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Sir Thomas Lawrence

Also known as: Sir Thomas Lawrence; primary name: Lawrence, Thomas
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; collector; British; Male
Life dates: 1769-1830
Biography: Portraitist and collector of Old Master drawings. Born in Bristol 1769; died in London 1830. Settled in Bath by 1780; some training from William Hoare; in London 1787, attended RA Schools for three months; exhibited RA 1787-1830; ARA 1791; RA 1794; President of RA 1820; made Painter in Ordinary to the King 1792; Trustee of the British Museum. Although his collections of drawings was offered 'en bloc' for £18,000 to King George IV and the British Museum, the dealer Samuel Woodburn finally bought it for £16,000 after which Lawrence's collection was dispersed after his death by Samuel Woodburn (q.v.), particularly at his posthumous sale at Christie's, 4-8.vi.1860. Many lots were bought by Thomas Phillipps which eventually entered the BM's collection in 1946; other drawings were sold to William Esdaile and the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford.
Bibliography: Kenneth Garlick, 'A catalogue of the paintings, drawings, and pastels of Sir TL', in 'The Walpole Society' XXXIX 1962/4; replaced only for the paintings by Kenneth Garlick, 'Sir TL, a complete catalogue of the oil paintings', Phaidon 1989 Lugt 2445 (drawings), Lugt 2446 (prints, sale 10-14 May 1830) Archival/manuscript material in BM P&D: seven manuscript letters written by Lawrence to Mrs Emma Forster (later Mrs Ambrose Poynter) 1827-9; presented by C F Bell (c.165.a.26; register number 1948,0504.12.1-7)

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architectural drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.33.a |
Producer name: BIOG38368 Drawn by:Michelangelo |
Production date: 1490-1564

book

Museum number: 1948,0504.12.1-7 |
Producer name: BIOG35042 Written by:Sir Thomas Lawrence |
Production date: 1827-1829

book of prints; print

Museum number: 1926,1025.1-3 |
Producer name: Print made by:James DicksonPrinted by:M & N Hanhart |
Production date: 1844 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

book of prints; print

Museum number: 1913,0509.1.1-41 |
Producer name: Published by:LongmanAfter:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1851 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

drawing

Museum number: 1900,0824.119 |
Producer name: BIOG23691 After:Antonio Correggio |
Production date: 1503-1534

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.825 |
Producer name: BIOG48593 Circle/School of:Titian |
Production date: 1493-1576

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.720 |
Producer name: BIOG38667 Drawn by:Pier Francesco Mola |
Production date: 1627-1652

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.823 |
Producer name: BIOG48593 Drawn by:Titian |
Production date: 1493-1576

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.899 |
Producer name: BIOG39890 Drawn by:Giuseppe Niccolo Nasini |
Production date: 1679-1736

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.534 |
Producer name: BIOG18589 Drawn by:Fra Bartolommeo |
Production date: 1487-1517

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.653 |
Producer name: BIOG25536 Attributed to:Giovanni Antonio Dosio |
Production date: 1548-1609

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.919 |
Producer name: BIOG22979 Formerly attributed to:Claude Lorrain |
Production date: 1600-1682

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.774 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Carlo MarattiFormerly attributed to:Michele Rocca |
Production date: 1640-1713

drawing

Museum number: 1994,0514.42 |
Producer name: Formerly attributed to:Peter Paul RubensAttributed to:Jan Cossiers |
Production date: 1636-1638

drawing

Museum number: 1886,0513.5 |
Producer name: BIOG38368 Drawn by:Michelangelo |
Production date: 1540

drawing

Museum number: 1900,0717.57 |
Producer name: BIOG35042 Drawn by:Sir Thomas Lawrence |
Production date: 1818-1819

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.985 |
Producer name: BIOG29655 Drawn by:Josua de Grave |
Production date: 1672-1711

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1019 |
Producer name: BIOG45818 Attributed to:Gerard Segers |
Production date: 1616-1651

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Museum number: 1860,0616.22 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Bartolomeo SchedoniFormerly attributed to:Pietro Faccini |
Production date: 1593-1615

drawing

Museum number: 1860,0616.14 |
Producer name: BIOG18308 Ascribed to:Giovanni Bandini |
Production date: 1555-1599

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1326 |
Producer name: BIOG48527 Drawn by:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1720-1730

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.497 |
Producer name: BIOG42807 Drawn by:Biagio Pupini |
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drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1567 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
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Museum number: 1946,0713.325 |
Producer name: BIOG24205 Drawn by:Francesco Curia |
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drawing; album; sketch-book

Museum number: 1946,0713.1107 |
Producer name: BIOG23704 Drawn by:Giacomo Cortese |
Production date: 1636-1676

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.951 |
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Museum number: 1946,0713.343 |
Producer name: BIOG27796 Drawn by:Battista Franco |
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Museum number: 1946,0713.824 |
Producer name: Drawn by:AnonymousFormerly attributed to:Pietro da Cortona |
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Museum number: 1946,0713.607 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Bernardino MalpizziFormerly attributed to:Orazio Samacchini |
Production date: 1590

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Museum number: 1946,0713.903 |
Producer name: BIOG41371 Drawn by:Giuseppe Pavetto |
Production date: 18thC

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.38 |
Producer name: BIOG40722 Drawn by:Lelio Orsi |
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drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.898 |
Producer name: BIOG39890 Drawn by:Giuseppe Niccolo Nasini |
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Museum number: 1946,0713.628 |
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Museum number: 1946,0713.374 |
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Museum number: 1895,0915.1275 |
Producer name: BIOG43386 Drawn by:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1656-1661

drawing; album; sketch-book

Museum number: 1946,0713.1111 |
Producer name: BIOG23704 Drawn by:Giacomo Cortese |
Production date: 1636-1676

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Museum number: 1946,0713.883 |
Producer name: BIOG37194 Drawn by:Giovanni Battista Marcola |
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Museum number: 1946,0713.713.c |
Producer name: BIOG21934 Drawn by:Giovanni Carboncini |
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Museum number: 1895,0915.741 |
Producer name: BIOG23691 Drawn by:Antonio Correggio |
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Museum number: 1946,0713.102 |
Producer name: BIOG22200 Drawn by:Giovanni Battista Castello |
Production date: 1550-1555

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.943 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
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Museum number: 1919,0510.1 |
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Museum number: 1946,0713.228 |
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Museum number: 1946,0713.564 |
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Museum number: 1946,0713.547 |
Producer name: BIOG48158 Ascribed to:Antonio Tempesta |
Production date: 1570-1630

drawing; album; sketch-book

Museum number: 1946,0713.1090 |
Producer name: BIOG23704 Drawn by:Giacomo Cortese |
Production date: 1636-1676

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.503 |
Producer name: BIOG43118 Circle/School of:Raphael |
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Museum number: 1946,0713.114 |
Producer name: BIOG24448 Drawn by:Daniele da Volterra |
Production date: 1548

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.567 |
Producer name: BIOG41629 Drawn by:Perino del Vaga |
Production date: 1540

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Producer name: BIOG48593 Drawn by:Titian |
Production date: 1493-1576

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Museum number: 1895,0915.616 |
Producer name: BIOG43118 After:Raphael |
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Museum number: 1946,0713.788 |
Producer name: BIOG41684 Drawn by:Domenico Peruzzini |
Production date: 1661

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Museum number: 1946,0713.368 |
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Production date: 1490-1564

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Museum number: 1946,0713.346 |
Producer name: BIOG27796 Drawn by:Battista Franco |
Production date: 1513-1561

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Museum number: 1946,0713.1346 |
Producer name: BIOG21756 Circle/School of:Luca Cambiaso |
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Museum number: 1946,0713.350 |
Producer name: BIOG27796 Circle/School of:Battista Franco |
Production date: 1513-1561

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Museum number: 1895,0915.590 |
Producer name: BIOG35758 Drawn by:Liberale da Verona |
Production date: 1460-1529

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.587 |
Producer name: BIOG49395 Drawn by:Francesco Vanni |
Production date: 1602

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.110 |
Producer name: BIOG28348 Drawn by:Gaetano Gandolfi |
Production date: 1749-1802

drawing; album

Museum number: 1895,0915.1334 |
Producer name: BIOG49322 Drawn by:Willem van de Velde II |
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drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.313 |
Producer name: BIOG22171 Drawn by:Alessandro Casolani |
Production date: 1584

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.224 |
Producer name: BIOG16776 Attributed to:Niccolò dell'Abbate |
Production date: 1527-1571

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Museum number: 1946,0713.458 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Ferrau FenzoniFormerly attributed to:Anonymous |
Production date: 16thC

drawing

Museum number: 1935,0608.8 |
Producer name: BIOG43386 Circle/School of:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1645-1654

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.882 |
Producer name: BIOG37000 Drawn by:Silvestro Manaigo |
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Museum number: 1946,0713.1391 |
Producer name: BIOG25441 Circle/School of:Domenichino |
Production date: 1596-1641

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.971 |
Producer name: BIOG34043 Attributed to:Pieter Coecke van Aelst I |
Production date: 1517-1550

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.332 |
Producer name: BIOG32773 Drawn by:Jacone |
Production date: 1533-1553

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Museum number: 1946,0713.1152 |
Producer name: BIOG25839 Drawn by:Gaspard Dughet |
Production date: 1615-1675

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.570 |
Producer name: BIOG44811 Drawn by:Ventura Salimbeni |
Production date: 1582-1613

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1281 |
Producer name: BIOG25470 Drawn by:Donato da Formello |
Production date: 1545-1574

drawing

Museum number: 1860,0616.44 |
Producer name: BIOG28387 Drawn by:Raffaellino del Garbo |
Production date: 1485-1524

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Museum number: 1946,0713.696.a |
Producer name: BIOG19559 Drawn by:Baccio del Bianco |
Production date: 1619-1656

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.729 |
Producer name: BIOG38667 Drawn by:Pier Francesco Mola |
Production date: 1627-1668

drawing

Museum number: 1939,1014.148 |
Producer name: BIOG17760 Drawn by:Amico Aspertini |
Production date: 1508

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Museum number: 1895,0915.806 |
Producer name: BIOG22038 Drawn by:Vittore Carpaccio |
Production date: 1475-1522

drawing

Museum number: 1994,0514.46 |
Producer name: BIOG44442 Drawn by:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1612-1613

drawing

Museum number: 1850,0223.190 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Jacques de Gheyn IIIFormerly attributed to:Wenceslaus Hollar |
Production date: 1618

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.884 |
Producer name: BIOG37194 Drawn by:Giovanni Battista Marcola |
Production date: 1726-1780

drawing

Museum number: 1846,0613.13 |
Producer name: After:Albrecht DürerDrawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1828

drawing

Museum number: 1862,0712.193 |
Producer name: BIOG31869 Drawn by:Wenceslaus Hollar |
Production date: 1634

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1895,0915.1042 |
Producer name: BIOG44442 Drawn by:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1631

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.791 |
Producer name: BIOG42093 Ascribed to:Domenico Piola |
Production date: 1642-1703

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.622 |
Producer name: BIOG21778 Ascribed to:Domenico Campagnola |
Production date: 1511-1562

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.980 |
Producer name: After:Anthony van DyckFormerly attributed to:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1614-1641

drawing

Museum number: 1860,0616.65 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1500-1530

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.787 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Giovanni Battista PasseriFormerly attributed to:Giuseppe Passeri |
Production date: 1669-1714

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.912 |
Producer name: BIOG46731 Circle/School of:Francesco Solimena |
Production date: 1672-1747

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1862,0712.417 |
Producer name: BIOG17760 Drawn by:Amico Aspertini |
Production date: 1530-1540

drawing

Museum number: 1846,0918.10 |
Producer name: BIOG24299 Drawn by:Albrecht Dürer |
Production date: 1506

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.813 |
Producer name: BIOG38368 Drawn by:Michelangelo |
Production date: 1516

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.111 |
Producer name: BIOG21778 Drawn by:Domenico Campagnola |
Production date: 1511-1562

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.83 |
Producer name: BIOG30014 Attributed to:Guercino |
Production date: 1606-1666