Thomas Lawrence's career began when he was only 6 years old. His father presented him as a child prodigy in his inn "Black Bear" in Devizes in England, where the young Thomas drew pencil portraits of the guests. A little later he began to paint in pastel. He had largely taught himself his drawing skills. When he turned ten, the family moved to Bath and Lawrence began an apprenticeship with William Hoare. He contributed to the family's upkeep with his chalk portraits of distinguished people in his younger years. While studying at the Royal Academy of Arts, he won the Society of Arts silver palette for a chalk drawing after Raphael's "Transfiguration." He tried his hand at history painting and also began to paint in oils. But his greatest talent remained his portraits.
Meanwhile, he lived in London and at the age of 20 was appointed to Windsor, where he painted the portrait of Queen Charlotte, which became very famous. Not only his extraordinary talent, but also his good looks and charm helped him make a name for himself early on. His reputation grew so quickly that he became a member of the Royal Academy at the age of 24. His career as the most popular portrait painter of his time took off. When Sir Joshua Reynolds died, Lawrence was given his position as court painter to King George III. His most generous patron was Prince Regent George IV, who knighted him and sent him abroad, including to Aachen and Vienna, where he produced portraits of all the important figures who had defeated Napoleon for the Waterloo Chamber at Windsor. His work became a unique historical document. Upon his return to England, he was elected President of the Royal Academy, a post he held until his death.
Lawrence was never married. He is believed to have had a prolonged affair with Caroline of Brunswick, who was one of his favorite subjects. His other love affairs, which became the subject of several books, did not end happily either. Although his paintings earned him a lot of money, Lawrence never became wealthy. A passionate art collector, he invested a lot of money in his collection of drawings, which is one of the best ever assembled. He also owned a collection of Greek sculptures known as the Elgin Marbles. He was instrumental in the creation of the National Gallery, which today owns his artwork. Through the reproduction of his portraits in engravings and etchings, they experienced widespread distribution. Lawrence works in the classical style, such as his once celebrated "Satan," are now almost forgotten. The rest of his life's work is also viewed with much criticism today. He is accused of superficiality and softness. Moreover, he was not diverse enough. Nevertheless, his reputation as the most important portrait painter of the 18th and 19th centuries remains. Lawrence died at the age of 60 at the height of his creative powers.
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.jpg "Master Charles William Lambton, 1825 by Thomas Lawrence")
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 of Norbury Park Surrey c1800 (oiled charcoal on canvas) - (MeisterDrucke-104942).jpg "Portrait of William Lock II (1767-1847) of Norbury Park, Surrey, c.1800 by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Willem Ferdinand Mogge Muilman, President of the Bank of the Netherlands by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Portrait of William Lock II by Thomas Lawrence")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1315645).jpg "Portrait of Miss Emily Maxwell by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Arthur Wellesley by Thomas Lawrence")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-16801).jpg "Portrait of Mary Anne Bloxam, later Mrs. Frederick H. Hemming by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Prince Regent, Later George IV by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Portrait of Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Graham, K.B., later 1st Baron Lynedoch by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Mrs. Jens Wolff, 180315. by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Portrait of Arthur Wellesley, 1769-1852, 1st Duke of Wellington, 1815-1816 by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Woman and Child by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Portrait of Sir Harford Jones Brydges by Thomas Lawrence")
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 c1805 - (MeisterDrucke-225004).jpg "Lieutenant General Sir John Moore KB (1761-1809), c. 1805 by Thomas Lawrence")
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_engraved_by_H_Robinson_from_National_Portrait_Gallery_-_(MeisterDrucke-101618).jpg "Samuel Lysons (1763-1819), engraved by H. Robinson, from “National Portrait Gallery, volume III”, published c.1835 by Thomas Lawrence")
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_(1741-1825)_-_(MeisterDrucke-68377).jpg "Portrait of Henry Fuseli (Johann Heinrich Füssli) (1741-1825) by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Portrait of Lady Beresford, seated, half-length in a black dress decorated with a rose by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Thomas Young, engraved by G. Adcock, from")
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.jpg "Francis Charles Seymour Conway, 3rd Marquess of Hertford and Yarmouth, engraved by William Holl, from")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-64631).jpg "William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (1779-1848) by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Portrait of George Canning, Full Length, Standing Wearing a Black Coat in an Interior, with His Arms Folded by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Robert Stewart, Lord Castlereagh, 2nd Marquess of Londonderry, engraved by G. Adcock, from")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-66242).jpg "The Children of John Angerstein (1735-1823) by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Portrait of the Fluyder Children, 1805 by Thomas Lawrence")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-176179).jpg "Portrait of a Lady, possibly Sarah Harriet Burney by Thomas Lawrence")
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_Archbishop_of_Canterbury_(oil_on_canvas)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1122194).jpg "Dr. John Moore (1730-1805) Archbishop of Canterbury by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough, engraved by G. Parker, from")
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.jpg "Queen Charlotte, 1789-90, wife of George III by Thomas Lawrence")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1123236).jpg "Portrait of a Lady by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "John Philip Kemble as Hamlet, engraved by G. Adcock by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Portrait of Karl Maria von Weber by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Samuel Lysons by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Julia, Lady Peel by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Lord Amherst by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, engraved by H. Robinson, from")
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.jpg "Portrait of Master Ainslie by Thomas Lawrence")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-77188).jpg "Portrait of Charles Grey, Earl Grey by Thomas Lawrence")
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 1822 - (MeisterDrucke-193133).jpg "Portrait of Duke Armand-Emmanuel de Richelieu by Thomas Lawrence")
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_Third_Earl_of_Hardwicke_-_(MeisterDrucke-249464).jpg "Philip Yorke, Third Earl of Hardwicke by Thomas Lawrence")
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 in his Garter Robes 1816 (see 151574 61203 for detail) - (MeisterDrucke-52006).jpg "The Prince Regent, later George IV (1762-1830) in his Garter Robes, 1816 by Thomas Lawrence")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1515589).jpg "King George IV, Standing in Garter Robes by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Portrait of Frederick John Robinson, First Earl of Ripon, c.1820 by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Benjamin West, P.R.A. by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Edward Jenner, engraved by W.H. Mote, from")
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.jpg "A View of Dovedale looking towards Thorpe Cloud by Thomas Lawrence")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-679094).jpg "Portrait of Francis Osborne, 5th Duke of Leeds (1751–1799) by Thomas Lawrence")
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_from_-_(MeisterDrucke-66501).jpg "Charles Whitworth, 1st Earl Whitworth, engraved by Henry Robinson, from")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1331921).jpg "Portrait of Klemens von Metternich (title on object: Prince Metternich) by Charles George Lewis")
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 from National Portrait Gallery volume II published c1835 - (MeisterDrucke-78515).jpg "Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville, from")
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.jpg "Lord Granville Leveson-Gower, Later 1st Earl Granville by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "George IV by Thomas Lawrence")
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 from National Portrait Gallery volume IV published c1835 - (MeisterDrucke-92301).jpg "William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, Engraved by Samuel Freeman, from")
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.jpg "John Parry, c.1825 by Thomas Lawrence")
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 from National Portrait Gallery volume II published c1835 - (MeisterDrucke-110050).jpg "John Abernethy, engraved by John Cochran, from")
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.jpg "Lady Orde with Her Daughter Anne by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Warren Hastings, illustration from")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-319764).jpg "Self Portrait by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Portrait of the Duchess of Sussex by Thomas Lawrence")
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_engraved_by_H_Robinson_(engraving)_(bw_p_-_(MeisterDrucke-36848).jpg "Portrait of Sir Robert Peel, engraved by H. Robinson by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Elizabeth Bishop by Thomas Lawrence")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-906896).jpg "Jane Allnutt, later Jane Carr by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Portrait of Mrs Ayscoghe Boucherett with Her Two Eldest Children, Emilia and Ayscoghe, and Her Half Sister Juliana Angerstein, Later Madame Sabloukoff, in a Garden by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Reverend Richard Yates, one time chaplain of the Royal Hospital Chelsea by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Master Charles William Lambton, 1825 by Thomas Lawrence")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1449882).jpg "Portrait Of A Lady by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Portrait of Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough, M.P. by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Portrait of Arthur Wellesley, Field Marshal His Grace The Duke of Wellington by Edward McInnes")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1370605).jpg "Portrait of John George Lambton (The Earl of Durham) by Charles Edward Wagstaff")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1331053).jpg "Portrait of Louisa Georgina Augusta Anne Murray, Miss Murray (title on object) by George Henry Phillips")
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.jpg "David Cornfoot by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Lady Mary Templetown and Her Son, 1802 by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Unknown Image by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, from")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1010684).jpg "Head of a Young Woman, c.1800-05 by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Caroline Amelia Elizabeth of Brunswick by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon, engraved by J. Jenkins, from")
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.jpg "Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, 1825, 1944 by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Portrait of General James Stuart standing three-quarter length, wearing a red uniform with gold frogging by Thomas Lawrence")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1174531).jpg "Head of a Girl by Thomas Lawrence")
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 from National Portrait Gallery volume II published c1835 - (MeisterDrucke-74905).jpg "Sir Edward Codrington, British Admiral, Engraved by J. Cochran, from")
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.jpg "Henry, 10th Earl and 1st Marquess of Exeter, His Wife Sarah and Daughter Lady Sophia Cecil by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, with a Telescope by Thomas Lawrence")
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_British_politician_and_officer_(_-_(MeisterDrucke-911833).jpg "Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) British Politician and Officer by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "George III by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "A Boy, Called the Rev. Ozias Thurston Linley by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Admiral John Markham by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Lieutenant-General William, 1st Earl of Craven by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Portrait of Admiral Sir Charles Paget by Thomas Lawrence")
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 from National Portrait Gallery volume IV published c1835 - (MeisterDrucke-43572).jpg "Sir James Mackintosh, engraved by John Cochran, from")
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.jpg "Unknown Image by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Portrait of Catherine Grey, Lady Manners by Thomas Lawrence")
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_1805_(oil_on_canvas)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1130101).jpg "Portrait of Richard Payne Knight (1750-1824) by Thomas Lawrence")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1119315).jpg "Consolation of absent, painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Unknown Image by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "The proffered kiss. by Thomas Lawrence")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-127449).jpg "Portrait of Antonio Canova by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Fluyder children by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Diana Sturt, later Lady Milner by Thomas Lawrence")
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 English poet and man - (MeisterDrucke-560931).jpg "Portrait of Robert Southey, English Poet and Man of Letters by Thomas Lawrence")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1123335).jpg "Portrait of Lady Elizabeth Conyngham by Thomas Lawrence")
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