Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Williams, D. E
Title:
The life and correspondence of Sir Thomas Lawrence, Kt. : President of the Royal Academy, LL.D. F.R.S. Knight of the Legion of Honor, &c. &c. &c. / by D.E. Williams, Esq. ; in two volumes.
Published / Created:
London : Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, 1831.
Physical Description:
2 v. : ports. ; 24 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
ND497.L39 W85 1831 Copy 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules D. Prown, MAH 1971

Rare Books and Manuscripts
ND497.L39 W85 1831 Copy 2
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Engravings by J. Worthington and T.A. Dean; after Sir Thomas Lawrence.

Printed by Samuel Bentley, Dorset Street, Fleet-Street.

BAC: British Art Center has two copies. Copy 1 is bound in half calf and marbled boards. With the bookplates of Green Hammerton and Jules David Prown. Copy 2 is bound by Pomey in dark blue gilt morocco with raised bands. Extra-illustrated with 61 engravings and ALS from Lawrence to an anonymous recipient, Sept. 10th, 1826, tipped in v. 1.
Subject Terms:
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769–1830 -- Biography. | Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769–1830 -- Correspondence. | Portrait painters -- England -- Correspondence. | Colburn, Henry -- Publisher. | Bentley, Richard -- Publisher. | Bentley, Samuel -- Printer. | Hammerton, Green -- Bookplate. | Prown, Jules David -- Provenance. | Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769–1830 -- ALS, Sept. 10th, 1826. (BACRB Copy 2) | Pomey -- Binding, 1831. (BACRB Copy 2) | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1831.
Form/Genre:
Extra-illustrated copies (Provenance)
Contributors:
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769–1830, ill. | Dean, T. A., engraver. | Worthington, J., engraver.