SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS (1723-1792) Anne, 2nd Countess Albemarle (c. 1759) Oil on canvas (126 x 101 cm) The National Gallery, London Although some colour has fled from the face in this portrait as is usual with Reynold's work of this period, the shadows there retain their transparency; the lights painted in the patterned black mantle …
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A Welsh Landscape
RICHARD WILSON (1714-1782) Dinas Bran from Llangollen (1770-71) Oil on canvas (180 x 245 cm) Yale Center for British Art To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and then "Open in a new tab" The following text has been taken from the catalogue written by Malcolm John Warner for the exhibition "This Other Eden: British …
Old Masters 