Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830)

"Sir Thomas Lawrence PRA FRS (13 April 1769 – 7 January 1830) was a leading English portrait painter and the fourth president of the Royal Academy.

Lawrence was 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 the age of ten, having moved to Bath, he was supporting his family with his pastel portraits. At eighteen he went to London and soon established his reputation as a portrait painter in oils, receiving his first royal commission, a portrait of Queen Charlotte, in 1790. He stayed at the top of his profession until his death, aged 60, in 1830." - (en.wikipedia.org 31.01.2020)

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What we know

Background

was born	Bristol ^↓ May 4, 1769 ^↓
died	London ^↓ January 7, 1830 ^↓

Biography

lived	London 1787-1830 ^↓
Student	William Hoare ^↓
professional / worker	Bristol ^↓
professional / worker	Devizes ^↓
professional / worker	Bath, Somerset ^↓
teacher	George Henry Harlow ^↓