RICHARD MORTON PAYE (1750-1821) Self-portrait of the Artist Engraving (1783) Oil on canvas (73,5 x 60,5 cm) Upton House, Warwickshire, UK To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" Richard Morton Paye was a painter, engraver and modeller. His name first appeared in 1773 when he sent two oil paintings …
Category: British Artists
Mother and Daughter
JOHN HOPPNER RA (1758-1810) Lady Caroline Capel and her daughter Harriet Oil on canvas (236 x 145 cm) Plas Newydd, Isle of Anglesey To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" Lady Caroline (1773-1847) had been married in 1792 to the Hon. John Capel (1769-1819), the first son of the …
John Palmer
THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH (1727-1788) Portrait of John Palmer (c.1775) Oil on canvas 76 x 63,8 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" John Palmer (1743-1818) is remembered in the history of the English stage as the manager of the Bath Theatre in Orchard Street, which, …
Sir Andrew Fountaine
WILLIAM HOGARTH (1697-1764) Conversation piece with Sir Andrew Fountaine (1730-35) Oil on canvas 47,6 x 58 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art To enlarge the picture right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" On the left are two young women sitting at a circular table, on which stand a wicker flask, some fruit and …
An Elderly Lady
GEORGE BEARE (?-1749) Portrait of an Elderly Lady and a Girl (1747) Oil on canvas (127 x 102 cm) Yale Center for British Art, Yale, Connecticut, USA To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" George Beare's distinctive Portrait of an Elderly Lady and a Girl is unquestionably his masterpiece. …
An English Beauty
SIR PETER LELY Diana Kirke, later Countess of Oxford (1665-70) Oil on canvas (135 x 108 cm) Yale Center for British Art, Yale, Connecticut, USA To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" The portrait of Diana Kirke is one of Lely's most sensuous and beautiful. It exemplifies his lush …
The Blacksmith’s Shop
JOHN CROME (1768-1821) The Blacksmith's Shop Near Hingham, Norfolk (1808)* Oil on canvas 154 x 122 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art (*) The photo is an HD image provided by http://www.gallerix.ru To enlarge the image, right-click on it and open it in a new tab Although most of “Old” Crome's artistic production took place in …
A Modest Gentleman
THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH William Johnstone-Pulteney, later 5th Baronet (1772) Oil on canvas (237 x 150 cm) Yale Center for British Art, Yale, Connecticut, USA To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" In an undated letter addressed by Gainsborough to Johnstone-Pulteney, the artist reveals how much did he care for his …
The Harley Sisters
THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH Anne Harley, Lady Rodney (1758-1840) Martha Harley, Mrs. George Drummond (1757-1788) To enlarge the pictures, right-click on them and "Open in a new tab" It has been said, and I agree with it, that Gainsborough was at his best when portraying women. There is a certain charm that enhances their beauty, the poses …
A Drawing Lesson
JOSEPH WRIGHT ARA (1734-1797) Academy by Lamplight (1768-69) Oil on canvas (127 x 101 cm) Yale Center of British Art, Yale, Connecticut, USA To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" Born to a family of lawyers Joseph Wright decided to become a painter and in 1751 set off to …
Old Masters 