This new temporary exhibition opened in October 2010 to celebrate the life and works of this important British artist. The multimedia tour, provided by ATS Heritage, featured renowned Shakespearean actor Simon Russell Beale as the voiceover.

The NPG's director, Sandy Nairne, called Lawrence "a huge figure. But a huge figure who we believe deserves a great deal more attention. He is one of the great painters of the last 250 years and one of the great stars of portraiture on a European stage."

The autumn show will include some of his best-known work as well as many paintings and drawings that are rarely seen in public. Although Lawrence was the superstar artist of the Regency period, incredibly well connected and admired throughout Europe, he is not today as well known as the star artists who preceded him – Joshua Reynolds, say, or Thomas Gainsborough – or those who followed, such as Turner and Constable.

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