Thomas Lawranson (or Lawrenson) ( fl. 1760–1777) was an Irish painter. Lawranson signed the roll of the

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in 1766, and is first styled a fellow of the society in 1774. He lived in

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, London. A portrait of Lawranson was painted and engraved in

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by his son William Lawranson.

Works

He appears in 1760 as an exhibitor at the first exhibition of the Society of Artists, sending a portrait of himself; he was subsequently a regular exhibitor until 1777, sending portraits or miniatures. In 1774 he exhibited a portrait which he had executed in 1783. He drew and published a large engraving of Greenwich Hospital.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lawranson, Thomas 18th-century Irish painters Artists from London Irish male painters Irish portrait painters People from Bloomsbury Year of birth missing Irish emigrants to Kingdom of Great Britain