JOHN WOOTTON (1682-1764) A classical landscape with gypsies (1748) Oil on canvas (140 x 130 cm) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and choose "Open in a new tab" Born in Snitterfield (Warwickshire) circa 1682, John Wootton is best remembered as a pioneer in the painting of sporting …
Tag: English painting
A Georgian Beauty
GEORGE ROMNEY (1734-1802) Lady Elizabeth Stanley, Countess of Derby (1778) Oil on canvas (127 x 102 cm) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and choose "Open in a new tab" Romney received little formal education, having left school at an early age to train with his father, …
A View of Hampshire
PAUL SANDBY (1731-1809) Hackwood Park, Hampshire (1763) Oil on canvas (102 x 127 cm) Yale Center for British Art To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" The text of this post was written by the British art historian Malcolm John Warner for the catalogue of the exhibition "This Other …
The Housekeeper
THOMAS BARBER (1768-1843) Mrs Garnett (c.1800) Oil on canvas (89,5 x 69 cm) Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire, UK To enlarge the image, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" Mrs. Garnett was the housekeeper at Kedleston between 1766 and 1809. This is a surprising length of time for one who must have risen to …
Nocturnal Self-Portrait
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 …
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 …
Old Masters 