Born: Oct 25, 1838 in Paris, France
Died: Jun 03, 1875 in Bougival, France
Active: '30s, '50s, '70s-2000s
Major Genres: Music, Theater
Career Highlights: Carmen, Carmen Jones, Carmen
First Major Screen Credit: The Burlesque on Carmen (1916)
mk270 costume for the role of marguerite de navarre worn at the premiere of les huguenote in paris on 29 february 1836
mk270 costume for the role of marguerite de navarre worn at the premiere of les huguenote in paris on 29 february 1836
Sir Thomas Lawrence 1769-1830
British
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was a notable English painter, mostly of portraits.
He was born in Bristol. His father was an innkeeper, first at Bristol and afterwards at Devizes, and at the age of six Lawrence was already being shown off to the guests of the Bear as an infant prodigy who could sketch their likenesses and declaim speeches from Milton. In 1779 the elder Lawrence had to leave Devizes, having failed in business and Thomas's precocious talent began to be the main source of the family's income; he had gained a reputation along the Bath road. His debut as a crayon portrait painter was made at Oxford, where he was well patronized, and in 1782 the family settled in Bath, where the young artist soon found himself fully employed in taking crayon likenesses of fashionable people at a guinea or a guinea and a half a head. In 1784 he gained the prize and silver-gilt palette of the Society of Arts for a crayon drawing after Raphael's "Transfiguration," and presently beginning to paint in oil.
Margaret 1822 Oil on canvas, 91 x 67 cm Wallace Collection, London Famed for her looks and accomplishments, Lady Blessington presided over a literary salon at Gore House, Kensington. This portrait is said to be one of Lawrence's finest characterizations. Artist: LAWRENCE, Sir Thomas Title: Margaret, Countess of Blessington Date: 1751-1800 English , painting : portrait