WILLIAM HOARE RA (1707-1792) Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Pastel on paper (66.7 x 48.6 cm) Location unknown To enlarge the images, right-click on them and choose "Open in a new tab" William Hoare is the kind of artist that deserves to be better known. Unfortunately, for him, he was the contemporary of Sir …
Tag: Georgian era
Grace Dalrymple Elliot
THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH Grace Dalrymple Elliot (c.1778) Oil on canvas (76 x 63 cm) The Frick Collection, New York To enlarge the image, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" It is very difficult to do justice to Gainsborough's portraits, sometimes it seems that there are not enough words in the English language to …
A Conversation in Rome
NATHANIEL DANCE (1735-1811) A Conversation Piece: James Grant of Grant, John Mytton, The Hon. Thomas Robinson, and Thomas Wynn (1760-61) Oil on canvas (96 x 123 cm) Philadelphia Museum of Art To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" Nathaniel Dance's career resemble that of other British artists of that …
Old Masters 