Thomas Lawrence: Regency Power & Brilliance

Edited by A. Cassandra Albinson, Peter Funnell, and Lucy Peltz

Essays by A. Cassandra Albinson, Peter Funnell, and Marcia Pointon

Published by the Yale Center for British Art and the National Portrait Gallery in association with Yale University Press

About 280 pages, 12 x 9 1/2 inches, 160 illustrations, cloth, ISBN 978-0300167184

Publication date: January 11, 2011

Description

Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769–1830) was the pre-eminent portraitist of the Regency period, depicting monarchs, political leaders, aristocratic families, society beauties, and actresses with bravura flair. This important book explores Lawrence’s political friendships and allegiances along with his exceptional role as witness to significant historical events, and contrasts these with his remarkable ability to depict the charm and innocence of childhood. Elected president of the Royal Academy in 1820, Lawrence was instrumental in establishing the status of the artist in nineteenth-century Britain.

Award 

Winner of the Historians of British Art Book Prize in the category of "Edited/multi-author book on a subject of any period"