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Description: | Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830) was the leading British portrait painter of the early 19th century. He painted most of the important people of the day in his polished and flattering style. He was a child prodigy and largely self-taught; at the age of 10 he was already accomplished in crayon. He was born in Bristol, finally settling with his family in Bath, probably in 1780. Lawrence began painting in 1786 and at the age of 19 he exhibited his first portrait. In 1794 he became a member of the Academy and Painter-in-Ordinary to King George III, on the death of Reynolds in 1792. He was knighted in 1815 and became President of the Academy 1820. This tin uses only paintings by him which show children. The 'Miss Murray' portrait is still widely reproduced. 'Nature' is the name given to an engraving of a portrait otherwise known as the 'Calmady Children', Emily (1818-1906) and Laura Anne (1820-1894), who were the children of Charles Calmady of Langdon Court in Devon. He once described it as "my best picture . . . one of the few I should wish hereafter to be known by." The 'Proffered Kiss' shows a little girl repelling the amorous advances of chubby cheeked boy. Another painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence was used on the 'Master Lambton' tin. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Publisher: | Huntley & Palmers | Rights holder: | Reading Borough Council (Reading Museum Service) | Subjects: | child Miss Murray Sir Thomas Lawrence fine art costume childhood painting flower portrait | Temporal: | start=1939-01-01; end=1940-12-31; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | Not known | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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