WILLIAM HOGARTH (1697-1764) David Garrick with his Wife Eva-Maria Veigel (c. 1757) Oil on canvas (133 x 104 cm) Windsor Castle, Royal Collection To enlarge the image, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" The portrait was presumably a personal commission from the actor David Garrick. It was reported to be in progress by …
Tag: Georgian artists
Miss Elizabeth Linley
THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH (1727-1788) Miss Elizabeth Linley, later Mrs Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1775) Oil on canvas (76 x 63 cm) Philadelphia Museum of Art "She is really beautiful, her complexion a clear, lovely, animated brown, with a blooming colour on her cheeks; her nose, that most elegant of shapes. Grecian, fine luxurious, easy-sitting hair, a charming forehead, pretty …
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 …
A Royal Concert
PHILIPPE MERCIER (1689-1760) Frederick, Prince of Wales and his Sisters making Music at Kew (c.1734) Oil on canvas (77,5 x 57 cm) Cliveden, Buckinghamshire, UK To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" Philippe Mercier was born in Berlin, the son of a French Huguenot tapestry worker. He studied painting …
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 …
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 …
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. …
Portrait of an Actress
SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS (1723-1792) Mrs Abington as Miss Prue in “Love for Love” (1771) Oil on canvas (77 x 64 cm) Yale Center for British Art, Yale, Connecticut, USA To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" When this portrait was shown as Portrait of a Lady at the third …
The Gore Family
JOHANN ZOFFANY (1733-1810) The Gore Family with George, 3rd Earl Cowper (1775) Oil on canvas (78 x 98 cm) Yale Center for British Art, Yale, Connecticut, USA To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" Of Hungarian and Bohemian origin Johan Zoffany was born in Frankfurt on 13 March 1733. …
Old Masters 