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 His work became a unique historical document.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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.jpg "Portrait of Arthur Wellesley 1769-1852, 1st Duke of Wellington, 1815-1816 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, 1803-15 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 "Arthur Wellesley by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Prince Regent, Later George IV by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Portrait of Sir Harford Jones Brydges by Thomas Lawrence")
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 of Norbury Park Surrey c1800 (oiled charcoal on canvas) - (MeisterDrucke-104942).jpg "Portrait of William Lock II of Norbury Park, Surrey 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 "Woman and Child by Thomas Lawrence")
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_(1811-1832)_young_boy_son_of_Napoleon_I_(oil_on_c_-_(MeisterDrucke-932339).jpg "The King of Rome (Napoleon II) young boy, son of Napoleon I 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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.jpg "Lady Maria Conyngham died 1843, ca. 1824-25 by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Master Charles William Lambton, 1825 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 "Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon, engraved by J. Jenkins, from")
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.jpg "Queen Charlotte, 1789-90, Wife of George III by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Portrait of Klemens Wenzel, Prince von Metternich by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Admiral Sir Edward Pellew, c.1810 by Thomas Lawrence")
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_(1741-1825)_-_(MeisterDrucke-68377).jpg "Portrait of Henry Fuseli (Johann Heinrich Fussli) (1741-1825) by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Portrait of Thomas, 1st Viscount Cremorne by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Portrait of Francis II Joseph Charles, Holy Roman Emperor (Francis 1st Emperor of Austria) by George Henry Phillips")
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 1824 - (MeisterDrucke-106740).jpg "Portrait of Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber (1786-1826) 1824 by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Portrait of John Hunter, 1789-1790 by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Portrait of Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough, M.P. by Thomas Lawrence")
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_Wenzel_prince_de_Metternich_(1773-1859)_Homme_poli_-_(MeisterDrucke-1313705).jpg "Portrait of Prince Klemens Wenzel von Metternich by Thomas Lawrence")
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_c1827_(oil_on_canvas)_-_(MeisterDrucke-901909).jpg "Portrait of Lady Caroline Lamb 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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_from_National_Por_-_(MeisterDrucke-94143).jpg "Sir George Murray, engraved by Henry Hoppner Meyer, from")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-302324).jpg "Portrait of Mikhail Semyonovich, Count Vorontsov by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Portrait of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, c.1821 by Thomas Lawrence")
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_wi_-_(MeisterDrucke-892285).jpg "Portrait of Anne, Viscountess Pollington, Later Countess of Mexborough, with Her Son, John Charles by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Princess Caroline of Naples and Sicily, Duchess of Berry 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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_-_(MeisterDrucke-892287).jpg "The Source of the Manifold at Ilam Park 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 "Lord Byron, English Poet as a Boy 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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.jpg "Portrait of a Young Girl by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Portrait of Elizabeth, Marchioness Conyngham 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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 from National Portrait Gallery volume IV published c1835 - (MeisterDrucke-43572).jpg "Sir James Mackintosh, engraved by John Cochran, from")
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.jpg "Portrait of Catherine Grey, Lady Manners by Thomas Lawrence")
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_ne_Bencke_-_(MeisterDrucke-1654587).jpg "Portrait of Princess Dorothea von Lieven (Daria Khristoforovna Lieven), née Benckendorff (1785-1857) by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Portrait of Lieutenant General the Hon. Sir Charles Stewart by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Benjamin West, President of the Royal Academy by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Francis Charles Seymour Conway, 3rd Marquess of Hertford and Yarmouth, Engraved by William Holl, from")
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.jpg "George James Welbore Agar-Ellis, later 1st Lord Dover by Thomas Lawrence")
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 1823 - (MeisterDrucke-142542).jpg "The Calmady Children, 1823 by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Portrait of the Fluyder Children by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Portrait of General James Pattison by Thomas Lawrence")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1010684).jpg "Head of a Young Woman, c.1800-05 by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Portrait of the Children of Lord George Cavendish by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Field Marshal Henry Paget by Thomas Lawrence")
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_from_Illustrations_of_English_and_Scottish_History_Volume_-_(MeisterDrucke-95889).jpg "George IV from `Illustrations of English and Scottish History")
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 in his Garter Robes (detil of 61203) - (MeisterDrucke-110031).jpg "The Prince Regent, later George IV (1762-1830) in his Garter Robes (detail) by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Benjamin West, P.R.A. by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Sir Elijah Impey by Thomas Lawrence")
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 from National Portrait Gallery volume III published c1835 - (MeisterDrucke-55963).jpg "Nicholas Vansittart, engraved by T.A. Dean from")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1370841).jpg "Portrait of Henry Dundas by Edward McInnes")
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.jpg "Lady Peel by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Bust Portrait of Susan Bloxam, Turned in Profile to Left, 1818 by Thomas Lawrence")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-16808).jpg "Pope Pius VII (1742-1823) by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, Engraved by Samuel Freeman by Thomas Lawrence")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-319764).jpg "Self Portrait by Thomas Lawrence")
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_(1741-1825)_Painting_by_Sir_Tho_-_(MeisterDrucke-985520).jpg "Portrait of the Painter Henri Fussli (or Fuseli) (1741-1825). Painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830) by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Portrait of William Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Portrait of William Lamb, Viscount Melbourne by Edward McInnes")
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.jpg "Portrait of Sir Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley, 1825 by Thomas Lawrence")
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 and his Second Wife El - (MeisterDrucke-287918).jpg "Mr John Julius Angerstein and His Second Wife, Eliza Payne by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Portrait of Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt by George Henry Phillips")
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 from National Portrait Gallery volume IV published c1835 - (MeisterDrucke-97109).jpg "John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, engraved by John Cochran, from")
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.jpg "Portrait of Lucy Lawrence, the artist")
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.jpg "Diana Sturt, later Lady Milner by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, from")
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.jpg "Portrait of Harriet, Countess Gower, and her Daughter by Samuel Cousins")
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.jpg "Portrait of Charlotte Florentia, wife of Hugh, 3rd Duke of Northumberland by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Portrait of Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, British Soldier, 1818 by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Portrait of Madame Isaac Cuthbert by Thomas Lawrence")
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_(oil_on_canvas)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1494684).jpg "Portrait of Lady Selina Meade (1797–1872) by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Portrait of Milady Emily Harriet Wellesley-Pole Lady Raglan by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Portrait of the Duke of Wellington by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "John Scott, engraved by H. Robinson, from")
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.jpg "John Julius Angerstein by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Leopold George Chretien Frederic of Saxe-Coburg, engraved by J. Thomson, from")
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.jpg "Portrait of Princess Clementine of Metternich by Thomas Lawrence")
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_(unfi_-_(MeisterDrucke-417105).jpg "A Portrait of a Man, possibly William Eden, 1st Lord Auckland, MP (unfinished) by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Portrait of the Hon. Peniston Lamb by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Young Woman with Cap and a Basket in a Landscape (Little Red Riding Hood) by John Richardson Jackson")
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.jpg "Fanny Kemble by Thomas Lawrence")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1123236).jpg "Portrait of a Lady by Thomas Lawrence")
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.jpg "Portrait of John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, in a Dark Coat with a Cape and a White Stock by Thomas Lawrence")
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