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Arch Facial Plast Surg. 1999;1:228-229.

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SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE was born on April 13, 1769, in Bristol, England. His artistic talents developed at an early age, and he began sketching to help support his family financially. Moving to London in his early 20s, Lawrence studied portraiture at the English Royal Academy. He took up lodgings in Leicester Square to be near the renowned portraitist and academician, Sir Joshua Reynolds. Although Lawrence was not Reynolds' student, he became acquainted with the great painter and displayed some of his early portraits to the master.

At this time, Lawrence studied oil painting at the academy, promoting himself as a "painter of heads." Lawrence's first significant professional opportunity came in 1789, when he obtained permission to paint a full-length portrait of Queen Charlotte, which he exhibited at the academy in 1790.

In 1792, King George III appointed him painter in ordinary to the king, a post previously held by Reynolds. . . . [Full Text of this Article]