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Thomas Lawrence, an Uncommon card
Sir Thomas Lawrence was an English painter who served as the fourth president of the Royal Academy.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 75
- DEF
- 74
- Power
- 149
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 56,000
Power 149 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Thomas Lawrence quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Thomas Lawrence card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
At age ten, having moved to Bath, he was supporting his family with his ______ portraits.
Answer
pastel. At age ten, having moved to Bath, he was supporting his family with his pastel portraits. From the Thomas Lawrence article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
At 18, he went to London and soon established his reputation as a portrait painter in oils, receiving his first royal commission, a portrait of Queen Charlotte, in ____.
Answer
1780s. At 18, he went to London and soon established his reputation as a portrait painter in oils, receiving his first royal commission, a portrait of Queen Charlotte, in 1789. From the Thomas Lawrence article on Wikipedia.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- A child prodigy, he was born in Bristol and began drawing in Devizes, where his father was an innkeeper at the Bear Hotel in the Market Square.
- At age ten, having moved to Bath, he was supporting his family with his pastel portraits.
- At 18, he went to London and soon established his reputation as a portrait painter in oils, receiving his first royal commission, a portrait of Queen Charlotte, in 1789.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Thomas Lawrence article was read about 56,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 75 and blocks with 74: each hit it takes is cut by 30 %.
How to get Thomas Lawrence
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Thomas Lawrence (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Thomas Lawrence, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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