SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE (1769-1830) Portrait of Queen Charlotte (1789) Oil on canvas (239 x 147) National Gallery, London To enlarge the picture, click on it and "Open in a new window" Over the centuries, some paintings, mainly portraits, have been rejected by the people who commissioned them despite their excellent quality. Eventually, time and fine …
Tag: Horace Walpole
Frederick Lord North
POMPEO BATONI (1708-1787) Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford (1753) Oil on canvas (93 x 75 cm) National Portrait Gallery (London) To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and “Open in a new tab” Frederick North (1732-92), later 2nd Earl of Guilford, was the son of Francis, 1st Earl of Guilford and Lady Lucy Montagu, …
Master Bunbury
SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS PRA (1723-1792) Master Bunbury (1780-81) Oil on canvas (78 x 64 cm) Philadelphia Museum of Art To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" This is one of those paintings whose genesis and the behind-the-scenes story are as interesting as its aesthetical value. Scholars have disagreed over …
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 …
Old Masters 