An Inventory of his Art Collection at the Harry Ransom Center
Creator:
Lawrence, T. E. (Thomas Edward),
1888-1935
Title:
T. E. (Thomas Edward) Lawrence Art
Collection
Dates:
Circa 1910s-1970s (bulk 1910-1926)
Extent:
17 drawings
Abstract:
This collection includes works by and
related to T. E. Lawrence, popularly known as Lawrence of Arabia.
Call Number:
Art Collection AR-00152
Language:
English
Access:
Open for research.
Researchers
must create an online Research Account and agree to the Materials Use Policy before
using archival materials. Please note that a minimum of 24 hours notice is required
to pull art materials to the Ransom Center's Reading and Viewing Room. Some
materials may be restricted from viewing. To make an appointment or to reserve
Art
Collection materials, please contact the Center's staff at art@hrc.utexas.edu.
Researchers must create an online Research Account and agree to the Materials
Use
Policy before using archival materials.
Use Policies:
Ransom Center collections may contain material with sensitive or confidential
information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and
regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information
pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in the collections without
the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of
action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning
an
individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive
to a
reasonable person) for which the Ransom Center and The University of Texas at
Austin
assume no responsibility.
Restrictions on Use:
Authorization for publication is given on behalf of the University of Texas as the
owner of the collection and is not intended to include or imply permission of
the
copyright holder which must be obtained by the researcher. For more information
please see the Ransom Centers' Open Access and Use Policies.
Thomas Edward Lawrence, archaeologist, soldier, and author, was born at Tremadoc,
Wales, on August 15, 1888. For an extensive biographical sketch, please see
the finding aid for the T.E. Lawrence Collection (MS-02407).
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a sketchbook with pencil and watercolor drawings purportedly
by Lawrence, and drawings by William Roberts and Gilbert Spencer that appeared
in
Lawrence's 1926 edition of Seven Pillars of Wisdom.
Also included are portraits by Robert Darrouzet of Lawrence in early and later
life.
The first series contains drawings by other artists, the second comprises sketches
done by Lawrence.
Related Material
The T. E. Lawrence Collection (MS-02407) includes drafts, proofs, and correspondence
by and about Lawrence. Photographs are present in the T. E. Lawrence Literary
File
Photography Collection. Several print proofs and pencil and pastel drawings by
Eric
Kennington for the 1926 edition of The Seven Pillars of
Wisdom can be found in the Eric Kennington Art Collection (AR-00142);
also present are two bronze sculptures of Lawrence by Kennington.
