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Thomas Lawrence

British1769–1830Neoclassicism

Portrait of Thomas Lawrence

About

Sir Thomas Lawrence was an English painter who served as the fourth president of the Royal Academy. A child prodigy, he was born in Bristol and began drawing in Devizes, where his father was an innkeeper at the Bear Hotel in the Market Square. At age ten, having moved to Bath, he was supporting his family with his pastel portraits.

Notable works

Works in the collection

71 works

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