trained in photography by Lawrence Bros around 1864
South Africa
William Lawrence & David McKenzie Selkirk (1829-1904): Khoisan Men and Group of Khoisan Prisoners (1870-1871) ; Pitt Rivers Museum (University of Oxford) ;
ethnographical and anthropological photography ; portraiture photography
http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/rcs_photographers/entry.php?id=292 ; Oxford Univ. Pitt Rivers Museum ;
Kemp 2006: 284 ; Marjorie Bull & Joseph Denfield: Secure the shadow: The story of Cape photography from its beginnings to the end of 1870 (Cape Town 1970: 209-10) ;
W. L. was born in Scotland, but emigrated to South Africa in 1856. He initially worked in the building industry, but turned to photography in 1864. He served an assistantship with Lawrence Bros. and then opened a studio in Caledon Street, Cape Town, in 1865. In 1866 he went into partnership with -> David Selkirk. They founded 'The Royal Photographic' Saloon at 14 Strand Street. In 1869 Lawrence went to Pniel to seek his fortune as a diamond digger. Lawrence and Selkirk dissolved their partnership in 1872. Lawrence continued with a career in the diamond industry. He briefly lived in Brechin, but returned to South Africa in 1891.
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