William Lawranson

William Lawranson or Lawrenson (baptised 1742, died in or after 1783)[1] was an English painter and engraver.

He was, like his father, a fellow of the Incorporated Society of Artists.

[2] Lawranson first exhibited with the Incorporated Society in 1762, sending a portrait.

He sent mostly crayon portraits, including in 1771 one of William Smith the actor as Iachimo, which he engraved himself in mezzotint, and in 1769 one of Sophia Baddeley.

[2] Many of Lawranson's pictures were engraved, including:[2] This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed.