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Thomas Edward Lawrence

Also known as: Thomas Edward Lawrence; primary name: Lawrence, Thomas Edward; other name: Lawrence of Arabia; other name: Shaw, Thomas Edward
Details: individual; military/naval; author/poet; British; Male
Life dates: 1888-1935
Biography: Born in Wales in 1888; died May 1935. Author of 'The Seven Pillars of Wisdom' (abridged as 'Revolt in the Desert'), 'The Mint', etc; after writing his undergraduate thesis on Crusader castles, he returned to the Middle East to excavate under the direction of D.G. Hogarth (q.v.) and C.L. Woolley (q.v.) at Carchemish, during which time this British Museum expedition also salvaged finds from ancient cemeteries in the vicinity, including the site of Deve hüyük. He later joined Woolley on an intelligence-gathering survey of Sinai in 1914, an expedition conducted under the auspices of the Palestine Exploration Fund. Son of Mrs S Lawrence (q.v.). Adopted the name Thomas Edward Shaw when he served in the RAF and was trying to "disappear" from public attention. Some archive relating to Lawrence is held as part of the Bertram Thomas Papers in the University of Cambridge.
Bibliography: J. Wilson, 'T.E. Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia', catalogue of the exhibition held at the National Portrait Gallery, London, 9/12/88-12/3/89; Jeremy Wilson, 'Lawrence of Arabia, a pocket biography', Stroud: Sutton, 1997; Nicole Chevalier, 'La recherche archéologique française au moyen-orient 1842-1947', Paris: Editions Recherche sur les Civilisations, 2002, p. 226.

32 related objects

abayah; robe

Museum number: 2016,6029.1 |
Production date: 1910-1930 |
Production place: Made in:LebanonMade in:Syria |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:London (England)

cast; relief

Museum number: C.152 |
Cultures/periods: x14335 Neo-Hittite |
Production date: 8thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Royal Buttress

cast; relief

Museum number: C.157 |
Cultures/periods: x14335 Neo-Hittite |
Production date: 10thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Fraktin

cast; relief

Museum number: C.154 |
Cultures/periods: x14335 Neo-Hittite |
Production date: 8thC BC |
Production place: Original from:Royal Buttress

cast; relief

Museum number: C.155 |
Cultures/periods: x14335 Neo-Hittite |
Production date: 10thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Herald's wall

cast; relief

Museum number: C.156 |
Cultures/periods: x14335 Neo-Hittite |
Production date: 10thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Herald's wall

cast; relief

Museum number: C.150 |
Cultures/periods: x14335 Neo-Hittite |
Production date: 8thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Royal Buttress

drawing

Museum number: 2007,6028.5 |
Producer name: BIOG62486 Attributed to:Thomas Edward Lawrence |
Production date: 1913 |
Production place: Painted in:Carchemish

drawing

Museum number: 2007,6028.4 |
Producer name: BIOG62486 Attributed to:Thomas Edward Lawrence |
Production date: 1913 |
Production place: Painted in:Carchemish

drawing

Museum number: 2007,6028.1 |
Producer name: BIOG62486 Painted by:Thomas Edward Lawrence |
Production date: 1913 |
Production place: Painted in:Carchemish

drawing

Museum number: 1952,0510.6 |
Producer name: BIOG62486 Drawn by:Thomas Edward Lawrence |
Production date: 1910-1914

drawing

Museum number: 1952,0510.1 |
Producer name: BIOG62486 Drawn by:Thomas Edward Lawrence |
Production date: 1910-1914

drawing

Museum number: 1952,0510.3 |
Producer name: BIOG62486 Drawn by:Thomas Edward Lawrence |
Production date: 1910-1914

drawing

Museum number: 2007,6028.3 |
Producer name: BIOG62486 Attributed to:Thomas Edward Lawrence |
Production date: 1913 |
Production place: Painted in:Carchemish

drawing

Museum number: 1952,0510.2 |
Producer name: BIOG62486 Drawn by:Thomas Edward Lawrence |
Production date: 1910-1914

drawing

Museum number: 2007,6028.2 |
Producer name: BIOG62486 Painted by:Thomas Edward Lawrence |
Production date: 1913 |
Production place: Painted in:Carchemish

drawing

Museum number: 1952,0510.5 |
Producer name: BIOG62486 Drawn by:Thomas Edward Lawrence |
Production date: 1910-1914

drawing

Museum number: 1952,0510.4 |
Producer name: BIOG62486 Drawn by:Thomas Edward Lawrence |
Production date: 1910-1914

figure

Museum number: EA64095 |
Cultures/periods: Late PeriodPtolemaic |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Egypt

invitation

Museum number: EPH-ME.529 |
Production date: 2011 |
Production place: Printed in:Germany

medal

Museum number: 1973,0410.4 |
Production date: 1972 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

music sheet/cover

Museum number: EPH-ME.487 |
Production date: 1962 |
Production place: Printed in:London (England)

postcard

Museum number: EPH-ME.4233 |
Production date: 2005

print; book-illustration

Title: The world, the flesh, the devil |
Museum number: 1932,0808.10 |
Producer name: BIOG33649 Print made by:Eric Kennington |
Production date: 1925

print; book-illustration

Title: The world, the flesh, the devil |
Museum number: 1932,0808.9 |
Producer name: BIOG33649 Print made by:Eric Kennington |
Production date: 1925

print; book-illustration

Title: The Eternal Itch |
Museum number: 1932,0808.8 |
Producer name: BIOG33649 Print made by:Eric Kennington |
Production date: 1925

print; book-illustration

Title: The Glory of a young man |
Museum number: 1949,0411.2028 |
Producer name: BIOG33649 Print made by:Eric Kennington |
Production date: 1926

print; book-illustration

Title: The Eternal Itch |
Museum number: 1932,0808.7 |
Producer name: BIOG33649 Print made by:Eric Kennington |
Production date: 1926

print

Title: T E Lawrence |
Museum number: 1982,U.4323 |
Producer name: BIOG17346 Print made by:H G Andrews |
Production date: 1940

stela

Museum number: 125008 |
Cultures/periods: x14335 Neo-Hittite |
Production date: 10thC BC-9thC BC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Yusuf Beg

tool/implement

Museum number: EA75216 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Abu Rawash (Memphis)Found/Acquired:Abusir (Memphis)

vase

Museum number: 132102 |
Cultures/periods: Early Bronze Age IIIEarly Bronze Age IV |
Production date: 2650BC-2000BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Carchemish

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