Sir Thomas Lawrence

Sir Thomas Lawrence painted some of the best known and loved images of theegency period, "Cherry Ripe, Pinkie" and "Master William Lambton" ("The Redoy"), which became some of the most famous images of Victorian and earlywentieth century times. However, Lawrence's real genius was to bring to life huge cross section of Late Georgian and Regency society. These range fromhe elderly and kindly Queen Charlotte, wife of George III, to thewashbuckling grandees of parliament and church. Lawrence had an uncannybility to bring society to life, even when he was painting the Archbishop ofanterbury. Today, he is also regarded as the leading portrait painter of thehole of Europe of his time, and is best seen in the Waterloo Chamber atindsor Castle, where the Pope presides over the allied monarchs of Europeho defeated Napoleon. This beautifully illustrated book contains some of hisinest work.