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Thomas Denison Lewis

This person is the subject of ongoing research. We have started by researching their relationship to the enslavement of people.

Biographical notes

Leasee of the Theatre Royal, Liverpool, and philanthropist.

Slavery connections

No known connections with slavery.

Abolition connections

No known connections with abolition.

National Gallery painting connections

Donor: bequeathed in 1849; entered the collection, 1863: NG677.

Bibliography

History of Parliament Trust (ed.), The History of Parliament: British Political, Social & Local History, London 1964-, https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/
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C. Matthew et al. (eds), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford 1992-, https://www.oxforddnb.com/
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J. Turner et al. (eds), Grove Art Online, Oxford 1998-, https://www.oxfordartonline.com/groveart/
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UCL Department of History (ed.), Legacies of British Slave-ownership, London 2020, https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/
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Paintings previously owned by Thomas Denison Lewis

Mr Lewis as the Marquis in 'The Midnight Hour'
Mr Lewis as the Marquis in 'The Midnight Hour'
Sir Martin Archer Shee
Martin Archer Shee painted this portrait of the actor William Thomas Lewis for himself. It was one of seven works that he exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1792 when he was just 22. Shee loved the theatre and many of the portraits he exhibited over the years were of actors and actresses.William T...
Not on display