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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)

3,645 related objects

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: 1847,1211.1 |
Producer name: BIOG35042 Drawn by:Sir Thomas Lawrence |
Production date: 1815

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.98 |
Producer name: BIOG28820 Drawn by:Pier Leone Ghezzi |
Production date: 1689-1755

drawing

Museum number: 1860,0616.79 |
Producer name: BIOG28090 Attributed to:Bernardino Fungai |
Production date: 1465-1526

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.682 |
Producer name: BIOG19073 Drawn by:Stefano della Bella |
Production date: 1625-1664

drawing

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

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1295 |
Producer name: Drawn by:AnonymousFormerly attributed to:Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini |
Production date: 17thC

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.257 |
Producer name: BIOG18306 Circle/School of:Baccio Bandinelli |
Production date: 1508-1560

drawing; album

Museum number: 1895,0915.1334 |
Producer name: BIOG49322 Drawn by:Willem van de Velde II |
Production date: 1633-1707

drawing

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

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.676 |
Producer name: BIOG42669 Drawn by:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1519-1570

drawing

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

drawing

Museum number: 1860,0616.71 |
Producer name: BIOG27759 Drawn by:Francesco Francia |
Production date: 1465-1517

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.766 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Giuseppe PasseriFormerly attributed to:Giovanni Lanfranco |
Production date: 1669-1714

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1862,0712.394 |
Producer name: BIOG17760 Drawn by:Amico Aspertini |
Production date: 1530-1540

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.547 |
Producer name: BIOG45023 After:Andrea del Sarto |
Production date: 1501-1531

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.395 |
Producer name: BIOG41002 Drawn by:Palma Giovane |
Production date: 1559-1628

drawing

Museum number: 1860,0616.35 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jan de BisschopFormerly attributed to:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1643-1671

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.359 |
Producer name: BIOG35833 Drawn by:Pirro Ligorio |
Production date: 1528-1583

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.1255 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Willem DrostFormerly attributed to:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1650

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.775 |
Producer name: BIOG42713 Attributed to:Andrea Procaccini |
Production date: 1686-1734

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.472 |
Producer name: BIOG47970 Drawn by:Vincenzo Tamagni |
Production date: 1507-1529

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1862,0712.409 |
Producer name: BIOG17760 Drawn by:Amico Aspertini |
Production date: 1530-1540

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1417 |
Producer name: BIOG52265 Attributed to:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1614-1641

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.616 |
Producer name: BIOG43118 After:Raphael |
Production date: 1498-1520

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1862,0712.411 |
Producer name: BIOG17760 Drawn by:Amico Aspertini |
Production date: 1530-1540

drawing

Museum number: 1860,0616.97 |
Producer name: BIOG35533 Drawn by:Leonardo da Vinci |
Production date: 1504

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.521 |
Producer name: BIOG18589 Drawn by:Fra Bartolommeo |
Production date: 1487-1517

drawing

Museum number: 1846,0613.9 |
Producer name: After:Albrecht DürerDrawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1828

drawing

Museum number: 1860,0616.9 |
Producer name: BIOG18299 Drawn by:Nicolò Bambini |
Production date: 1651-1736

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1280 |
Producer name: BIOG26907 Drawn by:Paolo Farinati |
Production date: 1598

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1413 |
Producer name: BIOG46357 Drawn by:Elisabetta Sirani |
Production date: 1664

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.29 |
Producer name: BIOG28512 Drawn by:Bernardino Gatti |
Production date: 1510-1575

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.628 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Giovanni Maria ButteriFormerly attributed to:Bernardino Gatti |
Production date: 1585

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.1275 |
Producer name: BIOG43386 Drawn by:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1656-1661

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.883 |
Producer name: BIOG37194 Drawn by:Giovanni Battista Marcola |
Production date: 1726-1780

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.713.c |
Producer name: BIOG21934 Drawn by:Giovanni Carboncini |
Production date: 1672-1692

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.950 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Gerrit van BattemAfter:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1624-1684

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.494 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 16thC

drawing

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

drawing; album; sketch-book

Museum number: 1946,0713.1110 |
Producer name: BIOG23704 Drawn by:Giacomo Cortese |
Production date: 1636-1676

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.502 |
Producer name: After:RaphaelFormerly attributed to:Girolamo da Carpi |
Production date: 1600-1650

drawing; album; sketch-book

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

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1862,0712.398 |
Producer name: BIOG17760 Drawn by:Amico Aspertini |
Production date: 1530-1540

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.482 |
Producer name: BIOG42410 Circle/School of:Giovanni Antonio Pordenone |
Production date: 1498-1539

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.780 |
Producer name: BIOG37102 Drawn by:Andrea Mantegna |
Production date: 1455-1465

drawing

Museum number: 1929,0611.128 |
Producer name: BIOG18899 Drawn by:David Beck |
Production date: 1636-1656

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.940 |
Producer name: BIOG50472 Drawn by:Antoine Watteau |
Production date: 1684-1721

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.824 |
Producer name: Drawn by:AnonymousFormerly attributed to:Pietro da Cortona |
Production date: 17thC

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1290 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 17thC

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.777 |
Producer name: BIOG37481 Drawn by:Valerio Marucelli |
Production date: 1589-1620

drawing

Museum number: 1871,1209.6441 |
Producer name: BIOG35042 Drawn by:Sir Thomas Lawrence |
Production date: 1819

drawing

Museum number: 1872,1012.3293 |
Producer name: BIOG35172 Drawn by:Charles Jacques Lebel |
Production date: 1801-1827

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.515 |
Producer name: BIOG44811 Drawn by:Ventura Salimbeni |
Production date: 1582-1613

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.485 |
Producer name: BIOG42669 Drawn by:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1519-1570

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1289 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 17thC(late)

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.836 |
Producer name: Ascribed to:Filippo LauriFormerly attributed to:Andrea Sacchi |
Production date: 1623-1694

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1862,0712.418 |
Producer name: BIOG17760 Drawn by:Amico Aspertini |
Production date: 1530-1540

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.38 |
Producer name: BIOG40722 Drawn by:Lelio Orsi |
Production date: 1526-1587

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.695 |
Producer name: BIOG44691 Drawn by:Andrea Sacchi |
Production date: 1614-1661

drawing

Museum number: 1860,0616.31 |
Producer name: BIOG18306 Drawn by:Baccio Bandinelli |
Production date: 1508-1560

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.658.b |
Producer name: BIOG18127 Drawn by:Giovanni Baglione |
Production date: 1586-1644

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.539 |
Producer name: BIOG38368 After:Michelangelo |
Production date: 1490-1564

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.447 |
Producer name: Circle/School of:Bartolommeo PassarottiAfter:Michelangelo |
Production date: 1544-1592

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1325 |
Producer name: BIOG48220 Drawn by:Pietro Testa |
Production date: 1626-1650

drawing

Museum number: 1943,0710.17 |
Producer name: BIOG19448 Drawn by:Jacopo Zanguidi Bertoia |
Production date: 1566

drawing

Museum number: 1860,0616.34 |
Producer name: BIOG52265 Drawn by:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1632

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.326 |
Producer name: BIOG24448 Drawn by:Daniele da Volterra |
Production date: 1524-1566

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.533 |
Producer name: BIOG18889 Ascribed to:Domenico Beccafumi |
Production date: 16thC

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.105 |
Producer name: BIOG28328 Drawn by:Lattanzio Gambara |
Production date: 1527-1597

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.10 |
Producer name: BIOG46231 Drawn by:Luca Signorelli |
Production date: 1456-1523

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.900 |
Producer name: BIOG40924 Drawn by:Paolo Pagani |
Production date: 1676-1716

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.680 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1390-1410

drawing

Museum number: 1860,0616.134 |
Producer name: Drawn by:AnonymousCircle/School of:Jan de Beer |
Production date: 1520s

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.1064 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Peter Paul RubensFormerly attributed to:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1612

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.509 |
Producer name: BIOG44390 Drawn by:Giovanni Battista della Rovere |
Production date: 1599

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1946,0713.306 |
Producer name: BIOG22056 Drawn by:Girolamo da Carpi |
Production date: 1520-1556

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.70 |
Producer name: BIOG41987 Drawn by:Pierino da Vinci |
Production date: 1525-1553

drawing

Museum number: 1860,0616.95 |
Producer name: BIOG49891 Attributed to:Timoteo Viti |
Production date: 1520

drawing

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

drawing

Museum number: 1885,0509.1614 |
Producer name: BIOG42312 After:Antonio Pollaiuolo |
Production date: 1448-1498

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.633 |
Producer name: BIOG47970 Attributed to:Vincenzo Tamagni |
Production date: 1507-1529

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.821 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Callisto PiazzaFormerly attributed to:Titian |
Production date: 1498-1539

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.124 |
Producer name: BIOG35466 Drawn by:François Lemoyne |
Production date: 1729

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1123 |
Producer name: BIOG25839 Attributed to:Gaspard Dughet |
Production date: 1615-1675

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: 1946,0713.650 |
Producer name: Drawn by:AnonymousFormerly attributed to:Bernardo Castello |
Production date: 16thC

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.976 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Remigio CantagallinaFormerly attributed to:Lievin Cruyl |
Production date: 1602-1635

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.759 |
Producer name: BIOG49395 Drawn by:Francesco Vanni |
Production date: 1609

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.841 |
Producer name: BIOG18241 Drawn by:Antonio Balestra |
Production date: 1710

drawing

Museum number: 1860,0616.99 |
Producer name: BIOG35533 Drawn by:Leonardo da Vinci |
Production date: 1485

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.92 |
Producer name: BIOG37655 Drawn by:Master of the Egmont Albums |
Production date: 16thC

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.491 |
Producer name: BIOG42669 Circle/School of:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1519-1570

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.516 |
Producer name: BIOG44811 Drawn by:Ventura Salimbeni |
Production date: 1600

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.334 |
Producer name: BIOG32773 Drawn by:Jacone |
Production date: 1533-1553

drawing

Museum number: 1920,0420.7 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Nicolaas HogenbergFormerly attributed to:Aertgen Claesz. van Leyden |
Production date: 1527-1539