Author: William Jerdan
Title: Memoirs of Sir Thomas Lawrence
Description: Anon, Anon, c1830. First edition. Cloth. An extremely scarce account of the life of English portrait painter Thomas Lawrence. A very scarce biographical work on the fourth president of the Royal Academy. No copies can be found institutionally. With the bookplate of one Reverend R R Bloxam to the front pastedown. Presented to Ellen Susan Bloxam by her grandfather Richard Rouse Bloxam A.D 1831.  Richard Rouse Bloxam was married to the brother of Sir Thomas Lawrence, the subject of this work. The book then passed on to Sir Thomas Lawrence's grand niece. With pencil inscriptions to the endpapers explaining the family tree and relations. Pencil annotations throughout the work explaining untruths in Jerdan's biography. With explanations of what really happened. Written by William Jerdan, a Scottish journalist from Kelso. Illustrated, with a portrait frontispiece and a large plate of Sir Thomas Lawrence's birthplace.  In a contemporary full calf binding. Externally, very smart with light rubbing to the joints and extremities. Bookplate to the verso of front endpaper. Prior owner's inscription to the endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright. Occasional scattered spots. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

Keywords: Portraits Illustrated Lawrence Illustrated None


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