Thomas Lawranson (or Lawrenson) (fl. 1760–1777) was an Irish painter.[1]
Lawranson signed the roll of the Incorporated Society of Artists in 1766, and is first styled a fellow of the society in 1774. He lived in Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury, London. A portrait of Lawranson was painted and engraved in mezzotint by his son William Lawranson.[1]
Works
John O'Keeffe, portrait by Thomas or William Lawranson
He appears in 1760 as an exhibitor at the first exhibition of the Society of Artists, sending a portrait of himself; he was subsequently a regular exhibitor until 1777, sending portraits or miniatures. In 1774 he exhibited a portrait which he had executed in 1783. He drew and published a large engraving of Greenwich Hospital.[1]
Notes
Lee, Sidney, ed. (1892). "Lawrenson, Thomas". Dictionary of National Biography. 32. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
External links
3 Painting(s) by or after Thomas Lawranson at the Art UK site
Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1892). "Lawrenson, Thomas". Dictionary of National Biography. 32. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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