# Thomas Lawrence

English, 1769–1830; born in Bristol; died in London

Lawrence was a child prodigy in pastel portraiture and largely self-taught. He moved to London as a teenager, exhibited a full-length of Queen Charlotte at the Royal Academy at twenty-one, and succeeded Joshua Reynolds as Painter in Ordinary to George III. After 1815 the Prince Regent commissioned him to paint the leaders of the alliance against Napoleon for the Waterloo Chamber at Windsor Castle. He became President of the Royal Academy in 1820 and was the leading portraitist of his day.

_Written by Ochre Editions._

7 works in the collection.

- [Isabella Wolff](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/isabella-wolff-aic-4773), Thomas Lawrence, 1803–15. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Anna Maria Dashwood, later Marchioness of Ely](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/anna-maria-dashwood-later-marchioness-of-ely-aic-75374), Thomas Lawrence, c. 1805. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Portrait of Charlotte and Sarah Carteret-Hardy](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/portrait-of-charlotte-and-sarah-carteret-hardy-cma-122346), Thomas Lawrence, 1801. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Portrait of Catherine Grey, Lady Manners](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/portrait-of-catherine-grey-lady-manners-cma-136682), Thomas Lawrence, 1794. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Elizabeth Farren (born about 1759, died 1829), Later Countess of Derby](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/elizabeth-farren-born-about-1759-died-1829-later-countess-of-met-436851), Thomas Lawrence, 1790. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Francis Charles Seymour-Conway, 3rd Marquess of Hertford](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/francis-charles-seymour-conway-3rd-marquess-of-hertford-nga-50851), Thomas Lawrence, c. 1822/1823. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington.
- [Two Studies of a Right Hand](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/two-studies-of-a-right-hand-aic-249662), Thomas Lawrence, July 26, 1800. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.