G. A. LAWSON

G. A. LAWSON

Studio portrait of G. A. Lawson

1884

Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, London publisher

D. Appleton & Co., New York publisher

G. A. Lawson, albumen print, approx. 6½ x 8½ in., by Joseph Park Mayall (1839-1922), 1883

F. G. Stephens, Artists at Home, photographed by J. P. Mayall and reproduced in facsimile by photoengraving on copper plates; edited, with biographical notes and descriptions, by Frederick George Stephens (London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington; New York: Appleton & Co., 1884), n.p.

Lawson, George Anderson (1832-1904), Scottish sculptor

April 1884

No copyright recorded.

Lawson sits to the right of the composition, looking directly at the viewer. One leg is on the floor, while the other rests awkwardly on the rung of the tall stool in front of him. On the stool is a clay bust of a middle-aged gentleman. The floor around Lawson is relatively bare, but arranged along the edges of the room are sculptures placed on stools and pedestals, their pale forms contrasting eerily with the dark walls. On the left-hand side of the image is a model's stand with an empty chair, a cloth draped over it. On the floor leading to this stand is a single rug, the only object in the portrait that is purely decorative.

Jeremy Maas, The Victorian Art World in Photographs (London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1984), p. 206, fig. 394.

Benezit Dictionary of Artists, s.v. "Lawson, George Anderson," repr., Oxford Art Online.

“Short Notices.” The Derby Mercury (Derby, England), issue 8831, April 16, 1884. "The photo-engravings (representing Messrs. J. E. Millais, S. Cousins, G. A. Lawson, and Marcus Stone in their studios) are very graphic and agreeable, and the accompanying biographical sketches are informing and well written."

G. A. Lawson, Jeannie Deans, 1862, plaster cast

G. A. Lawson, The Girl and Tortoise, 1883

G. A. Lawson, Cleopatra, 1881

G. A. Lawson, Lord Beaconsfield, portrait bust

G. A. Lawson, Mr. Dorman, clay

G. A. Lawson, Come unto These Yellow Sands

G. A. Lawson, Nymph at the Pool

G. A. Lawson, Hubert and Arthur, terracotta

G. A. Lawson, The Maiden’s Secret

G. A. Lawson, model for Retiarius

The online edition of this work in the public domain, i.e., not protected by copyright, has been produced by the Emory University Digital Library Program.

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Stuart A. Rose Manuscripts and Rare Books Library, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

Omeka record contributed by Karuna Srikureja

October 1, 2016
November 21, 2016, by LM
January 20, 2017, by LM

Photoengraving on copper

16.5 cm x 22 cm

30.5 cm x 37 cm

(Printed on the mount beneath the image) J P Mayall Photo | London published by Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington 188 Fleet St. | Park Lane Studio London | G. A. LAWSON