Credit: © The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.2274

    Portrait of William Lawrence

    Date
    1839
    Sitter
    William Lawrence (1783 - 1867, British) , Surgeon
    Creator
    Charles Turner (1774 - 1857, British) , Artist
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    Dimensions
    height (print): 360mm
    width (print): 265mm
    Subject
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    Description
    Three-quarter length seated portrait of William Lawrence in a velvet tailcoat. Lawrence is shown at a desk with five books on top, he is angled towards the left, as viewed, and holds his hands clasped together in his lap. Mezzotint by Charles Turner after his oil painting of William Lawrence.

    Inscribed below: ‘DRAWN & ENGRAVED BY C.TURNER, A.R.A.’ ‘Wm Lawrence’ ‘London, Published November 9, 1839, by Mr Turner, No 50, Warren Street, Fitzroy Square.’

    Sir William Lawrence, 1st Baronet (1783-1867), British surgeon, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1813. He served as Vice President between 1836 and 1837.
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