Excerpt from Sir Thomas Lawrence: With a Catalogue of the Artist's Exhibited and Engraved WorksAs I have has occasion to point out in the following work upon the Life and Art of Sir Thomas Lawrence, the careers of painters who have attained to similar eminence present, in the majority of instances, details which, whilst of a purely personal nature, give an additional interest to the history of their struggles, their failures, and their success in their art. But Lawrence's life presents no such light and shade: his work was his life, his life was his work, and the story of unbroken and ever-increasing success places comparatively little material at the disposal of the biographer. Yet if the story of his career lacks the romantic interest of a Romney or the misfortunes of a Rembrandt, the unique position that Lawrence occupies in the history of English art entitles him to a lasting record in the annals of that art.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.