David Laurent de Lara
David Laurent de Lara( c.1806, Amsterdam- 1876) was a London- based, Dutch- born limner of Spanish descent.
He has been described as a pioneer who helped illumination to become recognised as an artform in its own right at a time when very few had ready access to the original illuminated manuscripts or to fine quality reproductions.
His illuminated Hebrew calendar and almanac, and a portrait of Hananel De Castro, 1840- 1 president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, led to his being greatly admired among London's Jewish community.
He exhibited a custom- designed illuminated chess table for the Queen and Prince Albert at The Great Exhibition of 1851.
Laurent de Lara published" Elementary instruction in the Art of Illumination, and Missal Painting on Vellum" in 1850, which went to several editions.
From the second expanded edition( 1857), he described himself on the title page as illuminating artist to Queen Victoria, though he may simply have supplied teaching materials to the Royal children, if not actually taught them illumination which they were studying from at least 1855.
The book consisted of 48 pages, with six illustrations, four coloured, and was published by the firm of Ackermann, who specialised in such instructive books and also sold the papers, designs and pigments called for in order to follow the instructions within.
In the book, Laurent de Lara described Henry Noel Humphreys's" Illuminated Books of the Middle Ages" as too advanced for a beginner, and did not mention Humphreys' 1856 book" The Art of Illumination and Missal Painting", which Alice H. R. H. Beckwith points out was the first manual for illuminators, although aimed at professionals rather than to the amateurs targeted by Laurent de Lara.
Beckwith has argued that while Laurent de Lara was a good self- promoter, he was not skilled at his art, and suggests that it was him who J. Willis Brooks called an" unprincipled adventurer" who exploited impoverished female illuminators.
In 1857 Laurent de Lara had established the Illuminating Art Society.
Its first exhibition in 1859, was reviewed by" The Art Journal", and" The Athenaeum", though any subsequent shows appear to not have been reviewed.
Illumination was promoted as an acceptable form of employment for women, enabling highly educated ladies to occupy themselves in an appropriately non-menial way by creating illuminated material for sale.
The Illuminating Art Union was supported by an annual subscription of £ 1/1s from its patronesses, who received an original illumination on vellum made by" less affluent members" as a premium.
In Brooks's words, this exploited women" to place their excellent taste and skill, for worse than starvation prices, at the disposal of some unprincipled adventurer, ignorant himself of the very rudiments of the art he professes to teach."
By 1860, the" Art Journal" had changed its mind, and argued that it was not possible for a woman to support herself through illumination.
Beckwith notes that by the 1860s, Laurent de Lara's manual had competition in the form of other, more successfully developed publications by Winsor& Newton, George Rowney& Company, and J. Barnard and Son; and says he failed to grasp the idea that illumination was about an unity between text and ornament.
Instead, Laurent de Lara suggested that illumination was about the carefully drawn mechanical repetition of fussy detail.
According to his granddaughter, the pianist and composer Adelina de Lara's autobiography, David Laurent de Lara was the son of a Spanish count called Laurent de Lara.
David married a London- born Polish Jewish woman, Sarah Cracour.
Juana Núñez de Lara
Juana Núñez de Lara( 1286–1351) was a daughter of Juan Núñez de Lara" the Fat" and his wife Teresa Díaz II de Haro of the lordship of Biscay.
Juana is also known as la Palomilla or Lady of Lara.
Juan Núñez III de Lara
Juan III
Núñez de
Lara y de la Cerda( born Juan Fdez.
de la Cerda y Núñez de Lara:
1313- Burgos, 28 November 1350), Lord of Lara and Vizcaya, son of Ferdinand de la Cerda( 1275 – 1322) and Juana Núñez de Lara" the Little Dove".
Despite belonging to the House de la Cerda and aspiring to the Castilian- Leonese throne during the reigns of Sancho IV of Castile, Ferdinand IV of Castile and Alfonso XI of Castile, he carried the family name of his mother which corresponded to the name of his lordship.
He was Lord of Biscay by his marriage to Maria Diaz de Haro II, daughter of Don Juan de Haro" the Eye".
He was also Lord of Villafranca, Oropesa, Torrelobatón, Lerma, Paredes de Nava, Castroverde and Aguilar.
Ensign of the King and Lord Steward of Alfonso XI of Castile.
He was a great- grandson of Alfonso X the Wise, King of Castile and León, and Louis IX, King of France.
Álvaro Núñez de Lara (died 1287)
Álvaro Núñez de Lara (1261 – 1287) was a Castilian nobleman, the son of Juan Núñez I de Lara, head of the House of Lara, and his first wife, Teresa Álvarez de Azagra.
Juan Núñez I de Lara
Juan Núñez
I de Lara y León (died Córdoba, April 1294), also known as el Gordo or "the Fat", was a Spanish noble.
He was the head of the House of Lara, Lord of Lerma, , Dueñas, Palenzuela, Tordehumos, Torrelobatón, and la Mota.
He was further known as Señor de Albarracín through his first marriage with Teresa Álvarez de Azagra.
Manuel Tuñón de Lara
Manuel Tuñón de Lara( 1915–1997) was a Spanish historian.
Maria de la Cerda y de Lara
Maria de la Cerda y de Lara( 1319 – 13 March 1375) was the youngest daughter of Fernando de la Cerda and his wife Juana Núñez de Lara.
Maria was a member of the Castilian House of Burgundy.
By her second marriage she was Countess of Alençon.
Jesús López de Lara
Jesús López de Lara( born 22 March 1892, date of death unknown) was a Spanish Olympic fencer.
He competed in the team épée and sabre events at the 1924 Summer Olympics.
Rodrigo Núñez de Guzmán
Rodrigo Núñez de Guzmán( 12th- century) was a Spanish nobleman, Lord of the Castle of Guzmán.
Álvaro Núñez de Lara (died 1218)
Álvaro Núñez de Lara( 11701218) was a Castilian nobleman who played a key role, along with other members of the House of Lara, in the political and military affairs of the Kingdoms of León and Castile around the turn of the 13th century.
He was made a count in 1214, served as" alférez" to King Alfonso VIII of Castile, was the regent during the minority of King Henry I of Castile, and was" mayordomo"( steward) to King Alfonso IX of León.
He opposed Queen Berengaria of Castile and her son King Ferdinand III and supported the King of León during the war between the two countries of 1217 – 1218.
At the end of his life he was a knight of the Order of Santiago, in whose Monastery of Uclés he was buried.

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