John Lawson Collection (page 4)

Edinburgh and Scotts Monument, late 19th century. Artist: John L Stoddard
Edinburgh and Scotts Monument, late 19th century. Monument to Sir Walter Scott (centre) and the Castle (left). Photograph from Portfolio of Photographs, of Famous Scenes

Casino, Monte Carlo, late 19th century. Artist: John L Stoddard
Casino, Monte Carlo, late 19th century. Monte Carlos famous casino was built in 1878. It was designed by Charles Garnier, the architect of the Opera in Paris

Sackville Street, Dublin, late 19th century. Artist: John L Stoddard
Sackville Street, Dublin, late 19th century. Photograph from Portfolio of Photographs, of Famous Scenes, Cities and Paintings by John L Stoddard, published by the Werner Company, (Chicago, c1899)

Boulevard de la Madeleine, Paris, late 19th century. Artist: John L Stoddard
Boulevard de la Madeleine, Paris, late 19th century. Photograph from Portfolio of Photographs, of Famous Scenes, Cities and Paintings by John L Stoddard, published by the Werner Company, (Chicago)

Indian River, Florida, late 19th century. Artist: John L Stoddard
Indian River, Florida, late 19th century. Photograph from Portfolio of Photographs, of Famous Scenes, Cities and Paintings by John L Stoddard, published by the Werner Company, (Chicago, c1899)

The Garden of Gethsemane, Palestine, late 19th century. Artist: John L Stoddard
The Garden of Gethsemane, Palestine, late 19th century. Photograph from Portfolio of Photographs, of Famous Scenes, Cities and Paintings by John L Stoddard, published by the Werner Company, (Chicago)

Straw cottages, Salamanca, Mexico, late 19th century. Artist: John L Stoddard
Straw cottages, Salamanca, Mexico, late 19th century. Traditional dwellings of the Tarascan people in the state of Guanajuato

Milan Cathedral, Italy, late 19th century. Artist: John L Stoddard
Milan Cathedral, Italy, late 19th century. Photograph from Portfolio of Photographs, of Famous Scenes, Cities and Paintings by John L Stoddard, published by the Werner Company, (Chicago, c1899)

The Graben, Vienna, late 19th century. Artist: John L Stoddard
The Graben, Vienna, late 19th century. Photograph from Portfolio of Photographs, of Famous Scenes, Cities and Paintings by John L Stoddard, published by the Werner Company, (Chicago, c1899)

Statue of Columbus, Genoa, Italy, late 19th century. Artist: John L Stoddard
Statue of Christopher Columbus, Genoa, Italy, late 19th century. Photograph from Portfolio of Photographs, of Famous Scenes, Cities and Paintings by John L Stoddard, published by the Werner Company

Heidelberg Castle, Germany, late 19th century. Artist: John L Stoddard
Heidelberg Castle, Germany, late 19th century. Photograph from Portfolio of Photographs, of Famous Scenes, Cities and Paintings by John L Stoddard, published by the Werner Company, (Chicago, c1899)

Group of Lapps, Norway, late 19th century. Artist: John L Stoddard
Group of Lapps, Norway, late 19th century. Indigenous people of northern Scandinavia. Photograph from Portfolio of Photographs, of Famous Scenes, Cities and Paintings by John L Stoddard

Panorama of Stockholm, Sweden, late 19th century. Artist: John L Stoddard
Panorama of Stockholm, Sweden, late 19th century. Photograph from Portfolio of Photographs, of Famous Scenes, Cities and Paintings by John L Stoddard, published by the Werner Company, (Chicago, c1899)

Blarney Castle, Ireland, 19th century. Artist: John L Stoddard
Blarney Castle, Ireland, 19th century. The castle, near Cork, is the home of the Blarney Stone, believed to bestow the gift of eloquence when kissed

Ellens Isle, Loch Katrine, Scotland, late 19th century. Artist: John L Stoddard
Ellens Isle, Loch Katrine, Scotland, late 19th century. View of the freshwater loch near Stirling, reservoir for the city of Glasgow, and the lake of Sir Walter Scotts The Lady of the Lake

Anne Hathaways Cottage, Stratford-On-Avon, England, late 19th century. Artist: John L Stoddard
Anne Hathaways Cottage, Stratford-On-Avon, England, late 19th century. The cottage at Shottery in Warwickshire, said to be the family home of Anne Hathaway (1556-1623), wife of William Shakespeare

Panorama of Paris, France, late 19th century. Artist: John L Stoddard
Panorama of Paris, France, late 19th century. Photograph from Portfolio of Photographs, of Famous Scenes, Cities and Paintings by John L Stoddard, published by the Werner Company, (Chicago, c1899)

John L Stoddard, American author, late 19th century. Portrait of Stoddard (1850-1931), distinguished lecturer and traveller, and author of Portfolio of Photographs, of Famous Scenes

Road going through a Giant Sequoia, Mariposa Grove, Wawona, California, late 19th century. Artist: John L Stoddard
Road going through a Giant Sequoia, Mariposa Grove, Wawona, California, late 19th century. A horse and cart which has just passed through a Sequoiadendron giganteum or Sierra Redwood

Windy Point, Pikes Peak, Colorado, late 19th century. Artist: John L Stoddard
Windy Point, Pikes Peak, Colorado, late 19th century. Illustration from Portfolio of Photographs, of Famous Scenes, Cities and Paintings, published by the Werner Company, (Chicago, c1899)

Independence Hall, Philadelphia, USA, late 19th century. Artist: John L Stoddard
Independence Hall, Philadelphia, USA, late 19th century. Illustration from Portfolio of Photographs, of Famous Scenes, Cities and Paintings, published by the Werner Company, (Chicago, c1899)

Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington DC, late 19th century. Artist: John L Stoddard
Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington DC, late 19th century. Illustration from Portfolio of Photographs, of Famous Scenes, Cities and Paintings, published by the Werner Company, (Chicago, c1899)

Chinatown, San Francisco, late 19th century. Artist: John L Stoddard
Chinatown, San Francisco, late 19th century. Illustration from Portfolio of Photographs, of Famous Scenes, Cities and Paintings, published by the Werner Company, (Chicago, c1899)

Cape Town, South Africa, late 19th century. Artist: John L Stoddard
Cape Town, South Africa, late 19th century. Photograph from Portfolio of Photographs, of Famous Scenes, Cities and Paintings by John L Stoddard, published by the Werner Company, (Chicago, c1899)

Napoleons carriage, Versailles, (late 19th century). Artist: John L Stoddard
Napoleons carriage, Versailles, (late 19th century). Illustration from Portfolio of Photographs, of Famous Scenes, Cities and Paintings, published by the Werner Company, (Chicago, c1899)

New Mormon Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah, late 19th century. Artist: John L Stoddard
New Mormon Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah, late 19th century. View of the Salt Lake Temple under construction Photograph from Portfolio of Photographs, of Famous Scenes

St Pauls Cathedral, London, late 19th century. Artist: John L Stoddard
St Pauls Cathedral, London, late 19th century. Photograph from Portfolio of Photographs, of Famous Scenes, Cities and Paintings by John L Stoddard, published by the Werner Company, (Chicago, c1899)

The Rialto, Venice, late 19th century. Artist: John L Stoddard
The Rialto, Venice, late 19th century. Photograph from Portfolio of Photographs, of Famous Scenes, Cities and Paintings by John L Stoddard, published by the Werner Company, (Chicago, c1899)

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, late 19th century. Artist: John L Stoddard
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, late 19th century. Illustration from Portfolio of Photographs, of Famous Scenes, Cities and Paintings, published by the Werner Company, (Chicago, c1899)

Houses of Parliament, London, late 19th century. Artist: John L Stoddard
Houses of Parliament, London, late 19th century. Illustration from Portfolio of Photographs, of Famous Scenes, Cities and Paintings, published by the Werner Company, (Chicago, c1899)

Interior of the Grand Opera House, Paris, late 19th century. Artist: John L Stoddard
Interior of the Grand Opera House, Paris, late 19th century. A state occasion at the Palais Garnier, inaugurated in 1875. Photograph from Portfolio of Photographs, of Famous Scenes

The Gutenberg Monument, Frankfurt, Germany, late 19th century. Artist: John L Stoddard
The Gutenberg Monument, Frankfurt, Germany, late 19th century. Memorial to German metalworker and inventor Johannes Gutenberg (1400-1468) who invented a method of printing from movable type

Beach at Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA, late 19th century. Artist: John L Stoddard
Beach at Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA, late 19th century. Illustration from Portfolio of Photographs, of Famous Scenes, Cities and Paintings, published by the Werner Company, (Chicago, c1899)

Puerta Del Sol, Madrid, Spain, late 19th century. Artist: John L Stoddard
Puerta Del Sol, Madrid, Spain, late 19th century. Illustration from Portfolio of Photographs, of Famous Scenes, Cities and Paintings, published by the Werner Company, (Chicago, c1899)

Dutch windmills, Holland, late 19th century. Artist: John L Stoddard
Dutch windmills, Holland, late 19th century. Photograph from Portfolio of Photographs, of Famous Scenes, Cities and Paintings by John L Stoddard, published by the Werner Company, (Chicago, c1899)

Custom House, Dublin, Ireland, late 19th century. Artist: John L Stoddard
Custom House, Dublin, Ireland, late 19th century. Photograph from Portfolio of Photographs, of Famous Scenes, Cities and Paintings by John L Stoddard, published by the Werner Company, (Chicago, c1899)

The Louvre, Paris, late 19th century. Artist: John L Stoddard
The Louvre, Paris, late 19th century. Photograph from Portfolio of Photographs, of Famous Scenes, Cities and Paintings by John L Stoddard, published by the Werner Company, (Chicago, c1899)

Trafalgar Square, London, late 19th century. Artist: John L Stoddard
Trafalgar Square, London, late 19th century. Illustration from Portfolio of Photographs, of Famous Scenes, Cities and Paintings, published by the Werner Company, (Chicago, c1899)

John Lawson Johnston, Scottish-born businessman, 1897. Artist: Spy
John Lawson Johnston, Scottish-born businessman, 1897. In about 1863 Johnston (d1900) developed a beef extract, at first known as liquid beef but later named Bovril, a named derived of Bos

Tuscaroras capturing colonial surveyors in the Carolinas
Surveyors Lawson and DeGraffenried captured by Native Americans in the Carolinas, 1711. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Lawson plant specimens C016 / 5718
Lawson plant specimens. Part of the plant collection attributed to John Lawson, collected in Carolina in 1710. Specimens held in the Sloane Herbarium at the Natural History Museum, London, UK

Lawson plant specimens C016 / 5717
Lawson plant specimens. Part of the plant collection attributed to John Lawson, collected in Carolina in 1710. Specimens held in the Sloane Herbarium at the Natural History Museum, London, UK

Lawson plant specimens C016 / 5716
Lawson plant specimens. Part of the plant collection attributed to John Lawson, collected in Carolina in 1710. Specimens held in the Sloane Herbarium at the Natural History Museum, London, UK

Lawson plant specimens
Part of the plant collection attributed to John Lawson, collected in Carolina in 1710. Specimens held in the Sloane Herbarium at the Natural History Museum, London

John Lawson plant specimen
Plant specimen collected by John Lawson in the Carolinas in the early eighteenth century

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John Lawson was not only a radical lawyer, but also a talented artist who captured the essence of various historical and picturesque scenes. In 1902, Spy depicted him in an intriguing portrait that showcased his rebellious spirit. However, it was through his art that Lawson truly transported viewers to different eras and places. One of his notable works from the late 19th century is "Boudoir of Marie Antoinette" at Trianon, Versailles. Through this painting, Lawson allowed us to peek into the luxurious world of the infamous queen. Another masterpiece by him is "The Madonna in San Sisto, " which he created in 1893. This piece beautifully captures the divine serenity surrounding this religious icon. Lawson's artistic talent extended beyond Europe; he also ventured into capturing landscapes across continents. In California, USA, he painted "Cliff House and Seal Rocks, " immortalizing their natural beauty for generations to come. Similarly, during his visit to Jerusalem in 1893, he portrayed the magnificent Mosque of Omar with great detail. Traveling further eastward brought Lawson to Italy where he explored its enchanting destinations such as Isola Bella on Lake Maggiore and Capri's Marina. His paintings effortlessly conveyed the allure and charm these places held during that time period. Not limiting himself to Europe alone, Lawson journeyed to Switzerland where he captured Lucerne's scenic vistas with precision and skillful brushstrokes. Additionally, while visiting Rome in 1893, he depicted The Dying Gaul at Capitol—a poignant representation of ancient history frozen in time. Lastly but certainly not least important among his works is "Gallery of Battles" at Versailles—an awe-inspiring depiction showcasing France's rich military heritage throughout centuries. Furthermore, Florence's iconic Ponte Vecchio found its place within Lawson's collection as well—its architectural grandeur immortalized through his artistry.