Nancy Lawton

{{short description|American artist}}

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| name = Nancy Lawton

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| image = Nancy Lawton, Self-Portrait, 1990.jpg

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| caption = Self-Portrait, 1990

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| birth_date = {{birth year|1950}}

| birth_place = Gilroy, California

| death_date ={{Death year and age|2007|1950}}

| death_place = Albany, New York

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Nancy Lawton (1950–2007){{cite web |title=Paid Notice: Deaths LAWTON, NANCY |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage-9A0DE0D7163AF93AA35756C0A9619C8B63.html |website=query.nytimes.com |language=en}} was an American artist. Originally working in graphite to create botanical drawings and portraits, Lawton began working in silverpoint in 1985.{{cite web |title=Nancy Lawton |url=https://godine.com/book-author/nancy-lawton/ |website=Godine Publisher |access-date=27 June 2021}}{{cite web |title=Nancy Lawton |url=https://www.askart.com/artist/Nancy_Lawton/105900/Nancy_Lawton.aspx |website=AskArt |access-date=27 June 2021}} Her work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum,{{cite web |title=Nancy Lawton {{!}} Smithsonian American Art Museum |url=https://americanart.si.edu/artist/nancy-lawton-6219 |website=americanart.si.edu}} the Art Institute of Chicago,{{cite web |last1=Lawton |first1=Nancy |title=Jennifer |url=https://www.artic.edu/artworks/124754/jennifer |website=The Art Institute of Chicago |year=1983 |language=en}} the Metropolitan Museum of Art{{cite web |title=Sprouting Onions |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/494252 |website=www.metmuseum.org}} and the Brooklyn Museum of Art.{{cite web |title=Brooklyn Museum |url=https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/107459 |website=www.brooklynmuseum.org}}