret
1822 Oil on canvas, 91 x 67 cm Wallace Collection, London Famed for her looks and accomplishments, Lady Blessington presided over a literary salon at Gore House, Kensington. This portrait is said to be one of Lawrence's finest characterizations. Artist: LAWRENCE, Sir Thomas Title: Margaret, Countess of Blessington Date: 1751-1800 English , painting : portrait
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Painting ID:: 70467
Pinkie
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions Expression error: Missing operand for *148 ?? 102 cm
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Painting ID:: 72175
Portrait of Miss Caroline Fry
between 1820(1820) and 1830(1830)
Oil on canvas
75.9 X 63.5 cm (29.88 X 25 in)
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Sir Thomas Lawrence
1769-1830
British
Sir Thomas Lawrence Galleries
was a notable English painter, mostly of portraits.
He was born in Bristol. His father was an innkeeper, first at Bristol and afterwards at Devizes, and at the age of six Lawrence was already being shown off to the guests of the Bear as an infant prodigy who could sketch their likenesses and declaim speeches from Milton. In 1779 the elder Lawrence had to leave Devizes, having failed in business and Thomas's precocious talent began to be the main source of the family's income; he had gained a reputation along the Bath road. His debut as a crayon portrait painter was made at Oxford, where he was well patronized, and in 1782 the family settled in Bath, where the young artist soon found himself fully employed in taking crayon likenesses of fashionable people at a guinea or a guinea and a half a head. In 1784 he gained the prize and silver-gilt palette of the Society of Arts for a crayon drawing after Raphael's "Transfiguration," and presently beginning to paint in oil.
. Related Artists to Sir Thomas Lawrence: | Jan Van Eyck | Isaac Ilich Levitan | Palma il Vecchio | Charles Farrer | Jan Weissenbruch |
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