A late 19th century English school portrait of Lawrence Heyw...
A late 19th century English school portrait of Lawrence Heyworth 1786-1872, oil on canvas. The gilt frame stamped T.L. Clemments Patent to the reverse. 126 cm x 97 cm. Lawrence Heyworth was born in 1786 at Greensnook Estate in Bacup, Rossendale, Lancashire in northwest England, to Elizabeth Ormerod (ca 1751 – >1805) and Peter Heyworth (1743 – 1799). He was christened on 28 March 1786 at Newchurch, Rossendale. His family was prominent cotton manufacturers at Backup and active churchgoers. His father died when he was 13 years old. He had four brothers named John, Ormerod, James and George and two sisters, both named Susanna, although the firstborn of the two died at the age of two years. Lawrence started his basic schooling in Bacup but later went to Hipperholme Grammar School near Halifax in West Yorkshire where he became the pupil of Dr John Fawcett of Ewood Hall. He then completed his education under Rev. T. Hudson at the Grammar School of Hipperholrae, also near Halifax. In 1802 at the age of sixteen, Lawrence left school and joined his brothers at his late father’s woollen and cotton manufacturing business in Bacup. He was probably best known and admired for his campaigning against the bread tax easing the plight of the hungry poor.
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Condition report: Re Lined A small patch of paint loss on the gentleman's lower torso
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A late 19th century English school portrait of Lawrence Heyworth 1786-1872, oil on canvas. The gilt frame stamped T.L. Clemments Patent to the reverse. 126 cm x 97 cm. Lawrence Heyworth was born in 1786 at Greensnook Estate in Bacup, Rossendale, Lancashire in northwest England, to Elizabeth Ormerod (ca 1751 – >1805) and Peter Heyworth (1743 – 1799). He was christened on 28 March 1786 at Newchurch, Rossendale. His family was prominent cotton manufacturers at Backup and active churchgoers. His father died when he was 13 years old. He had four brothers named John, Ormerod, James and George and two sisters, both named Susanna, although the firstborn of the two died at the age of two years. Lawrence started his basic schooling in Bacup but later went to Hipperholme Grammar School near Halifax in West Yorkshire where he became the pupil of Dr John Fawcett of Ewood Hall. He then completed his education under Rev. T. Hudson at the Grammar School of Hipperholrae, also near Halifax. In 1802 at the age of sixteen, Lawrence left school and joined his brothers at his late father’s woollen and cotton manufacturing business in Bacup. He was probably best known and admired for his campaigning against the bread tax easing the plight of the hungry poor.
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Condition report: Re Lined A small patch of paint loss on the gentleman's lower torso
